distance screeching

A feeling when conditions from the past are haunting us and still make noises in our heads, although they seem to be distant. Can apply to historical conditions. Past events influence today’s minds and actions. E.g. our own past, as well as societal, institutional pasts inevitably shape theories and how we look at them. What we teach and learn today is intertwined with our past. Echoes reproduce power structures and reach into the present. The original sound can deform, how it is heard from a distance changes (e.g. become shriller). Although today many look on colonialism more critically, it still shapes institutions, worldviews, actions. It is visible in the books resting in our libraries, in the accessibility of institutions (Decolonising Knowledge: What Is Decolonisation? | Rolando Vázquez Melken 5:24), how history is told by western museums. We must recognize and draw attention to this screeching (e.g. as one can see in the actions Mwazulu Diyabanza does in Museums (Gimlet)). We need to question who owns, who tells stories, defines, has power, whose voices are being heard? To decolonize we must recognize that power structures are still active. We must question the sounds from the past without denying they exist, but by reshaping how we perceive them and making sure they are not repeated, by making sure they are not echoes.

Sources:
Decolonising Knowledge: What Is Decolonisation? Rolando Vázquez Melken. 2021.
Gimlet. I Want To Report A Theft.

“I still have a distance screeching.”

“I think you got distance screeching.”

“These theories are distance screeched. *”

*However, colonial power structures should be labeled as such as clear as possible. The proposed term should be seen more as an additional visualization.

by l;;;; December 10, 2023

distance docking

When you’re having a threesome with a girl and your boy, you take the back end and your boy takes the front end. You are both distance docking. Park that boat.

Dude, are we distance docking tonight or what?

by SL1NK June 29, 2024

wobbling distance

The distance between you and your destination as long as it is short enough to walk, and you are inebriated.

hey baby, you wanna come back to my place?

sure but i dont have cab fare

that's ok it's wobbling distance

by ptbopete December 1, 2010

Long Distance Pour

When an alcoholic beverage is poured from an extremely long distance into the mouth of a willing or unwilling participant.

"How was your first Long Distance Pour (LDP)?"

It was the best thing to ever go into my mouth.

by LDP Inventor June 19, 2013

Stumble distance

Sta-um-ble distance : a unit of measure. The distance in which an inebriated individual can successfully navigate from a water hole (point a) to the location of residence or car. (Point b)

Ron: hey dude, you sure you want to keep drinking?
Jon: yeah brah, I'm within stumble distance to my apartment.

by BRAD*&)*&#)&# December 8, 2014

long distance goatee

The long distance goatee is grown when a guy enters a long distance relationship with a girl who moves away. It's the intermediary to the break up beard and the guy will be able to grow in the sides of his face easily once she dumps him.

Joe grew a long distance goatee when his girlfriend moved to Reno. He new he was getting dumped soon so he wanted to be able to grow a beard at a moments notice.

by Waltz69 July 12, 2015

long distance bae

Having a bae, even though it is long-distance. You may not get to see eachother at all. It takes alot of time, energy and money, but it's sometimes worth it.

Me: Are you still with Ashley?

Him: Yeah, we're trying to make our long distance bae thing work.

by TimFishyboy July 24, 2015