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Misinterpret
Aug. 3rd, 2022 02:41 pmRandom quote of the day:
“When people are very different from ourselves, it’s easy to believe they’ll believe anything. We may often misinterpret the things we hear, choosing readings that make that culture seem more exotic and different. [Perhaps] scientific explanations that try to account for some ambiguous indigenous concepts that are hard to understand can actually end up inventing whole belief systems for indigenous peoples that just aren’t real. Not all fantastical sounding language is magic; sometimes it’s just ordinary.”
—Chi Luu, “What We Lose When We Lose Indigenous Knowledge,” JSTOR Daily, October 16, 2019
( https://daily.jstor.org/daily-author/chi-luu/ )
“The Legend of the Firewolf. Maybe.” ( https://pjthompson.dreamwidth.org/1562384.html )
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
“When people are very different from ourselves, it’s easy to believe they’ll believe anything. We may often misinterpret the things we hear, choosing readings that make that culture seem more exotic and different. [Perhaps] scientific explanations that try to account for some ambiguous indigenous concepts that are hard to understand can actually end up inventing whole belief systems for indigenous peoples that just aren’t real. Not all fantastical sounding language is magic; sometimes it’s just ordinary.”
—Chi Luu, “What We Lose When We Lose Indigenous Knowledge,” JSTOR Daily, October 16, 2019
( https://daily.jstor.org/daily-author/chi-luu/ )
“The Legend of the Firewolf. Maybe.” ( https://pjthompson.dreamwidth.org/1562384.html )
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Signs I thought I saw
Jun. 23rd, 2021 02:56 pmBritney Spears addresses her constipation...
But am I really misreading?
*conservatorship
Literature as heard by VRS
Dec. 3rd, 2019 02:36 pm“They that go down to the sea in chaps”
“Alas, poor you’re it. I knew him.”
“Breeze there a man with soul so dead”
“When, in disgrace with fortune and menses”
“How do I love thee? Let me count the Waze.”
Signs I thought I saw
Oct. 6th, 2019 02:55 pmSan Diego to limit cannibals advertising
I should hope so.
*cannabis
Signs I thought I saw
Apr. 6th, 2019 02:56 pmAirport officials are adding a $1.6 billion minefield* concourse.
As if the commute isn’t hard enough.
*midfield
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Apr. 6th, 2019 02:06 pmAirport officials are adding a $1.6 billion minefield* concourse.
As if the commute isn’t hard enough.
*midfield
Signs I thought I saw
Nov. 6th, 2015 04:01 pmEnchanted* amenities
But I really want those enchantments!
*Enhanced
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Nov. 6th, 2015 04:01 pmEnchanted* amenities
But I really want those enchantments!
*Enhanced
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Aug. 18th, 2015 02:22 pmSURVIVOR’S SMORES*
Makes sense. After traumatic experience you want a treat.
*Remorse
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Dec. 8th, 2014 12:49 pmMAID* REMOVAL & REHABILITATION
I guess that's for domestic help that just won't stop cleaning.
*Mold
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Dec. 8th, 2014 12:42 pmMAID* REMOVAL & REHABILITATION
I guess that’s for domestic help that just won’t stop cleaning.
*Mold
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Aug. 28th, 2014 11:55 amCHINESE EGGPLANT* IN AFRICA
I wasn’t even hungry. Especially for eggplant.
*Engagement
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Aug. 28th, 2014 11:55 amCHINESE EGGPLANT* IN AFRICA
I wasn’t even hungry. Especially for eggplant.
*Engagement
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Sep. 12th, 2013 12:52 pmMr. V’s Scrotum*
I don’t know how I came up with this one. Frankly, it scares me.
*Hair Salon
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
Sep. 12th, 2013 12:52 pmMr. V’s Scrotum*
I don’t know how I came up with this one. Frankly, it scares me.
*Hair Salon
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Another sign I thought I saw
May. 30th, 2013 12:14 pmEdenist*
I’m on a roll, folks, but I do think this is one of my better ones. What sort of occupation to you suppose an Edenist is?
*A giant tooth icon seen from the side + Dentist. I had to drive up and look at it face on before I knew what it was.
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Another sign I thought I saw
May. 30th, 2013 12:14 pmEdenist*
I’m on a roll, folks, but I do think this is one of my better ones. What sort of occupation to you suppose an Edenist is?
*A giant tooth icon seen from the side + Dentist. I had to drive up and look at it face on before I knew what it was.
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
Signs I thought I saw
May. 29th, 2013 02:24 pmMarina Poodle* Boards
(Seems like all that fur would be a drag in the water.)
*Paddle
Mirrored from Better Than Dead.
