#Not just non-American lives.

[voskhozhdeniye]

#Not just non-American lives. #I said on here in 2020 if Biden was elected most of those white people at the George Floyd protests would disappear. #Because politics is a game to be won for them. #Team Biden won so Championship parade and go home everybody. #Police killed a record number of people last year. #Covid is still killing and disabling people. #You criticize Biden and people automatically say think about what will happen to People of color and the disabled if Trump wins. #We don't have to. #If you were paying attention you'd know. #So four years later I'll say it again. #White liberals are afraid of Trump because he makes them feel like niggers in America. #It isn't fun when the laws you thought protected you suddenly don't anymore. That's a new feeling for them. #And they will swallow whatever horrible thing Biden does to avoid that feeling. #Because when you vote for the lesser evil you are still voting for evil. Evil they're willing to swallow. #And most of us are tired of our struggles only mattering when middle class white people start catching hell too. #The country is in collapse. #The marginalized folks see it #homelessness is skyrocketing. #And as someone on Twitter just said..the war always comes back home. #They think it matters who is in control when it falls apart. #T. S. Eliot said not with a bang but a whimper.

[uncanny-tranny]

It's honestly frustrating that I've seen non-Russian queer people almost bragging about how they would be illegal in Russia, labeled an extremist or terrorist. Russian queers are in danger, their government has made it clear where it stands, and it's made this effort for the better part of a decade (even longer, perhaps). This will kill people, don't mistake this for a quirky little proclamation from a government, akin to somebody saying the sky is pink. Russian queer people were already expressing their fear, and the least we can do now is express our love for them, and advocate with them.

Russian queer people, I love you. I love you all so much. I am so sorry, I cannot begin to express the grief that I feel, and I hope that you are safe. Words cannot encapsulate how I feel as a non-Russian, and I cannot hope to comprehend how it feels to actually be in this situation.

#queer #lgbt #lgbtq #ofc this has been brewing for a long time and it has been really troubling to say the very LEAST #honestly i have seen russian queers joke about the situation which feels different. honestly it's almost admirable #i just can't find it funny to see non-Russians do it simply because the threat of prosecution or death for people is too high in my mind #it feels almost voyeuristic when non-russians joke like that to me #like i've joked about the state of (us)american queer rights when it feels too bleak but i live here #i guess when people only joke about it it tells me they don't think it's a big deal or that it won't affect queer people... #...because it won't affect them as an outsider likely #it's just shitty. all around. and it's the type of thing that i'm not sure what to do #queerphobia #queerphobia tw

[canisalbus]

Vasco seems like a honeycomb (candy) type of guy tbh

Never heard of it before, but it looks nice. Apparently it's really easy to make at home as well? Is it good?? The texture seems interesting.

#answered #anonymous #is it aggressively honeyish? #I don't really like honey but I have a sudden desire to try the sea sponge confectionery #edit: #as a non-american/non-anglosphere person there's just so many well known iconic household name foods that aren't part of my life at all #I like baking so I've been meaning to try making shortbread and sugar cookies just to see what they taste like #like are they similar to any cookies I already know #made smores for the first time a couple years back #last year I made cheesecake which I had tried before but never made myself #I don't think I've ever eaten a proper actual brownie #Finland has mokkapala which is similar but has coffee in it so I'm not sure if it counts #don't even get me started on american brand stuff #I can explain a person what a twinkie is but I've never seen one live

[supermarketcrush]

this one is for the non americans. who else remembers being a pre-teen reading american books + listening to american songs + consuming american media all the time and constantly daydreaming what would life be if you lived in america while forgetting/ignoring your own national identity until you grew up and by then you felt like too much of a foreigner in your own skin surrounded by your land and your language

#i dont even mean americana in the james dean coca cola fourth of july sense #just like. taylor swift. john green novels. getting a driver license at 16. whitewashed suburbs. the most absolutely mundane shit #i used to have the most vivid americana fantasies about living in the suburbs and running on grass fields and roaming about small towns #terrible fantasy in hindsight what the hell is that. i was the world's most boring teenager #but if american teenager came out in say 2016/2017 it would have ruined me lol #nobody loves america more than non americans. source: east asian born and raised #🫀

[aiteanngaelach]

vaguely unrelated but this is what gets me about americans claiming to be irish because of distant ancestery and dna test and whatever. whilst ye have the privilege of declaring yereselves irish based on literally nothing (and being really fucking annoying about it too) non white irish people are brutalised for saying they are irish. every single immigrant in this country is more irish than any plastic paddy bitch. whilst tiffany who did a dna test and found she was 9% irish or whatever is rebranding her whole personality to circle around this, Black irish people are being attacked for calling themselves irish. Black irish people who have been living in ireland their whole lives, their parents whole lives, their GRANDPARENTS whole lives, arent allowed to call themselves irish. EVERY SINGLE IMMIGRANT IN IRELAND HAS A RIGHT TO BE HERE AND A RIGHT TO BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT AND DIGNITY SHOWN TO EVERY OTHER IRISH PERSON

#and before youre like oh your just making people up #i know a guy from mayo and he. his father. and his grandfather have lived in ireland their entire lives #and people ask him non stop where is he actually from because he's Black. #and every irish american is like fictitious tiffany lets be honest here

[thedevilsfamiliar]

It’s really annoying how people are completely ignoring the fact that Miles Morales is Afro Latino on FB.

