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Granarchy 1: They grow up so fast. Thanks @astrmastr for the killer name!

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Reviving a 30 year old idea with my childhood friend: the humble sporkion

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She drinks red bull I drink monster she's cheer captain and i am a lobster

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Well, you know, some bathroom graffiti offers insight.

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hey bro can i ask you a question that will reveal a deep and fundamental gap in my knowledge of the world

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This random reply is such a good reaction image

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autocorrect just tried to change "omegaverse" to "metaverse" and i think i'm genuinely offended

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Fruit bat lady has a snack break. I want to do a Honduran white bat then I'm done for real lol

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BIG NEWS FOR WEBCOMIC FANS: The Bible is being translated into vernacular and distributed to the laypeople

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He's our king

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Nothing could be dryer than a jolly caucus race.

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Please rise for our new national anthem

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Every time I read one of those age gap posts the age where you're still helpless and being taken advantage of gets higher and higher, like 26 years old is too young to interact with older people what the fuck? I have lots of friends who were/are well into doing a PhD at this point. My dad had me at 26 years old. You're a whole grown ass person participating in society, you can vote and join politics, you can work, you can live in your own.

This smolbeanification has to stop, it's frankly embarrassing.

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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"