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For very confused Americans, Canada celebrates Thanksgiving in October not November. Our Thanksgiving also doesn't have the association with pilgrims and natives either.

Still thankful for y'all.

Gobble gobble. For those who will be eating turkey today, eat a lil extra for me. Haven't had a Thanksgiving dinner in years and I'm dying a little on the inside. πŸ’™

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[–] teft@startrek.website 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Spock is my idol. Showing up to family events in just a bathrobe. That’s my jam.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

[nerd alert] In 'Charlie X' episode of TOS, Kirk asks the ship's cooks to try and make the rations look like real turkeys for Thanksgiving. Later the cooks report that the turkeys came out as real birds, bones and all.

For the record. It's not my fault that the writers on this episode didn't know about the replicators, and I have no idea how Charlie would have known what real turkey would taste like.

[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish TOS writers had kept leaning into hilariously absurd moment like that. It would have made the show better. It's part of what makes Star Gate and The Orville so lovable.

It's also why I was the only person I knew who actually liked Team Knight Rider. Because there would be random announcements over the home base intercom that would indiscriminately break whatever tension there was with a report of something stupid that just happened somewhere on the ship.

"Technicians, please report to the rec room. The jukebox is stuck on Moon River again."

"Fire control team, report to the kitchen... just in case." Or something to that effect.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

If you've never seen it, watch 'Buckaroo Banzai.' The entire movie is filled with things like that. If you're really ambitious, find the special edition DVD with onscreen commentary. In the original, you see the hero carrying a briefcase with him as he bards the experimental Jet Car. The commentary informs us that he's carrying Einstein's brain and a tuna fish sandwich.

[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Spock: "Ass..."

steps closer to Kirk

Spock: "You are... an ass."

Kirk, smiling: "Yes."

[–] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

we don't have thanksgiving in the uk

Fun fact. Canadian Thanksgiving originated in the old CofE harvest thanksgiving but got secularized, made statutory and fixed on the second Monday in October.

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Captain Kirk really does want deep fried turkey, it's a moister, tastier turkey.

[–] fu@libranet.de 2 points 2 years ago