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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.workstoScience Memes@mander.xyzJoy & Curiosity
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    29 days ago

    I’m not sure where my head was when I commented this.

    Just getting at the idea that they’re basically worshipping the thing.

    We as people just really like worshipping stuff.

    Maybe worship is the wrong word due to its religious connotations, but it’s effectively the same thing to hold these kind of celebrations for items that we revere.

    Anyway, I’m not sure why the above was relevant:)







  • It’s not like someone can just pop out 100 children to skew votes

    On an individual basis sure, but this still poses two problems:

    1. Is there a group of people that typically vote a certain who are prone to having more children than other groups. Due to different cultures, this is likely true.
    2. Why should parents of children get an extra vote over those who can’t have children? Personally I feel that having had children should bear no influence on the power of your voice.







  • Whilst I don’t want to argue about whether the appreciation of people in your life should be encouraged by a celebration day, I would like to point out that holidays aren’t specific to appreciating people . They can also be for appreciating things , such as natural phenomenon.

    Personally I’d prefer winter and summer type celebrations on the equinox and solstice than Christmas and a seemingly random (in my country) public holiday at a point in the summer where it isn’t that warm anymore.