We’ve asked online comedian, voice actor and chest hair model Sam Kalidi to create a new meme each week for Queerty readers. This week he considers the annoying conversations some of us will be subjected to during today’s holiday dinner. Sam looks forward to all your hate mail. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and at your local glory hole.
Eileen E Conley
Politicaslly incorrect Uncle Kevin Brown, who we love anyway, right Mandi, Cody, Eammon, Carissa???
Grant Mealey
No they are finally all dead ð???
Greg Ballard
Lol of course they do and it’s gotten worse. The more we gain ground the less happy the phobes get!
Glücklich
I go into the office for at least half a day on Thanksgiving. It sounds sad but I’ve been doing it for years and it’s oddly liberating, like thumbing one’s nose at family obligations even though my family’s never been like that. Plus, ZERO interruptions. I get a ton of nagging shit done. I enjoy the feeling of having not just the whole office or building to myself but the whole downtown area is empty. I like that.
John Malin
Why in God’s Good Name would you be idiotic enough to go to dinneer with people who hate you? Now that is NUTS!
Jo Fisher
Love the photo-Happy Thanksgiving, Stephan!
Douglas Schlitz
If you put up with this, it is your own fault, tell them to piss off and find a better group to enjoy dinner with.
robho3
@John Malin: this is true but we’ve been doing it for years and years
Mack
They don’t in my house because I don’t invite them.
NateOcean
While not exactly homophobic, after explaining that a male cousin had married his boyfriend “just like other couples”…granny’s question was, “Where do the babies come out.”
JaiCee
Well I was at my 1st thanksgiving earlier (my boyfriend is american) and his relatives (specifically his aunt & uncle) were passing some very rude and homophobic comments (in a weirdly nice way) every few minutes in our direction. Eventually the comments got very bitchy and his dad got into a shouting match with the two them and told them to leave, that how dare they speak down to his son like a piece of dirt when their side of the family was far from flawless (yes he said flawless).
martinbakman
There’s is no law requiring me to join my biological family for holidays.
My own siblings don’t get why it bothers me when they eat at ChikFilA or shop at Urban Outfitters.
Stephen Meeks
No, because they’re not invited.
Giancarlo85
Having a conservative at the table is a huge downer for the holidays. Why bother? Let them be alone. That’s what is best for them. There is one in my family who can’t help but talk about politics… and never gets invited to anything.
Realitycheck
Ditto, who needs homophobia at the dinner table, and its rude,
some one invites you for dinner you don’t start judging their lives,
and insulting them, nope nobody needs those.
dwes09
@NateOcean: Unless Granny has advanced dementia, that most certainly is homophobic. The proper response is “Oh! I didn’t realize that marriage referred to only fertile people of child bearing age”.
Cam
@JaiCee:
Saying nasty things in a “nice” way is a very common behavior type especially in the south and among Mormons. It’s basically being passive-agressive.
By doing that, they can then try to lie and claim that they don’t understand why anybody is mad at them, they were having a nice conversation so why is anybody upset?
It was the same as when that beauty queen came out against gay marriage and her defenders actually said things like “well she smiled and said no offense, so why us anybody upset?”.
It is horrifying for them if you calmly call them out on it, they actually think they are being clever when they do it.
Good for your boyfriends father!
Ogre Magi
@JaiCee: Wow, that is quite a story.Did they just get up and leave?
scotty
You can say anything you want about someone else’s life as long as it’s prefaced with “bless their heart….”
At least that’s what my family does.
I haven’t been back in years.