Tyranogre Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 HOT TAKE: How is "cultural appropriation" a bad thing? I understand why things like blackface or Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's are offensive, because the purpose of those is to mock people who are of different races. But in the case of, say, that white girl who wore a kimono to her prom, she didn't intend to mock anybody. All she did was look at another culture and say "Hey, I like your culture! It's really cool! I want to show everyone how cool it is by wearing it to my prom!" Like, what's the point of even having a culture if you don't want to share it with other people? Penis. Link to comment
Spring Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 its not a hot take if you're obviously uneducated in the subject matter, its just you spouting nonsense and pretending to be confused about issues that have real consequences and nuance by espousing your "hot take" you're now putting the onus of education on your peers, who, if PoC, have undoubtedly already had this exact conversation before with countless lazy white people who refuse to do even the most basic of research before deciding their "opinions" are important enough to even be hot takes to begin with maybe instead of deciding you have a "hot take" on something you clearly do not understand as you've stated, maybe try asking a question and not phrasing it combatively, implying that people upset over cultural appropriation are overreacting and upset over nothing a/0 and Alice Phantasma 2 Link to comment
April Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 hint: the answer lies somewhere between the centuries of slavery and the still-ongoing centuries of stealing/murdering for the rest of world population's land Link to comment
"Casual Trash" Kirbys Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I passed my Financial Accounting class with an A. YAY April and Link, the Hero of Dreams 2 Link to comment
April Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 the people who ridicule or deny the idea of cultural appropriation are the exact same ones who got big mad about "normies" calling themselves nerds in the 2000s lol a/0 1 Link to comment
blcdude1 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 In general, you can just replace the words "hot take" with "this is bait." By definition, hot takes are deliberately provocative statements intended to incite an angry response. The term originated on sports talk radio, on which hosts would use hot takes to get angry listeners to call in. It has since spread beyond radio, but the goal remains the same. A hot take isn't seeking a conversation, it's seeking a reaction. Tyranogre and Spring 2 Link to comment
Tyranogre Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 All this time I thought it just meant something that you knew others would disagree with. Link to comment
April Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) if you really have no idea where to start this is a basic enough summaryhttps://www.theweek.co.uk/cultural-appropriation the most obvious and egregious examples are people fetishizing significant or sacred items/clothing from cultures they destroyed, hence it originating with native tribes in various countries. given that the western world subjugated nearly 100% of the planet at some point up until less than 100 years ago, and still fucks with everything through militarism and economic imperialism, it shouldn't be a big surprise that it comes up so often. but at the end of the day it's not all that hard to realize when something like this is disrespectful, and if you don't know, you just read and don't assume it's fine. but the last thing you should do is tell people at the receiving end of all that shit that their concerns over people commodifying and trivializing things that they hold dear are nonsense. Edited December 14, 2019 by Pichi Link to comment
blcdude1 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Tyranogre said: All this time I thought it just meant something that you knew others would disagree with. I can understand this, given "hot take" is still a fairly new phrase: we're talking about a phrase the came to prominence because of Tebowing. The definitions of neologisms can be a little flexible. I'm sure we all use the term a little differently. Given winterberry's response, it looks like we likely have at least three definitions of the term in this very thread, all likely informed by our interaction with the phrase. Tyranogre 1 Link to comment
Tyranogre Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I'm sorry if I came across as ignorant, but in the literal sense of the word, I suppose that's exactly what I was. I'm well-aware of how little I know about the world around me, which is why I ask questions in the first place: to become less ignorant. Link to comment
a/0 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I'm glad I remembered my password. I just wanted to say thank you to both @winterberry and @Pichi. Link to comment
Spring Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Spoiler its so cute................ today i finished reading oh my goddess n it was a lot better than i remember! its been fun going back to old manga i never finished but read most of, v nostalgic gonna try to read sailor moon next but tbh its never been a favorite of mine so idk if ill stick with it Tyranogre, April and fuzz 3 Link to comment
"Casual Trash" Kirbys Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Doing one last project that is just basic timekeeping to track minutes past or going forward. Wouldn't be so hard if I knew how to program something that goes past an hour when doing my additions in minutes and hours. Link to comment
April Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 Tyranogre and Link, the Hero of Dreams 2 Link to comment
ace Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Pichi said: I’ll have you know I was awake at 4 am today! I mean I woke up in bed from twisting my neck a bad way but I was awake. April 1 Link to comment
Spring Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 i woke up early, at 9:45 yesterday we were in bed til 12:30........ April 1 Link to comment
Tyranogre Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 >tfw BotW2 will most likely have a more thorough bug-testing cycle and we’ll no longer be able to do crazy shit like this Link to comment
April Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 37 minutes ago, Tyranogre said: >tfw BotW2 will most likely have a more thorough bug-testing cycle and we’ll no longer be able to do crazy shit like this there will always be more never doubt speedrunners Ithrak Utopia and Link, the Hero of Dreams 2 Link to comment
fuzz Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 @Weaver I did a double take seeing your account show up on my ~irl twitter~ feed because people I know follow you LOL Made me think I was logged into the wrong account, it always cracks me up when I get one of your tweets recommended to me over there. Link to comment
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