It’s funny how people get disgusted by breaking of arbitrary social taboos. What’s disgusting about it? They act like it’s making them physically sick just to think about which I just don’t understand.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's what makes it a taboo. It's something everyone around them believes, and they believe, and everyone who doesn't believe it is a weird outside Other. People who challenge taboos within the culture are often ostracized, the taboo itself often has a bunch of myths justifying it, the actual nature, causes, and consequences of the taboo are rarely questioned let alone interrogated.

[–] arabiclearner@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People who challenge taboos within the culture are often ostracized, the taboo itself often has a bunch of myths justifying it, the actual nature, causes, and consequences of the taboo are rarely questioned let alone interrogated.

Yeah I don't get it, they'll fight back against "taboos" that they personally support (e.g. gender norms, sexuality, etc.) but then on other things they basically turn into your conservative uncle. Complete dumbasses imo with a sense of cultural chauvanism.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah, it's extremely frustrating. I've got an advantage, I literally studied the discipline of learning about cultures other than my own, but it's still extremely frustrating.

[–] arabiclearner@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Speaking of that, do you know any good youtube videos that do an overview of cultural differences, or maybe a playlist from a course that looks into this kind of stuff? The differences between customs of different cultures, especially things that are "taboo" in one culture but completely ok in another really interest me.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I can't think of anything off hand. I know there was a tv show called "Taboo" years ago that was supposedly about cultural taboos, but I think it was probably pretty exploitative. As far as I know the word "Taboo" is based on a Polynesian word pronounced more like "tapu" that represents various restrictions that people have to observe to protect their spiritual or esoteric power.

[–] arabiclearner@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Westoid brainworms which they haven't yet shed, even though they claim to be "marxist" and "materialist"

[–] edge@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Umm actually it is materialist because [eugenicist rant]."