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I had to look up the etymology and it basically comes from Latin ad-venire or "to come".. so symbolizes merely the eventual arrival of something or prelude to s
by petercooper 5y ago
I had to look up the etymology and it basically comes from Latin ad-venire or "to come".. so symbolizes merely the eventual arrival of something or prelude to something.
- silicon2401 5y agoExactly. That comment was a great example of outrage culture. Instead of stopping to think of what advent means or put in the effort to start a Kwanzaa of code, the other commenter instead chose to just complain and get upset over nothing
- throwawaygal7 5y agoYou're the one that has no idea what Advent means in western European culture
- dang 5y agoPlease do not perpetuate flamewars on HN. It's just what we're trying to avoid here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html