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      And what does this strange word “international” mean???

      It means international. As in it’s an official holiday in a bunch of countries, and unofficially observed to one degree or another in a whole heap more.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women’s_Day

      (Note: disregard the map shown on this page. It’s unsourced and does not match the article’s text.)

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        Thanks for the honest attempt to actually answer the given question.

        I’m feeling slightly bad now, as it has been a rethorical one trying do point out the case of US-defaultism in the meme in an ironic way.

        Thought it to be obvious myself, so decided against the /s tag here…

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          it has been a rethorical one trying do point out the case of US-defaultism

          No, I understood that. My reply was meant to be read as a rebuke to that idea. Because it isn’t an American day. It’s less observed in America than it is in many other countries. Claiming it to be US-defaultism relied on a mistaken assumption that because some Americans are talking about it, it must be a uniquely American thing.

          Ironically, your complaint about “US-defaultism” was itself the US-defaultism.

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            Actually the US-defaultism I meant was the assumption that this specific DST date would be a thing outside the US (it’s not), applying it to a day that even has the word “international” in its very name.

            And I am well aware that this is a valid shitpost.
            Deserved some relativizing context nonetheless.

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          6 hours ago

          Looks like you have been the only commenter so far to get the point of my own comment.
          Seems like it was less obvious than I thought…