lonely night

alex, twenty eight. high tech lowlife

[seabeck]

Bonnets

[sleepytrain]

Red Glow

Shibuya, Japan 2026

[melis-writes]

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT dev. CD Projekt RED.

[uroko]

岐阜横蔵寺 // Yokokura-ji Temple, Gifu

[sleepytrain]

Coin Laundry

Yanaka, Japan 2026

[aestum]

(by nathanaelbillings)

[midnightchapter]

Vilnius Bernardine Cemetery covered in blue scillas Vilnius, Lithuania | April 2025

[rootlessly]

26 may 2025 — central coast, california

[tomasorban]

Callanish Stone Circle, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.                

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

Tuojiang Town, Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, China

[usafphantom2]

In 1990, Ed Yeilding and his RSO, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Vida flew an SR-71 Blackbird from California to Virginia in 64 minutes and 20 seconds, averaging a speed of over 2,300 miles per hour. This flight set the record for the fastest coast-to-coast flight ever recorded.

@webflite via X

[ceasarslegion]

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"

[ceasarslegion]

You actually sound like more of a racist dickhead when your response to being offered something is to say "no im not allowed to do that, Im white"

[nearlydark]

Floating down river Yosemite National Park, May 2025

[alohacrabs]

[pre-party]

[deletingmyself]

(by Tim Trad)| Iceland

[vamptits]

sure I have "problems" but a bagel would help. a bagel would help.