Worst of Social Justice

[Askold]

...Sociology is science.  Specifically, its applied psychology on a large scale.

And that's just applied biology, which is applied chemistry, which is applied physics.

Which is applied math.

Which is applied logic.

And Geography is just physics slowed down with trees on top of it.

[Citation Needed]

"The Last continent" by Terry Pratchett.

[Svata]

Extended XKCD reference here. He just drops that all over the pplace in his "what-if" articles. Also, subtle callback to

[Sigmaleph]

Math is logic is math is logic is math.

All things are math, but some are mathier than others.

[Ultimate Paragon]

Do white vegans also appropriate meat?

[RavynousHunter]

Glad to see my ankh ring will offend someone, at least.  Even if its more of an Ultima reference than having any religious significance...  >.>

[Askold]

Glad to see my ankh ring will offend someone, at least.  Even if its more of an Ultima reference than having any religious significance...  >.>

...Isn't that actually a case of real cultural appropriation? The game took a piece off a culture/religion and instead of representing it in a realistic way they merely used the aesthetics, reusing a real religious symbol for a fictional religion.

[RavynousHunter]

Glad to see my ankh ring will offend someone, at least.  Even if its more of an Ultima reference than having any religious significance...  >.>

...Isn't that actually a case of real cultural appropriation? The game took a piece off a culture/religion and instead of representing it in a realistic way they merely used the aesthetics, reusing a real religious symbol for a fictional religion.

Meh, don't really care, to be perfectly honest.  Unless we're talking Native headdresses being used as props or some shit, then I don't view it as a problem.  Besides, the ankh is given a pretty central place in Ultima lore, since its the symbol of the Avatar, basically Britannia's messiah.  All things considered, I think that's a very benign form of appropriation, if anything.

[LeTipex]

Is it still appropriation when you borrow from a culture that doesn't exist anymore, tho? I mean, I'm pretty sure there aren't many people worshiping Sekmet and Maat and whatnot today.

[Eiki-mun]

Is it still appropriation when you borrow from a culture that doesn't exist anymore, tho? I mean, I'm pretty sure there aren't many people worshiping Sekmet and Maat and whatnot today.

You may be surprised.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemetic_Orthodoxy

The faith is getting a revival, much like other forms of paganism (look up Asatru and Hellenism for other examples). Granted, by the logic of cultural appropriation, I believe all of these people are probably filthy appropriators as well.

[davedan]

They also aren't really a revival so much as they are just making shit up based on what we do know about those beliefs.

[Ironchew]

Appropriating our old gods from the God Graveyard, are we?

[Art Vandelay]

I'm half tempted to cover my entire house in non-Christian religious symbols, just to piss these people off. Oh, and throw in some Native American headdresses too, just because those seem to offend pretty much everyone for some reason.

[ironbite]

Well you're white so that pretty much offends everybody already.

Ironbite-might as well go for the high score.

[TheUnknown]

There was a post I saw from an actual Egyptian about "appropriating ancient Egyptian culture", and they pointed out how Egypt profits heavily on the tourism industry, and that selling these symbols as aesthetic commodities for foreigners encourages foreigners to spend money on Egypt.  They said what Egyptians actually care about is other countries taking authentic artifacts and not returning them to Egypt, since, while no longer part of their culture, it is part of their history.

It seems to me that when it comes to cultural appropriation, there's a huge divide between those who grew up and are living in the West and those who live in the country of origin.

[Askold]