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[pseudogeek]

Happy lunar new year everyone.

P.S.: If you don't usually eat something, today might not be the day to eat it. I just learned it the hard way. Don't ruin your new year and spend it in the washroom.

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[littlelinor]

... I didn't even notice it was the new year. Good job self

[pseudogeek]

Well if you're not Asian or anyone using lunar calendar, it's unlikely that you would know? Technically, the new year is today here and yesterday on the other side of the globe AKA Eurasia. We have these free dual solar-lunar calendars that we got from buying over 100$ or something at Asian supermarkets around solar new year, so we knew.

I'm still not sure what we should do on a lunar new year though. *reading wikipedia*

[littlelinor]

Ahaha it's just tumblr made a huge deal of it last year, and I generally hear about it on the news, but I guess I've been even more disconnected from that than usual oops

[pseudogeek]

That's just because last year was Year of the Dragon, which sounds badass to pretty much any culture. This year is of the Snake, which has a negative connotation to the western culture? Even to the western culture it's kind of less badass compared to the Dragon.

Whatever they say, Snake looks cuter. Most of the times. Plus it's the symbol of healing, keeping and guarding, which sounds pretty important. I remember reading in a magazine that the image of a Snake holding a rabbit, not to strangle but to guard it, is/was a significant image of good fortune in certain parts of Asia.