Asian ERA |OT| We don't AGE

Darkatomz · Jun 4, 2018

Septimus Prime said:
So, having just moved from LA to the Bay Area, I've noticed that there seems to be a slight cultural difference in terms of perception of Asians. Here, it feels more integrated, whereas in SoCal, there's more a sense of "other," despite it being miniscule.

On the other hand, it feels a lot more corporate here. Whereas down there, people would ask, "What do you do?" Here, it's, "Where do you work?" Like, your identity is tied to whichever megacorp employs you.

Also, like every other car is a Tesla here.

All true, cultures and personalities around Silicon Valley makes it seem like most people just go to work and go home, not much of a sense of community IMO having lived in several other states and cities. Generally speaking, Intelligence is just more valued here overall. Also, you may have noticed a lack of sports bars compared to other major cities.

It's actually weird for me having grown up around a white majority up through my mid 20's, then I moved to NorCal. Honestly still feels weird to be surrounded by so many Asians in general.

Septimus Prime · Jun 5, 2018

spider said:
i want a tesla, but it's so expensive :(

im considering other electric cars atm, needs a change soon. probably this year or next. do any of you drives a good electric car? any recs?

also, bay area sounds so nouveau-rich-tech

hope the move's been smooth and you and your family is settling in well, septie :>

Going well so far! Unpacking suuuucks. Almost as much as not owning a Tesla.

Etrian Oddity · Jun 5, 2018

Power of Sparda said:
5 years ago was the time to do it. Prices jumped by close to 300%. Yamazaki used to go for $50 a bottle...lolz

In 2013 our GM pulled a bottle of Yamazaki off the shelf for our orphan's Thanksgiving at the restaurant I worked at. We literally drank that shit for the holiday, lol.

Personally I enjoy Nikka Single Malt, but it's been quite a while since I've sipped on Suntory or Hibiki.

spider · Jun 6, 2018

unpacking is a chore :< hope you find everything ... somehow things went missing when i put them in boxes when i moved last time. even though i labelled everything and was super organized and all :3

was weird.

Cow Mengde · Jun 6, 2018

So how do you guys feel about the mayor of New York trying to "fix" education by causing a race war between Asians and other minorities in NYC?

Deleted member 907 · Jun 7, 2018

Cow Mengde said:
So how do you guys feel about the mayor of New York trying to "fix" education by causing a race war between Asians and other minorities in NYC?

White people using Asians as a front to absolve white people of their fuck ups? Par for course.

For better news, Mulan has a Chinese male love interest:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...an-as-love-interest-live-action-movie-1116949

He ain't Li Xiang, but I'm never going to knock positive Asian male imaging.

Zoe · Jun 7, 2018

~~her~~him?.gif

Pet · Jun 7, 2018

Cow Mengde said:
So how do you guys feel about the mayor of New York trying to "fix" education by causing a race war between Asians and other minorities in NYC?

Do you have an article on this?

effingvic · Jun 7, 2018

Pet said:
Do you have an article on this?

He's probably talking about this: http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...s-new-york-state-assembly-education-committee

Entry into these schools is a big deal for Asian American kids, especially first generation ones. Parents spend a lot of time and money getting their kids tutors, even if they're poor and thus have become "overrepresented". It would be good to help get more AA and Latino students into these schools but I don't know if eliminating these exams is the way to go. Plenty of disadvantaged Asian kids bust their ass to get into these schools and there are usually free tutoring / test prep and other resources available.

The city can do so many things to improve education across the board but instead they go for some kind of quick fix. It's like they forgot that Asians are also minorities that also face socioeconomic issues.

Cow Mengde · Jun 7, 2018

Pet said:
Do you have an article on this?

Also this link from Chancellor Carranza.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-school-desegregation-plan-20180605-story.html

Pet · Jun 8, 2018

Cow Mengde said:
Also this link from Chancellor Carranza.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-school-desegregation-plan-20180605-story.html

Meh, why not do a hybrid top 5% of public middle schools OR kids who score top x% on the test?

Also, admission should be name blind. Just applicant number and application.

Septimus Prime · Jun 8, 2018

It's probably easier to have a tangible group to blame. And if you do that, of course you choose the one with the lowest population so you can afford to lose their support.

