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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Can't say I'm a fan of a country-specific holiday being featured like this in an intentionally neutral and international instance. Would have much preferred to see something for the trans day of remembrance.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Well I'm the owner of lemmy.world, and I'm Dutch. But still I know what Thanksgiving is, and many users are from the US, so why not?

But I do agree we should also feature days like the Trans day of Remembrance. Maybe we could create a community-created list of special days?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, a lot of Americans would be with you in that sentiment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not really a neutral international instance though. Try posting non-US news to [email protected] and see what happens.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Try posting non-US news to !news and see what happens.

Well that's some high grade bullshit. "The World’s Internet Frontpage".

It'll go unnoticed, but I think it's appropriate to remind Americans that theyre co-opting terms like "news" to mean "American news".