Gobble Gobble!

 

This Thanksgiving is definitely one for the books, and it’s safe to say to was a treat! (See what I did there? Some of you may think my joke is more for October due to the token phrase “trick or treat” but I feel its fitting!) I had a moment that made me think of some of the readings we had for last week, which was using popular culture as a way of learning.

 

My family tradition for the holidays is to play card games and watch the football game, this year the game we played was Cards Against Humanity, and if you haven’t played it just know it’s a card game for horrible people. Another good example, is Apples to Apples, but with a twist.

Each player gets 10 white cards with responses and there is a stack of black cards with fill-in-the-blank phrases in the middle of the group, with each round a black card is read aloud by a player (going counter clockwise) and the remaining players would place down a white card with their responses, the player who read the black card will choose the best phrase (all in their opinion) and the player who won that round gets the black card. The game will continue until a player gets 5 black cards and wins the game.

 

Anyway, we were playing the game some cards came up and not everyone knew what it was and me being me I wanted to help, to be a guide if you will and together we all learned. I gave examples to help with some of the terms and phrases that seemed to make the game even more interesting!

 

Disclaimer: I am going to give an example of what was said to further explain my experience, the next section will include some sexual commentary and a rather lengthy response. Enjoy?

Where was I? Oh yes, Cards Against Humanity. 

 

 

Now the phrase came up on the black card “What did the white men bring to the New World?” (how fitting for the holiday, but I digress) The responses were… horrible to say the least. One response was “Necrophilia” and almost everyone was confused on what this word actually meant. I gave the example of a movie that we all watched together called “Contracted” on Netflix, and if you have a strong stomach give it a look but not at the expense of throwing up all that good holiday food. #LeftOvers

 

So in the movie the opening scene shows a man having sex with a corpse in a morgue and that is how I taught them the meaning, and unfortunately they were disgusted and a few cousins left the table after watching the trailer, but the most important thing is that we all learned together! Given this is a LOOSE example of learning with popular culture, it can still be academic even in something a simple as a card game. The game stopped but the learning continued because from then until today my family has been talking about that moment. Although that moment was small, it made an impact and it is obviously something they will not be forgetting anytime soon. Who said learning can’t be fun? Or a little disgusting?

 

#ShanWOW #lightningBolt #ShakenNotStirred