"Onto which planet, and into which culture, were you born?"
A question I've been thinking about, may ask in other groups as well.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Thanks for the various responses.
On the planet question, as some have remarked the answer is obvious, but what I had in mind is that in the future I can imagine this two part question actually being relevant if/when humans become space-faring. And, I suppose some might argue, maintaining some anthropological perspective when we become space-faring could become important.
On the culture question, I've been going back and forth as to how I answer that. I guess Jewish-American is one over-simplified way to summarize the culture into which I was born.
Side-note that Agnostic.com was completely unreachable for me the entire day today, from multiple angles. At one point I had found my way to some place we could discuss site issues, but I can't find it right now. I guess it wasn't so much a place as a tag? Pain in the neck. I'm just curious to know what was going on.
kmaz
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Oct 18, 2018
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kmaz:
I guess another angle here is I was thinking it's a relevant question for any sentient being in the universe to ask, if only of themselves, and maybe in the asking, it helps bring some perspective - you don't choose the location nor the time nor the culture into which you are born. These define the hand you are dealt, though not how you play it.
On my own answer, I said Jewish American, but at other times what I was just thinking was "theist", with an implication that it has been something that, for me, has needed some addressing.
Same one as you and every other human that was ever born. I was born into Canadian Culture, one of the kinder, politer, diverse and excepting versions of Western Culture.
HeathenFarmer
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Oct 18, 2018
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Earth, of course. Specifically central Florida in the early 1970's to a lower middle class to poor family. Family moved to northeast Indiana when I was about nine. Very religious roots (dad was a nondenominational Christian pastor of a small church of about 65 or 70 people/families). White, European decent (English and French on my mother's side, and mostly Irish with a little bit of German on my dad's side). My dad spoke fluent German and English, but I am mostly monolingual (English, with enough Spanish to get me into trouble). Second of four children, and one of three boys. First person in my family to go beyond a two-year college degree or trade school. Now working a professional, white collar job in the Midwest (still Indiana), and have managed to pull myself from being borderline middle class to squarely into the top 40% of U.S. income earners all by my lonesome in the last 15 years.
Too detailed, just right, or not enough detail? 
Piratefish
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Oct 17, 2018
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Although there are planets within traveling distance of here , nothing has been found that would support human life , so there's not really a viable option , at this point . Culture wise , I was born into mid , US, American , European decendents , lower middle class . I've worked my way up to middle , middle class , I think .
Cast1es
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Oct 17, 2018
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