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[–] 13 points 8 months ago (10 children)

And what does this strange word "international" mean???

It means international. As in it's an official holiday in a bunch of countries, and unofficially observed to one degree or another in a whole heap more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day

(Note: disregard the map shown on this page. It's unsourced and does not match the article's text.)

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks for the honest attempt to actually answer the given question.

    I'm feeling slightly bad now, as it has been a rethorical one trying do point out the case of US-defaultism in the meme in an ironic way.

    Thought it to be obvious myself, so decided against the /s tag here...

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    it has been a rethorical one trying do point out the case of US-defaultism

    No, I understood that. My reply was meant to be read as a rebuke to that idea. Because it isn't an American day. It's less observed in America than it is in many other countries. Claiming it to be US-defaultism relied on a mistaken assumption that because some Americans are talking about it, it must be a uniquely American thing.

    Ironically, your complaint about "US-defaultism" was itself the US-defaultism.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Actually the US-defaultism I meant was the assumption that this specific DST date would be a thing outside the US (it's not), applying it to a day that even has the word "international" in its very name.

    And I am well aware that this is a valid shitpost.
    Deserved some relativizing context nonetheless.

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