• LemonLord@endlesstalk.org
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    9 months ago

    It’s chinese new year? Why they call it lunar year? Yes I know their calendar is running by the moon. Is “lunar year” ultra-woke to avoid a “ugly” word like “chinese”? An other case of woke racism?

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      9 months ago

      It’s celebrated in many Asian countries, so calling it lunar New Year is a simple way to not group them all as Chinese.

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      9 months ago

      No racism, just accuracy.

      It’s more because so many cultures have a lunar calendar, so even though China is the largest population that uses the lunar calendar, it’s not precise to just call it the Chinese New Year, since so many countries and cultures also have a lunar calendar that share significant dates.

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        9 months ago

        Sorry, today it’s New Year in the Chinese Calendar. It’s celebrated by Chinese all over the world. And it’s not even a really “lunar” calendar. More precise is to call it a “lunar-solar” calendar. Racism, not accuracy.

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              9 months ago

              Definitely! Haha, let’s cancel your personal culture(shouldn’t be difficult with the minimal amount of culture you possess)!

              Also, I guess Yolo, that seems in your wheelhouse.

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                    9 months ago

                    Ok, you are woke and use this words. This is ok. But you are wrong to call it a lunar year, because the chinese calendar is lunisonal. Ask Chat-GPT. So you can call it a lunisonal year.