NarrativeBear
@NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
- Comment on The radical woke subliminal message in Bad Bunny's halftime performance 1 week ago:
You mean the United States, most other countries in the Americas are doing fine
- Comment on I have these every where in my house 2 weeks ago:
Foreshadowing
- Comment on I have these every where in my house 2 weeks ago:
Just flick the tip
- Comment on Imagine looking at the first picture and thinking thats something to be proud of , lol, its mental illness 2 weeks ago:
Both look the same to me tbh
- Comment on Nova Launcher unashamedly inserts malware ads into your home screen now. 2 weeks ago:
Ready Player One (2018)
- Comment on Nova Launcher unashamedly inserts malware ads into your home screen now. 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on I’m outta my depth 2 weeks ago:
Honestly I would take Covid again, somehow it felt more predictable (to me anyways)
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
It’s almost like all these things line up to push for consumers to want a cloud hosted Desktop
- Comment on Jon Stewart on presidential runs and why there's hope for America 3 weeks ago:
He does, he essentially says don’t put your faith in me as doing so signals you have already given up.
Its not a single one-worded answer of course, and that’s because it’s understood a question like that requires some explanation of why you would come to the end conclusion.
- Comment on Are you people all bots? 4 weeks ago:
Hello fellow human I too am asking this same question.
- Comment on Wokeness ended, check mate leftists 4 weeks ago:
Not sure if it’s just me, but “wokeness” always meant being “awake” to me or more enlightened.
As opposed to asleep, or being a “sheep” as people were referring to it a few years back.
- Comment on Someone bought the domain Nazis.us and pointed it to the DHS website. 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Wilt, Arnold and Andre, 1983 4 weeks ago:
Its like Master-Chief (from the Halo franchise) verse an average sized person.
- Comment on Has Canada's government done anything concrete to reduce dependence on the US since Trump took office? Maybe even since the first term? 5 weeks ago:
I don’t agree with much that the Ford Government says in Ontario here, but bringing in a Chinese EV manufacturing plant into the province would a net positive.
Canada could become a clean energy powerhouse if it wanted TBH
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
You can try things like vics or nasal sprayers
Also putting your head over a warm kettle of water and breathing in the warm vapor helps
Other things would be nasal saltwater drains. Though make sure to use distilled water and not tapwater for example
- Comment on What accent does this sound like? 5 weeks ago:
This is the answer, it does sound Polish
- Comment on ‘I’m just a girl in Canada trying to get everyone their vibrators’: Why a Toronto sex toy store got a letter from the U.S. Department of War 1 month ago:
Archive link with no paywall
- Comment on Halo Zero (Unofficial remake - Amiga/MD/NeoGeoCD) by earok 1 month ago:
I would be interested in knowing what they two games are called if you happen to know.
- Comment on Beans aswell 1 month ago:
🍆 Am I doing this right?
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- Comment on People in the UK Watching the The world using the internet 2 months ago:
But our politicians are, truth is our Politicians are so out of touch with the time.
Chat control for one allows governments to read all chats, but at the same time reading and opening physical mail is still considered illegal.
- Comment on People in the UK Watching the The world using the internet 2 months ago:
Sign in with Facebook is probably a huge hit /s
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Canadian here, some provinces more then others unfortunately 😓
- Comment on Another angle of this modern art installation 2 months ago:
It does not look like any bus screwed up to me. It looks scary ya I agree, but I’m sure watching this play out was very mundane and efficient.
- Comment on So anyway I kept posting... 2 months ago:
I’m shocked the civilization of Maui created, and perfect the Chevy way before anyone else on the planet.
- Comment on Is it normal to see this static when you close your eyes? 2 months ago:
Welcome to the simulation
- Comment on People who live in southern hemisphere countries: do your mall Santas dress for freezing cold weather? 3 months ago:
Similar like Christmas, Halloween is not celebrated in the same commercialized way in parts of Europe for example. It focuses more on the remembering and honouring of the dead, commonly done with heading to evening mass and then lighting a candel at the cemetery.
Halloween as we know it evolved from two main sources: the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter, and the Christian observances of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. The night before All Saints’ Day, November 1, became known as “All Hallows’ Eve,” which was later shortened to Halloween.
Celtic festival of Samhain
Purpose: To celebrate the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the dark, cold winter.
Beliefs: Celts believed that on the night of Samhain (around November 1), the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred, allowing spirits to roam the earth.
Traditions: To ward off evil spirits, people would light large bonfires and wear costumes or disguises.
Timing: Held around November 1, the time of the new year for the ancient Celts.
Christian influence
All Saints Day: In the 8th century, the Roman Catholic Church moved the feast day of All Saints to November 1, likely to absorb or replace the pagan traditions of Samhain.
All Hallows’ Eve: The night before the feast of All Saints became known as “All Hallows’ Eve,” or “the eve of all the hallowed (or holy) ones”. Over time, this name was shortened to “Hallowe’en”.
Merged traditions: Many pagan traditions from Samhain merged with Christian observances, such as the “souling” tradition in which people went door-to-door asking for food in exchange for prayers for the dead. This is a precursor to modern trick-or-treating.
- Comment on People who live in southern hemisphere countries: do your mall Santas dress for freezing cold weather? 3 months ago:
This is a interesting question. I believe it comes down to if the “corporate version” of Santa Claus (and Christmas) has made its way to the southern hemisphere. Christmas is a major Catholic holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus. Santa Claus is derived from the Saint Nicholas a patron saint.
“Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe. His reputation evolved among the pious, as was common for early Christian saints, and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the folklore of Santa Claus”
- Comment on Are you even old enough to remember number 1? 3 months ago:
How’s this not on the list!
- Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment 3 months ago:
Lawsuit incoming…?
