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[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I worked with a trashy white woman who was mad that we had pride stuff up for June and Juneteenth stuff up on the 19th because of Father's day (what?). So the whole crew decided to troll by having fake conversations in her presence about how father's day should only be celebrated by gay black fathers. We were all happy when at he was every eventually fired.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Oof I had a counselor once who went off unprompted about how there's a MLK Day but no White Person Day, among other manifestations of bigotry I've encountered in my community

[–] brotkel@programming.dev 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Even if they had a day (which they do, it’s the various holidays for different European cultures) they’d still complain. Like how the only time people mention International Men’s Day is when they say why don’t we have one during International Women’s Day in February. But not in June, which is when International Men’s Day actually happens.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago

Damn, those search spikes are like clockwork. Could we harness cyclical outrage to generate power, like the tides?

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 5 points 7 months ago

The equivalent of MLK Day is Presidents’ Day. I’m not even sure what you mean by European holidays, Halloween? I would not consider Christian holidays like Easter or Christmas to be white holidays and can’t think of anything else that qualifies as “European”

[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Since when is it in June? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men's_Day says it's on November 19th.

Are there two international men's days or why is there a spike in June?

[–] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Like a child complaining there's no children's day...

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Tbf the fact that there's no LinkOpensChest.wav Appreciation Day feels like a major oversight

[–] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I love this analogy, because you literally have a birthday and forgot about it lol.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago

This is true! 🥳

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

I've heard similar complaints about February. Bigots gonna bigot, I suppose.