#cummyeyelids

1. “It was a stolen little Asian girl and her soul is rotting” I’m a first generation Asian American. My mom worked in sweat shops so I can be here and do the things I do. Based on where the skeleton is likely from (if it is Asian no real proof) then the girl was likely someone who believed in reincarnation. Just based on my own knowledge of my own culture. Stop enforcing your morals on my culture I really don't appreciate it. Also from my knowledge of bones its not a child (personal opinion from my experience with university natural history collections).

2. “She is a bone thief” Nothing about this is stolen. Stop.

3. “Legality =/= morality” Correct. This statement is correct but you using it to try and prove your point on this I do not see eye to eye with. We’re in a world were human remains are legal to own for numerous reasons. So lets look at it this way, no matter what this skeleton has been articulated and brought into the world of collection. from this there are three options (1) Go to a university collections or (2) go to a personal collection or (3) they travel with whoever sold them to that girl. There is no rouge burying of human remains in your backyard and I think being in any sort of collection is better than the last option.

4. They aren’t respecting the remains. Maybe the selfie was distasteful but no one can assume anything. I have seen some pretty disrespected collections in other universities due to things like lack of space/funding.

Many people have said the skeleton is fake and explained why and how skeletons can be made with special casts and materials to make it appear real the way it is. One of the big give-aways that it is fake is the coloration. It is much whiter than a skeleton would realistically be, and if moss was growing on it then it would have to be discolored from long-term exposure outside. Also, buying an entire human skeleton (which is legal in the US) is very expensive, and can be anywhere between hundreds and thousands of dollars. No one would sell a real human skeleton for as little as thirty dollars. There's more information about why it's likely a hyper-realistic replica in the notes of some of her posts.

But even if that is indeed a real skeleton, everyone going wild over it and freaking out does nothing. No matter what you say, she's not going to stop, she won't get rid of it. There's no point, all that these people are accomplishing is giving her more recognition and notes. Sure, morally you feel like it's wrong but reblogging her posts with reaction images or "WHAT?" does nothing, it's the equivalent of facebook's "one like = one prayer".