[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Livia

It wouldn't be so laughable if the whole thing hadn't been organised like a woke joke. More interested in policing cultural appropriation than protecting people and policing the event. Same people organised Leeds festival... Nuff said.

Like what?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Like what?

Like a woke joke.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Like what?

Huh?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

Huh?

Like a woke joke, jeez.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Like a woke joke, jeez.

Everyone here is so stupid compared to you, right?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

Everyone here is so stupid compared to you, right?

Not everyone.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by oliver_w

like what?

they banned the sale of sombreros

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Livia

Huh?

I was asking how they were combating so-called cultural appropriation.

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

they banned the sale of sombreros

Pathetic.

I hope people brought their own.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I was asking how they were combating so-called cultural appropriation.



Pathetic.

I hope people brought their own.

Sorry Oliver, I see now... I think LT fielded that one for me.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I was asking how they were combating so-called cultural appropriation.



Pathetic.

I hope people brought their own.

Random tangent.

The term Cultural Appropriation is abused so much nowadays imo, it's like people can't tell the difference between Cultural Appreciation and claiming that Kimono's are British (genuine Cultural Appropriation) it can be irritating when people can't tell the difference, regardless of what age group they're apart of.

I know that my post is a bit random, but I wanted to add my thoughts to the Cultural Appropriation stuff.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Random tangent.

The term Cultural Appropriation is abused so much nowadays imo, it's like people can't tell the difference between Cultural Appreciation and claiming that Kimono's are British (genuine Cultural Appropriation) it can be irritating when people can't tell the difference, regardless of what age group they're apart of.

I know that my post is a bit random, but I wanted to add my thoughts to the Cultural Appropriation stuff.

It's all BS, to be frank.

It's one of those things about which only "terminally online weirdos" care.

I wore my blond dreads wig to Greenbelt Festival and got nothing but compliments. Even people who looked like they'd be what some might call "SJWs" or "woke" either spoke to me nicely/normally without seeming to notice, or said they liked them.

Of course, I don't know what happened out of my line of sight. Maybe people were shooting daggers at me or secretly photographing or filming me for their latest TikTok about evil Appropriaters. But I doubt it.

[Urban Cragou]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Random tangent.

The term Cultural Appropriation is abused so much nowadays imo, it's like people can't tell the difference between Cultural Appreciation and claiming that Kimono's are British (genuine Cultural Appropriation) it can be irritating when people can't tell the difference, regardless of what age group they're apart of.

I know that my post is a bit random, but I wanted to add my thoughts to the Cultural Appropriation stuff.

I remember how bad the cultural appropriation tag was around 2018/2019. Lots of people with crap memories of the past like to romanticise the way general society was before the pandemic (as if every era doesn’t have its highs and lows) but when it comes to that kind of propaganda (accusing people of culturally appropriating just for breathing, non-binary shiz) the late 2010s was a truly ridiculous time. It’s not as bad now.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Redway

I remember how bad the cultural appropriation tag was around 2018/2019. Lots of people with crap memories of the past like to romanticise the way general society was before the pandemic (as if every era doesn’t have its highs and lows) but when it comes to that kind of propaganda (accusing people of culturally appropriating just for breathing, non-binary shiz) the late 2010s was a truly ridiculous time. It’s not as bad now.

Oh I agree that the 2018-2020 period was the era of bad takes from society, or just people not reading a Dictionary to get the definition of certain terms.

Basically I agree with you, I think I've noticed in particular some significant improvement coming in the last two years, it's not perfect by any means, but like you've said no era is perfect.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Oh I agree that the 2018-2020 period was the era of bad takes from society, or just people not reading a Dictionary to get the definition of certain terms.

Basically I agree with you, I think I've noticed in particular some significant improvement coming in the last two years, it's not perfect by any means, but like you've said no era is perfect.

That's just how it goes though, in cycles. The backlash to the backlash to the backlash etc.

Things get bad, people go progressive and try to fix the "bad things" which then hit a sort of reasonable level, then things start to get a bit silly, then people get tired of it and head back the other way, then they forget to hit the brakes and become a bit extreme in that direction, then people notice things are bad and get progressive... that's the narrative loop of the Western World.

Only now, it's hyper-accelerated by fast, free, widescale communication options (i.e. the internet) so an undulation that used to take decades is flipping back and forth much faster.

The internet hasn't "changed" anything, per se, it's just a (major) catalyst.

[Urban Cragou]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Oh I agree that the 2018-2020 period was the era of bad takes from society, or just people not reading a Dictionary to get the definition of certain terms.

Basically I agree with you, I think I've noticed in particular some significant improvement coming in the last two years, it's not perfect by any means, but like you've said no era is perfect.

Yeah, I agree. When people waffle on about how rosy life was before the pandemic I want to scream. Every era has its highs and lows and people whinge and moan about the lows and how much better things were in the past every year. There were a lot of things about the past that genuinely were better but 2006 would be my reference-point for that, not 2016.