Comment on The B2 saw its shadow which means another 20 years of war in the middle east

• xeekei@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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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  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The shadow thing refers to a North American tradition:

    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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  • wieson@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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