Am I the only one who is so over St. Patrick's Day? Is there another "national holiday" that is basically about ethnic stereotyping? Maybe it's living in college towns, but wearing a green shirt and getting shitfaced is not my idea of celebrating anyone's ancestry.

Signed, Party Pooper Wearing Pink.

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Is there another "national holiday" that is basically about ethnic stereotyping?

Yes. Cinco de Mayo. And certain aspects of Thanksgiving if you're native american.

Am I the only one who is so over St. Patrick's Day?

Nah. Outside of, say, NYC and Boston, it's pretty much just a get-shitfaced holiday.

Oh my god, it's WORSE in other places?

Apparently Savannah has the second-largest St. Patrick's Day celebration (after New York, I guess?) Anyway, on Saturday March 14 there were tons of people wandering the streets drunk at 11am in green Mardi Gras beads. Idiot frat boys dropping drunken f-bombs as I walk by with my kids.

I did like the historic fountain with green water.

In other places, you just get shitfaced without homophobic parades or earnest speeches about the auld sod. Not saying that's better or worse.

Yeah, Jesse, that's my reaction entirely.

Chicago dyes its river green.

Around here the "celebration" started Saturday. The TV news did a segment from a bar. One guy - drunk enough to be loud but not enough to fall down - said he'd gotten there early so he could do a lot of drinking ... and wasn't one of the first ones there. sigh.

I can understand being over St. Patrick's Day, but I'm not! We did our anniversary dinner thing last night because saner. No corned beef though as we opted for pizza. We may walk to one of the local places tonight. My city gets into it quite a lot. I skipped the parade last weekend because it was way too hot out. The parade is usually a lot of fun with local business floats mixed with citizens with green haired dogs and such.