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https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=342366Everyone say hi we have another Asian on DU! JuJuYoshida
byronius
(7,395 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)Welcome! JuJu!
Skittles
(153,169 posts)JUST SAY THE WORD MY SWEET
Skittles, be nice to my #IMVU wifey XD
Skittles
(153,169 posts)yes INDEED
trof
(54,256 posts)Ferkin' lovefest in here.
whew
Skittles
(153,169 posts)yes INDEED
trof
(54,256 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)are goats known to be hungover, or is that geezer talk
trof
(54,256 posts)Maybe it's an Alabama thing.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)YEE HAW!
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)Last edited Fri Apr 14, 2017, 05:21 AM - Edit history (1)
YEE HAW!
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)without their image, its the law!!
JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)I agree, I was stoned when I saw that.*
There you go. Happy to help.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)I was stoned when I made it..
retrowire
(10,345 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)but eating some Garlic toast I made, for my munchies!
retrowire
(10,345 posts)My favorite munchie was watermelon sour patch kids. Magic in the mouth.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Wow, weed really enhances the flavor of everything, more intense.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)That's why I found the sugary sparkly gummies so delightful.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Raw sugar from Hawaii, the brown stuff that looks like tiny rock crystals. Wow, is that ever good after you have had a few tokes.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)KT2000
(20,583 posts)and welcome!
trof
(54,256 posts)At some point the term "Oriental" became non PC.
Now it's "Asian".
I don't understand why.
Please educate me.
Many thanks
trof
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)I still don't quite see a distinction, but I'll call folks whatever they prefer.
Thanks.
lapucelle
(18,268 posts)Solely on their geographical orientation in the world relative to a western (European) center.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)1) Oriental. Oriental is an academic term that originated in British studies that divided the world roughly at the Suez Canal with everyone east being Orientals and everyone on the west being Occidentals. In the US it eventually became a polite term for people that didnt want to use words like Jap but was replaced by "Asian".
2) The word Asian does not exist naturally in any Asian country. If you take these 5 countries in SE Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam there is virtually no linguistic or cultural overlap. We are not talking about the difference between language difference between French, English and Portuguese but more like differences between Earth and Jupiter.
The vocabulary, structure, sound, tone, written systems, are 100% different. Thai and Vietnamese are tonal languages but completely different tones. Cambodian, Malay and Burmese are none tonal but completely different. They basically do not share a single word with the possible exception of the word for tea = Chai. A word that tries to melt all of these very distinct cultures into one word simply doesn't make any sense to the people in those countries as they see huge differences between the countries and because of the geography has never sustained the kind of travel back and forth that Europe, for example, has experienced for hundreds of years. People in these various countries simply don't identify with each other.
However each of these languages have a single word for Westerner in each of their own languages. Farang (Thai) Gweilo (Chinese) Gaijin (Japanese) Barang (Cambodian) Mat Salleh (Malay).
These words would include everybody from Russia to Brazil to the US to France. Just like Asians dont have an indigenous word for Asia that is commonly used we dont have the equivalent word for all of those that peoples although we will use Westerner as a default.
When you use the word Asian it is not an insult but just doesnt sound right. It would be like calling you North American. Having said that the word Asia isnt the first preference that people would use but has become common and is now used as an adopted word in all languages and nothing is thought of saying lets try and get some Asian Cuisine. Most people would prefer to be correctly identified by their national identity (Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai) just like you would prefer to be called American rather than Occidental, Westerner, or North American.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)I call myself an Asian American, and so can the rest of the Population that don't know me as Japanese or Hawaiian.
flying-skeleton
(697 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)That Any Commercial flight is worth the Hassle, but Hey she told me she is flying to Paris France soon, for a visit, with her family. Been there before, I am guessing and she wants to go back, with her family.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)and does she know not to tutch the butt?
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)You forgot the Bombing of the Moon meme!!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)theres a lot here to keep up with
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)I barely know all of them myself, I am a relatively new comer myself.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)both raised together so they are quite friendly.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)ornotna
(10,803 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Welcome to DU!
Raster
(20,998 posts)...
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)Kaleva
(36,307 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)Also, I have no idea what I'm doing.
DFW
(54,403 posts)By the way I'm in Paris once a week for work. If you're not familiar with the place you'll love it. If you know the city already, then there's nothing you need me to tell you.
sl8
(13,786 posts)Some of us still aspire to that level of knowlege.
Welcome.
calikid
(584 posts)Welcome to the family JuJu
rurallib
(62,420 posts)Welcome and salutations!
JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Stay clear of kudzu also...
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)RandySF
(58,896 posts)catbyte
(34,402 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)Yet it seems I'm unlovable...
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Unless Skittles is kicking your ass!!
DFW
(54,403 posts)But my wife said she'd kick my ass if I did, so I haven't even looked.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Aristus
(66,381 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)for helping me with the ASIAN GROUP, IN advance.
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)...
Always happy to welcome new folks with a good heart and a sense of humor.
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steve2470
(37,457 posts)irisblue
(32,980 posts)We are an interesting bunch.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,234 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)Enjoy the party!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)We love our yuiyoshida and we love you too.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)in a couple years than from all the comic book nerds I've known all my life.
One reason you're aces with me is because I pass along a lot of your recommendations to my daughter and she loves all that and you get major points with me when you bring joy to my daughter's life.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Not sure how much she understands about the Shinto Religion, there are hundreds of Kami in Japanese Shinto Texts. Anyway, who ever wrote KamiChu.. captured all of our hearts.
JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Looking forward to doing it again after you come back from Paris!
niyad
(113,329 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Mosby
(16,318 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)LeftInTX
(25,366 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)get the red out
(13,466 posts)Post and have a great time here!
NBachers
(17,119 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)NBachers
(17,119 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)hope you stick around for a while