Thankfully not thanksgiving, but Christmas it will be my father… That whole side of the family really. Even my super religious grandmother chimes in with “the immigrants bring in disease!”

For a group of people that can love their family, they’re all filled with so much hate for “others.” :/

Yo momma

Family? What’s that?

Most of them since we don’t do thanksgiving where I’m from

Even my corrupted parents aren’t planning on a Thanksgiving visit because of how toxic the family is.

The writing is on the wall.

Oog - my little brother.

He’s a walking stereotype of a tech libertarian (which is to say, a shallow, bigoted, reactionary, right-wing IT guy who for some inexplicablec reason seems to think that all that’s necessary to count as “libertarian” is to rail against “the woke mob.”)

The first time I heard the term “mansplaining,” I knew exactly what it meant, because it’s his customary mode of communication. I already know that by about the third time I hear him say, " Well, what you have to understand is that…" I’m going to have to leave the room.

He likely won’t bring up politics directly - not surprisingly, he’s generally ignorant of both the philosophical side of it and the practical side of it. Instead, he’ll bloviate about whatever the right-wing/tech media bubble is bloviating about, so essentially political issues without the complication of political context.

It’s invariably awful, and it’s always a matter not of if but merely of when I’m going to have to leave the room because the only alternative is going to be a messy verbal explosion. And I presume it’s going to be worse than ever this year, since he’ll undoubtedly want to mansplain the mindless dogma he’s been fed about Trump and Musk and Ukraine and tariffs and immigrants and trans athletes and so on…

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My uncle potentially, he may not bring it up (which would be nice) but still on edge about the potential of an argument. He’s been dragging down my kid cousin to be just like him too. Even if there was an argument I know I’m not going to have any backup from the rest of my family as they’re all leaning the same way, they’re just more softly spoken and worried about ‘civility’ and wouldn’t say the worst of it out loud.

I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I love talking about politics. Oh wait, I think I’m that family member.

My aunt.

It’s not her politics (they’re awful, but she at least keeps them quiet). It’s more that she’s a combination of excessively chatty and dull.

She will talk about absolutely nothing for hours on end.

I’m sure the more conservative members of my extended family will be angry and complaining about the world or how much money other people have or whatever.

And I’ll probably be in my usual spot, in the other room with the kids, playing video games or watching dumb funny videos.

This was a significant factor in my deciding not to go see my sister and my brother-in-law this year. He’s something else. Sweet man most the time, but full-on Maga.

i spend time with my real family, my partner and child. don’t need that negativity ✌🏻

We all good. My brother leans hard right and is super racist but he’s also got the 'tism and we all know it, so we talk mad shit to his face when he starts up.

It’s hard to take a guy seriously when he worships someone that would have sent him to the gas chambers.