Some Days, the Viewing Felt Like a Curse
February 3, 2023 6:13 AM Subscribe
I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year. Here’s what I learned
‘We bow at the altar of Groundhog Day’: concept copycats celebrate its 30th birthday
The bizarre history of Groundhog Day
Punxsutawney Phil left his burrow for his annual prediction. Here’s how much longer winter will last according to the legend
So many previouslies
Mmmmm..... Groundhog.
PunxsutawneyPhil.com.
‘We bow at the altar of Groundhog Day’: concept copycats celebrate its 30th birthday
The bizarre history of Groundhog Day
Punxsutawney Phil left his burrow for his annual prediction. Here’s how much longer winter will last according to the legend
So many previouslies
Mmmmm..... Groundhog.
PunxsutawneyPhil.com.
doub-oh-I-see-what-you-did-there
posted by miguelcervantes at 6:19 AM on February 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by miguelcervantes at 6:19 AM on February 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
Wait it's tomorrow already?
*** vote to not delete this
posted by sammyo at 6:19 AM on February 3, 2023 [9 favorites]
*** vote to not delete this
posted by sammyo at 6:19 AM on February 3, 2023 [9 favorites]
Should have waited until 10:22 tho
sorry i'm the person who notices continuity errors in movies
posted by seanmpuckett at 6:22 AM on February 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
sorry i'm the person who notices continuity errors in movies
posted by seanmpuckett at 6:22 AM on February 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
What if there is no tomorrow?! There wasn’t one today!?
posted by kat518 at 6:35 AM on February 3, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by kat518 at 6:35 AM on February 3, 2023 [9 favorites]
hahahaha
posted by Lookinguppy at 6:39 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Lookinguppy at 6:39 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
omg i fell for this so hard! well played!
posted by probably not that Karen Blair at 6:41 AM on February 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by probably not that Karen Blair at 6:41 AM on February 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
well played. thank you for making me smile first thing in the morning.
posted by a non mouse, a cow herd at 7:06 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by a non mouse, a cow herd at 7:06 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I look forward to the daily reposting for an entire year.
posted by rikschell at 7:07 AM on February 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by rikschell at 7:07 AM on February 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Yesterday at the office I heard some people (not in my department - I don't know them and I'm only in the office one day a week) talking about Groundhog Day (the event, not the film) and I shouted out from my cube "Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the 'hog out of the ground and they used to eat it." Total stunned silence in response.
posted by Servo5678 at 7:12 AM on February 3, 2023 [33 favorites]
posted by Servo5678 at 7:12 AM on February 3, 2023 [33 favorites]
Hahahahaha well DONE
posted by potrzebie at 7:13 AM on February 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by potrzebie at 7:13 AM on February 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
I watched Training Day every day for a year.
I learned I really don't like cops.
posted by box at 7:15 AM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
I learned I really don't like cops.
posted by box at 7:15 AM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
I learned I really don't like cops.
I ended up at the same conclusion watching the news every day for a year.
posted by Trent Crimm, The Independent at 7:29 AM on February 3, 2023 [14 favorites]
I ended up at the same conclusion watching the news every day for a year.
posted by Trent Crimm, The Independent at 7:29 AM on February 3, 2023 [14 favorites]
flagged as a double [not really flagged]
posted by chavenet at 7:36 AM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 7:36 AM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Power play here is to go back and flag the first one as the double.
posted by mhoye at 7:41 AM on February 3, 2023 [27 favorites]
posted by mhoye at 7:41 AM on February 3, 2023 [27 favorites]
LOL
posted by warriorqueen at 7:45 AM on February 3, 2023
posted by warriorqueen at 7:45 AM on February 3, 2023
*falls out of tree again*
posted by cortex at 7:58 AM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by cortex at 7:58 AM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
booooooooo
posted by wreckingball at 8:02 AM on February 3, 2023
posted by wreckingball at 8:02 AM on February 3, 2023
Ok, fine. You win.
posted by SystematicAbuse at 8:29 AM on February 3, 2023
posted by SystematicAbuse at 8:29 AM on February 3, 2023
If I discovered I was stuck in a loop, I'd just sleep all day.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:36 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:36 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Total stunned silence in response.
Good thing you didn’t tell them that you’re a god. *A* god, not *the* god.
posted by kat518 at 8:42 AM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Good thing you didn’t tell them that you’re a god. *A* god, not *the* god.
posted by kat518 at 8:42 AM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
If only we'd rehearsed this ahead of time, and left all the same comments today that we'd left yesterday.
posted by Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted at 8:58 AM on February 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted at 8:58 AM on February 3, 2023 [6 favorites]
Wow, nobody has posted anything for a whole day?
