Another orbit around the sun

[dsilverz@thelemmy.club]

¡ɥɐɐ∀ ¿spuɐɥ ɹno qɐɹƃ oʇ ɥʇɹou dn ǝuoǝɯoS ¡llɐɟ oʇ ƃuᴉoƃ ǝɹ,ǝM 'dlǝH

[redweasel@lemmy.world]

I think Brazil and Australia would like a word.

[redweasel@lemmy.world]

I think Brazil and Australia would like a word.

[jumi@lemmy.world]

Aaand... they're gone forever

[theimpressivex@lemm.ee]

New year, new territory. I like it.

[protist@mander.xyz]

You mean the Portuguese and the English, who brought their traditions with them

[xia@lemmy.sdf.org]

In theory, couldn't we use the exact point the Earth is precisely between the sun and galactic center?

[sewer_king@lemmy.world]

Hey, gotta start somewhere.

[spacecadet@feddit.nl]

It is aligned for the southern hemisphere as well, just with winter and summer reversed.

[semi_hemi_demigod@lemmy.world]

The Sun might think we’re celebrating being far away because we hate it.

Much like the celebration of the winter solstice is being happy the days are getting longer, maybe the Sun would think we're happy we're getting closer again.

Sol Invictus!

[zagorath@aussie.zone]

I can't speak for Brazil, but here in Australia we're too sleepy to care right now. Happy New Year.

[clucose@lemmy.ml]

They took over the celebrations during colonization. Do the natives even celebrate New Year?

[clucose@lemmy.ml]

Which was before today or not?

[captainhowdy@lemm.ee]

Aren't all forms of measurement (in this case it's a measurement of time) completely arbitrary?

[njm1314@lemmy.world]

Does January 1st coincide with the ending of winter anywhere?

[generalemergency@lemmy.world]

I shouldn't be surprised that lemmites would find a way to make hating the new year a personality trait.

[madbob@feddit.nl]

Even if it were arbitrary, I think a personified celestial body would instantly recognise the humanity in celebrating something happening again and again. Like when someone keeps falling over and the people witnessing it go "wahey!" every time.

[wzl@lemmy.world]

Does January 1st coincide with the ending of winter anywhere?

Ending? Winter just started 10 days ago.

Winter solstice - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

[njm1314@lemmy.world]

Kind of my point

[hootinnhollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

New years >>>>>>Christmas