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bryophile

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  • Extremely Normal

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  • I know, I usually do.

    But with this I thought it was laid on thick enough so the people who read it as sarcasm read it as sarcasm and the people who don't deserve to live in confusion.

  • Extremely Normal

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  • "In the United States of America".

    The birthplace of freedom and democracy. The beacon of light and justice in the world. So strange that it is happening over there. Who could have seen this coming?

    One could expect this to happen anywhere, but in the United States of America? No way.

  • Lemmings, please give us your info dump.

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  • One of the 5 animals believed to have the capacity for sentience? I think you mean consciousness?

    The entire mammal kingdom is widely considered sentient. As are many other groups like fish and insects.

    Even with consciousness it's stretching it is very conservative to estimate just 5 species.

  • What are some of your favorite songs in a language you do not speak?

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  • Судно (Борис Рыжий) - by Molchat Doma

  • What do you think is the worst human invention?

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  • Agriculture.

    We could have stayed in a world where we lived in harmony with nature instead of trying to control it.

  • it's true

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  • I didn't know of its existence, thank you! Such a spot on recommendation

  • it's true

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  • No worries, it was not the most clear joke (it went over people's head I think, seeing the downvotes).

    All jokes aside though, coincidentally I just finished reading Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Braiding Sweetgrass", which has reinvigorated my respect for the Haudenosaunee and the Three Sister's. Such a great read! I'm a student of ecology at the moment, and I studied Social Anthropology years ago so it was double interesting.

  • it's true

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  • I agree with you, it was just a word joke

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  • Don't culturally appropriate please

    Edit: come on, it's just a word joke from a none native speaker. Culturally appropriate and cultural appropriation is pretty close no? I never realized until now and thought it was funny.

  • Billie Eilish says ‘fuck ICE’ during Grammy win: ‘No one is illegal on stolen land’

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  • What? This is getting confusing.

    Yes probably all cultures had slaves or stole land at some point in time. (This is true, depending on whether you see cultures as fixed in time: are current day Egyptians of the same culture as ancient Egyptians? When does culture "restart"? Who decides this?)

    Let me ask you: is there no difference between let's say a Native American claiming his land was stolen (hundreds of years ago and his people massacred, and he's now a second rank citizen on his own land), and for instance a white European claiming his land was stolen (by the Romans? During WW2? I would not know what he means honestly, especially because he is now part of a nation state, a first class citizen).

    Yes all land was stolen. But this is not an absolute. You wouldn't agree the Native American had his land quite a bit more relatively stolen?

    My point is you can't invalidate the claim of native peoples just by going "meh, so what? All land was technically stolen at some point". Some people can make a more legitimate claim their land was stolen than others.

  • Billie Eilish says ‘fuck ICE’ during Grammy win: ‘No one is illegal on stolen land’

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  • Can't really rank it, it's a subjective statement. My gut tells me there's a difference between for instance a Native American stating his land is stolen and a, just an example, white European stating his land is stolen.

    My gut thinks there IS a way to rank these statements, even though it's technically true all land was stolen at some point and the whole nation state fairy tale is completely arbitrary.

    That's just my gut though, it doesn't agree with genocide

  • Billie Eilish says ‘fuck ICE’ during Grammy win: ‘No one is illegal on stolen land’

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  • True, but still some land is significantly more stolen than others.

  • Why did America forget they were all immigrants saying screw you to a douche "king"? Then mount a gestapo after we fought a WW to stop another douche in charge?

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  • Speaking of what Americans "forget", I find it disturbing that this comment section seems to agree when it comes down to racism and white washing, but not a word is spoken about Native Americans.

    Just imagine how devastating it is to see groups of immigrants fighting among eachother about equal rights. And your group, the only actual non-immigrants, get completely ignored. Not a word is spoken about them. Even by those supporting equal rights.

  • Why did America forget they were all immigrants saying screw you to a douche "king"? Then mount a gestapo after we fought a WW to stop another douche in charge?

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  • Speaking of what Americans "forget", I find it disturbing that this comment section seems to agree it comes down to racism and white washing, but not a word is spoken about Native Americans.

    Just imagine how devastating it is to see groups of immigrants fighting among eachother about equal rights. And your group, the only non-immigrants, get completely ignored. Even by those supporting equal rights.

  • Bioindicator PSA

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  • That's not heather.

    And I don't get the meme. Is the joke that these plants don't indicate anything except that there is soil?

    Some of these plants indicate nothing (dandelion and clover), not even that there is soil to begin with.

    But the heather and lavender indicate (very) nutrient poor soil. The soil heather grows on is very acidic and for lavender it is basic, calcium rich soil.

    The stinging nettle soil is very rich in nitrogen.

    So there are some easy indicators?

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    Greenlanders are mocking the USA on social media by acting like they are fentanyl addicts

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  • True, it is not nice. We should not mock the people your society leaves to rot in the streets.

    But again, not to worry, it is not instead of mocking other people. We mock them too.

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    Greenlanders are mocking the USA on social media by acting like they are fentanyl addicts

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  • They're not saying anything about the US military. They are commenting on US culture.

    Europeans mock the US military too though, don't worry about that. It's just not the topic of this particular instance of mocking the US.

  • Actually Insane

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  • Seriously though, the way everyone is now telling Trump what a great leader he is and praising his every action is very much like such a charicature of a leader of a totalitarian regime. The charicature we used to make fun of leaders like Kim.

    It's ominous to see this happen with "the leader of the free world".

  • Interesting

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