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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
I just spent four hours talking to an old Chinese man about tea. Best day ever. | ||
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
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Fildun
Netherlands4122 Posts
On October 22 2015 18:32 Ketara wrote: Oh man. I just spent four hours talking to an old Chinese man about tea. Best day ever. Was his name Iroh? | ||
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AlterKot
Poland7525 Posts
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mordek
United States12704 Posts
Wife wasn't interested in Attack on Titan  Instead we're on the last few episodes of White Collar. I'm not ready for it to be over ((And I finally got a new mouse from IT... *long sigh* this feels so much better. | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
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AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On October 22 2015 22:18 Seuss wrote: Voted Exalted. I have a stack of probably outdated Exalted books begging for my attention. I also voted Exalted, both because I love stunting and also because that setting is one of my favorites. Sidereal shenanigans and the Fey OVERALL are fantastic. | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
And yeah, stunting in Exalted is awesome. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On October 22 2015 14:36 Ketara wrote: Wait what? How is tai chi more oriental? Depends on your definition I guess. If you use a strict classical definition Egypt and Syria are oriental. This is why its a bad term that people shouldn't use lol. I always thought of oriental as like China, Korea, Japan-ish countries. I may have been operating under a lifelong misconception though. | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
On October 22 2015 22:50 Ketara wrote: I'm under the impression that everybody in Exalted gets to be sexy angels with superpowers. Close enough. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
On October 22 2015 23:02 ticklishmusic wrote: I always thought of oriental as like China, Korea, Japan-ish countries. I may have been operating under a lifelong misconception though. So, the term oriental means a thing or people "from the Orient", and dates back to I think about the 1400s. The original definition of "the Orient" was everything east of the Nile river, IIRC. This is obviously problematic and the definition has changed over time. It's also different in different parts of the world. I think most people in America today would see oriental as synonymous with "Asian", only in a sort of racist and offensive way. In England oriental means east Asian (what you're referring to) but even that is weird because in England Asian means south Asian. A Chinese person isn't Asian he's oriental! It's a crappy term that presumes you can group a huge number of cultures together and actually make sense of it. And it's even crappier because two people using it may mean different things. At least when you say "Asian" you can be technically correct by virtue of geography. The better term for what you wanted to say would be "east Asian" :> | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On October 22 2015 23:12 Ketara wrote: So, the term oriental means a thing or people "from the Orient", and dates back to I think about the 1400s. The original definition of "the Orient" was everything east of the Nile river, IIRC. This is obviously problematic and the definition has changed over time. It's also different in different parts of the world. I think most people in America today would see oriental as synonymous with "Asian", only in a sort of racist and offensive way. In England oriental means east Asian (what you're referring to) but even that is weird because in England Asian means south Asian. A Chinese person isn't Asian he's oriental! It's a crappy term that presumes you can group a huge number of cultures together and actually make sense of it. And it's even crappier because two people using it may mean different things. At least when you say "Asian" you can be technically correct by virtue of geography. The better term for what you wanted to say would be "east Asian" :> I'm Asian, that entitles me to none of the minority benefits except self-deprecation and lazy identification of my own ethnicity To be fair, the "Oriental" cultures all have a huge amount influence from dynastic China. | ||
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Zdrastochye
Ivory Coast6262 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
Words are wind. People can talk about "perpetuating negative whatevers" all they want, but if a word is used without negative connotations behind it, then it's obviously not meant to be offensive and you need to unbunch your panties. There are obvious outliers, words that have always been used or were even invented to be insulting (such as the n-word along with other slurs), but the word "oriental" sure as fuck isn't one of them. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
Don't really want to get into a discussion of whether or not it's offensive or how offensive it is. | ||
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