davi [he/him]

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Cake day: August 14th, 2023

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  • i take it to mean that the definition depends on how you've learned about it.

    a real world example is world war 2: if you're an american it started in 1941; meanwhile if you're chinese, it started in 1931; and if you're swiss or scandinavian it lasted until the 1950's

    even in the same country it can be different, another real world example is the mexican rebellion of the early 20th century. if you're a religious/social conservative it went from 1921 to 1933; if you're not, it went from 1921 to 1923 and then there several followup wars like the cristero rebellion that lasted until 1933

    conflicts don't cleanly start and end; they windup and then winddown slowly and it's up to you to define where the start and end are; and since we're all have different definitions, others will have different dates.







  • Explains why so many are quick to claim indigenous ancestry even though they would probably be claiming European ancestry if they lived in Latin America.

    I'm DEEPLY fascinated by this phenomenon since it has such stark implications about my heritage to know that I'm 2/3rds indigenous by DNA but do not qualify as such under any rules in any location and family lore has zero mention on it.