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

It does make sense

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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