nice conjecture

You live in a rich nation with peaceful, democratically contested elections. Suck it up sheesh...your world didn’t come crashing down around you nor will it.

From Rock Paper Shotguns comments.

He was also in direct contact with the author and discussed with her the code (bug and how it had already been fixed for the next alpha) and the author conveniently lied/mislead/edited his comments/left out details of that conversation to create a story to fit her own narrative.

No youre missing the point. Which is - you cant reliably or objectively ascertain what is respectful and what isnt. Do you know the mind of the person who puts on the costume? No. The person who made the constume? No. Each person of said “appropriated” culture who might see the costume? No.

‘Cultural appropriation’ is the basest, most boring of all of the stupid ways in which one can foolishly find themselves getting offended on behalf of other people.

I thought we were done with treating “cultural appropriation” as an actual problem. Please stop.

Halloween is a terrible example of this. So if you are Hispanic you can’t dress as Alladin? What if that is your favorite movie? “But it is cultural appropriation to appreciate this.” Fuck you. You are probably white anyways, I have noticed white people always seem to be the ones who want to be offended for other…

I hate people who use the term cultural appropriation. There is no such thing. A culture should be celebrated, it is the way the world views the people of a certain area. People dressing like people of another culture is them appreciating your culture. I am Native American and Italian, if you want to dress in a…

@bobtheduck in Korea: Funimation's voice actors today are terribly annoying. During the Z days they weren't BAD, just directed poorly with poorly written scripts, now the voices are just trying too hard to sound cutesy and japanese rather than try to sound like the character.

@kimigaunkoda: Considering the most hardcore otaku wouldn't consider it a good "dub" if they didn't end their sentances in "desu" and "masu" and say "ee?" and "bikkurishita!" when surprised, I don't know how to answer that in a convincing way. I can only speak from my non-purist position.