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Post by P-chan on May 20, 2008 15:31:25 GMT -8
>.< I guess my grandma on my dad's side is like that.
*shivers at the thought about her*
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Post by Arynielle on May 20, 2008 15:36:15 GMT -8
It has logical standing in the older days when men were prized because they were physically stronger and able to do work... but I suppose the traditions have been carried.
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Post by P-chan on May 20, 2008 15:45:39 GMT -8
I think they start to disappear if it's like a second generation person living here in the US or something. Like my dad doesn't feel the same way as my grandma. :>
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Post by Arynielle on May 20, 2008 15:47:10 GMT -8
Same with my mom. :3
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on May 20, 2008 15:51:39 GMT -8
My mom is like, half generation or something. But even though my sister has a lot of years on me, my parents still get upset when she asks to go to the city. In the mean time, I can come home at like 4 and be like "oh I was just at the city with some friends." and they won't say anything. that's kind of exaggerated but, not too far from the truth.  |
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Post by Arynielle on May 20, 2008 15:56:48 GMT -8
Asian parents are just strange. >.>
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on May 20, 2008 15:58:42 GMT -8
Maybe it's the white parents that are strange, and asian parents are normal- but we got corrupted by american society. >_>
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Post by Arynielle on May 20, 2008 16:01:34 GMT -8
Perhaps. *nods* It's quite possible. Besides, Asians outnumber everyone else. XD
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on May 20, 2008 16:04:09 GMT -8
Yes, although I guess I kind of am a hypocrite- it does bother me when people just sort of group all asians together. I guess I can understand it sometimes, but when you ask for an eggroll at a Japanese restaurant, a line clearly needs to be drawn.
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Post by Arynielle on May 20, 2008 16:07:40 GMT -8
XD Very true. Or when I go to Taiwan, people ask me for a kimono.
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on May 20, 2008 16:24:37 GMT -8
I don't know if this really applies to chinese people but I get asked "Are you Chinese/Japanese" a lot, and then just go "then what are you?" If I feel like giving them a hard time I say "I'm a human being, dumbass." and then keep going on if they're not PC, if I feel nice I just say I'm Korean. Nobody ever asks if someone is Korean though. Except other Koreans |
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Post by Arynielle on May 20, 2008 16:35:40 GMT -8
For the most part, I can tell what an Asian is. XD
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Post by Kriven on May 20, 2008 16:52:32 GMT -8
Can't we all just be people? x.x;
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on May 20, 2008 17:08:23 GMT -8
Can't we all just be people? x.x; Actually no- many cultures have developed since whenever the world existed. A lot(if not all) of them are connected to race and/or ethnicity, and it is kind of important to distinguish them from each other. I'm sure there is some kind of psychology involved also but I can't say I'm too knowledgeable in that field. |
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Post by Kriven on May 20, 2008 17:10:54 GMT -8
I just want everyone to be friends, regardless >.< At least, everyone in the US... we can figure the world out once we figure ourselves out.
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