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

Virtual Social Distancing

The only way to avoid a virtual hangout during quarantine.

Someone you rarely hang out with: "Hey, want to have a zoom call tonight?"
You: "Sorry! I can't."
Someone you rarely hang out with: "Why not? It's not like you can go out."
You: "I know, but I'm practicing virtual social distancing."

by Little Walnut March 31, 2020

Social Distance Warrior

Someone who takes it upon themselves to walk around and tell people off if they're too close

I had this social distance warrior have a go at us because we were too close together

by SmegheadRimmer July 15, 2020

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 09, 2014

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

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 November 29, 2010

Distance Junkie

A person who has been in two or more long-distance relationships and just continues to get themselves into more. A distance junkie also gets themselves into relationships of mutual friends of their last long distance relationship, or from the same geographical location as the last one.

"Ok, so his friend is soooo hot"
"Wait--isn't he friends with your ex, and also live far away?"
"Yeah, but he's still hot."
"Ugh, you're such a Distance Junkie..."

by Sarah Shneider May 15, 2012