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

Re: Bitch about tourists!

[mother_forker]

"Wait. What? We're not?"

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

Re: Bitch about tourists!

[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.