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Davriellelouna @lemmy.world

3w ago

Woman argues transplants should volunteer

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Wtf does transplant mean in this context?
- Non-native New Yorkers. Native New Yorkers can be pretty snobbish about this. I lived there for 28 years (long enough to develop an accent), but whenever a native New Yorker found out that I wasn’t born there, I’d get that pause in conversation and a sad “oh…”
  Perhaps it’s a compliment that most native New Yorkers just assumed I was also a native. Although I don’t know what sort of compliment that is.
  
  I thought this was about organs at first and lost it at "We have such a bad rep. We've taken so much."
  
  New Yorkers when they're presented with the idea that New York isn't the center of the universe.
  
  I think if you were there for the disaster in 01, you're in the club.

NYC superiority complex rubbed off on her pretty hard.

What is a transplant? a Migrant?
I bring good vibes, good food and taxes
- Sort of. It is inclusive of American citizens too. So, some gal from North Dakota would count.
  
  Ah where I'm from we call this semi-gratuon
  Where you migrate in your own country.

I don't even pay taxes :( but I'm not a transplant anyway. I think. What's a transplant? Not a native speaker is what I definitely am and all I can think of is organ donations.
- I grew up in Florida and 4 years ago I moved my whole life to Oklahoma, hundreds of miles from anyone I knew (aside from my wife who’s a local). That means I’m a transplant.
  
  I hope you volunteer. /s
  
  Oh I see, thank you. Isn't that a very normal thing for US Americans? I'm under the impression that it's very common for people there to move every few years (granted, this impression is influenced by entertainment media).
  
  Mmmm... Pretty sure OK is just N.FL. 🤷🏼‍♂️
- This is a trans plant
  
  You silly goose.

You can't make somebody part of a community if they don't care about the idea of community. It feels like this woman is just projecting her insecurities. ie. "I do all of the volunteer work that I I'm trying to browbeat others into, so why do I still feel like I'm not welcome?"
Might have something to do with the fixation on the idea of a "transplant". Can't say I've heard that before. Must be a New York thing.
- Except she doesn’t say that she still feels unwelcome.
  This is a weird comment and you’re weird for writing it. Lady just suggested people volunteer so they get integrated and you took offense to that while lashing out like she’s the insecure one? Ok, buddy, sure thing lol.
- I think its an any city with a strong identity thing. I've seen it in Austin, TX and Denver, CO.
  Anyway, I think the advice to volunteer when you move to a new place is good advice all the same. Communities need volunteers, and newcomers need connections.

That's Macy Gilliam of Morning Brew (Good Work) and she is big on volunteering and fundraising

File doesn't work on my phone. When i click the link it downloads a file instead of playing a video. I think maybe the filename doesn't have a video extension at the end of it?

This editing gave me a headache

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