It was 2015 when I first encountered this while working with Andrew and James. I couldn't find any online info on the origin, and the few Firebasers I asked couldn't tell me. I feel like I have closure now that it really wasn't a thing. Or, I guess it was and it really is now.<p>It's funny how little things can snowball.
(Pineapple Day founder here :-P)<p>Thanks for the love HN! Don't forget to set that calendar reminder for yourself for next June 27th! (and set to repeat annually, of course)!
Reminds me of the other fake-but-now real holidays made up by tv shows and other groups. One example that comes to mind is Parks and Recreation making up "Galentines" day, and it's pretty much a real holiday by now.
<i>Our recent infusion of Y Combinator investment money had enabled us to switch our diets from mooching off of my aunt and uncle to actually buying our own food at the grocery store. This was super exciting, and I was taking full advantage of this newfound freedom.</i><p>I love this bit of the article.<p>"I can afford groceries" + snark = accidentally founding a new holiday
You can create your own national-whatever day if you talk to the right people and know about Chase's Calendar of Events.<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=524577372" rel="nofollow">https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?stor...</a><p>Or, just declare your day to be whatever you want. Nobody is checking and I don't think anybody cares.
It's crazy how these things tend to snowball.<p>In some ways isn't this how cults get started? Someone picks some arbitrary and weird thing that "initiates" an individual into an exclusive club. Then you get that first follower and you're off to the races.<p>Personally, I'm excited for the cult of the pineapple. It's my favorite fruit.
I haven't heard of this day, but having worked in at least one startup with a marketing department, I know that people in marketing just like people in software development love things that make their job easier on any given day, and this is more or less what pineapple day is.
pineapples are pretty ecologically destructive, workers are treated horribly, mondo pesticides, etc. it's an unfortunate thing to celebrate without raising awareness of this side of the story.<p><a href="https://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/exploring-green/the-sour-side-of-pineapple-production/" rel="nofollow">https://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/exploring-green/the-sour-sid...</a>