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[theladytrinity]

Every February 2 I wonder if I'm the only person left on the face of the earth who isn't stupid.

Perhaps looking to a rodent for any sort of meteorological guidance was cute when we had yet to discover, y'know, science, but I certainly don't understand any of the spectacle that's sprung up around it. I remember watching something on PBS about

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[bravest_unsaid]

I am fairly confident that people view this as a quaint tradition, rather than actually believing that a 123-year-old groundhog can forecast the weather? Am I wrong?

[theladytrinity]

You're probably right, but... why the national news?

[NostRATdamus?]

[ticketsonmyself]

You might enjoy this rendering of the animal in question as John Dee.

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[theladytrinity]

Fabulous! I lol'd.