Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by drfloyd51 on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:20PM
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I feel some editorializing going on.
Here[0] is a list of many holidays that are ignored more than international women’s day.
Happy International Day of Plant Health to you!
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by halb on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:48PM
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international day of plant health is on may 12, not today!
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by ipaddr on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:29PM
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November 19 is international men's day. How many times have you gotten flowers on that day? Or Uber drivers wishing you a happy men's day?
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by catlikesshrimp on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:55PM
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The joke goes as following:
Women are celebrated once a year... because men have the rest of the days.
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by avycado13 on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:30PM
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lol. why arent we celebrated more
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by lanstin on Sunday May 10, 2026 @05:10PM
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Fathers in the US can go out in public doing the absolute minimal amount of parenting work with a kid and bask in the warmth of approval from all observers.
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by throwaway27727 on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:18PM
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International men's day isn't a thing in the US either, so that's not surprising. Contrast to Mother's/Father's Day, which are.
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by xyzelement on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:17PM
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// My partner frequently brags
March 8th is for the partners, mother's day is for the wives :)
Just kidding but couldn't resist.
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by einpoklum on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:49PM
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Like May 1st which is snubbed in favor of (non-organized?) Labor Day, and, well, the metric system which has somehow still not been adopted in the US...
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by Swizec on Sunday May 10, 2026 @04:01PM
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> Like May 1st which is snubbed in favor of (non-organized?) Labor Day
Oh don’t even get me started! Labor Day was specifically set for a different day than May 1st to discourage solidarity with international labor movements. Wouldn’t want people to feel a camaraderie with the communists and socialists abroad
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by locallost on Sunday May 10, 2026 @02:02PM
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Flowers for women's day is another ultimately weird tradition in many countries. Weird because the point of women's day is equality and not to be treated like our little special ladies. I always half jokingly said a more suitable gift would be a mini wrench or a screwdriver.
Re:Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms
by dyauspitr on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:39PM
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I wouldn’t say that. I don’t believe a men’s day even exists.
My partner frequently brags that she’s the only of her friends and coworkers, in 10+ years, who has ever gotten flowers for women’s day. Meanwhile even Uber drivers have wished her a happy women’s day in various heavy foreign accents.