Culture Construction Kit

[firecat]

cjsmith wrote:
if you can't stand the culture you are in, if the mores and assumptions that surround you are detrimental to your own mental health, you must create your own culture. Great idea. I hereby pronounce myself a culture of one.

And I replied in a comment:
Woo fucking hoo! I really needed to hear that right now.

My culture: Being of use matters. Making and/or appreciating beauty matters. Curiosity matters. Politeness matters. (Miss Manners is the Secretary of State in my culture.) Communication matters. Not taking yourself too seriously is encouraged. Please confine dishing/whinging to designated areas. Thank you.

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Your family sounds great

[firecat]

My parents' generation of my family started out pretty homogenous (somewhat intelligent white small town protestant professionals married with kids) but my generation has been somewhat exogamous.

It was cool to discover how much I was like my cousins who I never saw very much growing up. There's going to be a family reunion in Las Vegas in August, and that ought to be a real trip. (If we don't all just turn into salt, in the heat.)