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why didn’t frodo just bounce the ring on a series of trampolines to mount doom??

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trying to explain what daylight savings time is but they just keep staring at me like I’m a fucking idiot who can’t read a clock. IM NOT WRONG YOU ARE.

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Every once in a while I remember Donald duck helped discover/predict methylene

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Weirdedt thing about labubus is they look like knock off monchichis

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One of my favorite bits of Tumblr culture is the vehement rejection of monetization UNLESS some buzzfeed type hyperlinks your comment. At which point buzzfeed owes you ten million dollars.

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my favorite thing right now is how mad the official french language people are that parts of african languages are getting mixed into french

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Me @ me: Moving on means blocking, this is a rando on the internet who somehow invented an argument you never made based on a simple three sentences. This is not a person who is shown to be committed to misunderstanding you

Also me: But I want imaginary internet points for arguing with some rando who put words in my mouth!

Also also me: Which is probably just gonna take my mood and keep me distracted at work all for the reward of eventually getting so fed up that I block them anyway. Alright alright I’ll block so I can just move on

Was gonna follow that person back to their blog but my girlfriend caught me arguing on the internet the day before my birthday and I should be trying to protect my peace and just move

EVEN THOUGH I HAD WORDS PUT IN MY MOUTH

Its fine in moving on

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Was gonna follow that person back to their blog but my girlfriend caught me arguing on the internet the day before my birthday and I should be trying to protect my peace and just move

EVEN THOUGH I HAD WORDS PUT IN MY MOUTH

Its fine in moving on

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Me, talking about the american revolution

You, assuming Im saying these things are highly specific to the american revolution for some reason

I listed some details I dont always see in fiction using the american revolution as inspiration

At no point is there ever anything remotely resembling a claim that these are unique to this specific revolution

I keep trying to figure out a good way to articulate that I think people write revolutions in their stories based on their understanding of the American Revolution even when they are not writing about the overthrow of a geographically distant imperial power.

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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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a secret fire was lit

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A man with his dog , 1920s.

Ancient Threads, Facebook

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The fact that girls still like guys proves that sexuality isn’t a choice

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Its fan art of Anne of Green Gables smashing a picture frame over Freeza’s head on Namek whats so confusing here why the quastion mark

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the oversized joint my bf crocheted …. the cat loves smoking her joint

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