spectredirector t1_je06bdk wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:54 PM

So bizarre to me. Now I was raised in DC, so maybe I'm just jaded, but man the cherry blossom get love like I didn't even know. Do people actually love the plant? Is it the history? Or is it just the temporal nature of a thing? Like calling "first" on a message board.

I know I sound like I don't care for the blossoms, I do - my mother use'ta love them, tried to see them every year, it made her happy. I'm glad everyone is enjoying them too. It'd make mom happy that you all are.

AnIndecisiveFuck t1_je0dixk wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:43 PM

I don’t think it’s that deep, it’s a pretty flower lol

scratchnsniff t1_je14agk wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:34 PM

I just posted about what it means to me, it certainly wasn't deep when I moved here 10 years ago but that changed over time; kind of like how family traditions and your relation to them change as you age.

https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/124w5pw/personal_reflections_on_hanami/

spectredirector t1_je0flm7 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:57 PM

At scale on water - I get it.

But the sub is flooded with it - normally I can follow the sub for 1st hand news; with the occasional pretty DC landmark in-between.

For a couple days it's been 75% or more cherry blossom posts. I'm not complaining - just marveling.

AnIndecisiveFuck t1_je0iw7v wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:19 PM

That isn’t unique to cherry blossoms or this sub, my last city’s sub had a “famous cat” that everyone and their brother would post lol- just humans being humans 🤷🏼‍♀️

Ok_Culture_3621 t1_je1kdo8 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:14 PM

I think it’s kind of nice that this usually mad, sad and panicky sub gets a few days a year to be distracted by pretty flowers.

spectredirector t1_je1zcdl wrote on March 28, 2023 at 8:46 PM

I can agree with that sentiment.

redhat12345 t1_je0nrl2 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:50 PM

It’s beautiful and a symbol of DC

But over the past 5 years or so, it’s been a hotspot for Insta posts