DaveTLV @Surasanji@qoto.org
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Cultural Appropriation take
@jacethechicken That's not really true. English doesn't have a language college, but languages like French do. A body which specifically decides what words mean what and what is officially part of that language.
I think we're meaning the same thing, though, just disagree on the language involved. :)
Cultural Appropriation take
@jacethechicken Sort of, but not really. The neutral terms you're looking for are Cultural Drift and Cultural Diffusion.
The Non-Neutral, the one that indicates a negative cultural interaction is 'Cultural Appropriation'.
My point is Cultural Appropriation is not Neutral. It is a negative thing whereas Cultural diffusion and Cultural Drift are the neutral forms of what you're talking about.
At least, that's how I understand it.
Cultural Appropriation take
@jacethechicken I agree with you, but that isn't appropriation. That's cultural drift and cultural diffusion. The gradual inflow and outflow of cultural ideas, the change of what is and is not expected, or the sharing and adoption of cultural things.
I realize it might be a semantic difference, but appropriation and cultural drift and diffusion are different things.
Cultural Appropriation take
@jacethechicken Here is Google Dictionary's definition. It has a negative spin in the verb form we're using here.
Cultural Appropriation take
@jacethechicken Appropriate basically means 'stealing'. So, the phrase isn't neutral. It implies that the 'culture' has been taken and used without permission of those who created it.
The word itself is synonymous with usurp or hijack.
I don't think it's fair to say the term is value neutral.
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Attached are some older pictures of blackholes that predate the one released today, they are real, not simulations. Enjoy.
Just a reminder. Today's "first-ever" picture of a blackhole is not the first-ever. We have countless pictures of blackholes. This is just the first time we have been able to resolve the event horizon such that it takes up more than a single pixel. But like with all blackholes the blackhole itself is invisible and all you can see is the gravitational lensing around it. Something we have had for decades now.
It isnt the first ever photo of a blackhole, it is just the highest resolution of a blackhole we have.
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@Surasanji I heard Saudi Arabia does not want it viewed there, but the Abu Dhabi do.
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@Surasanji I just watched this the other day https://youtu.be/CWgcizAgxOs
@johnrandom@cryptids.online isn't a black hole just an orb that spun so fast it collapsed in on itself?
@ghostlyeleanor@cryptids.online Best of luck!
@Mrfunkedude I'll check it out, thanks!
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If I were a superhero my superpower would be sleep disorders. My kryptonite in this scenario is Daylight Saving Time.
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@wolfgang Not you. You're not that.
That depression voice in your head, though. That part of you that makes you feel that way is not telling you the truth about who you are.
@Saederup92 It's a cyberpunk/distopian style sci-fi future.
@Saederup92 Altered Carbon is fantastic, both the books and the Netflix series.
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