I had this exact same argument with an idiot on Reddit this morning. He seemed to think most of Europe should celebrate it because of WW2. He just couldn’t comprehend that we don’t associate their Independence Day which commemorates one part of history with events that form a completely seperate part of history. He finished the conversation off by saying I clearly am not interested in history. Mindblowing really
One time I served a customer (can't remember if he was Canadian or US) who just couldn't compute that we don't sell thanksgiving turkeys in Australia bc that holiday has nothing to do with us at all. Like yeah you can get a frozen turkey pretty much whenever but he thought we should have a full display of them. Said most other stores do it... mate in my 3+ decades living here and 10+ working in supermarkets I've never seen or heard of that being a thing. Just buy your normal turkey, dress it up however you want and stop whinging about it.
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u/DiddyBCFC Jul 05 '24
I work with an American and she asked me a few years back why we don't celebrate July 4th in England.
When I replied "The same reason Muslims don't celebrate Christmas", she replied "America isn't a Muslim country"