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MAIN THREAD: Happy St. Patrick's Day! and General Discussion

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  Well, it's March, and the time of year where everybody wears green and uses it as another excuse to get sloppy ass drunk. Yes, you guessed it, it's time for St. Patrick's Day! It's time for shamrocks, leprechauns, violating somebody by pinching them for not wearing green, McDonald's shamrock shakes, and drinking green colored beer. Honestly, I'm not quite sure how this became such a big holiday. I mean, I guess it's rooted in Christianity lore based on this summary from Google AI:  "St. Patrick’s Day commemorates Saint Patrick, a 5th-century Romano-British missionary who was kidnapped as a teenager and enslaved in Ireland. After escaping, he returned to convert the Irish to Christianity, using the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. He died on March 17, 461, and is the patron saint of Ireland." But still, it's wild to think a random story of hardship and suffrage, even though it ended in a positive, successful campaign, was singled out as a...