Harry Potter’s Draco Malfoy becomes mascot for year of the horse in China (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

[-] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

For anyone that didn't read the article, it's because the characters name is transliterated as "mǎ ěr fú", which can be roughly read as "fortune horse".

Year of the horse - fortune horse. You see the pun.

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

Apparently it is the year of the fire horse, happens every 60 years

https://gardenofchi.com/blog/2026-the-year-of-the-fire-horse/

[-] RustySharp@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Every Chinese year happens every 60 years.

12 animals x 5 elements

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago

Every day I lose another little sliver of faith that we collectively deserve to survive as a species.

[-] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Imagine people having fun with a name pun. Whole species should die for it.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk -1 points 1 week ago

I suppose that's one way to interpret what I wrote.

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

What other interpretation is there?

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