Etrian Oddity · Jun 8, 2018

Everyone pour one out and feast this weekend for Anthony Bourdain. I feel like he did us better than any white dude has.

cdyhybrid · Jun 8, 2018

You don't even have to ask

milkham · Jun 8, 2018

Pet said:
Meh, why not do a hybrid top 5% of public middle schools OR kids who score top x% on the test?

Also, admission should be name blind. Just applicant number and application.

I went to one of these schools and people were protesting discrimination during my senior year , I guess they haven't made any headway. As far as I know/knew admission was 100% based on your test score and honestly I think the top 5% wouldn't be demographically different. This wasn't like applying to college where you get evaluated on other criteria, if they did I probably wouldn't have been accepted as my actual grades were mediocre.

This is a difficult issue for me to settle an opinion on. The disparity in racial representation was very apparent, as each lunch period I'd see like 15 African American students at most and most classes I can remember had no more than one. On the other hand I barely made it into Stuyvesant myself and my parent's didn't send me to any special programs to prep for the exam, I studied on my own with an exam book from the library and I think my junior high offered some free after school tutoring which was open to any student. Most people I knew didn't get in, Asian or not.

I mean, there' is absolutely a problem here but I don't feel like the proposed solution is the right one, but I'm also pretty sure I'm biased by my own experience.

SRG01 · Jun 8, 2018

Etrian Oddity said:
Everyone pour one out and feast this weekend for Anthony Bourdain. I feel like he did us better than any white dude has.

He treated other cultures with the utmost respect and dignity... especially Cambodia. His quotes on Kissinger are harrowing.

Argyle · Jun 8, 2018

spider said:
i want a tesla, but it's so expensive :(

im considering other electric cars atm, needs a change soon. probably this year or next. do any of you drives a good electric car? any recs?

also, bay area sounds so nouveau-rich-tech

hope the move's been smooth and you and your family is settling in well, septie :>

Hi, we are all in on EVs here. What do you want to know?

You're in Australia right? I'm here visiting and I haven't seen a single EV anywhere... I'm assuming they haven't really taken off here yet?

thermopyle · Jun 8, 2018

That chancellor (& De Blasio) are assholes. "Own?" How is the Asian-American community claiming they own it when the only way to get in there is by taking a test? They can't even point to a majority of these Asian kids coming from well-to-do families when many of them are low-income and have the same availability of resources as other low-income groups. Feels like they're just targeting the "stereotypical quiet and uninvolved" group to peddle their easy fix,so they can pretend they're actually doing anything of note.

RIP Bourdain, fuck that hit me hard this morning.

Pet · Jun 9, 2018

thermopyle said:
That chancellor (& De Blasio) are assholes. "Own?" How is the Asian-American community claiming they own it when the only way to get in there is by taking a test? They can't even point to a majority of these Asian kids coming from well-to-do families when many of them are low-income and have the same availability of resources as other low-income groups. Feels like they're just targeting the "stereotypical quiet and uninvolved" group to peddle their easy fix,so they can pretend they're actually doing anything of note.

RIP Bourdain, fuck that hit me hard this morning.

Meh, you know how it is. This is one of those things where it feels like they just want to make minorities fight for the same slice of pie rather than giving them more of the hegemony's pie.

Cow Mengde · Jun 12, 2018

thermopyle said:
That chancellor (& De Blasio) are assholes. "Own?" How is the Asian-American community claiming they own it when the only way to get in there is by taking a test? They can't even point to a majority of these Asian kids coming from well-to-do families when many of them are low-income and have the same availability of resources as other low-income groups. Feels like they're just targeting the "stereotypical quiet and uninvolved" group to peddle their easy fix,so they can pretend they're actually doing anything of note.

The best part is that now they're pitting minorities against each other. Asians are protesting, but can easily be twist around as Asians not wanting to accept Black or Latinos into these schools. This could be used to create more animosity between the groups.

Pet · Jun 14, 2018

I'm really excited to share the news.. I got promoted at work :).

I'm a senior now... woooo.

cdyhybrid · Jun 14, 2018

Pet said:
I'm really excited to share the news.. I got promoted at work :).

I'm a senior now... woooo.

Can you buy me a Switch

Septimus Prime · Jun 14, 2018

Congrats!

BLOODED_hands · Jun 15, 2018

So last weekend my nieces and nephews were made fun of because of their eyes while they were at the park..... By other kids of color. The kids asked them why their eyes are "like that"..... I don't know how I feel about that.

