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Sure, we could do it the Western way; with roses and chocolates and flowery compliments for getting that B in your science test, but for Asians that seems too insincere and in the end, unhelpful.
... Whatever the driving force, we express our love more as drill sergeants than collegiate cheerleaders.
But sometimes we step over the line because we commonly forget that a sweet word spoken in love does better for the soul than a harsh word spoken in responsibility.
And so we regret.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited November 2010
Fun fact: three mods have the same name.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I don't know how ACCURATE it is on the "American" side
but it sure hits home for the Chinese side
I am putting it here because I don't know it seemed like the thing to do
this is just about a specific type of regret that is specifically familial. does this apply to regret about self at all, or is all regret tied into the family?
I don't know how ACCURATE it is on the "American" side
but it sure hits home for the Chinese side
I am putting it here because I don't know it seemed like the thing to do
Regret for me is something that is supposed to be used for avoiding future mistakes. It's also for remembering at random times causing me to cringe at the event.
So many regretful experiences that led to embarassment.
There are over thirty people on wikipedia with my name. I have no concerns with giving it out online because of how common it is.
Yeah having a really common name must be an excellent form of passive identity protection. Anyone tries to e-stalk you and Google just throws up a whole bunch of chaff about other people.
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I Win Swordfightsall the traits of greatnessstarlight at my feetRegistered Userregular
I don't know how ACCURATE it is on the "American" side
but it sure hits home for the Chinese side
I am putting it here because I don't know it seemed like the thing to do
Viv, I don't want to shit all over your sense of identity or whatever, but blurgh. That article reads like a god awful train wreck of sentimentality and borderline jingoism. I don't think it's even a matter of being "accurate" about western culture. It draws an unnecessary line in the sand between people and then caricatures the shit out of their emotions. The way this woman constructs identity and ideology out of bad cliches is intensely alienating.
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UnluckyThat's not meant to happenRegistered Userregular
edited November 2010
Anyone have the awkward thing of sharing a name with a celebrity?
I don't, just wondering.
My name's pretty screwed up, it's all Welsh-a-fied. Dang heritage! :P
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miscellaneousinsanitygrass grows, birds fly, sun shines,and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered Userregular
edited November 2010
Michael Moore and (I think) Christopher Nolan went to my high school. Not the directors.
Anyone have the awkward thing of sharing a name with a celebrity?
I don't, just wondering.
My name's pretty screwed up, it's all Welsh-a-fied. Dang heritage! :P
Well, considering my I share my name with Jonbenet Ramsey, yes. Right around the time she was killed, people would ask me if I was named after her, despite her only having been like 2 years older than me.
Now I share my name with an angry chef and a financial guru/motivational speaker.
it's always fun when you get paired up with a brown guy in the lab and then notice they have the same accent as you and then you feel like a dick for expecting otherwise
this has happened three times that I can think of in the last 2 years
Burden of ProofYou three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on.Registered Userregular
edited November 2010
I don't actually post there myself, but I do like to read it. You eventually realize that everyone there is a troll, and that all discussions are simply trolls trolling other trolls. Then you basically start to look for the troll within the troll, and trust me, you don't want to get dragged into that Inception shit.
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UnluckyThat's not meant to happenRegistered Userregular
it's always fun when you get paired up with a brown guy in the lab and then notice they have the same accent as you and then you feel like a dick for expecting otherwise
this has happened three times that I can think of in the last 2 years
I get that a lot. A lot of people think i went to a private school because of my accent.
When in reality i went to a all boys comprehensive school. Which means my school life was a mixture of gang violence and gay jokes.
we just had tryhards who wanted to be in various gangs but were too retarded to even organise that
most of the kids who actually had parents in the mongrel mob/black power etc just thought they were tossers
I live in one of the most middle class areas in England. There were people in my school who acted like they were "gangsta's" and would say they were from the "ghetto".
Then mummy would pull up in a BMW. o_O
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Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
we just had tryhards who wanted to be in various gangs but were too retarded to even organise that
most of the kids who actually had parents in the mongrel mob/black power etc just thought they were tossers
I live in one of the most middle class areas in England. There were people in my school who acted like they were "gangsta's" and would say they were from the "ghetto".
Then mummy would pull up in a BMW. o_O
I had that. Although I lived in an area which is actually one of the EU's economically deprived areas, it just happened to have a private school in the centre.
