The Asian Love Boat

[mizanation]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

I am of Chinese extraction; I also frequently find my other Asian-extracted compatriots to be slightly to awfully intolerable.

They should be heralded as the monarchs of suburbia, with their officious Church activities and vapid community events. However, when they want to be rowdy, they'll drink and drive their birthday gift BMWs to some second-rate nightclub, attired in Express Men, with their insipid girlfriends who don makeup which my mother refers to as monkey's posterior. Otherwise, their common-place ambitions are coupled with the typically entitled attitudes of those with greed in their genes.

If such a thing as the Protestant Medal of Dullness existed, I am quite sure the whole Chinese community--notably present at these Loveboat activies--would qualify as a draw.

^^^ that was nuts.

 

[matadorpoeta]

Originally Posted by mizanation

^^^ that was nuts.

but true.

 

[redcaimen]

Originally Posted by Kent Wang

I don't think they will appreciate my views on the One China policy.

The Japanese and Korean ones sure the hell wont, particularly when the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere is re-introduced - but in a way Japan never intended.

 

[redcaimen]

Originally Posted by amerikajinda

This article should shed some light on the subject:

http://www.japantoday.com/jp/popvox/358

Possible explanations from random Japanese on the streets of a Tokyo neighborhood for why Japanese people (and by extension, most of Asia) make the V sign with their fingers when they pose for a photo:

"programmed in [their] DNA"

"foreigners mind-control"

"it makes [them] happy"

"it is cool"

"The origin [goes] way back [to Commodore] Perry, St. Francis Xavier, MacArthur, Winston Churchil and the Beatles"

it's "too boring to stand with a plain face, otherwise you just end up with a mug shot or ID picture"

"when you say 'ni' (に or　二　meaning "two") in Japanese, you open your mouth horizontally"

it's "a symbol of Japanese subculture"

"When I was small, my mom asked me to make the peace sign and say 'peace peace' whenever she took my photo"

"a V looks better than just clenching your fist"

"because of the hit song, 'The peace' by Morning Musume (a female idol group)"

"I can't give you any reason why I make the V sign"

"It is very difficult to talk about the science of idiotic gestures"

and a new variation that would look utterly ridiculous done by anyone but 전지현:

Thats some pretty nice "V" you have access to there, Amerikajinda.

 

[amerikajinda]

Originally Posted by redcaimen

Thats some pretty nice "V" you have access to there, Amerikajinda.

Yeah...

Those are just the tip of the iceberg! However I can't compete with Nantucket Red - that guy's one lucky bastard!

 

[Dormouse]

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

but true.

Yes, very.

I feel no need to expound on LabelKings statements as they're quite accurate, however acerbic they may be.

 

[Augustus Medici]

Originally Posted by Dormouse

Yes, very.

I feel no need to expound on LabelKings statements as they're quite accurate, however acerbic they may be.

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

but true.

Haha come on, the very fact that we're discussing this means that there exists Asians that don't fall into the trap. Do you guys really think we're the only ones?

 

[Eason]

I dunno, the V is a fob thing. Looks better than everybody trying to look super-cool and hard. Sideways for guys who can pull it off, straight up for girls. I'm working on a new fob gesture, double thumbs up by face with big grin, think borat. Results good so far.

 

[Dormouse]

Originally Posted by Augustus Medici

Haha come on, the very fact that we're discussing this means that there exists Asians that don't fall into the trap. Do you guys really think we're the only ones?

I suppose it's somewhat of a blanket statement.

The general lack of any real 'personalities,' as LabelKing terms it, and the facetious desire for cultivation is rather offputting. A very homogenous group. I'm also appalled by their lack of taste but that can be said about most people I know. At least they're unrepentantly flamboyant about it. Again, this is perhaps an overgeneralization. I'm just speaking from personal experience which mirrors that of many Asian households.

 

[LabelKing]

Those beggars wouldn't be presumed to know the difference between themselves and a large artichoke. I'd be pushed to say that the oversized artichoke would be more amusing.

 

[yerfdog]

Originally Posted by amerikajinda

oh dang, this dude man this is wow girl is a mixture of milf and lol guy is just lol, fist clenched at his side walkman on waist (is that seriously a walkman?)

 

[chobochobo]

Originally Posted by amerikajinda

I like when Asians (under the age of 29, cute, and female) do it,

Well, that's possibly one out of three. And I'm not convinced about the one either.

 

[amerikajinda]

Originally Posted by chobochobo

Well, that's possibly one out of three. And I'm not convinced about the one either.

Well, you got me there... she could actually be in her early 30s, and upon reflection, I'd have to agree with you that she's not cute.... guess I was blinded by the eye makeup. At least give me the second one?:

 

[chobochobo]

Originally Posted by amerikajinda

Oh snap!

You got me there... s/he could actually be in her early 30s, and upon reflection, I'd have to agree with you that s/he's definitely not cute. My bad!

I was blinded by the eye makeup. At least give me the second one?:

Possibly. If she's the Hong Kong starlet/actress/singer who's currently pregnant with the HK bad boy of pop's sprog, then it's minus marks

 

[amerikajinda]

Originally Posted by chobochobo

Possibly. If she's the Hong Kong starlet/actress/singer who's currently pregnant with the HK bad boy of pop's sprog, then it's minus marks

Agreed! I wasn't aware of the whole backstory, but +1 on the minus marks if she's the one...