#appropriation

I just got grossed out by artificial intelligence for the first time. Like a slimy salesman wanting to upsell to me.

The overexploitation of water resources. Souce Puebla sinkhole In case Cristiano Ronaldo did not find out during a press conference, he removed a couple of bottles of Coca-Cola placed there for publicity,

When Lionel Shriver, one of my favorite authors (We Need to Talk About Kevin) faced the keynote speech at the Brisbane Writer's Festival in 2016, she railed against "cultural appropriation" as

Does that also mean that a black actor shouldn’t play a white character? Think of Denzel Washington as the Prince of Aragon in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Much Ado About Nothing. What about that

We shouldn't be too surprised about the rise of leftist racism. When you latch culture to skin color, it's kinda inevitable. When you latch behavior to skin color, you're gonna breed new KKK members. That's

This is...aggressively stupid. Shouting "Racist!" at people has become the default tactic of idiots who hear something that they don't like. For years, I've been trying to ask the simple question,

Here's a thing that's been nagging me about the whole idea of cultural appropriation, and there's a lot, it's a stupid idea out of the gate...anyway: the big deal is that it's not about culture; it's about

Two cultures can exists side-by-side but two cultures cannot exist in the same place at the same time. If we say that the we must tolerate other cultures, the most intolerant thing to say is that a distinct

Appropriation of internet. Due to misuse of internet for pathological self-presentation, illegal surveillance, misleading and brainwashing, I appropriate entire internet including all technical means necessary

Cultural appropriation alarmism is based on the idea we can’t fully appreciate the experience of another so we shouldn’t perform, celebrate or consume it. Problem is, the only experience we can truly

So..... accusing Sephora of "cultural appropriation"? WHAT BULLSHIT. Is there no limit to the depths that Assholes like these so called "witches" will sink to to try and make a name

There are genuinely troubling forms of cultural appropriation. Yes, I said it. Don't believe me? If I were to try to speak colloquial African-American English, I would make a lot of enemies really really

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Perhaps I am too easily triggered, like so many millennials today. Or perhaps im just reaching for something provocative. Anyway, respect peoples cultures and beliefs, and don't use them to sell your shitty

What does a guy have to do to have a self upvote around here?! Perhaps self upvotes make us feel our voices are worth something... even if nobody is listening.

For those who don't understand why I get so angry about cultural appropriation.

בשנות ה-80 המאוחרות, יצא האמן האמריקאי ריצ'רד פרינס עם סדרה של צילומים שנקראת cowboys למעשה צילומים אלה נלקחו מתוך פרסומות מגזינים לסיגריות מרלבורו שצולמו בכלל על ידי צלמים אחרים , כאשר השינוי היחידי שחולל

In 2011, Alejandra Barrillas, Guatemala’s entrant in the Miss Universe pageant, appeared on stage bedecked in what in the eyes of the rest of the world—and perhaps some Guatemalans as well—looked like