Helen
Implicitly explicit
Just wait until April 20, Elon thinks it's the funniest day ever...
-
Security incident: ISF was recently accessed by intruders. Please change your password, and change it anywhere else you used it. Read more
JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
Yeah, it's funny the first time, just like March 14 being "Pie (π) Day" is funny the first time. What's even more funny is April 21st being Surprise Mandatory Drug Test Day. All these are hilarious when you're a teenager. To keep harping on them well into middle age is...off.
Helen
Implicitly explicit
I shared my life with several teenage boys a long time ago. They would have loved it, if we weren't Swedes - no 420, only 204, no 314, only 143. May the fourth is fjärde maj. Such a boring country.
(I do celebrate towel day, however.)
mumblethrax
Species traitor
- Joined
- Apr 5, 2004
- Messages
- 5,168
Which means that much of the popular culture is in the know.
Last edited:
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist Pronouns: He/Him
Is there anything that every single person in the world knows? No. Obviously.
plague311
Great minds think...
Yeah, even if people outside of stoner circles get that the numbers "420" refer to recreational marijuana usage, it's pretty likely that they don't know "why" or it's origins. You're not out of the norm by any means.
I'm so ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ sick of "May the 4th be with you" and "Revenge of the 5th", I'm about to lose my ◊◊◊◊. The 5th of May is Cinco de ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ Mayo and everything else can eat an enormous sack of dicks. Now, have I ever watched Star Wars? No. Do I want to? No, but I would put this on the same level as 420 in that I know it's popular based on a movie, but I don't know the story of those ◊◊◊◊ ass movies.
I feel like to be "in the know" you would have to know more than numbers = weed. Perhaps I'm the odd one out, but I bet you could go up to 50 people outside of a bank and ask, "Do you recognize 420?"
They'd say, "Yes."
"Do you know how it originated and the relevance?" and I would bet a large amount of money the answer would be "no".
Last edited:
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist Pronouns: He/Him
A minor, parochial celebration.
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist Pronouns: He/Him
I think a majority of stoners wouldn't know the origin or relevance either.
dirtywick
Penultimate Amazing
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2006
- Messages
- 12,629
he said an enormous sack of dicks, not a minor one
EHocking
Penultimate Amazing
I tire of people thinking Cinco de Mayo is the Day of the Dead celebration.
Is it okay to think it's an aggressive naval slogan from the Spanish-American War?
plague311
Great minds think...
It's tacos and margaritas but whatever you say. Perhaps it's different in Australia.
If you say so.
Any reason I can get to have tacos and margaritas is good enough for me.
JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
...or Mexican Independence Day.
"Remember the Maine" is the name of a popular cocktail. It's basically a Sazerac with cherry heering added.
A lot of people in our valley have Latin or Mexican heritage. We have awesome tacos. However, state law limits the size and strength of Margaritas we can sell over the counter, so it's always best to make the Margaritas at home if you like them strong.
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist Pronouns: He/Him
When you have a negligible number of Mexicans, yeah it's different.
plague311
Great minds think...
Oh, this is America, Mexico's tophat. We have plenty and it's always been a reason to drink margaritas and eat tacos\nachos. Nothing more, nothing less.
Am I saying that's what it means to Mexico\Mexicans? No, I'll plead ignorance to the overall meaning of the holiday. I just know what it means to my city, and myself.
plague311
Great minds think...
Yes, we absolutely have the former and no where near the latter. We do have a place relatively near us called "Casa Mexico" that's about as close as it gets, but considering most of our community up here tends to think ketchup is a bit spicy, they tone it down quite a bit.
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist Pronouns: He/Him
Hahaha. You have no idea what white people Mexican food is.
junkshop
Otto's Favourite
I went to a 'Mexican' restaurant in Paris once, in 1998 or thereabouts. It remains the blandest experience of my life (and I'm a white cis het middle class southern English boy).Hahaha. You have no idea what white people Mexican food is.
Last edited:
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist Pronouns: He/Him
I'm at least indoctrinated to spicy food because of Bengali, Szechuan, and Thai cuisines, which are common here. But Mexican spicy is different from those.