Ethics, Friday, October 9, 2020

[sith_happened]

"Good morning, class," Anakin said, sweeping into the room. "Next week is Fall Break and so today we'll explore the ethics of interacting with other cultures."

He leaned against his desk. "We will not be out in socially fraught situations--we're a school and we're not going to set you up to fail like that--but standing in lines correctly, noticing how closely people stand together and greet each other, how loudly they speak and then imitating that--it's all part of being a polite guest in someone else's space. So, today we'll talk about what you've noticed tourists or outsiders visiting your homelands get wrong and how you'd prefer them to behave, and then you can think on that when we go to Europe next week."

Comments

Sign in 10/9

[sith_happened]

Ready for vacation!

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[x_discospider_x]

Troy Barnes

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[grayskollar]

Adora

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[dauntlessdragoon]

Freya Crescent

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[mother_forker]

Eleanor Shellstrop

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[toottootmagicflute]

Wei Wuxian

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[gospel_of_oblivion]

Illyana Rasputin

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell Ingram

Listen to the lecture!

[sith_happened]

Or daydream about vacation.

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[mother_forker]

After her conversation with Summer on Wednesday, Eleanor was reminded of one of her favorite sights to see at an amusement park.

She sighed in content and closed her eyes.

People puking on roller coasters. Somehow she had to make that happen.

Bitch about tourists!

[sith_happened]

But, y'know, ethically!

Re: Bitch about tourists!

[dauntlessdragoon]

"Honestly?" Freya ventured, with a soft, apprehensive sort of smile. "I've traveled extensively throughout my own world, so I know how to behave well in new and different cultures, but, on this world, I'm far more concerned about how the experience of others behaving around me will be."

She said, pointedly not looking at Troy who was being shamelessly modded still seemed to try to be on the complete opposite side of the room from her at all times during this class...

Re: Bitch about tourists!

[toottootmagicflute]

They didn't have tourists in the Burial Mounds. The wards and the resentful energy and general aura of doom tended to keep people away. Wei Wuxian thought back to Yunmeng and his life at Lotus Pier.

"I don't like when they complain about the food," Wei Wuxian said. "The Yunmeng Noodle Plate is famously spicy. Why would you order it if you don't can't handle a little heat?" He frowned. "Also, some visitors go out on the lake without a guide and don't know how to watch for storms. Most of the fierce ghosts in Lotus Lake were tourists. We could have saved them if they'd only asked about the weather."

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[gospel_of_oblivion]

"American tourists are the worst," Illyana said impishly. "Loud, entitled, and convinced they're the center of the universe."

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[mother_forker]

"Wait. What? We're not?"

Yes, Eleanor. You are not the center of the universe.

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[gospel_of_oblivion]

"May the dark gods help us all by slaughtering us quickly if the universe suddenly shifts for America to be the center of gravity in our solar system," she replied dryly. "No, you're not. You are rude to locals and stop in the middle of the sidewalk to take pictures and make fun of street performers instead of ignoring them like a civilized person who does not like mimes."

Re: Bitch about tourists!

[mother_forker]

“I do not make fun of mimes!”

Because that’s what you should be taking away from this, Eleanor.

And it’s true she doesn’t make fun of mimes. She knocks them over like any other true blooded American.

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

As one does.

OOC

[sith_happened]

I definitely did not put all of this OCD in Rey's warehouse post.

Also, shut up.