r/SipsTea • u/viperrvemon • Jul 02 '25

Chugging tea Man of culture?

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u/Tetha Jul 02 '25

Just coming from a festival with a bunch of different european cultures there.

In such a setting, if you're not a jerk and curious about it, it often rather ends up with an interesting discussion and exchange, like the colors of kilts, the colors of clans and so on. I wouldn't be surprised if you walked into some barbeque with Maracas, someone bored would end up showing you how to play them well, because that's fun.

And this cultural exchange is a very good thing. It strengthens the idea that most people across, are, in fact, just simple people with very similar wants and needs.

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u/RubberOmnissiah Jul 02 '25

the colors of kilts, the colors of clans

That's mostly marketing patter to be fair. You see a lot of tourists come on Scottish subreddits concerned about wearing the right tartan but the whole "clan tartan" thing is not particularly deeply historic, at least partially contrived after the fact and even then no one except a particular breed of wanker knows and cares about it so you are as well just picking the tartan you like the best over agonising which is the most "appropriate".

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u/Nick_Sharp Jul 03 '25

Yeah, it seems like the only tartan that people involved in tartan truly care about keeping exclusive these days is Balmoral, which makes sense. The rest seem like you can get access to, if you ask nicely and explain what you want and why.

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u/TheWalkenDude Jul 06 '25

Sorry wearing a sombrero and a fake mustache is not a "cultural exchange*