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Takes hotter than a flaming mug of Coconut Rum Grog (ht @AnnaZ)
@AnnaZ You're damn right it's cultural appropriation - it's appropriation of MY culture, retro culture, by a bunch of hipster-come-latelys
@AnnaZ *Dave's Top Tiki Bars

1 Mai Kai, Ft Lauderdale FL
2 Formosa Cafe, LA
3 Hala Kahiki, River Grove IL
4 Damon's, Glendale CA
5 Lono, Hollywood CA
6 Chef Shangri-La, N. Riverside IL
7 Tonga Hut, NoHo CA
8 3 Dots & a Dash, Chicago
9 Laka Lono, Omaha
10 Frankie's Tiki Room, Vegas
@AnnaZ Middle Class Americans enjoying themselves makes Millennial Sociology Major White Americans feel cosmopolitan and adventurous by finding some new innocuous bullshit to get angry about
@AnnaZ If only we had listened to the Brady Bunch about the danger of appropriating Tiki
@AnnaZ Peter and Bobby are CANCELLED
@AnnaZ If I ever walked into a tiki bar that was playing Jimmy Buffett, that'd be an immediate about-face from me. They'd better be playing some lilting Hawaii steel guitars or Martin Denny, dammit
@AnnaZ *In fairness I'd walk straight out of any bar that played Jimmy Buffett
@AnnaZ I actually did an about-face when I walked into a Palm Springs tiki bar (which will remain nameless) earlier this year, and they were playing some kind of 2019 EDM bullshit at 110 decibels. I'm like, you dumbasses just don't get it
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