They aren't actually liberal. At least, that's my hope, as if they actually are, then the caricature of the out-of-touch, bleeding heart "lib" would be true.
I think a good chunk of the users here are really just kids who want to prove they're smarter than everyone else and/or want validation for their life choices. That's why we get so many stupid ass posts about shit like there being no ethical consumption under capitalism or how no one should ever drive a car for any reason or how income/housing inequality is easy to fix if we just xyz. And it's also why we have so many people who will take zero personal responsibility for their failings and blame the system.
But seen through that lens, I have a lot of fun here by being less serious most of the time.
They also have suck-ass taste in games.
They aren't actually liberal. At least, that's my hope, as if they actually are, then the caricature of the out-of-touch, bleeding heart "lib" would be true.
I think a good chunk of the users here are really just kids who want to prove they're smarter than everyone else and/or want validation for their life choices. That's why we get so many stupid ass posts about shit like there being no ethical consumption under capitalism or how no one should ever drive a car for any reason or how income/housing inequality is easy to fix if we just xyz. And it's also why we have so many people who will take zero personal responsibility for their failings and blame the system.
But seen through that lens, I have a lot of fun here by being less serious most of the time.
They also have suck-ass taste in games.
Putting that aside, so who here is likely to house their aging parents as per filial responsibility? haha Since I'm eldest, I assume it would be me, though is it technically it should be my currently unwed brother who would be eldest son?
I'm currently trying to figure out how to renovate my house to futureproof it so they have one floor access to everything they need when their mobility is shot. My mom actually suggested first that it was for ME when I got old that I should include a main floor walk-in shower but.. I think the implication is it would be for her and dad lol.
My parents used to house my paternal grandpa for a while until he actually broke a hip by tripping over something (rug?). That put him through a hospital stay where in his delerium he fell at some point again and pretty much ended his life. We then a decade later housed paternal grandma but her health problems were all over the place and had her in and out of hospitals until it finally all caught up with her. Both times, our housing situation wasn't the best for either healthwise (stairs, house probably breaking/drafty/damp), but they didn't have much choice as they were passed around/rejected by the rest of the huge family (either from bad blood or just people who didn't want to deal with them despite having much better resources).
Sad and difficult all around, but I want to be able to at least house mine without that same problems of having a bad environment!
Anyone else currently dealing with this or planning to?
For sure, the hardline "pragmatists" are even more insufferable (to the point that I just skip over their posts often), but I think they're also a subset of smarter-than-thou.You're way more optimistic of what most liberals are than I am.
While this forum is definitely almost a caricature of what liberals are, it's not as extreme as you might think.
Which kind of make choosing a political party as an Asian American very difficult. Its like getting punched vs getting shot. I rather get punched but neither are good.
Last week (I only see this thread now), one of my teachers asked if I was Japanese. I was like "Huh? What?" I'm Filipino/Chinese and I don't think I look Japanese at all haha
I guess it was because I wore my hat that day, so my hair was down.
Just bleach and dye your hair pink like me :~)Sadly, some people don't think I'm Korean because I don't looks like the Koreans they've seen on K-Dramas.
I haven't mixed powder bleach and 40 weight developer since I was in college. I don't think I want foil in my hair anymore
Would love to see some throwback photos if you have one around lol, the photos of me age 7 with long hair dyed brown is a spectacle.I haven't mixed powder bleach and 40 weight developer since I was in college. I don't think I want foil in my hair anymore
I tried that once. I was 17, and I took a trip to see my extended family for the summer. Came back with kinda bleached hair (it was like reddish brown, not black). My parents were so mad...
I think between my sister and myself we've got my family pretty well settled. My mom will probably want to live close to one of us at some point and that's okay with me. Probably won't be for a few more years though. I'm a bit more worried about my wife's family though, since they have a daughter who might need long term care.
The sheer amount of uninformed, immediate knee-jerk reactions in ERA's off-topic forum is simultaneously hilarious and infuriating. Everyone is bloodthirsty and chomping at the bit to start a dogpile.They aren't actually liberal. At least, that's my hope, as if they actually are, then the caricature of the out-of-touch, bleeding heart "lib" would be true.
I think a good chunk of the users here are really just kids who want to prove they're smarter than everyone else and/or want validation for their life choices. That's why we get so many stupid ass posts about shit like there being no ethical consumption under capitalism or how no one should ever drive a car for any reason or how income/housing inequality is easy to fix if we just xyz. And it's also why we have so many people who will take zero personal responsibility for their failings and blame the system.
I'm already making unfair generalizations about the OP in my head.
The OP wasn't the best. But Era did what Era does.That OP was framed kind of badly, but that thread pretty much proved his point anyways
As a watcher of anime.. and having read one book on the subject a decade ago.. maybe? Haha! I think it goes with the "salaryman" culture.Is smoking still real common in Japan? Bunch of Japanese dudes visiting the local office in our tower this week, there are over a half dozen of them smoking on break now.
In 2015, the adult smoking rate was 19.3%, 29.7% of Japanese men and 9.7% of Japanese women. This is the lowest recorded figure since Japan Tobacco began surveying in 1965. As of July 2016, just over 20,000,000 people smoked in Japan, though the nation remained one of the world's largest tobacco markets.
