It’s a joke. It follows the groundhog story. The groundhog sees its shadow and it means we have 6 more weeks of winter. It’s just a dumb thing but this joke is based on that.
Groundhog Day is a tradition observed regionally in the United States and Canada on February 2 of every year. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow, spring will arrive early.
The result entirely depends on who's reliving that day until they have its best possible outcome. Watch Edge of Tomorrow for a documentary of how that happens.
16 Comments
Botzo@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 1y
ideonek@piefed.social · 37 pts · 1y
Man, this is a high-quality joke... why am I crying?
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Things I shouldn't be laughing at for 200 Alex
demizerone@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I think a 20 year war with the whole world would end usa.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Silver lining.
xeekei@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y
I'm ootl on this joke. 🙁
EDIT: Yes, the groundhog story. I get it now.
MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
xeekei@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Ok, I knew about that, but I thought the shadow thing referenced something more historic.
Coreidan@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
It’s a joke. It follows the groundhog story. The groundhog sees its shadow and it means we have 6 more weeks of winter. It’s just a dumb thing but this joke is based on that.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
The shadow thing refers to a North American tradition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day
wieson@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y
USA tradition, if the groundhog sees it's shadow, there will be X more weeks of winter.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y
Sadly, not many people get to be in their 90's. We'll just have to remember this orange turd as the biggest idiot ever.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y
The result entirely depends on who's reliving that day until they have its best possible outcome. Watch Edge of Tomorrow for a documentary of how that happens.
reddit_sux@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
So America gets its next war
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
If we can undermine ukraine enough, america will be The Biggest Loser!
SpicyLizards@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
Ha... deep sigh...