re: True Detective S4 Season Long Thread

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Having not watched the show I have to assume the character is an eskimo. So, OK, I guess there was a need to have them have that shite.

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Indigenous Alaskan, yes. And for them it's reclaiming their culture. In the 19th and 20th century, they were banned from being able to have their cultural tattoos in boarding schools they were forced into for assimilation. It was a way to mark tribes, fertility, coming of age, etc.

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Now explain why the slapdick who made my cafe aulait who grew up in Spring and couldn't find Alaska on a map looks like they face planted in to a tacklebox.

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Because he's a dumbass and has nothing to do with the characters we're discussing here. So I'm sure you can go bitch on the OT about that guy.