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WCDT 7-11 February 2011 (1856-1860)
jwhouk:
Your opinion of Padma?
The name fits her. - 14 (13.5%)
I thought she was more of a "Tasha". - 7 (6.7%)
So, is she Angus' ex or something? - 9 (8.7%)
Those cakes she makes are really great! - 4 (3.8%)
Meh, I preferred PseuDora. - 4 (3.8%)
Good looking AND she knows kung fu. - 30 (28.8%)
No, I think that's more Tai Chi. - 3 (2.9%)
QC: now into MMA! - 9 (8.7%)
What would happen if she ran into Dora? - 12 (11.5%)
I want my Pintsize fix! - 1 (1%)
Wonder if she makes waffles. [##] (#) - 11 (10.6%)
Total Voters: 104
Black Sword:
--- Quote from: Akima on 09 Feb 2011, 14:12 ---
--- Quote from: Black Sword on 09 Feb 2011, 10:29 ---The authority I say it with is because I was inundated in their culture for four years while dating my ex, a Gujrati girl, and as hip 20-somethings, they openly attached ABCD and FOB to the correctly identified persons. They also wondered amongst themselves as to their exact identity, given they were expected to be good Indian girls yet good American girls as well, a state of being that made some of them wonder that despite their completely Indian makeup and bloodline, if they themselves were not actually "half-breeds." And I say typical because direct observation as well as what they told me themselves revealed that the vast majority of them suffer that issue, and react to it in different ways, but all of them are caught in a net of "melting pot" that contradicts and confuses them.
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Sure, I have confused feelings about my Chinese and Australian "selves" too, but there is a huge difference between members of a minority saying things about themselves, and having it said about them by non-members. You can't understand what growing up and living as a member of an ethnic and cultural minority is like by "doing research" at second hand, and it's pretty offensive (IMHO) for anyone who hasn't shared the often-unpleasant experience to make jokes about it.
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Should I have put in bold that I'm Colombian? That I am a cultural and ethnic minority where I live, more so because the vast majority of Hispanics in the US are Mexican, which is very much culturally different from my own heritage? Should I have added that my first language was Spanish and I didn't learn English until I was six years old? Should I add that I do not feel any particular connection to the American culture I am surrounded with and identify first and foremost with my Colombian heritage? Should I add that my ex is now my ex at least in part because she could not reconcile the good Indian girl with the good American girl struggle? Or do you want to stay on your soap box and feeling high and mighty over...what?
"Nobody can understand without living it first?" So clearly the entire topic of a parent's suicide cannot be done unless your parent suicides, and it cannot be done well enough for it to be a case study in properly done drama in a web comic. Clearly, the additional pigment in my skin makes me utterly unable to comprehend what a guy with an epicanthic eyefold experiences and what girls with bindis feel and TELL ME THEY FEEL. Obviously, what a person says about their experience is utterly unreliable, thereby rendering thousands of years of researching methodology invalid because a person said something and others corroborated it.
I continue to wonder why you're deliberately ignoring the fact that I would like it tastefully done. Get off your soap box already.
CEOIII:
She takes a swing at Faye for no reason, now she's causing relationship drama, I like this chick less and less.
enigmamf:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 09 Feb 2011, 03:15 ---Agree with other posters. Padma is angling for a deal with CoD to become their pastry supplier. But surely she knows that Dora is the one calling the shots?
Anyway it seems to me that:
* tSB is first and foremost a bakery (look at that selection of bread and pastries). They serve coffee on the side.
* CoD is first and foremost a cafeteria. They serve pastries on the side. Location (near SMIF?) helps CoD. Also the business model based on sass.
We may eventually have a showdown between Dora and Padma (= the famous Northampton Coffee Party that will be in the history books two generations down the road). They can probably also peacefully coexist. An additional plus is that Jeph can then use the same pastry tray drawings at both shops without nitpicking complaints, if Dora accepts this business proposal.
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Well we know that money has always been tight. Maybe some sort of business agreement would be mutually beneficial? CoD supplies the caffeine, TSB the carbs...
Is it cold in here?:
Wow, Angus awkwardness brought about not by what he said but by what someone else said.
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