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Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
I actually went to the poorest high school in the city and although you obviously really only hear the bad shit about other places, it seemed like other schools were a lot more violent (especially the slightly more affluent boys-only school).
we just had tryhards who wanted to be in various gangs but were too retarded to even organise that
most of the kids who actually had parents in the mongrel mob/black power etc just thought they were tossers
I live in one of the most middle class areas in England. There were people in my school who acted like they were "gangsta's" and would say they were from the "ghetto".
Then mummy would pull up in a BMW. o_O
I had that. Although I lived in an area which is actually one of the EU's economically deprived areas, it just happened to have a private school in the centre.
Shit in my primary school, my mother was part of the under-privileged children's feeding scheme, where it wasn't all that uncommon to give a packet of food to a kid, who would then turn and give the food to their siblings and walk away. If we stop them to give them another they'd go, "Oh it's ok. It's not my turn to eat today."
Shit in my primary school, my mother was part of the under-privileged children's feeding scheme, where it wasn't all that uncommon to give a packet of food to a kid, who would then turn and give the food to their siblings and walk away. If we stop them to give them another they'd go, "Oh it's ok. It's not my turn to eat today."
Those kids parents? Brand new Mercs.
Fuck.
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Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
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Is your first name....
...Peter?
Just an educated guess.
Your powers of deductive reasoning are awesome to behold.
I don't know how ACCURATE it is on the "American" side
but it sure hits home for the Chinese side
I am putting it here because I don't know it seemed like the thing to do
Yes! I win the internets.
regret is paralyzing for me
i can't speak for my culture because i don't really have one
this is just about a specific type of regret that is specifically familial. does this apply to regret about self at all, or is all regret tied into the family?
that's not fun at all
you lied to me, munkus
STEAM
Regret for me is something that is supposed to be used for avoiding future mistakes. It's also for remembering at random times causing me to cringe at the event.
So many regretful experiences that led to embarassment.
Yeah having a really common name must be an excellent form of passive identity protection. Anyone tries to e-stalk you and Google just throws up a whole bunch of chaff about other people.
I'm lonely
(<3)
Viv, I don't want to shit all over your sense of identity or whatever, but blurgh. That article reads like a god awful train wreck of sentimentality and borderline jingoism. I don't think it's even a matter of being "accurate" about western culture. It draws an unnecessary line in the sand between people and then caricatures the shit out of their emotions. The way this woman constructs identity and ideology out of bad cliches is intensely alienating.
I don't, just wondering.
My name's pretty screwed up, it's all Welsh-a-fied. Dang heritage! :P
Well, considering my I share my name with Jonbenet Ramsey, yes. Right around the time she was killed, people would ask me if I was named after her, despite her only having been like 2 years older than me.
Now I share my name with an angry chef and a financial guru/motivational speaker.
A step up for sure.
Tom Jones!?
But, it's Rhys Andrewartha
Explaining my last name is like *TWITCH* often. The mispronunciations too, oh ho ho!
Edit: *Feels weird telling the internet my name*
me as well
in a related note, this will always and forever be smug.gif for me now that I've seen it:
Because logically, as i have skin tone similar to milk chocolate, i should have a name like Ghandeep or Aakarsh.
Wankers, the lot of you.
Well.
It's not.
this has happened three times that I can think of in the last 2 years
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My surname is not
I get that a lot. A lot of people think i went to a private school because of my accent.
When in reality i went to a all boys comprehensive school. Which means my school life was a mixture of gang violence and gay jokes.
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They had retarded names like (and i am not making this up) The eternity crew.
I did once point out how stupid that name was to one of them. He then produced a knife from his pocket and i promptly took back what i said.
most of the kids who actually had parents in the mongrel mob/black power etc just thought they were tossers
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
Maybe they really liked Eternal.
I live in one of the most middle class areas in England. There were people in my school who acted like they were "gangsta's" and would say they were from the "ghetto".
Then mummy would pull up in a BMW. o_O
I had that. Although I lived in an area which is actually one of the EU's economically deprived areas, it just happened to have a private school in the centre.
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
Shit in my primary school, my mother was part of the under-privileged children's feeding scheme, where it wasn't all that uncommon to give a packet of food to a kid, who would then turn and give the food to their siblings and walk away. If we stop them to give them another they'd go, "Oh it's ok. It's not my turn to eat today."
Those kids parents? Brand new Mercs.
STEAM
Fuck.