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[–] tourist 57 points 11 months ago (3 children)

USA: We are a proud Christian nation πŸ₯°βœοΈ

But jesus didn't die so you can slack around. Back to work 😀😑

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Jesus was killed on Friday and resurrected on Sunday. If he can go back to work after being crucified you can after eating too much ham

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I need this as a motivational poster

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The US is not a proud christian nation, the constitution explicitly says it.

[–] tourist 25 points 11 months ago

Oh. The rhetoric of some of their politicians gave me a different impression.

[–] zkfcfbzr 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's actually the Treaty of Tripoli that lays that out explicitly

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I believe the Treaty of Tripoli reinforces the First Amendment and helps to clarity its intentions.

[–] zkfcfbzr 3 points 11 months ago

Fair enough. The fact that it was passed within 10 years of the constitution passing, unanimously by the US senate, helps that interpretation a lot too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

We no longer have kings, so Jesus is the CEO of CEOs now.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

Scotland: we have such a massive hangover on New Year's Day that we need the day after off too.

Rest of the UK: heh, OK, so you can work on Easter Monday instead

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes well, I’m off to my Canadian workplace this morning.

Only federal employees get it off or some such nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Holidays vary by province and some businesses don't need to respect them.

Both are a holiday at the federal level (so for public servants and companies under federal jurisdiction like banks) and it's either good Friday or Easter Monday in Quebec (at the employer's discretion), otherwise I think it's good Friday for all other provinces and territories and Easter Monday isn't a default holiday anywhere that's under provincial jurisdiction.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Canada is weird. Easter is a stat holiday, but the employer can either give you the Friday OR the Monday off. Sadly... mine picked Friday

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most places pick Friday, it’s just Federal employees that have both off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Those fucks get both days?! Need me a govt job

[–] fireweed 8 points 11 months ago

Me: wait, none of the Eastern European countries have Easter Monday off? Are they more secular than I thought?

Me, five minutes later: oh right, Eastern Orthodox calendar

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Technically whole Serbia has the Easter Monday off but it's Julian calendar (Orthodox) Easter. Also every chatolic person has a day off today and one big part of the country has school holiday.

[–] absquatulate 5 points 11 months ago

This map is misleading. I'm fairly certain my colleagues in latin america had easter mondays off, and they were all catholic. And speaking of, apparently orthodox easter doesn't count, which leads to even more grey countries.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

c/alwaysthesamemap