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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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I opened up my Tomodachi Life save after 2 years Saw this in the apartments Immediately turned it back off

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mutuals even if I don't talk to you much/at all, when I see you on my dash I'm doing this

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Souls Apocalypse Acrylic on Canvas 20”x16”

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that one "tiny hawk" meme drives me nuts because 1) the bird pictured is a kestrel and 2) there is already a species of hawk called the Tiny Hawk

so i made my own version

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2024 Soriku week day 1 - hollow/when you're fast asleep explanation/personal interpretation under the cut :)

In this moment, I feel like Mickey or Namine has caught Riku in one of his moments of weakness while he sits beside Sora's egg, and Riku is looking up in surprise. Riku during chain of memories I had a lot of time to be forced to confront his lingering darkness, and I just know that it ate away at him. I know that without the blindfold usually would end in a transformation into Ansem SOD, but I felt like darkness seeping out of his eyes would look cool ok. Hollow - The hollowness and regret he feels inside at hurting his friend Sora When you're fast asleep - Sora is fast asleep regaining his memories while Riku watches over him

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Got it memorized?

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i forgot what the post was gonna be……. i made these n then my brain stopped after that step

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Ralph Fiennes could win an oscar if they make a movie about the lindt master chocolatier

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part 2 after all (direct continuation)

hahah whoops qwq!

EDIT: part 1 here

(deltarune)

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stating to think there’s an inverse correlation between how good media is and how easily fandomizable it is 😁

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The strangest attitude I've ever seen on people about anything is when someone is aware that their situation is bad, and that other people have it better, and not only have their no intention to personally do anything to fix their situation, they'll actively fight you if you try to help them. They don't want their situation to get better. They just want you to feel bad about how bad they've got it.

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knight is bug to me