Ah, I see where you’re coming from.

I disagree though, regarding your point that “American” culture is bits and pieces of other cultures, though I would assume it is, simply based on the upset that is caused every time someone of one skin tone does something similar or copies another culture that is clearly flourishing…

I used to feel the same until I met my current man. We sat and talked about it one day and he squashed all of my fears about having “unsightly” hair. It’s natural. Anyone who gets grossed out by it is clearly a victim of society. Lol.

I’m glad you have people in your life that support your comfort and decisions! That’s…

I thought he was Helga’s dad from Hey Arnold.

I only shave my underarms once a week and my legs once a week or every other week depending on my skin’s health, not “looks”. I wouldn’t shave at all, but when it’s grown out, I get itchy.

Why do people care? I used to be so self conscious about this, but when it gets to be 115 degrees out, no one is looking at your arms. I also only shave my under arms once a week because anymore and my skin hates me.

This isn’t about looks, it’s about comfort.

Don’t like my looks? Too bad, I’m really comfortable.

It’s like reading YA if it were written by mostly men.

I don’t do any of that though. If anything my culture is hispanic because that’s all I’ve known my entire life, living in a border town, but if I were to celebrate or decorate with it, it would be appropriation. Or maybe surfing culture, because I’m on the beach, but I don’t identify with that and take no part it in.…

I am too. White family all from the south. Growing up and realizing that your loved ones are racist assholes is definitely a shock. Wanting my tubes tied so that I don’t ever have to continue this cycle.

Totally fair. I simply offered my point of view, coming from someone who has never identified with any particular culture because where I live, it’s heavily influenced by hispanic culture, since it’s a border town. I love it, don’t get me wrong, but since our society loves accusing each other of appropriation every…

The culture where I live is essentially hispanic since it’s a border town. It isn’t “American”. My point was that Americans, especially where I live, do not have a culture of their own because all we’ve ever known is Mexican culture.

I’ve never understood cultural expectations. If you do this one small thing, or gesture in just such a way or god forbid you are happy about something in your life when you’re supposed to be something else, it just seems weird. Maybe it’s because I’m American and we have zero culture of our own, other than Evangelical…

I’m completely average in body weight, height, etc. 5’3, 138lbs, and recently had a full blood panel and tests run to try to get to the bottom of why I had to wear three jackets to work every day because I was so cold all the time.

Turns out nothing is wrong with me, they keep our office in the high 60s (low 60s until…

His cleavage comment goes against the science that we hold our heat in our cores/torsos. Just saying. Just because you’re an engineer, doesn’t mean you understand how biology works, buddy.

As a female, can confirm my fingers are always the coldest, followed by my feet/ankles, then the back of my neck and shoulders. I…

I welcome the robot overlords. Humans are faulty.

I wish I could say this wasn’t like four other places I’ve worked in tech and development in America. It’s more common than you realize.

California, especially LA and eastern parts of San Diego are pretty much worse than Florida. This stuff is so par for the course that it doesn’t usually make the news and you rarely hear about it.

Ew, I can’t believe this event was held only 45 minutes from me. *gag* Get out of my state!

It’s part of my job to track trends within generations related to tech. While it doesn’t apply to “all” in your generation, my generation and below are more likely to play modern videogames. That was the point I was trying to make.

I’m 24, work in the tech industry, and regularly am playing the latest games because my friends are testers and developers that work for a pretty large game dev company. My fiance is 36, works in IT building computers/office stuff and likes to play nintendo emulators.

I look at his games and wonder how he can sit and…

Damn, he looks like Nixon in that photo. No thanks.