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Doggust Day 6: Danish-Swedish farm-dog. I had two ideas so decided to just do both. ☕

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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 will continue posting in favour of there being fewer people like that

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There’s a dude at the bus stop who is having a fight with someone over the phone, and I wish so hard I could hear both sides of the fight, because he just yelled

YOU need to adjust your PUNK ASS chakra!

I don’t know what this means either objectively or in his personal lived experience but he has some strong feelings about some punk ass chakras.

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"oh homeless people are just gonna use your money to buy drugs" and? and?? the government uses my tax money to buy bombs and cops, you think I care if someone in a shitty situation uses money I gave them to feel marginally less shitty? fuck off!

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watching people on Tik Tok and Tumblr call Fantastic Four "zionist propaganda" because they had the AUDACITY to show The Thing (a canon jewish man) in a synagogue like:

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Children please stop calling the slightest hint of sexual desire “gooning” I’m going to strangle all of you

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I wonder what People Who Really Like Trains liked best before trains. the first sights of the first trains in history must’ve hit those brains like a galaxy going off.

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me when my disabilities disable me:

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Punimon - Tsunomon - Gabumon - Garurumon

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so I learned embroidery recently

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I'm at the doctor's office and a teenager who's like 7 fuckin feet tall just walked in and told the receptionist their name is Sequoia lmao. like is that a chosen name or did your parents somehow know you were gonna be the size of a redwood tree

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when ur trying to reblog a post but it fails bc the op who uve never seen in ur entire life has u blocked

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🗣️Trade offer 🗣️

Vgen commissions are open !!

RTs would be appreciated !

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An older comic from when I used to work at Build-A-Bear

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Fine day to be a shrimp fan 😌

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