@SYNESTHEIZURE I agree it’s larpy. A lot of Appalachians are v. weird about their “Celticness” (Gatlinburg, where the pic was taken, is practically my backyard) b/c they’re ashamed of our actual regional history & culture so they fantasize about a fantasy European version of it
@SYNESTHEIZURE fwiw the Iberian Celtic groups are also never counted, for the same reason—it’s about continuity of language & culture, not about the arbitrary date of absorption into the dominant polity
@SYNESTHEIZURE The serious answer is that Cumbrians aren’t considered to be one of the Six Celtic Nations. Linguistically & genetically the area has been much more Norse & English than Welsh for almost a millennium now
@cayousky It’s the EXACT SAME REASON why literally everything has high fructose corn syrup in it, it’s not “natural” & it’s sure as FUCK not healthy or morally superior. Treatlers love to frame things as “privilege” when the truth is they’re just lazy incurious slobs
@cayousky I hate how American ppl assume that “the cheapest products have meat in them” is some kind of immutable natural law instead of what it is, a result of the US’s absolutely insane, unhealthy, unsustainable farm subsidy structure