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Keni
almost home
Acquired Stardust
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
Three Goblin Art
Discoholic đŞŠ
pixel skylines
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#extradirty
Mike Driver
art blog(derogatory)
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AnasAbdin
Alisa U Zemlji Chuda
if i look back, i am lost
@theartofmadeline
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
izzy's playlists!
Jules of Nature
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@purepathologist
@ MUTUALS !!! my wife co-owns a disc server meant to be a hangout space focused on queer/disability/plural stuff !!! and I don't... know many people there rn so I wanna see if any of my oomfs here are interested and I can send you the link !! :3c
I'm gonna make this my pinned for a few days ok original bfyf here
thinking about making a separate blog for store stuff
It hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts (ignore me i am just taking a vacation in the firy pits of hell after ep 69)
donât worry about Joshua guys heâs in a better place now
DO NOT LET SOCIAL MEDIA TURN YOU INTO AN AMERICAN
As an American: Seriously, please donât
ok well i don't
"Americanization" is a real phenomenon, and how non-Americans should be cautious of it is taught in different countries at school. It's taught in Greece and people from other countries told me their elementary or middle school teachers (using the American grades, to make it make sense to the majority on the site) talked to them about it.
It's common sense here, except for USians, so I'll analyze it a bit more for the dominant demographic here. In a globalized setting, the most dominant culture affects the others and sets the trends. The way our language works, how we think, our levels of politeness and intimacy, and our levels of respect. (flash news, they are going down đ)
I don't want to imply that there is nothing good in the US. There are plenty of positives in the country. It's just that for the rest of the cultures online it's a constant daily fight to not forget our roots, with the degree US media and brands have permeated our lives. In Greece at least we watch more US American media than Greek media nowadays, and many of our shows are rip-offs of USian ones, with little adaptation to Greek reality and culture.
And to demonstrate the amount of this exposure, a 22-year-old Greek asked me the other day "if something happens we call 911, right?" This might have literally cost them their life, in a dangerous situation! Because all the movies and songs they consumed (not an unusual thing for the Greek youth) were what they knew. And I found a similar comment in this comment thread.
Lots of Americans in the notes failing to understand this post. It's not about not liking the US. It's not about you feeling ashamed or guilty for being American. It's not about you.
It's about American media drowning out native language media all over the world, and workplaces requiring the English language in your repertoire more and more. It's about proper translations and foreign language dubbing of films disappearing because "everyone speaks/should speak English anyway." All of this is leading to the deterioration of native speaker groups of languages worldwide.
In my country, Dutch language courses can't find enough people who want to study the language, while English language courses are overflowing with people who want to study the language. There is even widespread distaste for the Dutch language for being crude or sounding rough or what have you. That's our native language!!! That is our culture in its purest form!!! That is knowledge we inherit from our parents as they did from theirs!!! That is how we learned fairytales and folk stories and myths!!! That is the language that shapes our communication and our way of thinking!!! To hate your native language is to hate yourself at the deepest level.
And yet it's so normalised. Droves of foreigners living in the Netherlands will never learn a word of Dutch, because "everyone speaks English anyway." We are the world's leaders in non-native understanding of English, but it comes at a cost. A grave cost we will continue to pay.
If you're looking to support your non-American friends in any way that is not performatively shouting "I hate being an American" into the void, first of all, unlearn that hatred of yourself and your culture. You are of no help self-flagellating, and there is a difference between holding your country accountable for its issues, and denying yourself your culture because your country is doing and has done bad things.
(I am not going to get into arguments about whether or not US American culture exists. It does, and if you think differently you are welcome to change your mind.)
Secondly, learn about other countries. Learn a bit of Chinese. Take an interest in the Italian political system. Ask your friends about their countries' folklore. Watch documentaries about art from Nigeria. Absorb information that is not fed to you by American media.
And thirdly, quit expecting your non-American friends to communicate in a way that appeals to you. The French and Dutch will always seem rude to you because our way of communicating is far more direct than the way you communicate. People from other cultures may seem vague to you because their way of communicating is far more indirect, and you're not used to that either. Quit being frustrated when you don't get what we mean exactly. Quit assuming we mean the absolute worst thing you could imagine just because you didn't get what we meant the first time. Ask us to explain if you need us to, and learn to accept that we are different from you.
We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It's your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.
We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It's your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.
little girl [hollyleaf]
ai stands for adach irei
GUYSSSSS GUYS GUYS ITS JUNE SECOND
HAPPY "WHO ARE YOU? I LOVE YOU TOO" DAY TO ALL 17776 FANS!
I don't know who you are or anything about you, but I love you so much!
(this quote breaks me every time. there are so many people in the world who i've never met in real life and probably never will who mean the world to me. and to all the people i've never met, thank you for existing too. I love you.)
wait what happened to june 30th-
(there are so many issues with this calendar istg)
happy pride month drop your strexcorp rainbow capitalism headcanons in the comments below
âRemember Nightvale. If youâre upset about a corporation taking over your town, just remember that you canât spell âStrexâ without âT-rexâ. Just imagine a bloody dinosaur attempting to clack away at a computer desk, and most of your problems will be temporarily solved due to your negligence to think about them.â
âI have just been informed by⌠Daniel.. that this is not Strex approved. Well Daniel, I donât remember asking for your opinion on the matter.â
GIRLS!!!! DECENTRALIZE MEN IN YOUR LIFE & LANGUAGE & ACTIVISM! DO IT! JUST STOP CENTERING THEM! ITS ALL I ASK! ITS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SAVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND WHEN (NOT IF, WHEN) HE SHOWS HIS TRUE COLORS. IF HE CRIES, GUILT TRIPS, TURNS THE BLAME ON YOU. IF HE EVER MAKES YOU FEEL BAD FOR DECENTERING MEN.
RUN. THAT MAN IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. HE IS NOT YOUR FAMILY. HE IS NOT YOUR LOVER. RUN.
My vocaloid Crime and Punishment song, âExtraordinary Manâ, has been released on YouTube!
Here are most of the frames from the promotional video, though I encourage you to listen to the song and watch the video because I spent a lot of time producing and editing it aghhg. It is a bountiful day for the Raskolnikov lovers today...
OH OH WAIT OBLIGATORY PRIDE MONTH POST!!! Paisley is transfem + unlabeled sexuality + she/her!!! Pattern is unlabeled everything + vaguely masculine + any pronouns!!! Paisley Heart (aka pre and post canon) is transfem girlboy + she/he!!! Flare is nonbinary + aroacespec + they/them!!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!
happy pride month drop your strexcorp rainbow capitalism headcanons in the comments below
for june specifically this becomes the new strexcorp employee uniform. they all have to wear it
happy pride month drop your strexcorp rainbow capitalism headcanons in the comments below
I guess you could say heâs ve⌠heâs a very hâŚ
pure you have to show thw sydney cosplay. you have to
OK I'll probably get better ones at the actual time of the con buuut for meow you can have the slightly shitty ones I took when trying it on the other day.
