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Lou / 22 / queer / programmer / game designer / digital artist

[pikaxiu]

Game Name Brainstorming

Hello! Guava Rush Games is trying to brainstorm ideas for what to name our game project and the creatures in it! The game is a monster daycare simulator with emphasize on time and creature management. You will be taking care of something like these little guys:

Hey! My Game Team for school needs help brainstorming a name for our game and a name for our lil’ guys! Help us out, it’ll take two seconds!

[sunshiinies]

[gahdamnpunk]

Literally no excuse ^^^

[katrinageist]

When I explain cultural misappropriation to children, I use the example of The Nightmare Before Christmas.  

It’s effective because especially for children, who don’t have enough historical context to understand much of the concept, you can still fully grasp the idea.  

There was nothing wrong with Jack seeing the beauty and differences in Christmas town, it’s when he tried to take what is unique about Christmas town away from those it originally belonged to without understanding the full context of Christmas things is when everything went wrong.

When Jack tries to get the folk of Halloween town to make Christmas gifts for children, etc., children understand that the Halloween town folk do not have the full context for the objects they are making, and they are able to see that the direct repercussions and consequences are very harmful.

[jumpingjacktrash]

what i like about this is the implication that if jack had taken the time to understand christmas town, bringing christmas to halloween town would not have been harmful. that’s how it works, folks. cultural sharing is GOOD, it’s only misappropriation when it’s done in ignorance and disrespect.

[kelseyridge13]

There’s an interesting level here in that Jack tried to understand Christmas town. He could see the magic while he was there, and he did try to explain it that way to citizens of Halloween town.  But they weren’t interested in the kind of life he was describing, so he started “rebranding” Christmas so that it was not like Christmas but was like Halloween. The people of Halloween town, never having actually encountered Christmas, have no way of knowing that what they’re being told about Christmas and “Sandy Claws” is inaccurate. Jack also tried to study Christmas and its culture, though he couldn’t quite get it; eventually, he literally decides to take it for himself, even as he knows it’s not really for him.  He started out feeling sad the others in Halloween town didn’t ‘get it,’ but he then decided it’s not important to fully ‘get it’ but instead to have it.

So it’s not just accidentally removing things form their context; he has intentionally disregard the meaning of the rituals he purports to be recreating, making them more fun for the recreaters but not like what the rituals are supposed to be and without the related significance.

[calamitycons]

This is the best way to conceptualize the wrong way to share culture I have ever seen and I think I finally get where people are coming from when they talk about “cultural appropriation.”

[okayilubuhbye-deactivated201611]

This is an EXCELLENT explanation through example!

[figureyourlifeout-deactivated20]

This is PERFECT. I’m using this in my classroom.

[everydayanth]

THIS IS PERFECT FOR ADULTS TOO!

[thecommonchick]

brain: don’t forget to feel terrible

me: oh yeah thanks

[stimman3000]

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[sterrenkijker]

top tier: “Elementary” is better than “Sherlock” because not only does it not have the racism, sexism and queer-baiting from the BBC adaption, it actually shows how smart Sherlock Holmes is instead of just telling you that the detective can do the impossible. The overall portrayal of Sherlock is much more true and actually shows him as a person instead of some hero who does things off screen we just have to believe. Even though “Elementary” might be lower budget and may feel inferior to “Sherlock”, it’s overall the better show and definitely more enjoyable to watch 

god tier: “Elementary” is better than “Sherlock” because Jonny Lee Miller is hotter than Bumblebee Custardbath

[rubystryingreallyhard-deactivat]

galaxy brain: Elementary is better because it has Lucy Liu instead of Martin Freeman 

[blackqueerblog]

Whole school should be fired.

[glampyr]

Quote from an acrticle about this steaming pile of transphobic shit: “During an event that prepares children to survive an attack by actual assailants, she was treated as if she was so much of a danger to peers that she was left exposed and vulnerable”

They made her sit in the gym while everyone else was hiding. Putting priority on noone entering the opposite-gender locker room in a life-or-very-violent-death situation is messed up enough as it is, but they told A CHILD that because she’s trans she is more dangerous to her classmates than a psychopath with a firearm.

(America’s a Fucking Disease playing in the background)

[tacomel420]

me as a store owner

[8168708]

ok we joke and we jape but like. shrek 1 is th only animated/childrens movie i can think of that has th message that its ok to be an ugly woman n 4 that reason i hav a lot of genuine respect for it as a piece of art

[ymcr]

[varietyblr]

[backseat-burner]

same energy:

[earthnation]

lgbt community shares one brain cell and its kept in gaga’s purse 😔

[jaoxn]

[sailorbrazil]

wizard… a sorceress

[dwight-schrutes]

[selki]

My favourite toy is my: beenneebabe I like it because: it is sofd

[leaf-beard-deactivated20200913]

[amorverde]

i hate when ppl make fun of me for trying 2 be positive and spread good vibes like fuck your bitter ass i spent a good portion of my short life being bitter and angry and suicidal if i wanna shoot sunshine out of my ass then i fuckin will 

[transmxnfenris]

the worst part is when their all “we can’t all be neurotypical, Karen” like listen, I’m not neurotypical I’m just trying to get better jesus

[fierceawakening]

Even Bigger Mood

[justtwothings]