Thanksgiving is one of the most beloved American traditions, as predictable as the turkey on the table. It has three essential ingredients: a mountain of food, a simmering pot of old family grudges, and that one, spectacularly petty argument that brings it all to a boil.
An online community asked people to share this year's main event, and the responses are a glorious feast of holiday drama. From scorched pies to political hot takes, the arguments were as varied as the side dishes. Prepare to feel much better about your own insane family after reading these outbursts!
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#21
I told my 14 year old niece and 15 year old daughter they have the same voice (they sound the same) Neither of them believed me. I turned it into a game and everyone at the table had to close their eyes and one of them would say something, and we had to guess which onebof them said it ... Most people got it wrong most rounds.
That was it. That was the drama. My niece and daughter wouldn't believe me when I said they sounded the same....
That was it. That was the drama. My niece and daughter wouldn't believe me when I said they sounded the same....
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20points
#22
My family argued about whether or not municipalities should update road signs and markings to facilitate autonomous vehicles.
My family is a bunch of nerds. 🤣.
My family is a bunch of nerds. 🤣.
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20points
#23
Whether what we ran over on the highway going to MIL’s house was a chicken (one witness swore she saw feathers) or a plastic grocery bag. Another of us questioned the likelihood of a chicken being found in the middle of I-4. This led to a series of “Why did the plastic bag cross the road?” jokes.
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20points
#24
My uncle pulled the old “cut a square right in the middle of the pie” trick to be funny and mom lost her cool.
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19points
#25
How to divide the pumpkin cheesecake pie leftovers fairly.
We all like cheesecake. A lot.
We all like cheesecake. A lot.
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19points
#26
My brother swore my mom lost his suit. He had it the whole time. Screamed and tantrumed about it for 10 minutes then stormed off. My mom spent all of ten seconds looking for it for him before “finding” it in his closet.
He’s a grown man.
He’s a grown man.
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19points
#27
My elderly father now makes a weird whistling noise when he breathes. A debate broke out about whether or not it was audible. It was team hearing aid versus team no hearing aid.
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17points
#28
They’re gettin long in the tooth…this years argument was gout!
Whose was worse, best treatments, what causes it (and more what doesn’t based on what the arguer eats), gout mafia demanding the one with active flair up see a doctor.
Whose was worse, best treatments, what causes it (and more what doesn’t based on what the arguer eats), gout mafia demanding the one with active flair up see a doctor.
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17points
#29
My MIL got mad at my FIL because he added too much turkey stock to the gravy to thin it out.
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16points
#30
Nana picked up the votive candle and drank the hot wax like a shot. Not really an argument but yeah it was the drama of the night, dementia is bizarre like that.
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16points
#31
My sister law who does not work is mad because my wife and I cant spend 4 days out of town for her kids graduation from college. He has 3, main school, honors college, and his engineering school. We said we can make it for one, (its 2 hour drive away,) but both of us run businesses and cant take 4 days off because the following Monday her daughter graduates with her Masters out of town (flight) and were going to that too.
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15points
#32
We got about 10 minutes into Thanksgiving before Grandpa’s land came up.
14points
#33
Quickly diffused but was about to go down over whether Derry, ME is a real place.
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14points
#34
My brother claimed that Post Malone had been in prison and that’s why he has face tattoos.
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7points
