Stories. Shape. Culture. People. Are. Still. Spooked. By. Fiction. You. Bigot.

Weird you’re telling someone that something is a slur when you don’t even know our culture or are even from here.

Get bent ya KKK brainwashed bigot, you’re the one thinking people from Appalachia are all ignorant religious idiots.

I’m saying that you assuming people from Appalachia are superstitious and backwards is part of a racist propaganda campaign that you fell for.

No point in arguing with fools I guess, enjoy your high horse.

No, it’s just that you’re uneducated.

The trope of the religious, ignorant hillbilly is not only based off of classism, but also racism. There was a lot of mixing of races and cultures in Appalachia, because a lot of people were poor and poor isolated people tend to work together, so a lot of those “ignorant and inpure” hill folk started, horror upon horror, interbreeding instead of keeping the races pure. That’s where you get groups like the Melungeon.

Of course, certain types of people, usually with white hoods in their closet, didn’t like that, (and the fact these folks tended to unionize and fight back) so they spent a good amount of time spreading a lot of bad rumors about dangerous, ignorant, backwards religious people living in Appalachia.

So you, a judgemental and ignorant person on the Internet, fell for a long standing KKK propaganda talking point.

Maybe where they are in the sky but I’m pretty sure the shape hasn’t changed much. I’m not an expert though.

Funny you say that when you have an entire state run by Mormons.

Oooo people who tell ghost stories and urban legends are stupid but we’re smart with our magic underwear oooo

I like how Lemmy is much for efficient by just starting off negative with everything.

Ok so first of all, it’s not than just young men who play video games, so it’s kinda shitty to imply that it’s only young men.

It’s also shitty to imply young men are the people who are obligated to riot, or the only people who do riot.

We’ve noticed a trend of less violence from people over the last several decades, which started before video games, so video games might be unrelated.

There’s always been something that feels like accomplishment but isn’t. Reading about how to do something tricks your brain into thinking it’s done that or is making progress on a project, but education only goes so far.

So imo it’s probably a combination of things. Video games might be one of those things but people feeling like they are rebelling by just reading about countercultural things may also be a factor, as well as humans being less violent and also maybe people are just scared and don’t want to die.

Which would make sense if I also didn’t see pictures of the constellations and some of these formations still don’t look like the thing they say they are.

Ah, the traditionally (and mildly classist and racist) assumption that people out west are somehow mentally superior and more educated, while the people in Appalachia are poor dumb hicks.

Funny how culture shapes our perspectives, innit

I’m just saying there’s a different vibe to the fears people have of the region, and by saying the Rocky mountains don’t have the same vibe you kinda proved my point.

Constellations don’t look anything like the things people say they look like with some rare exceptions.

Orion? Looks like a guy ok.

The Lizard? Little known one but actually looks like a lizard so ok.

Dippers? Look like big ladles ok.

Oh wait that’s supposed to be a BEAR? With a long tail for no reason? Fuck off Greeks.

THIS ONE IS A CRAB no it isn’t stfu

There’s a difference between scary and creepy.

Your mountains? That’s scary. It’s frightening in the moment, but at the end of the day, ok, you made it down the mountain.

These mountains? They’re creepy. When you come down the mountain, something comes down with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUcAVxn52ss