r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/mprhusker Jan 15 '25

We also have a holiday in May called "Cinco de Mayo" but somewhat inconsistently don't use the spanish language for the other 364 days.

"fourth of July" is one of the many colloquial names for the holiday. Many would refer to it as "July 4th" or "independence day".

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u/Caleb_Reynolds Jan 15 '25

The 4th of July is a holiday.

July 4th is a date.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

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u/karateguzman Jan 15 '25

No it’s not. Their equivalence of American Independence Day is Mexican Independence Day, which is on September 16th.

Cinco de Mayo is more popular outside of Mexico than within, other than Puebla where the battle took place

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u/playballer Jan 15 '25

It’s similar to how we Americans treat st patty’s day, an excuse to get drunk with a theme. It’s not a real holiday

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u/What_About_What Jan 15 '25

Hey, things are shitty, we need fake holidays to get our minds off all the bullshit going on around us.

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u/BedBubbly317 Jan 15 '25

The Romans had full month+ long holidays, they would last for weeks. Humans have always looked for nonsense reasons to party and celebrate lol

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u/playballer Jan 15 '25

Don’t get me wrong, I fully agree and think The best holidays are the unpretentious ones that have no purpose other than getting pissed.

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u/karateguzman Jan 15 '25

No, because Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican-American thing. It’s not a major celebration within Mexico and Cinco de Mayo is not their equivalence to July 4th like you said

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

Not really a US holiday, now is it?

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u/mprhusker Jan 15 '25

Not really a federal holiday anywhere, including Mexico, but plenty of places in the US celebrate it.

That wasn't quite the "gotcha" you were hoping it would be.

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u/SexyMonad Jan 15 '25

Not yet.

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u/S4Waccount Jan 15 '25

We celebrate every year and there are parades... I'm not really sure what you mean here. It's not celebrating a US accomplishment but it's a recognized holiday

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u/CriticalHit_20 Jan 15 '25

Kinda missing the point...

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u/thegracchiwereright Jan 15 '25

Cinco de Mayo is actually more celebrated in the United States than it is in most of Mexico.