• Kusimulkku
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    3 months ago

    It’s one of the biggest Christian holidays so if you’re in a Christian country or around Christians, people might care. Also, holidays are always nice

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        I don’t believe in any of Christianity’s main tenets, including belief in a God or to Jesus as the son, but sure. It’s a take.

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      3 months ago

      I actually had no idea it was Easter until I started seeing posts about it.

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          Northwestern part of the USA. I just don’t spend time around religious people I guess.

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            Me neither, but it’s just a culturally significant thing in Finland so you’ll see it in calendars, you realize it from getting a holiday from work/school, it’s mentioned casually in media a lot (traffic news, weather talking about “Easter weekend’s” weather) and so on. I would’ve imagined it was prominent enough in the US that it’d be hard not to notice.

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              I live in one of the more secular cities so it doesn’t really get talked about so much in daily life. I am thankful for it.

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                3 months ago

                I don’t think Finland is very religious, it’s more cultural I’d say.

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              Right? Even here in Czechia, which is like in the TOP 3 most atheistic countries in the world, everyone knows it’s Easter. And no one has a problem with it (nor with Christmas), everyone accepts is as part of cultural heritage. Some people in this thread have such a weird take.

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                3 months ago

                Americans can be weird sometimes, especially on Lemmy. Just go with it, I’ll say

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            3 months ago

            I think part of the general 🤷‍♀️ this year is how early Easter happened. Even though spring also started early, it just felt way too soon to be Easter.

            But also, you’re lucky you don’t just… have this crap shoved down your throat everywhere you go. In my northwestern US town, the local cult I mean mega church rented out the big convention space and put signs up all over town.

            Also, maybe people with kids gotta still care. Kids are excited about everything that they can possibly celebrate.

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        3 months ago

        I was quite surprised that my FB feed was devoid of “He Has Risen!” posts. I also did not do my BBQ bunnies post this year.

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      3 months ago

      Also, holidays are always nice

      Holidays are not nice - it’s the capitalism they give us a miserly break from that is horrible.

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        3 months ago

        Holidays are nice. Not that more free time wouldn’t be nice too.

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        Holidays predate capitalism by a couple millennia. They were always a nice brea and they still are. Except I work all of them, which is capitalism’s fault.

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          Holidays predate capitalism by a couple millennia.

          All right, smartypants - you win.

          Except I work all of them, which is capitalism’s fault.

          Not getting any breaks also predates capitalism.