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> It's 1st of May here Is that date significant somewhere? It was an nice sunny Friday for me.

by lostlogin 6mo ago

kdkdodjckejfj 6mo ago
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harwoodr 6mo ago
May Day - like labour day in Canada/USA... but on the first of May
- xp84 6mo ago
  I would argue nothing about American Labor Day has anything to do with labor at all. Honestly we should just rename it “Summer’s End” because there is literally no theme. The ad flyers for the sales on that weekend have, if any perceivable theme at all, red, white and blue / Stars and Stripes for some reason. It’s traditional that school starts the day after it, but in many places that’s been dragged several weeks sooner into August for some sick reason. We just don’t even have any holiday that honors labor, laborers, or labor unions.
  - TeMPOraL 6mo ago
    > I would argue nothing about American Labor Day has anything to do with labor at all. Honestly we should just rename it “Summer’s End” because there is literally no theme. Isn't that true of most holidays pretty much anywhere in the West these days? Sure, there's Christmas and Halloween and Easter that have specific themes, but excepting deeply-religious communities who practice associated traditions, they're as meaningful as cosmetic items in free-to-play games. But every country has a bunch of other holidays that most people don't know or care about much beyond knowing it's a day off.
    - xp84 6mo ago
      You’re not entirely off-base. But I think that people do get that Memorial Day, in addition to being the most popular day to BBQ, is about appreciating those who gave their lives in service of their country (i.e. they died for us). Valentine’s Day is about love. But Labor Day? People say “well uh I guess it’s about…work? Which we celebrate by not working lol”
  - lostlogin 6mo ago
    > in many places that’s been dragged several weeks sooner into August Do you mean April?
    - xp84 6mo ago
      I mean they start school in August in many places now, instead of the traditional September, the Tuesday following Labor Day, a change which I think is dumb.
  - wffurr 6mo ago
    >> We just don’t even have any holiday that honors labor, laborers, or labor unions. That holiday is May Day but it's not federally recognized in the US specifically to hinder labor organizing in this country. President Grover Cleveland went with the September alternative proposed by one of the early unions because it was "less inflammatory" than May Day which was preferred by all the other unions.
hdndjsbbs 6mo ago
It's May Day, which is a labour holiday everywhere except North America commemorating the Haymarket Affair when American police brutally repressed striking workers . In North America we have Labor Day in September to distance it from the historical associations with actual organizing and police brutality.
- reaperducer 6mo ago
  Still widely noted in Chicago, where the Haymarket riot took place. There's even a very well-attended reenactment every year. North America is a big place. Generalizations always fail.
- prmoustache 6mo ago
  You do know that no sea/ocean has split the continent and that Mexico is still in North America right? 1st of may is festive day in Mexico.
- leptons 6mo ago
  May Day has been around significantly longer than the Haymarket Affair.. a couple thousands years at least. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day
  - dotancohen 6mo ago
    That's actually a different holiday celebrated on the same day. Why the other holiday got the name May Day is beyond me.
DavideNL 6mo ago
International Workers Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day
pimeys 6mo ago
It's huge in Berlin. First sunny and warm day this year and techno parties everywhere.

> It's 1st of May here Is that date significant somewhere? It was an nice sunny Friday for me.

kdkdodjckejfj 6mo ago

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harwoodr 6mo ago

May Day - like labour day in Canada/USA... but on the first of May

xp84 6mo ago
I would argue nothing about American Labor Day has anything to do with labor at all. Honestly we should just rename it “Summer’s End” because there is literally no theme. The ad flyers for the sales on that weekend have, if any perceivable theme at all, red, white and blue / Stars and Stripes for some reason. It’s traditional that school starts the day after it, but in many places that’s been dragged several weeks sooner into August for some sick reason. We just don’t even have any holiday that honors labor, laborers, or labor unions.
- TeMPOraL 6mo ago
  > I would argue nothing about American Labor Day has anything to do with labor at all. Honestly we should just rename it “Summer’s End” because there is literally no theme. Isn't that true of most holidays pretty much anywhere in the West these days? Sure, there's Christmas and Halloween and Easter that have specific themes, but excepting deeply-religious communities who practice associated traditions, they're as meaningful as cosmetic items in free-to-play games. But every country has a bunch of other holidays that most people don't know or care about much beyond knowing it's a day off.
  - xp84 6mo ago
    You’re not entirely off-base. But I think that people do get that Memorial Day, in addition to being the most popular day to BBQ, is about appreciating those who gave their lives in service of their country (i.e. they died for us). Valentine’s Day is about love. But Labor Day? People say “well uh I guess it’s about…work? Which we celebrate by not working lol”
- lostlogin 6mo ago
  > in many places that’s been dragged several weeks sooner into August Do you mean April?
  - xp84 6mo ago
    I mean they start school in August in many places now, instead of the traditional September, the Tuesday following Labor Day, a change which I think is dumb.
- wffurr 6mo ago
  >> We just don’t even have any holiday that honors labor, laborers, or labor unions. That holiday is May Day but it's not federally recognized in the US specifically to hinder labor organizing in this country. President Grover Cleveland went with the September alternative proposed by one of the early unions because it was "less inflammatory" than May Day which was preferred by all the other unions.

hdndjsbbs 6mo ago

It's May Day, which is a labour holiday everywhere except North America commemorating the Haymarket Affair when American police brutally repressed striking workers . In North America we have Labor Day in September to distance it from the historical associations with actual organizing and police brutality.

reaperducer 6mo ago
Still widely noted in Chicago, where the Haymarket riot took place. There's even a very well-attended reenactment every year. North America is a big place. Generalizations always fail.
prmoustache 6mo ago
You do know that no sea/ocean has split the continent and that Mexico is still in North America right? 1st of may is festive day in Mexico.
leptons 6mo ago
May Day has been around significantly longer than the Haymarket Affair.. a couple thousands years at least. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day
- dotancohen 6mo ago
  That's actually a different holiday celebrated on the same day. Why the other holiday got the name May Day is beyond me.

DavideNL 6mo ago

International Workers Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day

pimeys 6mo ago

It's huge in Berlin. First sunny and warm day this year and techno parties everywhere.