Oh, wait.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 8:59 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Oh, wait.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 8:59 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
*falls out of tree again*
You little brat, you have never thanked me! ...I'll see you tomorrow! Maybe!
posted by joannemerriam at 9:08 AM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
You little brat, you have never thanked me! ...I'll see you tomorrow! Maybe!
posted by joannemerriam at 9:08 AM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
This is our chance at redemption.
We aren't reading the same article and doing the same thread. Now we are informed by a story of hope after strokes, watched Secrets of the Abyss, reviewed the events of 1979, sharing and reflecting on the strike in the UK, looked at an anniversary Dinosaur Comics, learned about other groundhog days, Māori language and outlook, saw Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum, and heard about the new laws for LSD in Australia.
We've grown, we've learned. And now we can really understand what watching Groundhog Day over and over is all about.
It is about loving yourself, loving others, friendship, recursion, yadda yadda.
posted by Meatbomb at 9:31 AM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
We aren't reading the same article and doing the same thread. Now we are informed by a story of hope after strokes, watched Secrets of the Abyss, reviewed the events of 1979, sharing and reflecting on the strike in the UK, looked at an anniversary Dinosaur Comics, learned about other groundhog days, Māori language and outlook, saw Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum, and heard about the new laws for LSD in Australia.
We've grown, we've learned. And now we can really understand what watching Groundhog Day over and over is all about.
It is about loving yourself, loving others, friendship, recursion, yadda yadda.
posted by Meatbomb at 9:31 AM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
First!
(That doesn't make much sense in context, but it felt right.)
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:32 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
(That doesn't make much sense in context, but it felt right.)
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:32 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
First!
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:32 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:32 AM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
̴̰̠́͘I̶̺̻̝͐̆ͅ ̴̙͌̉͊̓ẅ̷͖́̓͂͊̚a̵̛̪̿͘̕͠t̶̢̡̟̲̎͂̈́́͌c̵̘̀͑͠͝ḩ̴͑̓͗͌ẹ̴̬̉̌͛̉͘d̵͎̟̔̓͘ ̶̢͔̖͌͌G̷̝͆̽͛̌r̸̰̫̮̞͕̪̃̉͐o̴͍͙̙͖̜̔̇̈́ự̵̣͓̞̙̌̏͐͝ṇ̸̯͉̩͆͊d̶̛͖͗h̶̺͉̰̰͑̊̈́̾̚ò̵̝̩̿͜͠g̵͍̮̼͈̔̈́̌̊͌ ̸̢͉͛̍̊͒͑̽͜D̵̰͍̙̠́́̅ă̵̘̍͑̐̔ÿ̸͍̮̞́ ̶̨̣͔͈̀̿é̵̛̙̫̘̲͛͐́͛v̸̯̯͍̦͕͂͗̋͘͠ę̷͔̭̠͖̰̈ŗ̷̺̥̲̣̼͋y̶̢̛̦͚̖̗̔̐̌͐̈́ ̷̤͇͐̚d̷̻͌͋͘͝a̸̹̹͓̻͋͐͒̚͘͝y̸̰̅̚ ̴̨̱̹̤̊͝͝f̸̟͍̖͈̝̂̈́̾̂͠ͅo̶̝̻͖̹͑̽̂̚r̶̮̒̓͑ ̵̨̰̭̬̏a̶̰̗̺̔͒͛ͅ ̷̠͖̩̟̐́ẙ̵͙̩̯̀͠ē̸̛̻̘̇a̶̮͋͆͝r̶̢̥̹̓͑̚.̴̭͕͖͓̞͌́̐̅̀͠ ̷̝͊H̴͇̘͕̄̓̅̆̚̚e̸̦̼̹̽̐̍́r̸̪̳͕̋̾͘̕͝ḛ̴͓̲̮͖̾̓̓́̀̉’̵̺̆s̸̢͕̖̹̣͕̽ ̴̛̹͗̌̆ŵ̸̨̺̅͒̑h̷̯̠̮̠͙͖͂͂̅̀͝ǎ̷̲̿͜t̴̡̩̥̮́̔͜ ̶̨̝̱̟̮̂I̷̡̘̫̘̒̐̿̾͠ ̸̺͖̋̅͝ļ̸͇̃̅̿̃͝ẽ̷͉̱͍̆̇̑̀a̷̛͙̿r̷̝̖̗̫̪̄͋͑̃n̶̲͘è̸̟̞̳̐̈́͆͜͝d̶̛͈̑͒͊̉
posted by lalochezia at 10:03 AM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
*falls out of tree again*
The kid who fell out of the tree is now a news reporter at the ABC TV station here in Boston: Sean Chaiyabhat
posted by briank at 10:10 AM on February 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
The kid who fell out of the tree is now a news reporter at the ABC TV station here in Boston: Sean Chaiyabhat
posted by briank at 10:10 AM on February 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
I'm neurochemically wired to almost require novelty to survive, so the idea of doing this makes my skin crawl. I have enough trouble with the repetitive nature of time loop stories that reading/viewing the first time is mildly annoying. I cannot imagine a full year. There are less than ten movies I've watched more than once, and usually by five times I kind of hate them.
