learnedax ([personal profile] learnedax) wrote2011-07-04 05:27 pm
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Notably stupid

I haven't really paid any attention to Livejournal's little Writer's Block prompts, but I stopped and looked at this one long enough to mention it:
How do you celebrate Independence Day in your country?

So, unless I'm missing something, that's about the dumbest thing I've ever seen on LJ. Which is saying a lot, I think.
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[identity profile] meshko.livejournal.com 2011-07-04 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, not 100% dumb. Some contries do have their own Independence Day holidays. Ukraine has one. Russia has 'Russia day' but everyone calls it the Indepenence Day.

[identity profile] jdulac.livejournal.com 2011-07-04 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
storm the Bastille?

[identity profile] umbran.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
You missed something. Most countries that were at some time part of the various European empires have a day commemorating becoming independent from same. And darned straight the various former parts of the Soviet Union celebrate their independence from that governance, and so on.

Maybe the capitalization was a bit off, but that doesn't render the question stupid.

[identity profile] perbac.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Y'know, I agree in principle - the question implies all sorts of face-palmy assumptions, imo.

In practice, though, I took a scan through some of the answers because I was curious (lots of "wtf", some Americans answering it seriously, a bit of snark), and I probably wouldn't've run into this bit of culture if they hadn't asked it:

http://borte-ujin.livejournal.com/1119.html

I didn't know Mongolia had national wrestling contests. Awesome.
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