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I grew up mostly in the North East (USA) where so many people were 1st or 2nd generation European immigrants. A common question, definitely not considered rude, was "what are you?" To which people would quickly list of their pedigree "Scots Irish Pennsylvania Dutch German etc..." Everyone had and knew their heritage, and their families all had some remnant of their cultural traditions they practiced in one way or another, especially around holidays.

There is a culture shock about this when one moves to the South of the (USA) where most persons you will come in contact with (at least those of European descent) are some 12th generation and if you ask then "What are you?" You are likely to get a rather insulted look and a response such as "White, can't you tell?"

No judgement, just an interesting observation from my now much older eyes.

I envy people who got to grow up with multiple active languages. I feel I was robbed of 2 languages I should have learned as a child Yiddish and Russian. The only phrase I ever heard clearly in either of them was "Say it in Russian/Yiddish, the children are listening."

@ultramarine 群青... like that?

@ultramarine Qúnqīng?

@Surasanji @freemo @arteteco @mngrif well mine too, I had to even look it up. Vowels, why can't I have vowels!!!?

@ultramarine hello ultramarine! I have enjoyed having you as one of my alternative birth stones :)

@Surasanji @freemo @arteteco @mngrif not "dodah"?

@kezzbracey@linuxrocks.online "Kill them all, and let fdisk sort them out!"

@Surasanji @freemo @arteteco @mngrif I think if you don't say AUnt you should ad a Y (ie) to the end and say antie. Like "Bob's your uncle and Fannie's your auntie!"

@Surasanji @freemo @arteteco @mngrif ant, wasp, they are both hymenoptera, if they want to share names, who am I to tell them not to.

Just had a long spiritual/religious conversation with someone. When it was over, I realized it was the first time I have had it from the secular side of the conversation.

@Surasanji @freemo @arteteco @mngrif "velvet ant" is in fact flightless wasp. But she has ant in her name :)

@freemo @arteteco @Surasanji @mngrif If you can find a queen I assume they are social ants. I don't know if there are a lot of solitary ants, but I guess there could be. The old cow-killer is definitely one, and thank goodness. :)

@Augur Oh, I believe in Anti-Vaxxers they sure do exist and are causing lots of people to die. :(

@arteteco @Surasanji @freemo @mngrif these look delicious:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_ant

@arteteco @Surasanji @freemo @mngrif Actually, seems if you look for them online, Australia is where you can easily buy queens. Imagine that. There are so many cool looking ants, some of them must be delicious. :)

@freemo dank je.. I will proceed with such in mind.

@freemo @Surasanji @mngrif I mean, I recognize this is a cultural difference, and definitely one that is foreign to me. Certainly, these folks have decided that this is something important and I would not mean to cast aspersions on such things.... As long as I am not asked to participate :) It is odd that intentional infliction of pain and potential bodily injury is so much a part of some cultures. Some of which we embrace, and other we call our as human rights violations.

@freemo @Surasanji @mngrif Wait, is it insensitive to say people are crazy for that?