Still, I spend enough time repeating quotes from comedy sketches where they feel appropriate that I get that sense of the power of nostalgia and repetition. I think that's what makes Catholic mass so powerful for so many people. Maybe someday I'll be in the re-watchers club because I enjoy that feeling of a familiar sequence of events too, and not just because my memory is less reliable.
posted by BrotherCaine at 10:25 AM on February 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Still, I spend enough time repeating quotes from comedy sketches where they feel appropriate that I get that sense of the power of nostalgia and repetition. I think that's what makes Catholic mass so powerful for so many people. Maybe someday I'll be in the re-watchers club because I enjoy that feeling of a familiar sequence of events too, and not just because my memory is less reliable.
posted by BrotherCaine at 10:25 AM on February 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
The kid who fell out of the tree is now a news reporter at the ABC TV station here in Boston
Please tell me they sent him to Punxsutawney at least once.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 11:04 AM on February 3, 2023
Please tell me they sent him to Punxsutawney at least once.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 11:04 AM on February 3, 2023
The second season of the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya caused quite a stir when 7 of the 14 episodes were basically the same episode played over and over again (with a few small variations) before they broke out of the time loop. The viewership got more and more irate every week as it became clear that this episode was yet another repeat of the week before. It was kind of an epic troll on the part of the studio.
posted by rikschell at 11:13 AM on February 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by rikschell at 11:13 AM on February 3, 2023 [7 favorites]
If you're a fan of time loops, give Replay by Ken Grimwood a shot. I read it shortly after it was released, and was initially disappointed in Groundhog Day because I thought Replay's story was more interesting. Groundhog Day grew on me, over time, and while there are other loop movies I like more, my favorite story overall is still Replay.
posted by Gorgik at 11:42 AM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Gorgik at 11:42 AM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
The Comic Strip That Has A Finale Every Day
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:59 AM on February 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:59 AM on February 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
If I discovered I was stuck in a loop, I'd just sleep all day.
I know, right? I saw this novelty post and I still had to go to fucking work. It's like the day I realized that time travel will probably never, ever be possible, so time-travel fantasies are a waste of time. Sucks.
posted by anhedonic at 2:45 PM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I know, right? I saw this novelty post and I still had to go to fucking work. It's like the day I realized that time travel will probably never, ever be possible, so time-travel fantasies are a waste of time. Sucks.
posted by anhedonic at 2:45 PM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Yeah, this is the movie I watched on the in-hospital TV network every day when I was stuck there for five months, unable to move or talk, so... I lived that fucker.
posted by Soliloquy at 3:32 PM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Soliloquy at 3:32 PM on February 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
Yeah, this is the movie I watched on the in-hospital TV network every day when I was stuck there for five months, unable to move or talk, so... I lived that fucker.
Hope you've fully recovered from what sounds like a very, very traumatic experience.
posted by BrotherCaine at 4:22 PM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Hope you've fully recovered from what sounds like a very, very traumatic experience.
posted by BrotherCaine at 4:22 PM on February 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Bill Murray and Harold Ramis Were the Best of Friends. Then ‘Groundhog Day’ Happened
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:27 PM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:27 PM on February 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Made me scroll back and forth and back and screw you! In a nice way
posted by atomicstone at 5:41 PM on February 3, 2023
posted by atomicstone at 5:41 PM on February 3, 2023
Hmmm... I have no idea how these people got their groundhogs wedged into their scanners, or why.
posted by zaixfeep at 3:45 AM on February 5, 2023
posted by zaixfeep at 3:45 AM on February 5, 2023
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