An update on that "suck my tongue" story regarding the Dalai Lama--a great example of the way rage-click farming and propaganda (Tibetans are united in their conviction that China is behind the uproar) overlap.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5854/tibetans-explain-what-suck-my-tongue-means-dalai-lama-viral-video

Tibetans Explain What ‘Suck My Tongue’ Means. It’s Not What You Think.

“It seems that many people, forced into an environment of e-connections, have completely forgotten what human connection means.”

@GWillow

This is a really helpful collection of cultural insight and defusing propaganda. I had a feeling that there was something the Western world wasn't getting about that ...

@Shachihoko @GWillow And just to show how much this place is USA-centric, I had to search for the meaning of 'pop kiss' - maybe a particular air kiss that was particularly common in American pop music?
@Caddi @Shachihoko @GWillow Ha I'm from the US and I've never heard that term so 🤷