what is your spirit animal?

[Jessica]

we had this conversation in miami and i wasn't really sure so i've been thinking about it since.

I came to realise it's a bear.

[Pete's Draggun]

Spirt & Astro animal

[Meliai]

Wait, what did you say in Miami? Seal? Am I totally off and pulling that out of thin air?

You are a bear! Equal parts playful and silly and also FEROCIOUS
:intense bear growl:

I am still a deer
a deer, dear
A dear deer

[Quark]

[6-eyed]

we had this conversation in miami and i wasn't really sure so i've been thinking about it since.

I came to realise it's a bear.

Koala bear?

[Pete's Draggun]

I remember Koala Bear spirt animal was Piaf/Eloise

[Din Djarin]

Rancor

[6-eyed]

Red tail hawk

[714BBC]

INTP

[rolling]

it is cultural appropriation to claim spirit animals if you are non native...a bunch of wannabes that have zero clue as a collective thread....educate yourselves

At some point in your life, you’ve probably been asked what your "spirit animal" is. (You may have even been asked this during a job interview!) But as our society continues to reckon with its troubled past, more and more conversations are being had about cultural appropriation and the ethnic origins of certain mainstream phrases.

Nowadays, a "spirit animal" is typically used to describe someone or something that’s representative of an individual’s inner personality. For example, people who admit that they’re lazy tend to embrace the sloth as their "spirit animal" since it has similar characteristics. But by adopting this term in such a causal and offensive manner, we’ve disrespected its indigenous roots.

[mallyboppa]

[Meliai]

it is cultural appropriation to claim spirit animals if you are non native...a bunch of wannabes that have zero clue as a collective thread....educate yourselves

At some point in your life, you’ve probably been asked what your "spirit animal" is. (You may have even been asked this during a job interview!) But as our society continues to reckon with its troubled past, more and more conversations are being had about cultural appropriation and the ethnic origins of certain mainstream phrases.

Nowadays, a "spirit animal" is typically used to describe someone or something that’s representative of an individual’s inner personality. For example, people who admit that they’re lazy tend to embrace the sloth as their "spirit animal" since it has similar characteristics. But by adopting this term in such a causal and offensive manner, we’ve disrespected its indigenous roots.

How is this thread harmful to indigenous populations?

Also you know I'll never pass up an opportunity to educate myself, and according to my research, from several sources

spirit animals are entirely a silly concept made up by white people.
native Americans have totem animals, but they're not the same thing obviously because totem animals hold deep spiritual significance to native tribes. And spirit animals are...ya know, just a silly fun thing

[Undies]

in miami someone suggested dolphin for me. i haven't come up with anything better since then.

[Din Djarin]

Gamba?

[Din Djarin]

And spirit animals are...ya know, just a silly fun thing

To most white people I guess.

[6-eyed]

Well if the puritanical cringe fringe finds it offensive. I’ll now be using spirit animals more than ever. Thanks Rolling