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[-] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is actually, factually incorrect. We used to celebrate winter solstice and this is directly caused by and deterministically occuring on a certain (albeit slightly blurry) point of our orbit.

[-] adminofoz@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This should be higher. The days have become longer which means the humans will not die in a dark cold forever winter. The warmth will return, the crops will have another season and the lengthening of daylight hours is the harbinger of future good tidings.

The creator of the meme is in fact the idiot who doesn't realize his entire physical sustenance is dependent on this cycle.

Edit: I'm an idiot who didn't realize I'm using some weird sorting algo and apparently winter solstice was already highly upvoted.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

Did you read the Helliconia series?

[-] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Quite. "... completely arbitrary" is wrong.

X days after winter solstice where X is completely arbitrary.

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