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A '''self-ruinous holiday''' is any holiday which | A '''self-ruinous holiday''' is any holiday which tends to destroy itself, by its social dynamic. | ||
This is by contrast with externally-ruined holidays — unseasonably early blizzards, unseasonably late hailstorms, COVID-19, supervolcano eruptions, asteroid extinction events, and the like. | This is by contrast with externally-ruined holidays — unseasonably early blizzards, unseasonably late hailstorms, COVID-19, supervolcano eruptions, asteroid extinction events, and the like. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Jones | The phenomenon was first detected and noted by software developer and freelance moralist [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] on the evening of Saturday, 21 November 2020. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 17:53, 21 November 2020
A self-ruinous holiday is any holiday which tends to destroy itself, by its social dynamic.
This is by contrast with externally-ruined holidays — unseasonably early blizzards, unseasonably late hailstorms, COVID-19, supervolcano eruptions, asteroid extinction events, and the like.
History
The phenomenon was first detected and noted by software developer and freelance moralist Karl Jones on the evening of Saturday, 21 November 2020.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
- Apoptosis Takes a Holiday - remake of the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday.
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
Nonfiction cross-reference
- A lesser holiday tradition (nonfiction) - the Christmas Crab!
- It’s because of your taste buds that the Yorkshire Tea hurt Daddy’s brain (nonfiction)
- Saturnalia (nonfiction)