While I think it’s great seeing all the excitement and press coverage about India legalizing gay sex, I think it’s really important to remember that this is NOT India progressing due to Western influence. This is India decolonizing.
The homophobic statute that was overturned is a product of British colonialism in India. Prior to that, India had a rich and vibrant queer community that played important functions in society. There were queer Hindu gods and hijras serve as an example of how queerness in society was venerated. This is not something to patronize India over and congratulate ourselves in the West for. This is a victory for India reclaiming their culture.
miss me with that ‘weapon accuracy’ shit. im shooting everything. im laying down cover fire. im shooting the walls. im shooting my teammates. im shooting myself. my accuracy is 100% yall just dont know what im aiming at
I didn’t even read the rest because I’m still laughing at “miss me with that ‘weapon accuracy’ shit” like I’ve never read a more perfect phrase in my life
Fun fact: during the Revolutionary War, the British HATED American soldiers’ fighting methods. Why? Because Americans aimed. We’ve all heard of the battle of Bunker Hill and how the soldiers were instructed not to shoot until they saw the whites of the enemies’ eyes, but did you know that the British military’s battle plan was essentially to spray as many musket balls as they could all over the enemy? Troops were told to just aim in the general direction of the opposing army and shoot, and the British thought that Americans aiming their weapons was a savage and uncivilized form of combat.
The British sound like me when I play Overwatch and the enemy hitscan players kill me more than once
the american army had been trained by a german guy who added the ‘aim’ in ‘ready, aim, fire’, and literally wrote a book about ‘how to be better at soldiering then the brittish who think its all about pressed uniforms and standing in neat lines’
the other side of aiming- they thought it was unfair that half the american soldiers would intentionally try and hit the brittish officers, who had distinctive uniforms and were often sitting on a horse so they were stupid easy to pick out of a crowd. quite probably the most obvious thing you could do in a fight
#how the fuck did britain conquer 97% of the world
we were lucky enough to have a lot of easily accessible coal to kickstart our industrial revolution. Side note, “old mining village” is equal to “poor people” here
the royal family owe reparations to every single country colonised in their name until then miss me with the cutesy celebrations every time baldy nuts in kate middleton
wanna bring this back seeing as everyone’s pissing themselves cos carrot top got engaged
why are y’all this petty
seriously though, it’s just people celebrating normal things. the british colonialism happened hundreds of years ago and while the effects are still here today, none of these people did anything lol. they don’t have to pay the price for what their ancestors did
when are we gonna start blaming every single country for the bad things they did?
“the british colonialism happened hundreds of years ago”…….. the queen was 21 whole ass years old when India gained independence. Jamaica, Barbados and most of the West Indies weren’t emancipated til after her accession. Churchill who caused a famine that killed millions in Bengal and then chalked it up to “bengalis breeding like rabbits” was her favourite prime minister. The queen is an imperialist, has been an imperialist and would still be if colonised people didn’t fight so hard for their freedom. so jot that down and shut the fuck up
wupacing 