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xkcd #3202: Groundhog Day Meaning (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3202: Groundhog Day Meaning

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Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.

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Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.
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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I mean, it doesn't have anything to do with the movie Groundhog Day in which the main character relives Groundhog Day over and over again? I don't think anybody used "groundhog day" as a synonym for "personal time loop" before the movie.

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