Things You Don’t Realize You Should Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving (2018)

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Thanksgiving 2018 – my God how time flies. I can’t believe it’s already upon us. What a year it’s been. We certainly have plenty to be thankful for and hope you do as well. But, this is one of my favorite annual pieces, and with it being one of the only posts I’ve written for four years in a row now, it has a special place in my heart, too. It’s a big girthy one though (that’s what she said), so I’ll quit blubbering before I start crying and just let y’all read the article you came here for.

Things You Don’t Realize You Should Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving

10. Backyard Wrestling Out of Context and Film Clickbait – Let me pass along my two favorite Twitter accounts right now. Seriously, the best content out there today. Go follow BYWOOC for random clips of old backyard wrestling shows that involve the most random and confusing moments. Hence, the “out of context” part. If you’re not a wrestling fan, you will likely have NO IDEA what is going on. Film Clickbait is fighting the good fight against cheap, lazy content, specifically relating to movies. Follow them here.

9. Eater Nashville – I have made a lot of jokes about being the Editor of Eater Nashville, but in all seriousness, I do want to thank them for their work. It’s one of the best Nashville sites out there. So, go check ’em out.

8. Mike Vrabel – There’s no way we get all the golden content we’ve gotten this year if Mike Mularkey is still the head coach of the Tennessee Titans. Plain and simple. Oh…yeah…I mean, you could go the angle of all the wonderful things he’s done and what an awesome leader of men he is. But, me? I’m always thinking #content.

We’ve written about how handsome he is, how he could secretly be Stone Cold Steve Austin, how he has the ass of a Kardashian, how he could kick every other coach in the NFL’s ass, how he’s pulling boxing gloves out at practice, and more. The dude is an outright treasure. He is a legitimate champion of men.

Big, big fan of Vrabel, but this hoss is just getting started.

7. Emergen-C – Seriously, that shit saves my life every year. This Tennessee weather is wild as hell. One second, it’s 70 degrees and sunny, but then the next, it’s snowing. I remember several years ago, close to Christmas, it snowed a little bit. Two days later, we were having tornado warnings. What the hell, man? Thankfully, this vitamin C supplement exists in powder form – you just pour a pouch into a bottle of water and keep on trucking. If you were to cut me wide open at any given moment from November-February, I would bleed Emergen-C.

6. Automation – I don’t want to get into a big discussion about it because I know a lot of people are resistant to change and think robots are going to take over the world, but I love the idea of automation. If you stop and think about it, it’s going to make this world a much better place and it’s going to make your life a lot more comfortable (assuming the government handles it properly *rolls eyes*).

5. Kawhi Leonard and his weird ass laugh – It’s literally been months since this happened, but I can’t stop thinking about it. Shout out to our guy Brandon Haghany at 104.5 The Zone for making this into a drop on the Wakeup Zone. I can’t tell you how much I root to hear this on my commute in every morning.

4. #GinFriday – Are y’all seriously not on the #GinFriday bandwagon yet? Because you should definitely be on the #GinFriday bandwagon. Let’s celebrate life and wave at the haters!

3. Nate Bain – If you’ve noticed an uptick in the quality of content coming from the official Titans socials, that’s because of a very specific reason, and his name is Nate fucking Bain. Homeboy is KILLING IT with the Tennessee Titans social media accounts, and y’all didn’t even know it was him! The man, the myth, the legend. Be thankful for the job this man’s doing in helping to make our team more entertaining. Give the guy a follow on Twitter.

2. Southern Underground Pro – You can call us fan boys if you want to, but I don’t really care. It’s just so nice to have this quality of independent wrestling in Nashville again. It ain’t yer mama’s wrasslin’ show. Check out our SUP archives for more content and be sure to come to the next show on January 20th at The Basement East.

1. Nashville, Tennessee – Yes, I’m going to actually be sentimental here. This one goes two-fold. Us locals complain about the traffic, we roll our eyes when a new country musician opens up a shiny new bar on Broadway, and we make our jokes about wishing people would stop moving to our city. But, if you stop and think about it – this is still a really cool fuckin’ town. Aside from all the touristy shit, there’s an awesome restaurant scene here, a blossoming comedy scene, and as I just mentioned, cool pro wrestling again. We’re a fun sports town, and people tend to look after one another in general. Not a lot of cities like ours in the country. So, let’s remember to enjoy that from time to time.

Now, for those of you who aren’t reading us in Nashville, this place is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the country (literally if it’s July or August). But, I’d recommend visiting in the spring/early summer, or in the late summer/early fall. Come give us a shot and check out all the bright lights and rhinestone shit. If you want to dig a little deeper than the country music and booze on the surface of the Music City, hit up your boy.

But, regardless of where you are, we can come together in agreement that Nashville is indeed good good shit.

From the SoBros

“The General” John MosleyThe perfect plate. Now, this is different for everyone as we all have our own traditions. My perfect plate includes Mom’s honey mustard ham, cheesy potatoes and baked beans to go along with my mother in law’s slaw, father in law’s smoked turkey and Aunt’s green beans. This plate along with the sounds of Thanksgiving football or an In The Heat of the Night marathon takes me back to simpler times.

Aside from that, we should be thankful for Brett Ison’s 2018 campaign, Hulu adding King of the Hill, and mixing gin with Sierra Mist cranberry.

Blessings.

Beta Ray Greg – DVR.

Rubber Rooster – air conditioning, antibiotics, indoor plumbing, washer and dryers, drinkable water, crockpots, memory foam mattresses, slipper socks, grubhub/postmates. I don’t even know what I’ve said before so some might be repeats.

“Nature Boy” Brandon Vick – Not having present day Ric Flair’s hair at 32 years old, the recliners in movie theaters so I can cuddle up with my blanky and watch a movie like a baby, being able to sing just like Adele. There’s proof of that.

Finally, realizing I must delete MoviePass. Toilet paper, thus not having to use bear fur to wipe my bum like my great grandfather had to.

And, gorilla Glue. It’s the only reason I still have my thumb on my right hand.

From SoBros Nation

“Fuckin’ piles of leaves to admire.” -E

“Refrigerators – there are people in this world who would be amazed that such a thing even existed.” -Betty

“Having a professional football team. #TitanUp.” -Ryan

Enjoy the holiday season, folks! Plenty of reasons to be thankful, and we’re certainly thankful that you guys like us enough to have us around for a FOURTH YEAR of running this article! Blows my mind – nothin’ but love for everyone who’s helped make this SoBros thing go. And, if you’re still in the Thanksgiving spirit, check out our lists from the last three years!

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Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Alabama Crimson Tide football, the WWE, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley

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