Yeah this morning I came pretty close to being done with ResetEra. Every thread with China in the name basically descends into "Fuck China." Granted, some of this isn't limited to ResetEra and is the same across the wider internet, but there's no room for any sort of discussion on topics pertaining to China. You're just a CCP apologist if your opinion differs from the mob, leaving no room for nuanced debate. "China sucks" and "The CCP is evil" is kind of a strawman that's used to justify everything negative about China.
It's just gross that all these purported liberals who hate racism and discrimination come out and spread the same sort of xenophobia that Trump spouts when amplifying anything negative about China, without stopping and thinking about it critically first.
They aren't actually liberal. At least, that's my hope, as if they actually are, then the caricature of the out-of-touch, bleeding heart "lib" would be true.
I think a good chunk of the users here are really just kids who want to prove they're smarter than everyone else and/or want validation for their life choices. That's why we get so many stupid ass posts about shit like there being no ethical consumption under capitalism or how no one should ever drive a car for any reason or how income/housing inequality is easy to fix if we just xyz. And it's also why we have so many people who will take zero personal responsibility for their failings and blame the system.
But seen through that lens, I have a lot of fun here by being less serious most of the time.
They also have suck-ass taste in games.
Spot on with this thought. It's also why I don't take any opinion here seriously until I've heard enough from them to know that the next thread they post isn't going to be something like "my dog ate my homework and here is why late stage capitalism is at fault."
Edit: Although that would probably be a funny thread to read.
Meph and I assume we will take full responsibility of his parents (oldest son), my parents (oldest daughter because younger brother has CP), and younger brother (because he has CP). So, we joke we'll purchase one of those huge homes with wings and get a full time house aide and just have our own little compound.lol wow..
Well, idiots or malcontents or tryhards exist across the entire political spectrum and whatever other classifications for groupings of people. I am not that surprised.
While sinophobia rises there's also going to be a second idiot group of tankies talking up the same regime and people (both groups may also consider themselves extreme left/woke and probably are white lol). Gonna be an interesting time of extremes.
Putting that aside, so who here is likely to house their aging parents as per filial responsibility? haha Since I'm eldest, I assume it would be me, though is it technically it should be my currently unwed brother who would be eldest son?
I'm currently trying to figure out how to renovate my house to futureproof it so they have one floor access to everything they need when their mobility is shot. My mom actually suggested first that it was for ME when I got old that I should include a main floor walk-in shower but.. I think the implication is it would be for her and dad lol.
My parents used to house my paternal grandpa for a while until he actually broke a hip by tripping over something (rug?). That put him through a hospital stay where in his delerium he fell at some point again and pretty much ended his life. We then a decade later housed paternal grandma but her health problems were all over the place and had her in and out of hospitals until it finally all caught up with her. Both times, our housing situation wasn't the best for either healthwise (stairs, house probably breaking/drafty/damp), but they didn't have much choice as they were passed around/rejected by the rest of the huge family (either from bad blood or just people who didn't want to deal with them despite having much better resources).
Sad and difficult all around, but I want to be able to at least house mine without that same problems of having a bad environment!
Anyone else currently dealing with this or planning to?
Last week (I only see this thread now), one of my teachers asked if I was Japanese. I was like "Huh? What?" I'm Filipino/Chinese and I don't think I look Japanese at all haha
I guess it was because I wore my hat that day, so my hair was down.
As well it should be. It's full of white wokeness rationalizing their racism. Era's white wokeness is so woke I get accused of anti-Asian racism.
Relative to Japan? NoIs smoking still real common in Japan? Bunch of Japanese dudes visiting the local office in our tower this week, there are over a half dozen of them smoking on break now.
Its incredible how they think every single person in Hong Kong is unanimously in favour of the protests and begging to leave China's grasp rather than see it for what it actually is, a complex geopolitical issue that has dozens of factions on either sideAs a second generation with family in Hong Kong and with a girlfriend from the mainland, it's super awkward to browse here. I just lurk in those topics to get the general standpoint and refrain from posting.
Japanese cigarettes are much lighter from what I remember, I don't smoke often but when I did in Japan I noticed their regular cigarettes were really easy to take compared to the regular western one, that might be a factor in why they can smoke so much.Is smoking still real common in Japan? Bunch of Japanese dudes visiting the local office in our tower this week, there are over a half dozen of them smoking on break now.
It will continue happening, think of how many Chinese people don't even call the cops on attacks because of language barrier/mistrust/not wanting to make a fuss?When the man spat on one of them, the student asked him "What are you doing?" and pushed the man away from him, according to a video seen by Honi.
Following this, the student was punched in the face, and after retaliating with a punch himself, he was punched a second time. This second punch came with a key held in between the attacker's fingers, connecting with the student's left eye.
we have no concerns and everything will be fine because "fuck the bad Chinese amirite? you're one of the good ones :)" (Though apparently if you bring attention to this, you're not a "good one" anymore and instead a CCP shill who gets social credit points.)
Reminds me of the story of that Seattle Asian college kid that got jail time for defending himself while some white college frat bro that beat him up was proclaimed a hero...