#guest culture

[odinspattern]

My family has done many wrongs and are mostly terrible people.

But when we had friends that came in last minute or had guests at our house, we never left them upstairs while the rest ate dinner. (Unless it was the rare occasions where it was last minute and we had asked the parents, who said that they were picking up their kid in an hour and said that friend was to eat dinner at their own place.) But even then we let them sit with us if they wanted to, or if they were more comfortable playing as we ate dinner, that was fine.

Our family has never demanded to be paid for keeping guests over. Not for one day or several. Nor if we all went to a resturant. We would try to accomodate if said guest were allergic or didn’t eat something, even if it was last minute. I have had glutenfree friends over eating boiled potatoes and eggbutter while the rest of us ate fiskegrateng, because that was what we could do.

Granted. Due to my father’s alcoholism I started inviting people over less and less, so I am not saying that we were an utopia in a sea of rude assholes.

But yeah, if you were a guest, that was how we did it. And you know, it is one of the traditions I intend to keep even as I leave things behind. If you are at my house, I am offering you food. Or snacks.

[antiadvil]

Hey so I just watched PJ’s side channel video about how he and Sophie got stuck in traffic trying to deliver something to Dan and Phil. Great video, super funny. No one warned me that when PJ and Sophie realized they’d have to stay in London, Dan and Phil booked them a hotel?? There are at LEAST three bedrooms in their house what kind of rich person bullshit is that??

[readychilledwine]

Excuse me while I deep dive Tumblr, reddit, and the internet to figure out what to wear to my best friend's traditional Hindu Mehndi Ceremony, Sangeet, wedding, and reception.

This may turn into me reblogging this multiple drooling over the beauty of Sarees and Lengha. Be prepared. 🫠

[zandiks-legacy]

It's so funny to me that there is a wave of new people getting into Star Trek TOS rn because like

Me too

But I only got into it because I saw a singular episode on a cruise this year and went "Holy shit this is everything to me" and I don't think that's universal

[petrovna-zamo]

The Bald & The Beautiful Live in Los Angeles!

[blue-eyed-giant]

to my italian followers or followers who know italian culture well: is it rude to accept offers immediately? whenever i offer people my food or drink they refuse without thinking

[xenodile]

Hinoa calling the Hunter anata-sama

Chichae calling the Hunter anata-sama

[margridarnauds]

Something that bothers me about a lot of academic analyses of Midsommar is when they stress Josh and Mark as examples of the dynamic of exploitation and manipulation being mutual when...I agree, it is, but simply saying that implies a greater deal of equality than there is?

[charaznablescanontoyota]

"hey, wait," shigeo says from somewhere up in the theater rafters. "you guys remember lunchbox? you think lunchbox is from this car?"

"who?" roxas asks.

al squints upwards, and just narrowly sidesteps a glob of paint as it falls from the brush shigeo's using to letter signs. "i dunno, isn't it kind of insensitive to imply all puppets come from the same car?"

"yeah, but he had the same deal where his bottom half was, like, either you couldn't see it or it was hard to look at," shigeo says.

"who are you even talking about?" roxas's voice drifts up from the empty orchestra pit, a little more impatient than before.

"a 'turtle' we met," trish says. she's down there with him, hammering together a ramp for - well, al's not sure exactly what. some kind of stunt. roxas seemed excited about the prospect of a ramp. "in the arts and crafts car. he was a 'puppet', too."

audrey clears her throat from the wings. "muppets."

"what?" roxas asks.

"they're muppets. the ones in this car." audrey steps out onto the stage in a costume dress that's still clearly half-fitted - al can see pins in the hem and sleeves - and crosses her arms over her chest, surveying the faces around her for any sign of recognition. "come on, you guys don't know the muppets? i mean, i knew al wouldn't, but -"

"oh, is that like the 'cookie monster'?" trish asks from the pit.

audrey pinches the bridge of her nose. "guys. seriously? you don't know kermit the frog?"

"i think i've seen him on a bag of chips," shigeo muses.

al turns to audrey, scenery painting all but forgotten. "is shadow a muppet?"

"no, he's a hedgehog," she says immediately, then pauses. "well. maybe he would be if he was here, actually. i don't know how this car works."

there's a long silence. it's hard to tell how many of them are imagining shadow as a foul-tempered puppet flopping around the stage, and how many of them are just wishing shadow was here with them.

"who do you think controls them?" shigeo asks, eventually. "is it like a psychic energy thing, or...?"

"it could be a singular person," trish agrees. "some kind of -"

"- 'master of puppets'," audrey finishes for her, entirely deadpan. "yeah. okay. wakka fucking wakka."

"ONE HOUR TO SHOWTIME," a voice hollers from backstage. the teens all jump to attention and scramble back to their jobs, or at least to trying to look busy. there's no telling what the penalty will be if they don't get this right; even if it's just spending the night in the theater and trying again tomorrow, that's still a waste of time.

"the little blue one said he's getting shot out of a cannon," al says quietly, to no one in particular. "do you think they feel pain?"

"why is that your next question?" shigeo yells down.

"it's ambiguous," audrey says. "most of them don't have, like. bones. i don't think. unless it's funny for them to have bones."

al laughs, a little hysterically. it's been a long day. "that's insane."

"when is it funny for them to have bones?" shigeo asks, alarmed.

"if they die, i imagine," trish says, like this makes perfect sense to her, over the sound of hammering from the pit.

"well - i mean, okay, there's a whole. they do a whole retelling of treasure island, and..." audrey looks around again, checking expressions. "none of you know what that is, either. okay. hey, i swear to god this is an award-winning show where i'm from."

"do you think they have food here?" roxas asks. "i'm hungry."

audrey sighs in a way that says she knows the answer, but the rest of them aren't going to like it.

[twixnmix]

Billy Squier, Andy Warhol and Cornelia Guest at the opening of Limelight nightclub in New York City on November 9, 1983.

[oysterie]

most obnoxious content online is europeans visiting america and going into grocery stores and picking up a sheet cake or bag of sugar or like premade pasta dishes and commenting on how much americans eat and "how could anyone actually eat all this" like okay if your going to keep believing that im going to keep believing europeans have no friends and dont hang out with their families.

[goawaywithjae]

My meta moment was listening to myself talk about Squid Game season 2 on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour as I did my daily walk this morning. (I always listen to PCHH on my walks.)

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: Giyuu never would have expected that he would become friends with Uzui Tengen, but life has a way of taking him by surprise. - Five times Giyuu didn't exactly mean to spend the night at Tengen's house, and one time it was completely on purpose.

Author: @maddolphin777

Note from submitter: ft Tomioka Giyuu not realizing Tengen and his three wives are flirting with him

[softichill]

I've been watching videos I used to adore when I was like 8-10 and of course most of them are mlp (special interest until 4th grade), but there's one particular one where the youtuber in question mentions "cringe OCs" in comparison to "realistic OCs"

My brother in Celestia you are an mlp youtuber. You are considered cringe no matter what your ponysona looks like

[popculturebaby]

Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Friends, 1997 🤍

[yumaisbored]

Mr. Spider just did not understand the concept of British hospitality, and that is the real problem here.