Comment on The B2 saw its shadow which means another 20 years of war in the middle east

• OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The shadow thing refers to a North American tradition:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day

  Groundhog Day is a tradition observed regionally in the United States and Canada on February 2 of every year. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow, spring will arrive early.

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• Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s a joke. It follows the groundhog story. The groundhog sees its shadow and it means we have 6 more weeks of winter. It’s just a dumb thing but this joke is based on that.

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• wieson@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  USA tradition, if the groundhog sees it’s shadow, there will be X more weeks of winter.

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