• xeekei@lemmy.zip
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    23 hours ago

    I’m ootl on this joke. 🙁

    EDIT: Yes, the groundhog story. I get it now.

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        1 day ago

        Ok, I knew about that, but I thought the shadow thing referenced something more historic.

        • Coreidan@lemmy.world
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          It’s a joke. It follows the groundhog story. The groundhog sees its shadow and it means we have 6 more weeks of winter. It’s just a dumb thing but this joke is based on that.

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          The shadow thing refers to a North American tradition:

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day

          Groundhog Day is a tradition observed regionally in the United States and Canada on February 2 of every year. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow, spring will arrive early.

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          USA tradition, if the groundhog sees it’s shadow, there will be X more weeks of winter.