The Sun thinks it’s smart, but it never discovered alc. What a shame.

And thanks to apsidal precession we’re not even in the “same” spot, even relative to the sun (which, of course, is itself moving)!

Just let people have fun. I don’t celebrate or care the least about the new year but the people who do aren’t hurting anyone and it makes them happy. I’ve seen so many posts calling them stupid. If you don’t care, then don’t care. Being a dick to them is just mean and stupid.

From what I can tell, it’s likely based on the Christian holiday, Christmas, which is probably a religious version of the Winter solstice. So not totally arbitrary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Beginning_of_the_year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#Choice_of_date

I just find it repetitive.

It’s always fireworks every year, can’t we have some new way to celebrate? Synchronised drones seemed promising.

I’ve been saying this almost my entire life and people think I’m just bitter, confrontational, and a party pooper.