I remember from my home country there was a holiday called 儿童节 (Children’s Day), on June 1, where we are supposed to like idk parents are supposed to appreciate/cherish their children or something. Well I don’t remember them ever gave me any actual gifts (other than like clothing, which IMO doesn’t count) or if it was just another hollow, empty, meaningless holiday.
We should have something like that. Maybe reworded as “Childhood Rememberance Day” (童年回念节?) or something. Where people just talk about the good aspects of their childhood, or a childhood they wished they had, revisit places they visited as a child, re-experience childhood for a day, just forget about the adulting for 24 hours. And of course, celebrate their children’s present moment too, let their kids have fun, don’t yell at them, tell them how much they are loved, and actually show affection.
My childhood was so confusing, I remember being told that I was loved, but then I also remember moments where I got yelled at, and also those fights with my older brother.
I have zero memories of actually doing anything fun on 儿童节, just another phrase on the calandar.
Honestly we need like an entire week of this holiday. Adulthood is cruel, childhood (with the right parents, of course) is beautiful.
On this day in my country, June 1, often they say on TV that this is International Children’s Day or something similar. In most families in our country, it seems to me that on this day childrens do not receive any special gifts, but sometimes just go with their parents to a cafe or a park or a cinema or something similar to a museum. Although without special gifts, it’s still a good pastime.
Flush the floaters day. Every year we guillotine the 10 (+an additional 10 each successive year) richest people on the planet. Once everyone has baseline access to food, housing, healthcare, education, etc, we put the guillotines on standby and instead have an annual feast. If conditions backslide, or if we’ve failed to reach the feast benchmark by the 10th anniversary, we switch from guillotining the 10 richest individuals to the 10 richest families with case-by-case exceptions being considered for anyone in the bloodlines in question who have shown that they’re worth keeping alive.
I…love this idea.
Quiet day.
We park all the cars, ground the airplanes, turn off the AC to the minimum, etc and just enjoy the sounds of nature for once.
Turn the lights off so we can see the stars at night.
I remember seeing stars at night when I was in my mother’s village in Taishan, China, barely any electricity there, no internet, not sure if there were cellular, but I do remember a landline phone.
The cities is a whole different story, massive pollution. Doubt much could be seen.
I don’t know if anywhere in the US is even as remote/isolated as that village.
I think the night sky visibility goes like this:
Rural China > Rural US > Urban US> Urban China. At least before 2010, no idea what its like now.
There was a Simpsons episode that went like this
No billionaire day.
It occurs anytime someone amasses $1 billion. They’re given the choice to donate the entire billion to public welfare programs or be tarred and feathered and paraded through the streets.
And then donate an entire million to the public welfare programs they don’t own.
And then donate an entire
millionbillion to the public welfare programs they don’t own.
Don’t use your connected devices for 24 hours day.
“EMPs have been activated, please enjoy the holiday, do not resist.”
Dragon Hunting Day
Anyone who bags an obscene wealth hoarding serpent gets to be the Honored Hero of the feast.
After the first couple years we’ll need to set some boundaries and make it figurative though
My birthday. Everyone gives me gifts. It affects the world in that they all have to give me gifts.
And what if someone won’t gift you something?
Off with their heads.
Deconstruction day. You deconstruct why you believe what you believe, and if you don’t have a good reason, you abandon that belief.
Dad popped up drunk at a big college party one night. Went upstairs and saw he had 15 kids sitting around the room in a rough circle. As I walked in I heard, “YOU! Change places with him and argue his point. Switch up.”
Confused looks, brains readjusted, off they went, back to the debate.
Dad always said if you couldn’t argue the other side, you didn’t understand the argument. I have never found that notion to be false.
(Cue the posts telling me their favorite point is unarguable, simply right. I can present the other side of anything. Even if I know it’s bullshit, there is another side, and it’s likely more logical than you think.)
Kill a Nazi day
It’s called Liber8 Day, Mr. Sadler
You don’t like Festivus?
Punch-a-Fascist Day
It is legal to punch a Nazi in the face. No consequences. Actually you are encouraged. Maybe you get free sundaes for each Nazi you knock out.
(*Nazi must either be a known Nazi or you must view Nazi symbols/tattoos)
It would bring about a sense of community and also put the fear back into garbage that should just fuck the hell off.
(And let the down votes begin by all the little dicked Nazis…)
Science and Logic day! 23rd of January. Or 12th of March
Celebrations include home science projects, appreciation of scientists and professors, local interactive educational scientific events, etc
The affects would be appreciation of truth and logic which would fight the misinformation issues that we currently have, and it will also serve to educate people and inspire them to seek further education and understanding.
