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What was your "I can't believe I have to explain this to an adult" moment? (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Apologies, it's still not very clear.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Basically the first Tuesday in November, except if November 1 is a Tuesday, in which case it would be on the 8th because the first Monday would be November 7.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

That's just so convoluted. Why do this?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's because America is big, so they build in a day of travel, when that was still needed.

But it can't be in the weekend because of church, and Wednesday was market day.

So they thought you can start traveling on Monday and vote on Tuesday. And it's in November because it's after the harvest. But not the 1st because that's all saints day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Ah, that All Saints Day thing makes WAY more sense than my Halloween thing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Because they don't want (mental) toddlers high on Halloween candy voting? 🤷‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

I dunno haha. I always wondered that too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Don't worry, I don't understand either.