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[akimarshmallow]

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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wasnt jkr the guy who got assassinated by the president? why is he bad?

i. ive been thinking about how to reply to this for like ten minutes. i can’t even add anything. it’s already perfect .

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who want me

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Thinking about the one time my siblings and I blew my grandpa's mind when he witnessed us all sitting in the same room doing completely different activities (including playing video games) while still talking to each other and socializing

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Wikipedia is lost to our friends across the waters.

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kids deserve so much more respect and it turns out that saying that is a great way to locate the horrible people in any community <3

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“Normal” test results are not the relief people think they are. When you wake up in pain and continue to be in pain for hours every day and your tests come back normal you don’t stop being in pain.

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Why isn't "too scary" a good enough reason to never drive a car

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while we’re at it can we stop saying and repeating this myth that all white supremacists were “groomed” into white supremacy. most Trump supporters are not survivors of prolonged targeted psychological abuse and isolation. they are racist because it’s easy for them, because culture goes unchallenged, and because they benefit from it. they enjoy being racist because they think it is fun and makes them interesting. they aren’t the true spiritual victims of racism. they are the perpetrators

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Top 3 ways to pronounce "worms":

woims (old-timey New York gangster)

wurrums (Scottish)

weuhrms (bad French accent like the narrator from spongebob)

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Ok my brothers math teacher has pissed me off so bad that I’m writing an email. Do you know how seethingly mad I have to be to write an email.

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stop that’s so funny

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You're obviously lying about being intersex. I saw that picture of your eyes and you look like a normal male. Attention seeker

I usually don't respond to anon hate but this one is really funny. Eyes?? Of all things??? There's no sexual dimorphism in the eyes 💀

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People with personality disorders receive a ridiculous amount of stigma and mistreatment from medical professionals for no good reason. It’s not just because of how the people with personality disorders are acting, it’s about what people assume.

I know this from firsthand experience. I was misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder for 4 years. Immediately after I was diagnosed, I saw a huge change in how medical professionals treated me, even though I wasn’t acting any different. I was refused treatment and testing for physical conditions due to my status as someone with BPD.

And in the end, I didn’t even have BPD. Yet, since doctors saw my diagnosis, they treated me poorly for no good reason. This is proof that it’s not the symptoms of the disorder that cause stigma, it’s the people who make assumptions, stereotypes and generalizations about you that cause the stigma.

Facing stigma as a cluster b person is unacceptable, yet almost entirely unavoidable. I just want to remind all the people with personality disorders that you are valid, you are worthy of respect and equal treatment, and you do not deserve the hate that you receive simply because of your diagnosis.

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i have spamton on my tomodachi life island and every girl he's asked out has rejected him or not even shown up. which leads to this which i find infinitely funny