Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨yarr@feddit.nl⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

I was talking to one of my friends and he mentioned staying home on July 4, citing how there are a lot of really ugly things going on in the US.

After thinking about this myself, I’m starting to feel the same way. Instead of being proud of the country, I’m feeling like I’m just another wallet that companies and the government are trying to suck all the money out of.

The cost of living is going up, the housing market is a nightmare, I don’t feel very confident in our government at all, the job market is a nightmare…

I think I’ll be staying home this year too… anyone else?

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SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I haven’t gone to see fireworks in a few years. Recently I just go to Walmart and buy some big packs and let my kids enjoy lighting them off and just having fun. Plus the long weekend is awesome.

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chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Canadian here. I spent most of July 1 in bed! Was not feeling patriotic! Did not watch any fireworks.

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Shirasho@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
My friends and I use it as an excuse to have a get together. None of us use it to celebrate the United States or its independence.

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Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Family is doing a get-together but if I hear any patriotic bullshit, I’m gone, but with them, it’s unlikely to even hear the holiday they’re gathering for mentioned. They just needed an excuse to party.

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Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
God I hate Lemmy sometimes. Go buy some fireworks, get the grill out, and hang with family. I don’t fucking care if you’re not into it. Just do it.

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- Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Aww, conservadaddy is upset the American tradition is dying of its own consequences. “Just do it 😭” they say.
  
  🎻 🎶
  
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- Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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  - Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You should go touch grass too
    
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- Little8Lost@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I dont need an occation to touch grass and meet friends
  
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  - Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Op does
    
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- AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  How do fireworks help my neighbor’s PTSD, let alone my own mental health?
  
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  - Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Don’t be a Debbie Downer
    
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- yarr@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  I don’t fucking care if you’re not into it. Just do it.
  
  What’s the point in doing it if I’m not into it? Who am I doing it for at that point?
  
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  - Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Your own mental health
    
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- forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  No
  
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  - Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yes. It’ll be good for you
    
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- griff@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  boom boom out go the lights
  
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LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Right now I’d call my mood more embarrassed than patriotic.

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mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I just want my day off so I can have morning sex with my partner and set fireworks off with my kids.

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How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water. Nobody has ever liked everything about the US. Not even George Washington. If you can’t appreciate the good about the country just because you’re paying attention to the bad currently then you should have never celebrated it in the first place because the bad was always there.

The things you dont like about America don’t have to be your complete view of the country or its history. If there is even a small thing you have ever liked about the country then the 4th is for celebrating that.

Celebrate our victories. Celebrate our culture and our successes. Celebrate how mad people are going to be at you for celebrating. Celebrate that there are like-minded people elsewhere in the country. Real Americans in hard times and with doubts. Celebrate our history and our positive contributions to the rest of the world.

Celebrate a possible and hopeful future of what comes after.

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- Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’m sorry but that makes me vomit in mouth thinking about it. There is NOTHING good or right with this nation. Genocide against the natives, Slavery and then endless wars and division. This nation is the United Snake. We are the ultimate evil on this planet. If anyone ever asked me where the majority of Suffering is manufactured in this planet I would say right here. FUCK Amerikkka!
  
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  - How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m sorry your view of things is so bleak. I’ll fire off an Excalibur round for you Friday.
    
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- db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I liked when we stopped putting immigrants in interment camps after WWII. They’re building new one now so what am I meant to celebrate again?
  
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Celebrate the Birth Of Your Country By Blowing Up A Small Part Of It

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- Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Hope america becomes one big sinkhole, nazi alligator scum people
  
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  - UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Florida is well on its way
    
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Bwaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
We used to have porch lights twinkling in red, white, and blue all July. This year, we’re just flashing blue adamently. And that only because our lights can’t radiate black.

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Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’m excited, it’s British Thanksgiving!

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- Oka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Britains, thanks for giving up.
  
  The founding immigrants
  
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betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’ll make a nice meal and reflect on what’s driving us further from the country we’re supposed to be. Thinking of it more like memorial day until there’s something to celebrate again.

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njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I don’t know if I ever did but I certainly don’t now.

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tisktisk@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
This is all I've talked about at work.
What are we supposed to take pride in specifically?
I suppose pride in our resilience--there is great potential to learn from our repetitious failures surely

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DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The last patriotism got squeezed out of me a good decade ago.

I could give two shits about this holiday.

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stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I have never really felt patriotic for that date, June 6th is more apropriate, or even better, june 20th (this year)

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Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Crossing my fingers for the local firework display barge catch fire in the bay. I just want a fun omen.

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BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
yeah. but nothing to do with the country this is personal for me

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Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
bravely seating down

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PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’m gonna be drunk enough to quiet the fireworks. Every 4th in LA, it’s like a war zone.

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