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.
I agree with you, it was just a word joke
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.
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.
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
True, but still some land is significantly more stolen than others.
One person’s hero is another person’s war criminal
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?
Ve are sinking hoe to safe ze sinking kats
No thanks I’m on a low fat diet
No offense but when was the US ever a good idea?
I mean, the land was already occupied… And now suddenly you talk about monsters? They have always been there.
What a ridiculous comparison. All people are petrol to you? To improve your comparison realistically: all people and therefore all bottles are different. Some may even hold water.
Your negative attitude is what’s throwing petrol on the fire. Hopelessness leads to inaction and that’s really not what we need right now. We have the duty to hope and build a next generation with the same hopes and dreams if we want any other future for mankind than the one you’re so afraid of.
You may ridicule this, but that’s for sure not going to change anything.
No chosen one, just one of many. That’s not a delusion
Your negative attitude certainly doesn’t help anything
I share your worries. But I don’t see how me or you personally not having kids is going to solve anything. We need a future generation to continue our fight against this.
While the right wingers and religious keep breeding like rabbits, I think our personal choice to not have children will just leave us childless and the world still fucked. Having children, at least there will be people in the future that share our hopes and dreams.
Don’t get me wrong. Opting for children is a personal choice with no good or bad answer. But it’s not so clear cut as you portray it, as I say there’s no right or wrong answer to the question.
Not that it is true that they are just tiny boxes… But even if it were true. That’s the difference between China and the US isn’t it?
One provides at least a “box” for everyone.
One provides a big home with a yard with a white picket fence around it for some, but leaves others living in the streets.
Do you really prefer the last one? So many people in the US would be happy with a box at this point.
Beer is just old porridge
You can boil wheat too. Ancient peoples used to make porridge
Just like you don’t want to be affected by the actions of your fathers and not be held accountable for their sins, others don’t want to still be affected by the exploitation of their father’s.
History still affects us either way, there is no getting around it. Not even if you say no thank you.
Cambrian cuisine would have to exclude the garlic, tomatoes and zucchini though. No land plants yet. And no mammals so no cream.
But otherwise, totally agree! If it lived in these times I would be up for these dishes.
Had to look up hallucigenia but they sure do look like they’ll provide an interesting texture to a dish.
I didn’t know of its existence, thank you! Such a spot on recommendation