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[+] DarkCloud@lemmy.world -13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I can't wait until questions about Rudolf and the One horse open sleigh are on the citizenship test (everyone knkws that just by living here right?)... Who knows, maybe you're right and that question is already on the citizenship test?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't need to know cultural trivia to become a citizen. Especially not all of it. But when a person is living somewhere (which you don't need to be a citizen to do), that person tends to be exposed to the culture.

As well, this could just be someone familiar with the culture who missed a pun because they're thinking about work.

I'm not sure what caused you to get so worked up about this. The joke is perfectly reasonable to make, and there's the chance that the Dasher learned a bit of cultural trivia thanks to this joke. Or they learned that they missed a pun and may get to have a laugh about it in hindsight. There's no harm or foul here.

[+] DarkCloud@lemmy.world -9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ahh yes, throw away lines and not giving a shit about "karma" sorry, I mean "Lemmy community care points"

...and you're right, there's no harm in food apps and hoping gig workers enjoy my Christmas jokes. I'm helping this new economy 💪

I'm a fucking saint.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm sorry that this is how you're choosing to spend your Christmas. Or your Boxing Day as the case may be.

If you don't celebrate those, I'm still sorry that you're choosing to spend your time this way.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Assuming they are Hindu it would be their bada din! Xmas has local versions in basically every country on earth. It's one of the only holidays that basically every human on this planet celebrates. Xmas is kind of turned into an amalgamation of every winter festival. Every country that's ever been touched by empire has ever had.

One of the really good things to ever come out of that era. Started kind of bad but with time it's allowed everyone to have a unified single holiday that we can all agree to be good to each other on while also giving everyone the ability to make it their own.

It's why it should be Xmas not Christmas. Because everyone can enjoy a mas.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

I get where you're coming from, but the X in Xmas means "cross", as in the cross that Jesus died on.

I don't celebrate the Christ part of Christmas, so I'm not trying to make it about that. Just sharing this bit of knowledge (that I could very well be mistaken about! Haha)