Like, the amount of times I’ve seen people suggest an African American actor with zero Latino roots is yikes. Then when you point out that Miles has a Puerto Rican mom, that he speaks Spanish and is therefore Hispanic/Latino… they start bitching.

There’s so many African American actors out there representing you— let Afro Latinos have someone. Let dark skin Latinos have someone.

Being Puerto Rican is a part of Miles’ identity and you will not take that away from him.

#this is in context to a news article asking who would make the perfect miles morales live action actor #and the comments all swarmed with non-Hispanic African American kiddos #there was one kid who was Afro Latino and the rest weren’t #and when people pointed out that Miles is Puerto Rican and speaks Spanish #folk began yowling racism and that he’s mainly black #stop stripping his identity #he isn’t just black he’s also latino #puerto Rico might be a US state but they still get treated like immigrants— look at Florida rn #people are harassing Puerto Ricans despite being American citizens #rant #‘he can’t be Puerto Rican he’s black’ BRO #THERES WHITE LATINOS BLACK LATINOS INDIGENOUS LATINOS #cuantas veces tienen que decirte pinche idiotas #spiderman astv #miles morales

[naramdil]

I don’t like the way white women talk about malala. I keep seeing their takes on how jimmy kimmel asked her questions during the oscars and I saw someone say it was trivializing her contribution to the world.. like listen we All know jimmy kimmel is a clown that shouldn’t be given a mic but I promise that malala doesn’t need y’all to defend her especially in such a patronizing way

#it’s soo … idk i hate how white women talk abt us like they need to understand where their input is and isnt needed #i also think malala has shown on her platforms that she has a sense of humor about how people receive her and she probably expected #to be met with such american nonsense at the oscars #you know what it is? they wont let her just live her life #she doesnt exist to just be upheld as an activist #let her be!!!! leave her alone and stop projecting that tokenized western activist image onto her #it's like yall don't see non white people as being multifaceted humans in the same way as you are

[cakemoney]

i don't want to put my uninformed foot in my mouth or get involved with the Discourse but i've been seeing the two extremes of reactions to the korean low birth rates issue (on tumblr and twitter both) and i'm just kind of like. look. i feel like "low birth rates (in many countries but especially japan and korea as part of this conversation) are more broadly the result of capitalism/a culture of overwhelming overwork that makes social relationships and having families incredibly inaccessible to young people" and "low birth rates are very much a part of the current conversation about misogyny and social expectations for women in korea especially in the context of reproduction as 'unpaid labor' for women" are statements that can both be true

#laughs awkwardly #gender #especially considering the ways patriarchal expectations and capitalism very much intersect in terms of quality of life for women #ex. women being expected to have kids / raise kids / do all the housework and cooking in a relationship #while ALSO existing in a society where women (even married women) have to work demanding jobs to deal with the high cost of living #AND women are systemically discriminated against in terms of pay / job availability / work environment and harassment #all of these things add up. these conversations are not opposing points of view. you know? #and also like. not super comfortable with how TERFs are discussed in terms of non-white cultures #TERFism / radfems as a MOVEMENT (and a cult) is very much rooted in white supremacy / ideals of womanhood #again. multiple things can be true at the same time. yes i do see (from my perspective involved in taiwanese social media) #some east asian feminists engage in transphobia in ways that approach radfem rhetoric ('women are victims of men' 'men are predators' #type generalized sentiments which you can imagine gains a lot of traction among women traumatized by patriarchy) #but movement-wise i don't think it's fair (or just in good faith) to generalize radical feminists from non-white countries #to straight up TERFs. which again. rooted in white supremacy. keep feeling like i have to remind people it doesn't make sense #for asians to be white supremacists and that not all oppression on earth stems directly from white people. you weirdos #'what are you talking about' in east asia the type of feminist statements called 'radical' are stuff like. #women shouldn't have to wear make up every time they go outside. women shouldn't be expected to do all housework. #should men pay for women on dates. debates that i think in the states we kind of take for granted as stuff settled years ago #even if some feminists might be transphobic it's not necessarily Transphobia As Core Tenets Of The Movement. does anyone get the difference #basically what i'm saying is. wow these tags got long. maybe let's not apply uniform standards of 'correct language and values' #to non-white people and attack them when as all movements they are fluid and influenced by the people living in it #TERF-style transphobia is not the predestined course for them. maybe it's more productive to have open discussions about transphobia #to work towards inclusivity and solidarity in these movements than to prescribe White Internet Morality to them #and declare that they're evil when they are still very much having conversations that need to be had. thanks i think that's all #essentially. i find that 'how dare a non-american movement not have morally pristine vocabulary priorities and membership #as determined by white leftists' to be in itself kinda a racist attitude

