• stoly@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

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

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        3 months ago

        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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          3 months ago

          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 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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        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.