Submitted by Different-Airport-89 t3_10rpxb5 in Pennsylvania
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PermissionToConnect t1_j75gwc7 wrote
right? we've had like 10 cold days
MonsterNog t1_j6x26j5 wrote
This groundhog needs to go, he’s too powerful
Zenith2017 t1_j6x3gq9 wrote
A groundhog LORD?!
If what you've told me is true, you'll have earned my trust.
MonsterNog t1_j6x606c wrote
Join me and together we will control the weather
DocCarlson t1_j6xdmew wrote
Phil has a 40% accuracy rating in the last decade
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/groundhog-day-forecasts-and-climate-history
bubbity1990 t1_j6xthsd wrote
I’ve mentioned it elsewhere today, but according to the Groundhog Day folks, whenever the weather and Phil don’t agree, it isn’t Phil that’s wrong that year, it’s the weather that’s wrong.
jetbag513 t1_j6ytv0f wrote
That high?
Yelloeisok t1_j6xnkv6 wrote
He says 6 weeks of winter, but how many weeks of false springs and late frosts?
brilliantpants t1_j6xlctp wrote
What winter?
UnableAudience7332 t1_j6xmy3c wrote
Has winter even started yet?
Equivalent_Alps_8321 t1_j71xme1 wrote
When does winter start?
[deleted] t1_j6wyhes wrote
Puts us right in line with… the equinox. Lol. Pennsylvania is so fucking dumb and this uniquely PA holiday proves just how much.
artificialavocado t1_j6xi703 wrote
Bro we all know a rodent doesn’t have psychic powers or can affect the weather. It’s just a fun, silly, tradition. It isn’t even just a PA thing the entire country knows about Groundhog Day.
[deleted] t1_j6xkkdj wrote
Holidays aren’t supposed to be useless.
artificialavocado t1_j6xm74x wrote
Name a holiday that isn’t pointless? They are all made up. It’s not like it is an actual holiday either. Again, fun, silly, tradition.
[deleted] t1_j6xme63 wrote
That’s my point. Almost all of the US holidays are valid af and mined for profit. No substance or real reason to have them.
artificialavocado t1_j6xmkmw wrote
I look at this this way, just because I’m a wet blanket I try not to shit on others for having fun.
[deleted] t1_j6xqngb wrote
I look at it this way, the dumbing down of America has been happening for a long fucking time and one of the ways that has happened is by stripping meaning from the meaningful and replacing it with vapid consumer bullshit. The fall of society is precisely because of holidays like this and the mechanisms which support them.
artificialavocado t1_j6xr9i8 wrote
You picked a strange hill to die on. If it was Christmas maybe you would have a point but with this being PA half the people in that crowd are likely hung over. The other half is still drunk.
[deleted] t1_j6xt8ee wrote
This isn’t a hill to die on, it’s a symptom of a larger ill.
Allin360 t1_j6x1mqw wrote
“Groundhog Day has its roots in the ancient Christian tradition of Candlemas, when clergy would bless and distribute candles needed for winter. The candles represented how long and cold the winter would be. Germans expanded on this concept by selecting an animal—the hedgehog—as a means of predicting weather. Once they came to America, German settlers in Pennsylvania continued the tradition, although they switched from hedgehogs to groundhogs, which were plentiful in the Keystone State.”
[deleted] t1_j6x5nbq wrote
So yeah, stupid. Lol
Jessenstein t1_j6x672u wrote
Yeah and people need to stop putting up christmas trees too cause SANTA ISN'T REAL!!!!!! People are so dumb to believe these things! /s
STOP HAVING FUN!!!!
Wicked_Vorlon t1_j6xmiry wrote
It's just silly fun. We know the prediction is BS.
[deleted] t1_j6xqrl0 wrote
Whats fun about it?
emeraldoz1900 t1_j6y1sqh wrote
are you ok? I didn't realize everything in life had to be so serious, I guess fun isn't allowed anymore. you've never done a dumb or silly thing in life? that sounds boring tbh
[deleted] t1_j6ybeks wrote
Nothing wrong with doing dumb things, but unifying around them is another story.
emeraldoz1900 t1_j6yc36u wrote
but how is a group of people coming together for a holiday that everyone knows doesn't make an impact on anything (other than bringing people together, as communities and society should do) hurt anything? Like why is that a big deal? It's not negatively impacting literally anything. It's just a fun/goofy thing to do to bring people together and lighten the mood lol
[deleted] t1_j6yhx6b wrote
Or you know we could come together to address the hurt our vapidness and obsession with entertainment causes. But nah, that wouldn’t be fun.
emeraldoz1900 t1_j6yjcb0 wrote
you're avoiding the question, what is a few hours once a year hurting? what do you suggest we do for fun aside from entertainment? We all need escapes from the world, and this is one of them. stop trying to be so philosophical and just enjoy life lol
[deleted] t1_j6yjnqz wrote
Ah, yes. The uselessness of an examined life. I bet you enjoy network TV.
emeraldoz1900 t1_j6yk0m7 wrote
again, avoiding the question, what is Groundhog Day hurting? Please answer, because you're avoiding the question, which I wouldn't consider very useful to the examination of this thread. And I don't watch network TV but thanks for assuming!
[deleted] t1_j6ynnjp wrote
If you don’t understand by now, nothing I say will help.
emeraldoz1900 t1_j6yo8rd wrote
What is Groundhog Day hurting? It's a simple question. If you can't answer that, I don't know what your point to this entire post even was, which is clear by the enormous amount of downvotes you've received lol. Nobody knows what you're talking about
Grashopha t1_j6y50eg wrote
“uniquely PA holiday”
Canada has entered the chat
[deleted] t1_j6x67hp wrote
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Bird_Brain4101112 t1_j6xd6mi wrote
What winter?