I woukd have changed it by now, old boy
Or abandoned it and registered a new one.
And yup, I know my avatar implies I'm in favour of a martian invasion. Can't be helped, I am Martian.
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Or abandoned it and registered a new one.
And yup, I know my avatar implies I'm in favour of a martian invasion. Can't be helped, I am Martian.
I'd imagine it's not all that important to him.
Just thought it only fair though if he's copping it for something he didn't actually suggest and played along with.
If there are any ladies offended I will request a change.
I've never posted advocating violence towards women, nor have I been rude to any female posters.
The sponge bit is clearly an attempt (from whoever coined it) to be silly/funny. It's not referencing common injuries associated with domestic violence or anything of the sort.
Yours truly,
KickHerInTheSponge
The "culture crutch" always makes me laugh. As the "fish and chips " are British example very simply proves. The influence of people from elsewhere brings tastes and styles that influence every facet of every, community. The folk who talk about stuff as if its set in stone are simply clinging to an illusory idea of permanence. Its not only here mind. Have a chat about to an Italian about the provenance of pasta. Hilarious. I'm increasingly amazed people still feel so irrationally about it all. Very glad the Portuguese Jews got expelled and brought their grub. Don't care whether that makes me a traitor and as Potatoes are South American any way I can't imagine what we would be eating with out all this foreign muck. Turnips?
Now this here is a fucking traitor. Get the rope!!!!!
A million Italian men are now looking for you because you offended their mama's cooking.
Seriously though mate, that was piffle.
Err did I not say just that. Being proud of random things you had zero control over is actually deeply silly.
I think I already cover the provenance of pasta. And if you don't like Sam Johnson try Boris better fit maybe...
Great post (from an Italian who has heard about Marco Polo ☺ ). I like the way you have put it: permanence. It's also the need to belong to a tribe, which much more deeply it's a manifestation of human vulnerability that we all have. I prefer to address that with football (equally irrational, but fucking exciting!)The "culture crutch" always makes me laugh. As the "fish and chips " are British example very simply proves. The influence of people from elsewhere brings tastes and styles that influence every facet of every, community. The folk who talk about stuff as if its set in stone are simply clinging to an illusory idea of permanence. Its not only here mind. Have a chat about to an Italian about the provenance of pasta. Hilarious. I'm increasingly amazed people still feel so irrationally about it all. Very glad the Portuguese Jews got expelled and brought their grub. Don't care whether that makes me a traitor and as Potatoes are South American any way I can't imagine what we would be eating with out all this foreign muck. Turnips?
I think food is a great example about how the interaction between different cultures (peaceful or violent) creates new forms of pleasure and beauty in life
I tend to be proud only of what I do. I don't feel proud at all about Italian food, nor being Italian makes me a great chef. I just feel incredibly happy about having all that food in my country and I love the food culture that we have, which goes a lot with the way we socialise.
But when I am abroad I very rarely eat Italian outside my house. I absolutely love trying food from every country, and to be honest, the more I go around the more I love both foreign and Italian food
Here in UK I like pretty much everything. I don't find anything particularly original, but give me some fish and chips
or a cooked breakfast and I feel super happyNothing in UK can beat ale, though: best beer in the world
The "culture crutch" always makes me laugh. As the "fish and chips " are British example very simply proves. The influence of people from elsewhere brings tastes and styles that influence every facet of every, community. The folk who talk about stuff as if its set in stone are simply clinging to an illusory idea of permanence. Its not only here mind. Have a chat about to an Italian about the provenance of pasta. Hilarious. I'm increasingly amazed people still feel so irrationally about it all. Very glad the Portuguese Jews got expelled and brought their grub. Don't care whether that makes me a traitor and as Potatoes are South American any way I can't imagine what we would be eating with out all this foreign muck. Turnips?
Yes cultures slowly change and harvest the best bits from other cultures, this is a well established fact. Even your average lout down the curry house on a Friday night will fundamentally understand that a curry isn't native to these Islands.
The Romans for example stole a fuck ton of Greek ideas and passed it off as their own. They were still proud to be Romans though. And it doesn't mean there was no Roman culture either.
Many cultures take pride in their cuisine, the French have it down to an art form, I watched a clip of a Japanese chef carve up a whole tuna in a ceremonial outfit and karate kid headband ffs.
This isn't just on a patriotic level either, their are regional sources of food pride. Like which county makes the best cheese, there are events for this shit.
These things might not matter to you, but they do matter to people.
It's an inconvenient truth but culture, heritage, ancestry. These things matter.
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If you haven't seen this, this commercial made mayhem and carnage in the comments section and is all about the latest in this thread;
A very bold move by a commercial company who brings fuel to a polarised debate.
A very bold move by a commercial company who brings fuel to a polarised debate.
My lovely partner is from Milan she like you is proud of her achievements and those of her loved ones. Her father is a Nobel prize winning professor. He told me that once you understand science, in particular biological sciences you see " identity" as an entirely constructed concept. One he said to keep little men warm in buildings they could not build. I never forgot that. Be proud in the best of our shared humanity and ignore the rest. Especially folk who revel in their ignorance.Great post (from an Italian who has heard about Marco Polo ☺ ). I like the way you have put it: permanence. It's also the need to belong to a tribe, which much more deeply it's a manifestation of human vulnerability that we all have. I prefer to address that with football (equally irrational, but fucking exciting!)
I think food is a great example about how the interaction between different cultures (peaceful or violent) creates new forms of pleasure and beauty in life
I tend to be proud only of what I do. I don't feel proud at all about Italian food, nor being Italian makes me a great chef. I just feel incredibly happy about having all that food in my country and I love the food culture that we have, which goes a lot with the way we socialise.
But when I am abroad I very rarely eat Italian outside my house. I absolutely love trying food from every country, and to be honest, the more I go around the more I love both foreign and Italian food
Here in UK I like pretty much everything. I don't find anything particularly original, but give me some fish and chips
Nothing in UK can beat ale, though: best beer in the world
So to cut a long story short your father in law is a Cultural Marxist and you drank the koolaid.
You realize everything in life is about identity right? You identify as a Spurs fan, that's inherently tribal. do you lie in bed trying to square that circle in your mind?
Do you take pride and joy when Spurs win or is that taking comfort in a warm building that you did not build?
ignore the rest. Especially folk who revel in their ignorance. Its funny , people who throw around terms like Marksist to people who don't know what that means, and don't care to, are not learning from history. It wasnt true in the 1950s and it didn't work. It won't work now. It just the Internet convincing you you have an enemy.
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repeat the mantra a third time it will take on more religious significance
Are you now or have you ever been lol. Time for the ignore button.
The Romans just revised Greek orgies to let ladies take part. That and build some roads and stuff...