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Asian ERA |OT| We don't AGE
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🔥 response tbh, people gotta stop pretending criticism happens in a vacuum.
I just spotted that thread today after work and couldn't bite my tongue. Good thing I didn't catch it earlier, I woulda gotten warned for the idiocy throughout that thread. At least (it seemed) a lot of other posters called out Kitsune's bullshit.
You were just stating facts. The thing is I do think those guys really read much beyond the thread titles and thread so often fish for these responses.
I don't know where exactly you would find better discourse of these things from similar perspectives. I quite liked how Waypoint talked about the issues around Blizzard and HK even though they admittedly aren't experts on the matter.
I started to look the Plan A podcasts and writings from suggestions in this thread a while ago, but I have been pretty disappointed with they coverage on these matters. They talk a lot about politics but it feels like they avoiding discussions about Asian politics and how much they affect the diaspora. I guess it can be a divisive issue within the 'Asian-American' identity between mainland-Chinese/HK; Korean/Japanese; Pakistan/ Indian etc. Still, not talking about it when the podcast is so often about politics seem to betray why it's there.
Honestly over the past few years I have been disillusioned with American identity, let alone Asian-American identity. Month-after-month of stories between Trump and CPC crap, being an asian minority, any minority for that matter, in the US doesn't work in maintaining a healthy mindset for me.
Not hard to be disillusioned with the absolute fucking idiocy being sprayed around from the mouths of white liberals who seem really intent on stoking the racial hatred of another yellow peril.
Hahahaha yeah right like they think they're helping at all.
They are just edgelords who think it's all hilarious because fuck china mirite. I'm amazed at how many so-called liberals are still racist as fuck-- they've just shifted their racism towards "acceptable" targets, aka, Asians.
That's because they haven't all decided that yellow peril is bad yet. Most of them have no idea what racism is, or how it presents differently across minorities.
I think they're so enamored with the concepts of "punching up" or "punching down"--that racism is strictly linear.
If you get banned for that thread, I will flip the fuck out and call the mods out on their anti Asian bias. We'll get banned together.
I dunno, I absolutely think there's portions who are just like kneejerk Fuck China because CCP bad but don't consider how they feed into this larger persecution narrative
Like Hierophant noted earlier it's very similiar to the way discourse about Chinese exchange students in Australia at the media level has been slowly shifting towards 'Every one of these international students is a secret agent of the CCP' when the truth is way more multifaceted
Like Hierophant noted earlier it's very similiar to the way discourse about Chinese exchange students in Australia at the media level has been slowly shifting towards 'Every one of these international students is a secret agent of the CCP' when the truth is way more multifaceted
I know there's obviously $$ involved with the NBA but I don't think it's terrible to stop at "I'm not qualified to speak on this issue" (Lebron, Kerr etc..) as it pertains to HK.
Hi my asian peeps. Thank you for bringing to attention what I've been feeling at ERA for a while.. especially with all the anti-chinese sentiments that is coming up more frequently due to the issues going on w/ China. I mostly lurk, and maybe have posted some food pics in this thread, but just wanted to come out of the shadows now in support of ya'll. I thought that maybe I'm being too sensitive and paranoid, but I see now that others are feeling the same.
Thanks Batman...I totally read this in Kevin Conroy's voice.
Nothing but love Sayre...please don't take offense
haha thanks guys.
none taken! I should really post more but... Daima... I mean you know.. kids get in the way.
none taken! I should really post more but... Daima... I mean you know.. kids get in the way.
That thread is going as I expected. People dismissing concerns and thread not picking steam since people realize they can't just post "FUCK CHINA, FREE HK!" without probably catching a ban.
I'm genuinely impressed and somewhat jealous at how fast some of you all can compose coherent and thoughtful posts TPR and Pet especially.
Originally pulled from a girl gaming subreddit laughing at men that complain about pandering to women/sjw in videogames.
Yet oddly appropriate here.
I don't know why you guys keep engaging that loser in that thread. He's clearly only interested in having his own dumbass opinions validated
Slight food intermission. I think Boba guys might be my favorite boba joint for the time being. Strawberry matcha latte w/ boba sounds like it wouldn't work but it so does..nice QQ boba...tart and sweet strawberry juice initially, creamy smooth texture and a slight matcha finish to reset the palette w/ every sip. If this is all wrong, then I don't want to be right.
