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WCDT 4456-4460 (the 8th through 12th of February, 2021)
Penquin47:
I asked a friend in the tattoo industry about this, and she said that no, your tattoo is yours. You can stop work mid-tattoo and go to another artist and have them finish it, if you'd like. The artist might get upset, but there isn't really anything they can do to stop you. Same principle would hold for having it repaired later by another artist.
Beast_Reborn:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 09 Feb 2021, 17:44 ---
--- Quote from: Potato Farmer on 09 Feb 2021, 06:44 ---I've always found the cultural appropriation issue somewhat iffy and this instance is even shakier than most.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas is a good illustration of what cultural appropriation is.
Note that while Jack is well-meaning, he doesn't ask any of the Christmas Town locals about the meaning of any part of what he sees in Christmas town.
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What's the problematic part of Jack's plan in Nightmare Before Christmas? Is it really the fact that he adopts the trappings of Christmas without understanding their meaning? Or is it, you know, the kidnapping?
SeattleCrochetWoman:
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 09 Feb 2021, 20:08 ---I think certain people in this forum forget that just because a character says something doesn't mean it is something the author believes or agrees with. The characters are not the author.
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Exactly! I took Faye’s comment as just Faye saying something she wasn’t even sure she agreed with, possibly to be snarky, because Faye does that sometimes.
Morituri:
I remember fake tattoos that came in packs of gum. It was a design on paper, printed with some special kind of ink. You dipped the paper in water, put it on your skin, and let it dry, which took something like two minutes. Then you peeled the paper off and there's your tattoo. Which lasted, basically, until the next time you got it wet.
We thought it was cool, and we started making stencils to draw cool designs on ourselves with magic markers.
We had no idea we might be appropriating AI culture at the time.
sitnspin:
--- Quote from: Beast_Reborn on 09 Feb 2021, 21:22 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 09 Feb 2021, 17:44 ---
--- Quote from: Potato Farmer on 09 Feb 2021, 06:44 ---I've always found the cultural appropriation issue somewhat iffy and this instance is even shakier than most.
--- End quote ---
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a good illustration of what cultural appropriation is.
Note that while Jack is well-meaning, he doesn't ask any of the Christmas Town locals about the meaning of any part of what he sees in Christmas town.
--- End quote ---
What's the problematic part of Jack's plan in Nightmare Before Christmas? Is it really the fact that he adopts the trappings of Christmas without understanding their meaning? Or is it, you know, the kidnapping?
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Both.
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