What do I/you do about a situation like that? What do you say to your kids/nieces/nephews?

Pet · Jun 16, 2018

BLOODED_hands said:
So last weekend my nieces and nephews were made fun of because of their eyes while they were at the park..... By other kids of color. The kids asked them why their eyes are "like that"..... I don't know how I feel about that.

What do I/you do about a situation like that? What do you say to your kids/nieces/nephews?

Ack, that's hard.

I'm not sure. Probably just explain to them that people will make comments and say things and judge them on things that are not their (your nephew/etc) fault.

Basically, don't take it to heart. There were always be people who are rude, people who are ignorant, and the best thing to do is to explain to the ignorant, and ignore the rude.

It's weird though. I guess your relatives could also ask, "same reason why your eyes look the way they do. Genetics!"

BLOODED_hands · Jun 16, 2018

Thanks Pet! I'll let them know the next time I see them. Genetics isn't the end-all-be-all answer, but it at least explains some things.

Septimus Prime · Jun 16, 2018

So, I was just reading that college admissions thread.

What a crappy read.

Okay, I had to post. Damn diet racism.

Cybit · Jun 16, 2018

Sept. Love you man. Ain't worth it. Why I try to stay out of OT as much as I can (fail a lot of times too, alas).

We know what the pecking order in this forum is. Racism's OK as long as it's aimed at us. Was that way at the end at the old place, and they wanted to be able to continue here. They're 100% OK with racism that enables white supremacy as long as it also helps themselves.

Septimus Prime · Jun 16, 2018

Yeah, it's so damn bad. The article want even about affirmative action, but they went ahead and took the opportunity to shit on Asians.

I'll stick to DMC5 threads.

Deleted member 643 · Jun 16, 2018

Racist forum!

Who was the one telling me that Slayven is a cool dude when he immediately tosses out some dismissiveness in the first post of the college admissions thread?

Etrian Oddity · Jun 16, 2018

mdubs said:
Racist forum!

Who was the one telling me that Slayven is a cool dude when he immediately tosses out some dismissiveness in the first post of the college admissions thread?

If you knew slayven from the other forum you'd have known this was gonna be constant here with him as a mod.

BLOODED_hands · Jun 16, 2018

mdubs said:
Racist forum!

Who was the one telling me that Slayven is a cool dude when he immediately tosses out some dismissiveness in the first post of the college admissions thread?

Might have been me. I actually didn't know how he was at the old place besides his comic knowledge.

Cybit · Jun 16, 2018

Yep, we're all apparently racist because we dare point out that white supremacy is a thing.

Oh well, no good deed goes unpunished.

EDIT: On the bright side, some of those posters are becoming more and more open about their bigotry and racism towards Asians and stanning for white supremacy as long as it benefits them too. But hey, they're gonna be protected, so <shrug>.

Deleted member 643 · Jun 16, 2018

BLOODED_hands said:
Might have been me. I actually didn't know how he was at the old place besides his comic knowledge.

Nah I don't think so. I think it was Son of Sparda (not meaning to call them out, but more a commentary that people put their faith in certain mods and this is how we get repaid)

wisdom0wl · Jun 16, 2018

I rarely come in here but that Harvard thread is so shit.

Basically amounted to telling us to sit on an L so the rest of the "team" can eat

Deleted member 643 · Jun 16, 2018

Cybit said:
Yep, we're all apparently racist because we dare point out that white supremacy is a thing.

Oh well, no good deed goes unpunished.

EDIT: On the bright side, some of those posters are becoming more and more open about their bigotry and racism towards Asians and stanning for white supremacy as long as it benefits them too. But hey, they're gonna be protected, so <shrug>.

Well I guess we now know what Slayven really thinks of Asians. But the rest is sadly par for the course for this forum as we have seen time and again, just another example.

Debating whether I should bother reporting Slayven's post (not to mention the other egregious ones in that thread) since it'll just get me warned/banned and no one will do anything about it

TinfoilHatsROn · Jun 16, 2018

Cow Mengde said:
The best part is that now they're pitting minorities against each other. Asians are protesting, but can easily be twist around as Asians not wanting to accept Black or Latinos into these schools. This could be used to create more animosity between the groups.

That feeling when you predict a thread so accurately that it hurts.

