#the way people's immediate response is racial essentialism is.......... mh

[segretecose]

"i am 15% scandinavian 18% french 3% eastern europea-" okay well i will kill 100% of you

#even if you removed the whole evil corporation/data harvesting aspect from ancestry tests #the way people's immediate response is racial essentialism is.......... mh #are you guys not creeped the fuck out by these things. or at the very least weirded out #and that is not to say that there absolutely isn't a 'healthy' way to interact with them #- again removing the whole dna data collection aspect from the convo - #but it does seem to me that the overwhelming majority turns to this weird essentialism bit which makes me barf #but it seems to be weirdly acceptable/accepted behavior