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Or, just declare your day to be whatever you want. Nobody is checking and I don't think anybody cares.
Reminds me of the other fake-but-now real holidays made up by tv shows and other groups. One example that comes to mind is Parks and Recreation making up "Galentines" day, and it's pretty much a real holiday by now.
(Pineapple Day founder here :-P) Thanks for the love HN! Don't forget to set that calendar reminder for yourself for next June 27th! (and set to repeat annually, of course)!
How do you feel about providing free marketing for Big Pineapple (Dole)?
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Something worth a million of these types of comments would be a single comment finding a topic nobody could make such a comment on. These things pretty much boil down to "don't celebrate because nothing is pure good".
Whereas your response pretty much boils down to "don't worry about physical reality, just lap up the self-promoting feels of the megaconsuming 1%"
pineapples are pretty ecologically destructive, workers are treated horribly, mondo pesticides, etc. it's an unfortunate thing to celebrate without raising awareness of this side of the story. https://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/exploring-green/the-sour-sid...
Something worth a million of these types of comments would be a single comment finding a topic nobody could make such a comment on. These things pretty much boil down to "don't celebrate because nothing is pure good".
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Whereas your response pretty much boils down to "don't worry about physical reality, just lap up the self-promoting feels of the megaconsuming 1%"
I'm sorry, i can't hear you over the sound of how enormous my hothouse is: https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-pineapple
(Pineapple Day founder here :-P) Thanks for the love HN! Don't forget to set that calendar reminder for yourself for next June 27th! (and set to repeat annually, of course)!
The only entity that benefits from this is a massive corporation. There is no benefit to individual humans or the public at large. How do you feel about providing free marketing for Big Pineapple (Dole)?
Reminds me of the other fake-but-now real holidays made up by tv shows and other groups. One example that comes to mind is Parks and Recreation making up "Galentines" day, and it's pretty much a real holiday by now.
Niles: Happy Frasier Crane Day. Or is it Merry Frasier Crane Day,
I can never remember.
Frasier: Very amusing.
[...]
Frasier: Oh, up late last night?
Niles: Oh, I'm afraid so, as usual I left it till the last minute
to write all my Frasier Crane Day cards!I love this bit of the article.
"I can afford groceries" + snark = accidentally founding a new holiday