Conversation:

Notices

1. Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 10:56:18 EDT Douglas A. Whitfield

   Remote profile options...
   New Zealanders...white dudes doing the haka...cool or nah? The All Blacks certainly have famously done it. We are thinking of leaving the United Shithole of America, and my wife says #NewZealand would be an easy place for her to transfer. Apparently, Canada is difficult. Anyway, I jokingly told my wife we'd have to learn the haka and she said that was racist. I showed her the …
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 11:25:03 EDT LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

     Remote profile options...

     • Douglas A. Whitfield
     @musicman When you get there, ask a native (by ancestry). Maybe they consider it cultural appropiation or maybe they are glad to see others appreciate their culture.
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 12:01:51 EDT Douglas A. Whitfield

     Remote profile options...

     • GeniusMusing
     yeah, that lines up with what I thought. I thought it was ok if you were representing New Zealand in some way.
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jun-2020 12:13:30 EDT Douglas A. Whitfield

     Remote profile options...

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     The likelihood that we get our shit together and actually do it is pretty low. It is really going to depend on how bad things get. There was lots of anti-Asian sentiment early in the year in large part due to Darth Cheeto. We are mostly insulated from that sort of stuff in Minneapolis. Maybe things will stay that way, but I don't want to get to a place where we need to leave and we haven't even thought about it.