I'm just gonna throw in the bit of historical trivia that the ancient (pre-Republic) Roman calendar *didn't have months* for January and February -- that whole time of year was just called "winter" ("hiems") and not worth keeping track of until the Kalends of Marchhttps://twitter.com/Hal_Duncan/status/1315751438673379336 …
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Like, it was bad luck to *say* it, and you would try to avoid scheduling during February, hence they tried to minimize how much "February" there was in the year ...Which is why it's kind of funny we decided to make it Black History Month, like SNL pointed out
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That's why it's kind of funny and perverse that English people invented Valentine's Day and tried to link it to the "Roman tradition of Lupercalia" They didn't know what they were talking about, the Februa/Lupercalia (which February is named for) had nothing to do with sex/love
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It was considered a time for "spring cleaning" and the Februa itself was this blood sacrifice ritual to purge the built-up bad luck and evil spirits haunting the city from the previous year in hopes of a clean slate It wasn't really a sexy time of year
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Given that February is my birth month, and I’m subsequently very defensive about it… …this is accurate
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I have always hated it as the most dismal month. After Christmas and Hogmanay (and you could even throw in Burns Night if yer desperate for a party), what do you even have but Valentine's Day for the couples to rub their coupledom in singleton's faces? I hates it, HATES IT.
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Valentine's Day is a very strange tradition and I guess the English created it ostensibly because of a poetic observation that it's when birds start to couple up as they come back for spring but really because they had nothing better to do than fuck indoors
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