They did rebrand him as “sooty Pete”, a white dude with soot on his face (black patches instead of full blackface). At least a lot of people do that. But obviously you still get a lot of people clinging doggedly to their racism tradition.

I have Dutch friends who were legitimately terrified that Zwarte Piet would kidnap them and take them to Spain.

I have a sewing machine.

I’m Brian and so’s my wife

It’s a highly contagious energy.

Go to bed at a sensible hour!

I had to look for a bit but I worked out what you meant. It’s been added to my reading list.

Damn! I thought I had to choose. Thanks for pointing this out.

Now about the tentacles?

Edit: just looked at pictures. I’d get damn good at tucking lol

Why not both, baby?

Both sets of genitalia for the purposes of versatility, 6-8 tits like a cat, retractable claws, the ability to see in Infrared and UV, colour changing skin like a cuttlefish, a longer and more agile tongue, and at least 4 tentacles for… Reasons…

Anyone else have “not being doubled over in pain wile bleeding like a stuck pig” on their dysphoria bingo card?

The maps wrong. In northern Norway (marked in lavender) the terms Bibliotek and Girjerádju are both used depending on whether you’re speaking Norwegian or one of the Sami languages. Despite being indigenous to the region Sami is spoken by a minority and the map should be striped red and lavender. Or if you’re going by indigenous languages then you need to extend the lavender portion down through northern Sweden to Luleå and in Norway down to Trondheim.

Which is why I don’t wear my silver mjølner pendant. It still pisses me off though.

No more so than any other military force of the same era. Are you going to boycott ren fairies for the same reason? Sometimes people just like to dress up in traditional jewelry because it looks pretty.

So are modern Scandinavians. Also I’m not so sure about gen alpha Norwegians. There are a large number of half Thai kids in rural areas. Norwegian women escape the villages to go live in Bergen/Oslo and the men who stayed home to take care of the family farm go over to Thailand to find someone. It’s a stereotype but it definitely happens pretty frequently.

Also there’s a large foreign population generally (the oil industry and service industry attracts a lot of foreigners and Norway takes a fair number of refugees) æand they’re (relatively) well integrated (this doesn’t apply to Sweden). You actually see some Muslim women in Norwegian national dress with a headscarf that’s embroidered with the same pattern, which is cool.

Unnecessary correction.

Everyone has things they’d change about their past, whether or not they’re trans. But, it’s useless dwelling on it now. You only have power over the future and if you get caught up in what-ifs then the past will control you. Just concentrate on being 20% cooler going forward.

Or a gay nazi.

I remain tempted but stoic

Yes but the neonazis use actual Norse pagan symbolism, which means you can’t use Norse themed jewelry without people thinking you’re a fascist. 😠