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it sucks that the backrooms and by extent liminal spaces turned out the way they did in popular culture. i love dreamy places not because they're full of Scary Screatures or whatever but because they're fun and interesting and cool and a perfect place for a girl like me to lay her eggs

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fucked up this microwave ramen BIG time #crimge #fail #failure #notahousehusband #itwaschewyandwaterya

sorry i got distracted i had to help my sibling drain their cereal with a pasta spoon (they fucked up their ramen too so they poured a bowl of cereal but then forgot about it to make a toad in hole which half burned but by the time they remembered the cereal it was soggy. but it is okay we saved the milk 👍)

anyway. #donotletmeinakitcheniwillfuckthepotsandpans #puttingmypenisonthestoveouchpuchooohouch

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me: *trying to take my socks off but they keep getting stuck on my heel* oh fuck. goddamnit.

the extractor fan in a bathroom in Norway that has an intrinsic link to my spirit: *momentarily whirs louder*

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tonight i swore a blood oath to the minimum wage workers at my local subway

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oh my god some random person is annoying me i gotta kill them with a sword

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liking girls with glasses when you are a girl with glasses is objectively funny

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Me casually casting meteor shower in a safeway before leaving and going home

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In my experience as a third culture kid who travels a lot the best indicator that you as a non-x is appreciating x culture is if the locals actively invite you to participate in it with them

Yes, you are allowed to buy those handmade Inuit winter clothes if an Inuk is literally selling them to you. They would not be offering you a price point if they didnt want you to buy and wear them. And you might discover that theyre the best winter clothes youve ever worn because of COURSE they would be if theyve kept this culture warm in harsh winters for thousands of years.

Yes, you are allowed to join those Cambodians in that local holiday theyre celebrating during your visit if they literally invited you to it. They would not have invited you if they didnt want you to participate. And in the process you might learn a lot about a culture you never wouldve interacted with and you can all have a laugh together about your clumsy but genuine attempts at getting your footwork right in one of their traditional dances.

Yes, you are also allowed to ask if you can participate in something from the local culture you are visiting. Sometimes you will get "sorry, thats a closed practice" but in my experience most of the time you'll get "of course, let me show you how to do this!" And in my experience people tend to appreciate when others make an active effort in sharing their culture and wont stone you to death if youre clumsy about it while youre learning. I guarantee that the local children doing all of this for the first time too make the same mistakes you do and they can tell if youre being disrespectful or genuine.

So much "cultural appropriation" discourse really starts to sound like "you cant participate or visit any other cultures if youre from a Colonial Culture and have to stay in your little box and never relate to other people"

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preserving this awesome comment before i blocked them for unrelated bigotry

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arf arf arf arf arf arf (sees that nobody is looking at me or gives a fuck) whatever

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In stars and time was only like $19 but it has cost me in other ways.

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France: hundreds of years with baguette -- DID NOT INVENT BANH MI

Vietnam: less than 100 years with baguette -- INVENTED BANH MI

ANOTHER WIN FOR VIETNAM‼️‼️‼️‼️

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Marigami doodle

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Well My Dad Bought Me A New Toy That I Dont Know How To Use The Toy