cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23736808
NO FUN ALLOWED
this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2025
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Life is arbitrary. If you're not using that for your own enjoyment, you're missing out.
*responded to my own comment instead of editing. Oops.
It reminds me of people who look at literally anything and say "what's the point?"
You don't need some grand practical purpose to have fun and enjoy things
Excuse me.
Some of us have chronic depression, and are unable to find enjoyment. So we get to always miss out, exacerbating the condition.
Thank you very much!
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it's not completely arbitrary
it's intentionally close to the winter solstice
but a little bit later because ... reasons
Just let people have fun. I don't celebrate or care the least about the new year but the people who do aren't hurting anyone and it makes them happy. I've seen so many posts calling them stupid. If you don't care, then don't care. Being a dick to them is just mean and stupid.
The Sun thinks it's smart, but it never discovered alc. What a shame.
And thanks to apsidal precession we're not even in the "same" spot, even relative to the sun (which, of course, is itself moving)!
I just find it repetitive.
It’s always fireworks every year, can’t we have some new way to celebrate? Synchronised drones seemed promising.
From what I can tell, it's likely based on the Christian holiday, Christmas, which is probably a religious version of the Winter solstice. So not totally arbitrary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Beginning_of_the_year
Happy new year!
I've been saying this almost my entire life and people think I'm just bitter, confrontational, and a party pooper.
You are