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WCDT strips 3931-3935 (4th to 8th February 2019)

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TheEvilDog:
Fair enough and thank you for that information, Case.

Milayna:
If anything, it reminds me that the eidolon (summon) (Stand) of the black guy in Final Fantasy 13 is Brynhildr. I don't know if it's just a coincidence that two fictional works decided to go with associating POC with that name or if there's something more to it. Interesting history though, Case =)

Case:

--- Quote from: Milayna on 08 Feb 2019, 11:53 ---Interesting history though, Case =)

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Just wanted to point out that a lot of it is about as 'historic' as Camelot, and substantially younger. :laugh:

(And a lot of it isn't even German in any meaning of the word ...)



--- Quote from: badbum61 on 07 Feb 2019, 21:38 ---Lebanese? With a name like Brunhilde? Wouldn't have picked that!

Guess it explains the eyebrows, though...

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Shjade:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Feb 2019, 11:30 ---It would be an easy mistake for a decent person to make. On the train, white strangers will ask each other where they are from. Same words but not really the same question.

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Being in a transition space like that can also change the context considerably. Like I could see it coming up in casual conversation between any group of people who get to chatting on an international flight, where everyone's state of belonging is much more up in the air (pun wholly intended).

Quantum Glass:

--- Quote from: Oenone on 08 Feb 2019, 09:19 ---Also, it’s othering because white Americans don’t ask other white Americans where they are from. It’s a question that implies you aren’t yourself American.

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...I'll confess that I actually do this.

I mean it in a "so what part of the country did you grow up in?" kind of way, as a means to show polite interest in the other party without getting too personal.

I hadn't considered the implications. I need to rethink my stock smalltalk.

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