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Is there a way to block tumblr ads? If I see the tubi thing again I’m gonna throw my phone across the room.

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Two weeks away from picking up my Jeep and I just. can’t. wait.

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May I please make a prayer request for my family? My grandfather passed away yesterday. His wife (my grandmother) died last September as well.

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One should always have at least 2 craft projects going. That way, when one of them is messed up and misbehaving, you can switch to another, and let the first one sit there and think about what it's done.

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Why are Catholics either married by 20 or romantically stupid?

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My therapist says that if I want a "relationship" I will probably have to try "dating people" and first of all, how dare he

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As I continue my adventure of trying to figure out what human foods my very picky eater of a dog enjoys, I've determined that my dog just does not like peanut butter.

What dog just doesn't like peanut butter? I put some in her Kong and she doesn't want anything to do with the Kong anymore! 😩

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Me, Catholic, walking into a Protestant church with no depictions of Mary: where's my mom

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Happy New Year from England!

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>”this Christian tradition was stolen from pagans!”

>look inside

>tradition that was formed in the 17th-19th centuries

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Merry Christmas!!! Hope everyone is having a day full of blessings!

🎄🎁🙏

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Im asking an honest question. Im not trying to be mean. Do you think women should have rights? I mean being able to own property ,go to school and uni etc. I have only known any religions from woman hateing incels

Yes, anon, I do think women should have rights. Everything you mentioned women should always have the right to do. If you have more questions about women in the Catholic Church and why some people believe the Church is sexist, I can answer those too.

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I keep telling myself that one of these years I'll mail my Christmas gifts off earlier than Christmas Eve Eve

... It seems that yet again, this year is not that year.

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I love in media when a character just impulsively walks directly into and church and into the confessional as if 1 there wouldnt be a line and 2 there is just a priest in there at any given time

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none of yall are allowed to make fun of your grandparents for falling for nigerian prince email scams til you stop falling for the same copy and paste scams from people pretending to be gazan. sweetheart, I promise you that actual gazans who need help aren't sitting around and sending copy-paste asks to random fandom blogs on tumblr

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"yOu'Re nOt GeRmAn, yOu'rE AmErIcAn"

Okay, bestie, let me explain something to you that is very important to American culture — very, very few of us are ethnically American. When an American says they are "German" or "Irish" or "Italian" they aren't talking about citizenship. They are talking about ethnicity.

The U.S. is primarily a country of immigrants. Everyone says we "don't have a culture" or we have a "bastardized version of *insert culture*" but that's not true!!!! Our culture is made up of American Immigrant Culture!!!! American Italian food isn't "fake Italian food" — it's the innovation of Italian Immigrants who used traditional Italian food along with the ingredients that were more accessible to them in the States. It might not be the food "of Italy" but it is the food of proud sons and daughters of Italy who are also proud Americans. And you can be both.

When American culture is treated as a rip-off of every other culture, we are essentially dishonoring the memory of very brave men and women who chose to leave their homelands under unfortunate circumstances. Men and women who didn't have much money, but did what they could. Used the materials they had. And still managed to make something beautiful out of it. When you leave your home, it doesn't stop being part of your identity — it just looks a little different now. You pass on your old traditions to your children and your children's children, and along the way, new ones are created. Cultures mix and create subcultures. And it's beautiful. It's good. It's primally human.

If I'm not "German" care to explain to me my pasty white skin? Or my last name? Or all the post cards written to and from Germany that we have upstairs in a box? Or the name of my town? Or my grandparents' first language? Or the fact that my American Church, in the year 2024, still sings "Stille Nacht" at every Christmas Eve mass? Sure, I'm not fully German, but the awareness of where I have come from makes up a huge part of my understanding of myself and my place in this world. I was raised in a German Catholic farmtown, and it shows. It shows in the way we worship, and our work ethic, and our reverence for family life.

When an American calls themselves "German" or "Irish" or "Italian" they mean that's where their blood comes from. And it's okay for them to care about that. It's okay for them to care about their roots. It's a major part of American culture.

If you want to "respect" world cultures, you can't just pick and choose which ones are "real" according to you.