NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ

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  • The solstices, as we know them, are a Western idea that has been propagated through European colonialism and conquest. They are now widely accepted around the world, but this was not always the case.

    Cultures like India, Japan, and natives in Australia or Northern Canada (as a small handful of examples) have historically split the seasons into as few a 6 seasons and as many as like 24. Then, there are some cultures in tropical climates that simply use two. Different areas of the world are going to have varying climate changes during the year (dry season vs. wet season, monsoon seasons, etc.) that influence how seasons are perceived. In Europe, spring and autumn were particularly important for farming.

    Your general feeling comes from what you know, and what you know is limited to your personal worldview.

















  • Just because it isn’t dangerous to the average individual does not mean it isn’t a problem and something that should not be happening.

    The entire point of this thread is that from an outsiders perspective, you’re only going to see the news articles and form biased opinions. You’re going to see “Oh wow, the US has a lot of school shootings, schools must be super dangerous!”, meanwhile there were 82 deaths from school shootings last year out of 49.4 million students, or 0.000165% of the student population. Even looking at injuries, we only get to 0.00054%.

    Is that number too high? Fuck yes. Any number of children injured or dying due to violence are unacceptable. It’s disgusting and the lack of response from our leadership is abhorrent. But are schools in the US dangerous because of this? Absolutely not.