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Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2013 2:20:02 pm PST #10859 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm assuming that Lunar New Year is being observed for Chinese New Year? I don't remember having a Jewish holiday for it.


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2013 2:28:10 pm PST #10860 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My sister's friends are...adopting me. One is ccing me on emails about articles that she thinks need to be commented on, and another (who I haven't even met, just shared a cc line with one time) is apparently trying to play Words With Friends with me.

She'll live to rue that--and not in an "I'll whup her" way--apparently she's good, and I'll lose piteously. I mean in an "I play once ever 10 days" way.


Jesse - Feb 11, 2013 2:37:36 pm PST #10861 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm assuming that Lunar New Year is being observed for Chinese New Year?

It's more of Asia than just China, but yes.


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2013 3:21:29 pm PST #10862 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How much more?


sarameg - Feb 11, 2013 3:22:19 pm PST #10863 of 30001

Taxes filed! Hope I didn't screw that up!

And I was just totally confused about my healthcare plan- it didn't have HDHP on the card,but it was totally in the title when I checked out the benefits site.


Steph L. - Feb 11, 2013 3:31:06 pm PST #10864 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

It's more of Asia than just China, but yes.

How much more?

One of my friends is from Laos, and she and her family celebrate it. (I guess that doesn't necessarily mean that it's celebrated in Laos, but I'm going to make that assumption.)


Hil R. - Feb 11, 2013 3:32:03 pm PST #10865 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

How much more?

I know that Vietnam celebrates it.


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2013 3:42:14 pm PST #10866 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Wikipedia deems:

  • Chinese New Year
  • Japanese New Year
  • Korean New Year
  • Mongolian New Year
  • Tibetan New Year
  • Vietnamese New Year

I was asking because I was confused by "the" lunar new year, since there's no reason every lunar calendar would start on the same day, but Wikipedia says those are the new year's days that fall on the same day as the Chinese one. There are other lunar new year's days (including Jewish, Burmese, etc) that are on other days.


DavidS - Feb 11, 2013 4:03:43 pm PST #10867 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but Wikipedia says those are the new year's days that fall on the same day as the Chinese one

Those would be the cultures which largely comprise the Asian population in San Francisco. Hence the day off, I guess.


-t - Feb 11, 2013 4:22:28 pm PST #10868 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My sister was out celebrating Tibetan New Year with the Shambhala Center most of the day.

It's Rosh Chodesh Adar, which could be considered a Jewish holiday if you have a really generous definition of holiday. Probably hard to justify taking off from work for it.

Also, happy Lundi Gras.