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Fruitbat3 t1_j5pb071 wrote

Reply to People Are Selling 'Splash Mountain Water' on eBay After Permanent Ride Closure at Magic Kingdom by jdb1984

I can understand keeping some for yourself because you were there when it existed, and you know it's genuine and you'll have a good memory to look back on. I can't understand why anyone else would want it. There's no way to verify it's authenticity. For all you know you could be buying pool water someone shoved in a jar and called "Splash Mountain water"

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Fanwhip t1_j5p9tk2 wrote

Reply to comment by Steven-Maturin in Don't say 'mummy': Why museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains by wazzel2u

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It Sucks folks are down voting you cause its a very true statement.
As long as its something they okayed to be used. Then it "should be used by all" even if them using the new word doesn't change anything.

Still showing off mostly stolen objects/bodys. Still making money off said objects/bodys. Maybe they should return all of them to the national country before trying to go "we are outstanding and exemplary people"

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myops_rock t1_j5p9mpg wrote

Reply to comment by cannabination in Ticketmaster's most vocal critics, Swifties, will protest outside the U.S. Capitol by koavf

Yup. The monopoly on concert promotion and ticket sales is bad. But I see it as a secondary concern because cocncerts aren’t essential. You could never see another live act and you would survive.

I do recall the Canadian truckers protesting against vaccination requirements to drive alone in their trucks and the Canadian government’s heavy handed response because those protests were effective. I think that it was disgusting how powerful people coerced many to take vaccines they didn’t want by threatening their livelihoods. That is not how individual health decisions should be made.

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Fanwhip t1_j5p9du2 wrote

Reply to comment by CandidateDecent1391 in Don't say 'mummy': Why museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains by wazzel2u

For your whole "Learning language" stick your trying to use.

Mummy: Noun (especially in ancient Egypt) a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages.

Mummifed: Verb 1) to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.2) to make (something) resemble a mummy; dry or shrivel up3) to preserve (an idea, institution, custom, etc.) that may have outlived its usefulness or relevance:

For the whole "virtue signaling"

Virtue Signaling : the public expression of opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character or social conscience or the moral correctness of one's position on a particular issue.

" But some museums in Britain are now using words other than "mummy" to describe their displays of ancient Egyptian human remains. Instead, they are starting to adopt terms such as "mummified person" or to use the individual's name to emphasize that they were once living people. "

When the shoe still fits sometimes it means you don't need new ones. Specially if the new ones are in the same condition's as the old ones.

I.e they are going from an noun to a verb for the same object that needed 0 change to it. So they can feel better about decades and century's of encouraging theft via "exploring" and the fact the things they have are by definition an object.

If they want to "change" how the world see's the body's and the lives the body's did have. they should give up every single part of every single exhibit back to the respective places they came from. So they could either be reburied. As much of it was stolen or taken without permission or for the country to be the one properly showing it off and taking care of it.

Encourage learning to the world by returning the stolen goods and apologizing for showing stolen them off and profiting from it vs doing a name change.

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Gary_the_metrosexual t1_j5p59fp wrote

Reply to comment by _MoMaK_ in War Thunder Players Are Sharing Military Documents On The Forums Again by wewhomustnotbenamed

Thing is these things are on the internet yes, but legally afaik it's still not allowed to be spread around. Just because something is available online does not mean it is allowed to be spread by people. And where individuals will likely get away with it. If gaijin starts using it as a basis for game changes they can very likely get into legal trouble.

Just like sure, you can download a movie. And if you watch it somewhere in your own home? Odds are no one will care. Now, show that movie to a large group or start handing out that downloaded movie? That's when you start being in trouble.

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90k_swarming_rats t1_j5p4m5e wrote

Reply to Don't say 'mummy': Why museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains by wazzel2u

Really reminds me of how some people want to change "homeless person" to "unhoused person". At the end of the day it's utterly meaningless. If a word has negative connotations associated with it due to the nature of the thing it's describing, changing the word does nothing because the underlying issues that give the original word it's meaning havent changed.

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Translationerr0r t1_j5p0fiy wrote

Reply to Don't say 'mummy': Why museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains by wazzel2u

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