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TheSollerodFascist Since: Dec, 1969
#1: Mar 3rd 2012 at 6:34:42 PM

My father has long had a love affair with Australia. This to some degree roots back to a teacher he once had, who told his class tales of the land. My father's an incredible man and has since visited Australia via both leisure and business. I've had the opportunity to vist some places too. I am eternally grateful.

I had a teacher in first school who gave out impressions of areas of Asia, Burma/Myanmar in particular. I eventually became fond of Japan and eventually Japanese cinema due to interest in film. Japanese cinema suprisingly widely embodies a classical attitude to narration in both the pre- and post-war years. Ozu's early silent films in particular are emotional greats, well worth following up today.

I've had the oppportunity to visit Tokyo. My father has been in the railway industry throughout his entire life. I thoroughly enjoyed the Shinkansen and seeing Japan. I want to see Japanese castles at some point in my life.

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#2: Mar 3rd 2012 at 6:40:24 PM


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ekuseruekuseru 名無しさん from Australia Since: Oct, 2009
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#3: Mar 3rd 2012 at 6:48:03 PM

It isn't "a culture should be loved", but "all cultures should be loved".

やはり日本語を学ばなければ「愛」とは言えんよな。 お前では無いかも知れんが「日本文化大好き!!」と言うようなヤツらは言語も本格的な文化も余り理解出来ておらん。

edited 3rd Mar '12 6:53:35 PM by ekuseruekuseru

MadassAlex I am vexed! from the Middle Ages. Since: Jan, 2001
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#4: Mar 3rd 2012 at 6:52:27 PM

Australia can be a steaming shithole, too. Just before anyone gets any romantic ideas about the place.

I'd like to go to Japan to study with kenjutsuka and eat lots of ramen. Also, to get stung by acid-spitting wasps.

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Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#5: Mar 3rd 2012 at 6:52:32 PM

. . . Okay, and your point is?

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#6: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:03:26 PM

Australia seems to me to be the sort of place you go to for the wildlife/stunning natural beauty, not culture. Our culture is a mish-mash of everywhere else's culture.

edited 3rd Mar '12 7:26:29 PM by LoniJay

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GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#7: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:04:57 PM

[to all cultures]You're my lover, not my riiiiiiiiiiiival!

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MadassAlex I am vexed! from the Middle Ages. Since: Jan, 2001
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#8: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:05:53 PM

Given that meat pie floaters are a cornerstone of our culture, I'd have to agree.

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Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#9: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:06:11 PM

Nah, you go to Australia to fight drop bears.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
MadassAlex I am vexed! from the Middle Ages. Since: Jan, 2001
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#10: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:08:18 PM

They're a kind of bat, and often mistaken for regular fruit bats, so it's kinda difficult to fight them. And if you keep a light with you outdoors at night, or travel with at least one other person, you'll never even be bothered by them.

Any fuss over drop bears is pretty much a holdover from the early colonisation days.

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Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#11: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:11:02 PM

I see what you're doing, there.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#12: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:19:44 PM

Why are they called drop bears if they're bats?

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Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
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#13: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:21:23 PM

Same reasons some bats are called flying foxes? Because fuck language making sense?

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MadassAlex I am vexed! from the Middle Ages. Since: Jan, 2001
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#14: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:22:29 PM

Also, koala bears are not bears.

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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#15: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:24:19 PM

But they look like bears! Bats look nothing like bears!

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Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#16: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:24:47 PM

NOR FOXES.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#17: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:25:43 PM

That totally looks kinda like a fox. Especially if it were dive-bombing your head.

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Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#18: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:26:25 PM

That looks little like a fox!

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#19: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:27:50 PM

It looks more like a fox than a bear!

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#20: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:28:21 PM

Flying foxes are utter adorability wrapped up in its own little leather jacket. waii

Koalas never looked much like bears to me. I mean, they're kinda stubby shaped, but that's it, and so are wombats and nobody calls them bears.

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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#21: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:29:41 PM

@Loni: Wombats don't look like bats either! What is with you people?

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Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#22: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:38:10 PM

I dunno it looks more bear like than flying foxes look fox like...

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#23: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:38:45 PM

Then why's it called a wombat, smartypants? tongue

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#24: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:39:25 PM

I was talking about the bat not the wombats!

Wombats are just...strange.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#25: Mar 3rd 2012 at 7:39:46 PM

Wombats don't look much like bats.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-

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