[ofekma]

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#I'm starting to get REALLY tired of americans #like I am going to lose it if I am going to hear someone trying to apply 'white/poc' labels on non american people one more time #newsflash the world is not just america #and things don't work in the entire world the same way they do in America!!! #be humble and stay in your own lane if you don't care enough to educate yourselves #I am not going to pretend to be an expert on the politics and social structure of a place in which I DO NOT LIVE IN #Because I don't think that the entire world resolves around me!!! #UGH

[akascow]

can all the dinosaurs running my country die of natural causes already what the hell is happening man😐

#theres so much shit wrong with america but banning tiktok is number one priority apperantly :/ #unrelated but i think its funny when non americans assume all americans are diehard patriots when in reality a lot of us just live here #did that make sense lol like we are fully aware of how shitty america is u dont have to pretend we would willingly die for this country HAHA #old ppl dont count i think they were brainwashed or smth #but thats just me idk

[smartass-hoot]

i don't mean this in a bad way but sometimes it's so obvious that a story was written by an american

#just that the kind of slang they use makes me go ??? #especially about location description #the first time i read “he ran two blocks” i didn't understand where legos came into the picture #and then the obvious american setting with american places like u mean to tell me these japanese people live in misisisisispipi? #and... the characterization too?? like i can't explain this at all #and i'm not trying to be mean it's just something i observed a lot from the extensive amount of anime fanfic i read #it's also easy to identify non-native english speakers 'cause the idioms they use are wild and so entertaining #whaddupmytags

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

guys yaoi is real … omg …

#eighth world wonder #aka i just discovered subtitled foreign yaoi shows exist #what will it feel like to actually see Real Live yaoi… not just being delusional over non-canon yaoi in american shows … woah … #excited #yaoi

[thesokovianaccords]

You guys all know I’m a hater first and foremost and nothing gets me going more than my own people lolol what the FUCK is this comment

#livia speaks #american tag #tell me you’ve never spoken to a non-American person w/o telling me #(and yes I’m aware of my own privilege here as someone who’s traveled and lived abroad…but digital spaces exist too!!) #I’m just cackling at this like…babe the Brits roast us relentlessly but so does everyone?? #and you have to be able to laugh at it bc we’re ridiculous! #Americans that can’t laugh at themselves are the worst kind of Americans #like I don’t know them or claim them #imagine moving to a whole ass other country and THIS is the thing you’re stressed about that people will make fun of you for being American #what kind of 18yo ass question 🤦🏼‍♀️

[luchsyy]

there’s nothing more humbling and cofidence-crushing than talking to a native english speaker as a non-native english speaker

#talks #ok to rb #ik it's mostly a social anxiety issue for me personally but. #i just remembered that one time a guy compliemented my outfit in english a few weeks ago #and i had to ask him to repeat it because it caught me off guard #and i wanted to compliment his backpack in return but all i said was 'thank you :)' in a very german accent #bc my brain wasn't set to english yet #but this never happens when i communicate with other non-native english speakers!!! #like when i talked to the hosts of our vacation home in croatia everything was fine!!! like why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i also never had problems speaking in english during english class probably because i knew that everyone else was on my level or worse hsgkl #me talking to my mutuals who dont live in the US/UK: idc they know what i mean #me talking to my american/english mutuals: omg theyre going to give me a bad grade in english which is totally something they care about

[angstics]

24 HOURS. there is no album there is no new song but there IS gerard way and ray toro and frank lero and mikey way and that's all that matters

#possibly con weapons possibly other non album bangers #maybe a costume maybe something else #YOU JUST KNOW welcome and flw and helena and nanana and teenagers and im not okay are on there #i hope it is con weapons ... i love the way they do those songs live soooooo much #this is also the last non festival american day! insane!!! #pretending im normal about them going on a week or so then 3 week then multiple month break #hope it's good for them and the crew!! #mcr

[cinnonym]

Regarding jacket potatoes: I think it is perhaps because they are still wearing their little jackets, or skins. As opposed to some other situations where they would be peeled. This seems like what the US calls a baked potato, except we have slightly different toppings: cheese, sour cream, chives, bacon bits. Lots of butter, of course.

Oh!! That is an excellent theory and makes total sense to me, thank you for weighing in!!

#i love that were all so into the potato discussion #top notch interaction everyone #also i am live narrating this to two non-tumblr user friends and their reactions is basically What is this website #and im like Its just tumblr this is how we live #so yes excellent i love everything about this #would be very interested in trying the american baked potatoes too? #in Germany we have baked potato with sour cream and chives but its a different sort of potato and i dont like it as much #might be because chives are not my thing #oh also kumpir #which is a potato that has been baked very long and you cannot usually eat the skin #and its topped with a variety of things i usually have it with couscous and olives #its a bit different though cause the soft bit of the potato is basically mashed and mixed with salt and cheese before the toppings areadded #whereas a jacket potato is just sort of cut open? #this is so interesting #potato lore