My wife likes them, too. Me, less so, as I find their selection of just plain ol' teas lacking.
The strawberry matcha latte is fine, but generally I find Boba Guys' stuff to be too watered down.
I just got back from a week in Taipei and a week in Tokyo though. It's crazy how much boba has taken off in Japan since last year. So many boba shops now.
I just got back from a week in Taipei and a week in Tokyo though. It's crazy how much boba has taken off in Japan since last year. So many boba shops now.
So this is where some of the lovely faces (avatars?) I've seen in recent threads gather…
I usually don't get on the Etcetera side but it's been hard to not notice all these bs under the disguise of hypocritical slogans.
TrailerParkRanger Thank you for creating the thread.
And Pet Prax those are amazing posts you've made.
I usually don't get on the Etcetera side but it's been hard to not notice all these bs under the disguise of hypocritical slogans.
TrailerParkRanger Thank you for creating the thread.
And Pet Prax those are amazing posts you've made.
Lol
Originally pulled from a girl gaming subreddit laughing at men that complain about pandering to women/sjw in videogames.
Yet oddly appropriate here.
Slight food intermission. I think Boba guys might be my favorite boba joint for the time being. Strawberry matcha latte w/ boba sounds like it wouldn't work but it so does..nice QQ boba...tart and sweet strawberry juice initially, creamy smooth texture and a slight matcha finish to reset the palette w/ every sip. If this is all wrong, then I don't want to be right.
All the boba I've tried around Cal has just been so disappointing. The actual boba is decent- qq and usually not too sweet.
But, the milk tea component... :(. Half the time I don't even GET boba in my drinks. I want a decent milk tea!!!
Surprising, honestly. How was your trip :)
Hi Aestivalis! Welcome :)
It was great. I took a lot of food pictures but I don't want to make people hungry here lol. Went to the Pokemon Go Safari Zone in New Taipei City. Taipei has a new Breeze building next to Taipei 101 which just feels expensive lol. Tokyo was basically all eating and visiting shrines. I think I walked close to 10 miles a day for the past 2 weeks.
I will say that boba in Japan is expensive. 500-700 yen easy. Basically the same price as the US. It's just sad that it's so much more expensive compared to Taiwan which is easily less than half the price.
Well it's the most expensive compared to other places in Asia. Even in Hong Kong boba prices aren't that much. Kind of makes it not worth it especially since even the lower chains like Chatime are that expensive and full of long lines. There's like a boba shop on almost every block now.
Oh damn. I was hoping you were going to tell me I had just been trying awful places, and that you had a bunch of recommendations for me.
:(
I found one Ten Ren in Cupertino.
Otherwise, there's a ton of variety, but all of them are lower quality. Boba Guys is probably one of the nicer places.
I had Boba Guys down here in Culver City btw.. What are some go to places in LA, specifically the west side? Traffic prevents me from trekking to SGV often.
The ones I actually like going to around the bay area are probably Asha Tea House, Tiger Tea, Yifang (not that this really counts), Search Tea, iTea, and a couple others just for a quick fix. I do think a lot of places focus too much on sweetness rather than actually being able to taste the tea though.
Yeah the latest trendy stuff hitting Toronto border on dessert milkshakes rather than tea. Which is weird considering how a lot of us are lactose intolerant
I tried both Asha and Yifang and found their milk teas to be incredibly disappointing.
I'll have to try Tiger, Search, and iTea.
I checked to see who you were talking about, but turns I already had him on ignore from ages ago.
Loved Abominable. Fam did too, but sadface at the china sea thing.
Yifengs been a thing up here in Seattle, at least for fruit teas. My GF loves Ding Tea, and for a local place up here, 20oz is really good. Although my GF practically drinks milk tea every day. (No sugar though)
Yifengs been a thing up here in Seattle, at least for fruit teas. My GF loves Ding Tea, and for a local place up here, 20oz is really good. Although my GF practically drinks milk tea every day. (No sugar though)
Where is TP Tea?
Bay Area is the only place where there are regular, one-hour queues for boba (and freaking everything).
Bay Area is the only place where there are regular, one-hour queues for boba (and freaking everything).