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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"

The Green Pill

5-7-2009:
You've heard of the red and blue pills right? Well now, Dan Phillips says there is the green pill -the cure all for cancer (guaranteed to make you super green!). Check it out as he blogs about it over at PyroManiacs

The Free Encyclopedia

2-4-2008:
We are now on Wikipedia! To save you the boring details I have pulled out all the pointless information from the article and ended up with two very interesting facts:

1. The former Polish Pope ??? is the one who is responsible for making this English utterance popular.

2. We now know the time period and location of the first inculturation attempt. Thumbs up

Puzzled Question

5-7-2007:
A long time ago, on another server... there once existed a tile puzzle that had been found while surfing the web. In keeping with copyright laws the script for that puzzle was not included in the content of this site. As a result you, the surfer and regular visitor of Inculturated.com, have had to do without... until now!

We are happy to present you with a puzzle of our own. Just click shuffle to begin. Any adjacent tiles will move to the blank space. Move the tiles around to reconstruct the image.

Contrary to the original thought, it only took about a day and a half to write the code and do testing. Hopefully, though, it won't even take you that long to solve it. Grin Our record so far is 207 moves.

Image Comment Section Added!

5-2-2007:
After much work, we have now opened each of the images up for you, the public, to comment on. Grin - To begin just navigate to the bottom of the page on any of the image pages and enter a Nickname and comment.

If things get out of hand we may in the future require a registration in order to post. For now, however, you will just be asked to agree to the Terms and Agreement and enter a verification code from an image.

Happy posting!

"Inculturated"?!

AndyHB says:

"There is no such word as 'inculturate' in the English language."

"Ah, AndyHB! Inculturated is when you're more than cultured! This guy El Guapo is not just culturated, he's In-culturated!"

Misguided

"it's from all the pretentious people. They think of themselves as very "inculturated" and they assume that by using a made-up word, they are elevating their language and status."

-Brett, USA

Cultures?

"we're not talking bacteria & petri dishes then?"

-ed_m, United Kingdom

What? Giving cannibalism a human face?

Beth A. Conklin, an associate professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University is quoted as saying:

"We assume that cannibalism is always an aggressive, barbaric and degrading act, But that is a serious over-simplification, one that has kept us from realizing that cannibalism can have positive meanings and motives that are not that far from our own experience."

I seriously lack any words to express myself here -

"positive meanings and motives!?"

Welcome to the 21st!

Cultural Blunders -excerpts from "Results of Poor Cross Cultural Awareness" - kwintessential.co.uk

Pepsodent tried to sell its toothpaste in Southeast Asia by emphasizing that it "whitens your teeth." They found out that the local natives chew betel nuts to blacken their teeth which they find attractive.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push the button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop--Drive sideways.

Enculturation

Conrad Phillip Kottak (in Window on Humanity) wrote:

"Enculturation is the process where the culture that is currently established teaches an individual the accepted norms and values of the culture or society in which the individual lives. The individual can become an accepted member and fulfill the needed functions and roles of the group. Most importantly the individual knows and establishes a context of boundaries and accepted behavior that dictates what is acceptable and not acceptable within the framework of that society. It teaches the individual their role within society as well as what is accepted behavior within that society and lifestyle"

Inconceivable!

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