Asianness

[mrswdk]

So this question is mainly for non-Asians:

What (apart from great food and squinty eyes) says "Asian" to YOU?

Confucius? Pokemon? Emperor Hirohito? The Great Wall? Curry? Gandhi? Jackie Chan? Rickshaws? Napalm? Genghis Khan? Rice? Chopsticks? Sushi? The Taliban? K-pop? Maoism? Lady boys? Territory disputes? Mr Miyagi? Bollywood? The Taj Mahal?

or what?

You can be serious or not, complimentary or insulting,whatever.

[nietzsche]

red and golden plasticky cheap stuff. pirated.

polution

censorship.

oppa gangnam style.

[DoomYoshi]

lighting a whole village of charlie on fire and shooting the kids that try to escape

[waauw]

Dragon Balls!

[Omspah91]

1) Bukake!

2) Pollution(as previously mentioned - but on a biblical scale to help Asians "catch up")

3) Deep-frying whatever and calling it something else.

Those are just off the top of my head...

[riskllama]

horrendously bad operation of motor vehicles.

[waauw]

1) Bukake!

2) Pollution(as previously mentioned - but on a biblical scale to help Asians "catch up")

3) Deep-frying whatever and calling it something else.

Those are just off the top of my head...

Interesting how bukake is the first thing on your list.

[Omspah91]

Interesting how bukake is the first thing on your list.

Not really. It was originally 2nd but I changed that for effect.

Got something against gooped-up Asian women?

Or me for mentioning it?

Either way, it doesn't matter. Tomorrow there will be just as many(or more) innumerate Asian women with just as many(or more) loads on their mugs as today. It's all semantics, really.

[warmonger1981]

Confucius,Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi,Asa Akira.

[Dukasaur]

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Kublai Khan
The Silk Road
The Burma Road
Dien Bien Phu
Saigon
Battle of Mukden
Battle of Tsushima Straits
pagodas
the Forbidden City
foot wrapping
Buddhism

[TA1LGUNN3R]

[warmonger1981]

My favorite instrument. I totally forgot that one.

[Gillipig]

Let's just first say that when I think of "Asian" I don't think of the middle east, which is pretty ironic given that when the Greeks coined the word they had no knowledge of any people living further eastwards than the arabs, so they most certainly intended it to refer to arabs. But anyway that's not interesting what's interesting is what is Asian to me and my lovely bigoted brain. I'm thinking noodles, chopsticks and sushi but also of straw hats, nunchaku and tentacle porn. In the characterstics of it's people I'm thinking about smart but physically weak individuals who all look the same. They have tiny penises and generally respect other peoples privacy and mind there own business without trying to push their shitty religion on others and don't resort to blowing themselves up as a back up plan.

And here are some funny unrelated asian pictures

[riskllama]

thx for that, gillipig.
and welcome back!

[tzor]

Paper lanterns.
Sliding walls.
Nicely raked sand with random rocks thrown in.

[DoomYoshi]

[riskllama]

wow, what a nice sentiment. thx for that, DY.

[Symmetry]

In the UK, Asian generally means Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, et al., rather than people from countries like Taiwan, China, Japan, S/N Korea, Singapore, etc.

Tends to cause confusion between Yanks and their former overlords.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

In the UK, Asian generally means Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, et al., rather than people from countries like Taiwan, China, Japan, S/N Korea, Singapore, etc.

Tends to cause confusion between Yanks and their former overlords.

Yeah, but now "Oriental" is offensive. So you hafta say "Asian from not India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc."

-TG

[Symmetry]

In the UK, Asian generally means Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, et al., rather than people from countries like Taiwan, China, Japan, S/N Korea, Singapore, etc.

Tends to cause confusion between Yanks and their former overlords.

Yeah, but now "Oriental" is offensive. So you hafta say "Asian from not India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc."

-TG

It's an interesting one. MRSDWK is a pretty classic Orientalist, as described by Edward Said, except for the fact that Said's Orient was what is now called the Middle East. The criticism applies, but the geography has reoriented. An Orientalist for a different Orient.

I generally hear "Chinese" as a catch-all term here.

[waauw]

In the UK, Asian generally means Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, et al., rather than people from countries like Taiwan, China, Japan, S/N Korea, Singapore, etc.

Tends to cause confusion between Yanks and their former overlords.

Yeah, but now "Oriental" is offensive. So you hafta say "Asian from not India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc."

-TG

It's an interesting one. MRSDWK is a pretty classic Orientalist, as described by Edward Said, except for the fact that Said's Orient was what is now called the Middle East. The criticism applies, but the geography has reoriented. An Orientalist for a different Orient.

I generally hear "Chinese" as a catch-all term here.

As a half-asian myself I can confirm this. I've met a lot of people who would refer to me as "that chinese guy", despite the fact that I'm clearly not. For some reason it is the common nominal of generalization where I live

[Symmetry]

In the UK, Asian generally means Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, et al., rather than people from countries like Taiwan, China, Japan, S/N Korea, Singapore, etc.

Tends to cause confusion between Yanks and their former overlords.

Yeah, but now "Oriental" is offensive. So you hafta say "Asian from not India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc."

-TG

It's an interesting one. MRSDWK is a pretty classic Orientalist, as described by Edward Said, except for the fact that Said's Orient was what is now called the Middle East. The criticism applies, but the geography has reoriented. An Orientalist for a different Orient.

I generally hear "Chinese" as a catch-all term here.

As a half-asian myself I can confirm this. I've met a lot of people who would refer to me as "that chinese guy", despite the fact that I'm clearly not. For some reason it is the common nominal of generalization where I live

I think part of it is generational. For a lot of people, Chinese immigrants, especially in the restaurant trade are what they grew up with. Thai food is becoming a lot more popular, but even then, outside of major cities, it's pretty niche.

For North Americans there's a different history of immigration, from the old school racism of "gentlemen's agreements" through concentration camps and the legacy of Vietnam.

Asianess in the UK relates to Britain's colonial legacy, and America's is tied up in its own.

[Lootifer]

Chinese: Spitting
Japanese: OCD
SE Asia: Good food

[notyou2]

Bad drivers



















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dog

[mrswdk]

In the UK, Asian generally means Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, et al., rather than people from countries like Taiwan [0 points to the troll in the rainbow hat], China, Japan, S/N Korea, Singapore, etc.

Tends to cause confusion between Yanks and their former overlords.

Yeah, but now "Oriental" is offensive. So you hafta say "Asian from not India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc."

-TG

Saying Pakistan or India is offensive because of the associations with British colonialism. Now you have to say 'Asian from not west Kashmir region, south Asian subcontinent etc.' And you have to look serious as you say it.