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Federal Holidays (Juneteenth)
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:23 am
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:23 am
So the government gets to grant themselves another paid holiday on the dime of the taxpayers who have to work that day?
I'm trying to get a permit (waiting on the government to give me permission to do work on a customers private land) for a project and all government offices are shut down for Juneteenth.
Anyone who is productive doesn't even know what Juneteenth is. Just another day for the bloodsuckers to suck.
ETA: What a dumb name, (Juneteenth) for this Holiday.
I'm trying to get a permit (waiting on the government to give me permission to do work on a customers private land) for a project and all government offices are shut down for Juneteenth.
Anyone who is productive doesn't even know what Juneteenth is. Just another day for the bloodsuckers to suck.
ETA: What a dumb name, (Juneteenth) for this Holiday.
This post was edited on 6/19/23 at 1:28 pm
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Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:31 am to burger bearcat
I can't speak for anyone else but I am working today.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:31 am to burger bearcat
You should tell the Jews they shouldn't celebrate Passover anymore while you're at it
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:52 am to burger bearcat
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Juneteenth for a Holiday.
Well. You do know who we are dealing with here.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:58 am to burger bearcat
quote:It is possible to be both "productive" AND well-informed.
Anyone who is productive doesn't even know what Juneteenth is.
I will grant you that it is something new for you non-Texans. BBQs on 19-June have been a Texas thing as long as I can remember.
This post was edited on 6/19/23 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:00 pm to burger bearcat
There was a thread about this holiday on the OT last night that got zapped. I wonder why.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:00 pm to burger bearcat
quote:
Anyone who is productive doesn't even know what Juneteenth is.
I've known about it my entire life and never had a problem with it.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:03 pm to Porky
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I've known about it my entire life and never had a problem with it.
I never heard of it until last year when Congress passed it as a Federal Holiday. And I'm someone who is pretty up to speed on the news and cultural trends.
Older guys I work with had no clue what it was, and the general consensus I have heard is "I thought they already had MLK day, now they need another one?".
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:06 pm to Porky
The name is beyond stupid. It sounds like something stupid people think is clever, like calling Missouri "Mizzou", or the UConn Huskies (because it sounds like "Yukon," get it !?). Stupidity carved into stone.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:11 pm to burger bearcat
quote:"they"
"I thought they already had MLK day, now they need another one?".
Apparently, only "they" can commemorate the end of human chattel slavery in the US.
Certainly not something that "we" would ever acknowledge.
This post was edited on 6/19/23 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:12 pm to burger bearcat
quote:
Older guys I work with had no clue what it was, and the general consensus I have heard is "I thought they already had MLK day, now they need another one?".
I'm older and grew up around a lot of good black folks who recognized it as a holiday, even when it was not recognized as an official holiday. And I understand why they did and still do.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:13 pm to VolcanicTiger
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It sounds like something stupid people think is clever
Its upper middle class white women stupidity.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:14 pm to AggieHank86
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"they"
Apparently, only "they" can commemorate the end of human chattel slavery in the US.
The number of nonblack people of any sort clamoring for this holiday was virtually nonexistent. Don't be obtuse.
This post was edited on 6/19/23 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:16 pm to burger bearcat
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So the government gets to grant themselves another paid holiday on the dime of the taxpayers who have to work that day?
You don't HAVE to do anything.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:18 pm to burger bearcat
quote:
and the general consensus I have heard is "I thought they already had MLK day, now they need another one?".
This doesn't sound racist at all.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:30 pm to boogiewoogie1978
quote:You are surprised that BurgerBearcat hangs out with racists?
the general consensus I have heard is "I thought they already had MLK day, now they need another one?".quote:
This doesn't sound racist at all.
This post was edited on 6/19/23 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:33 pm to burger bearcat
Umderstand comments on anither paid fed holiday, but do think celebrating the end of slavery is a worthy holiday.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:37 pm to burger bearcat
quote:
I thought they already had MLK day, now they need another one?".
Mexicants are gonna want theirs too.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:38 pm to burger bearcat
Pissed that the market is closed for this bs.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 12:41 pm to burger bearcat
My company made it a paid holiday, I think we are literally the only firm in our industry (MEP Engineering) that is closed today. I'll take it, whatever.
This post was edited on 6/19/23 at 12:47 pm
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