hope yall made a wish/making one 11/11 11:00

[toku]

[Madrun Badrun]

Remembrance day?

[hungrynoob]

well it's my birthday so i always do.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I watched an 11:00 showing of blade runner 2049. Perfect.

[Valkyrie]

I thought it was all about 11:11?

Happy birthday, hungrynoob!

[Rufus]

I was asleep. This is bullshit. Who the fuck knows what I wished for?

[benjipwns]

I was asleep. This is bullshit. Who the fuck knows what I wished for?

I bet it has to do with why your tag isn't working.

[Rufus]

I'm boring enough for that to be a distinct possibility. I should have wished for death, too.

Also, everyone needs to watch/hear the first 15 minutes of this:

[benjipwns]

well, okay, but i'd feel better if it was called "woah if true"

[benjipwns]

maybe i expected too much for them to identify the significance of "the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" beyond it being "a meme"

[Rufus]

maybe i expected too much for them to identify the significance of "the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" beyond it being "a meme"

Heh. I knew that phrase long before I found out what it was about. I learned about Armistice Day and Veteran's Day through osmosis, but only found out about Rememberance Day once I researched the poppy pins I saw on British politicians.

Btw, Armistice/Rememberance/Veteran's Day don't have entries on German Wikipedia. 👀 The signing of the armistice does, but it doesn't mention the exact starting time.

[benjipwns]

Actually, the concept around Volkstrauertag sounds better imo.

We tend to treat Veterans Day more like...well...

On 27 February 1934, the National Socialists introduced national holiday legislation to create Heldengedenktag ("Day of Commemoration of Heroes"), cementing the observance. In the process, they completely changed the character of the holiday: the emphasis shifted to hero worship rather than remembering the dead. Furthermore, five years later the Nazis abolished Buß- und Bettag as a non-working day and moved its commemoration to the following Sunday, to further the war effort.

Joseph Goebbels as Propaganda Minister, issued guidelines on content and implementation, instructing that flags no longer be flown at half-mast

[Rufus]

The intent behind it is nice, but as a result (?) it's not as much of a big deal.

Phew, the allies' traditions have subsections in our entry on Volkstrauertag. Faith in German Wikipedia restored (to previous levels).

Oh man, the GDR's version: international rememberance day for the victims of fashist terror and battle day against fashism and imperialistic war.

Harumph, I guess.

[MMaRsu]

why

[benjipwns]

wait i just realized something, shouldn't the UK make their wishes an hour early? or is this time zones chart off?

and what are people in the frozen wasteland of Canada supposed to do?

i can see why the Aussies and Kiwi's said screw this and just do Anzac Day