Aoeletta
Aoeletta t1_iz0o4ql wrote
Reply to comment by VuurniacSquarewave in How Death Can Help Us Live: a philosophical approach to the problem of death by simsquatched
Absolutely.
I hope by the time I need to consider it, it is a legal option.
Aoeletta t1_iz0aim9 wrote
Reply to comment by questingbear2000 in How did Native American tribes indigenous to Yellowstone National Park (e.g., Shoshone, Blackfeet, Crow, etc.) perceive the land (e.g., thoughts on geothermal activity) and what was their relationship like with white/European trappers and explorers entering the region in the early 1800s? by electricdresses
I appreciate you asking, and I will answer honestly and as gently as I can.
It is inherently racist to say, “or is there something really tragically useful that has been lost?”
Yes. The perspective and culture and first-person history of the tribal communities that existed in this land before colonization is fascinating, beautiful, varied, and we lost it because of genocide. That is a tragic loss.
To ask if it is “useful” is to say that you have no interest in cultural history and see it through a utilitarian lens rather than a human experience lens. It doesn’t have to be “useful” in a practical way for the loss of art, culture, language, history to be grieved.
Many of the tribal nations had a more oratory history tradition, so by killing people, killing the language, stealing the children, and relocation we lost all of that passed on history. To a historian, to people interested in other cultures, to people who study US geography… yes. That seems like a huge loss.
Aoeletta t1_iz09fg6 wrote
Reply to comment by VuurniacSquarewave in How Death Can Help Us Live: a philosophical approach to the problem of death by simsquatched
As someone who watched far too many people slowly die when I was much younger than that lesson is usually learned…,
Agreed. Completely agreed.
I am not afraid of being dead. I am afraid of the painful journey that concludes in death. I am terrified of a painful death. I have seen “passed in their sleep”.
None of it is as smooth and painless as we pretend. I am convinced that we don’t show what death actually looks like because we couldn’t function if everyone truly saw it at a young age.
Aoeletta t1_iz04c4y wrote
Reply to comment by keller892 in How did Native American tribes indigenous to Yellowstone National Park (e.g., Shoshone, Blackfeet, Crow, etc.) perceive the land (e.g., thoughts on geothermal activity) and what was their relationship like with white/European trappers and explorers entering the region in the early 1800s? by electricdresses
My gosh. The history we lost due to colonization is heartbreaking.
Aoeletta t1_iuo8u5p wrote
Reply to comment by ApiContraption in PsBattle: Heidi Klum dressed as a worm for Halloween by Shablahdoo
I really love how she’s insanely attractive and picks this intense costumes each year. Really admire that about her.
Aoeletta t1_isthfpm wrote
Reply to comment by Captain__Spiff in TIL that when a cat has a flat face (such as a Persian), that is actually a deformity. Breeders, however, are able to find ways of altering the cat’s genetics by choosing who they breed with. They do this because so many people gravitate to the smushed in face. by dioWjonathenL
Wheeze, wheeze, wheeze, surgery, pills, death.
How lovely. Definitely people who love animals get these types, not the people who are vain, selfish, and lacking of empathy.
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Aoeletta t1_j4co60i wrote
Reply to comment by throwmeaway562 in Jessica Alba, a boomerang gif.. because Happy Friday by J_LeVeL
?? Like, “imagine being attracted to men not women.”
Yeah, I can imagine that people are that way…