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I didn’t know of its existence, thank you! Such a spot on recommendation

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.

Speaking of what Americans “forget”, I find it disturbing that this comment section seems to agree when it comes down to racism and white washing, but not a word is spoken about Native Americans.

Just imagine how devastating it is to see groups of immigrants fighting among eachother about equal rights. And your group, the only actual non-immigrants, get completely ignored. Not a word is spoken about them. Even by those supporting equal rights.

Speaking of what Americans “forget”, I find it disturbing that this comment section seems to agree it comes down to racism and white washing, but not a word is spoken about Native Americans.

Just imagine how devastating it is to see groups of immigrants fighting among eachother about equal rights. And your group, the only non-immigrants, get completely ignored. Even by those supporting equal rights.

One person’s hero is another person’s war criminal

Yeah, but this talk of “weeding out” and “denazification” will only create more violence. You guys need to learn to chill.

Who will you “weed out” anyway? Trump? His inner circle? ICE employees? Those who support ICE? Those who support Trump?

All this tough talk does nothing but escalate the situation. The US really needs to learn how to be a functional democracy again. And no, that does not involve “weeding out” anyone.

Good point but what does it mean?

Any move against them, especially penalising them, will evoke a counter reaction. The ideology will linger on and fester.

How do you decide who to “weed out”? Does it come down to removing all Trump supporters? That will create more tensions…

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?

True, it is not nice. We should not mock the people your society leaves to rot in the streets.

But again, not to worry, it is not instead of mocking other people. We mock them too.

They’re not saying anything about the US military. They are commenting on US culture.

Europeans mock the US military too though, don’t worry about that. It’s just not the topic of this particular instance of mocking the US.

Seriously though, the way everyone is now telling Trump what a great leader he is and praising his every action is very much like such a charicature of a leader of a totalitarian regime. The charicature we used to make fun of leaders like Kim.

It’s ominous to see this happen with “the leader of the free world”.

Ve are sinking hoe to safe ze sinking kats

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.