Van Bur3n · Jun 16, 2018

mdubs said:
Debating whether I should bother reporting Slayven's post (not to mention the other egregious ones in that thread) since it'll just get me warned/banned and no one will do anything about it

That's a death sentence, bruv.

Etrian Oddity · Jun 16, 2018

Seductivpancakes · Jun 17, 2018

I don't even bother anymore with race threads anymore. Difficult to tell who your allies are on Gaf and Era.

I am tempted to just start collecting receipts to drop bombs in the future.

Pet · Jun 17, 2018

I like Slayven y'all. :(

But yeah I'm done with that thread. Posted a bit but it's the same argument and I'm so tired of AA threads.

Just because the racism isn't the same or as bad doesn't mean it's not racism and it doesn't bother the people it's directed towards.

D i Z · Jun 17, 2018

If you all remove yourselves from the conversation, the conversation never changes. I get the irony of me say this as I'm usually the middle finger and I'm out on a decent day, and at worst get blasted with a ban. But I don't think this situation works without your direction.

spider · Jun 17, 2018

sorry y'all

i havent logged in for 2 weeks and will probably be out of action for another week

traveling thru asia atm

fooding mostly (to no one's surprises) (legit asian food is god tier, yo) (take that, whiteys)

just dropping by here with spotty and weird unstable internet connection cuz saw a girl at REGals discord mentioning a terrible thread......... (probably shouldn't be logging in to places thru strange wifis but oh well)

poke the mod team butts thru report buttons

stay strong and find strength in each other and keep fighting the good fight

somethingsomething asians are modelest minority of all the modelests *cue roll eyes to the back of the head*

Pet · Jun 17, 2018

Meh. I'm tired haha, don't really feel like it.

Plus, I look at their point of view and I can see what they see. When Asian Americans call for the end of affirmative action the way it's phrased (no race based admission biases), it is directly saying that we (Asian Americans) don't give a fuck about the struggles that black and brown Americans face and we want to remove the equalizing factors that help them. I mean, ending race biased admissions point blank will negatively impact black and brown kids...and that's not right because the kinds of issues their communities face handicap them for educational (and then career) success, which makes for poorer communities and even more problems. I don't want to hurt them like that. I don't think ending race based admissions would even help Asian Americans, but even if it did I don't think it's worth it at the price we'd pay in how much it would hurt other minorities.

I think what we as Asian Americans want is that we want people to understand acknowledge the racism we face, but the problem is that other people see it as us wanting to fuck over other minorities for our gain. We're having a fight about two different issues in one argument. I don't think people get it, and they're so wrapped up in their own argument that they can't see what it is we're saying. They're not wrong, it's just nonsequitur.

S-Wind · Jun 17, 2018

Well... at least 2 of the worst posters in that thread each copped a ban. And there's an official message from a mod about not shifting on a minority group to advance your own cause.

That's something...

Jintor · Jun 17, 2018

anyone poked their head into the taxi driver thread in gaming yet because phoar

Deleted member 1287 · Jun 17, 2018

spider where are the photos

Cow Mengde · Jun 17, 2018

The mods have been banning people in that thread. Quite a few in fact. Sure, it took some time, but things did get done. I'm not going to gripe at the mods too much. However, Spiders lack of food pics should be a bannable offense in this thread.

Pet · Jun 17, 2018

Oh no I couldn't help myself.

Happy father's day all the dads here :). I know you Septimus Prime are one, can't remember the others, but nonetheless.

Also don't forget to text/call your dads. /nagnag

Septimus Prime · Jun 17, 2018

Pet said:
Oh no I couldn't help myself.

Happy father's day all the dads here :). I know you Septimus Prime are one, can't remember the others, but nonetheless.

Also don't forget to text/call your dads. /nagnag

Thank you! And happy birthday to you! And happy Father's Day to all the dads here!

As for that thread, I'm happy they actually took action regarding the posts I reported.

Asian ERA |OT| We don't AGE

EA

CLANG

User requested account closure

More helpful than the IRS

More helpful than the IRS

EA

More helpful than the IRS

More helpful than the IRS

EA

More helpful than the IRS

EA

EA

User requested account closure

User requested account closure

User requested account closure

user requested ban

More helpful than the IRS

CLANG

More helpful than the IRS

Saw the truth behind the copied door

user requested account closure

More helpful than the IRS

EA