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WCDT 2932-2936 (6th to 10th April 2015)
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: retrosteve on 09 Apr 2015, 12:45 ---Dunno about y'all, but Emily, if she were real, would be my type for sure.
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I would probably not pursue a relationship with someone like Emily in real life. I learned a long time ago that any relationship in which I am the more stable and grounded person is doomed to spectacular failure.
retrosteve:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 09 Apr 2015, 12:52 ---
--- Quote from: retrosteve on 09 Apr 2015, 12:45 ---Dunno about y'all, but Emily, if she were real, would be my type for sure.
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I would probably not pursue a relationship with someone like Emily in real life. I learned a long time ago that any relationship in which I am the more stable and grounded person is doomed to spectacular failure.
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Oh, me too. I didn't say it wouldn't be doomed. But I'd sure try. Smart + crazy + pretty is like a flame to my moth.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Gnomeybum on 09 Apr 2015, 05:44 ---So yeah, working on that assumption, the desire to see her in a qipao/cheongsam/ao dai is a little bit of shaky ground racially, as two of those are traditional Chinese dresses and the other is, according to Wikipedia, Viatnamese. I'm not saying it wouldn't be amazing to see Emily in some sort of traditional dress, but I think we have to be careful when making statements like that because it does almost become a case of 'all Asian is the same Asian'.
Sorry, that was a bit of a 'rain on everybody's nice time' kind of post, but I think it is something we should be aware of. Please continue to have a nice time!
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Alertness and awareness are good things.
I am highly confident that Akima was not falling into ignorant racial insensitivity when she imagined Emily in non-Japanese East Asian garments.
themacnut:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 09 Apr 2015, 03:37 ---
And, if I'm reading things right, he's desperate enough for a Standard Attractive Woman (and so, so inexperienced) that he's going along with whatever Emily wants even if he thinks it's a terrible idea, rather than being himself (or at least a little bit himself). That's not fair to Emily, that's not fair to himself.
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Of course he's not trying to be himself; it's the classic mistake many an insecure, inexperienced guy makes. He believes that being himself is simply Not Good Enough to keep a girl interested (or even attract her interest in the first place) so is trying desperately to figure out what to change to make himself more attractive. In this state he would turn himself inside out and backwards if he thought it would keep Emily around. It's rather pathetic, but it's something I'm sure many a man in Clinton's circumstances can relate to.
CM_albion:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Apr 2015, 13:35 ---
--- Quote from: Gnomeybum on 09 Apr 2015, 05:44 ---So yeah, working on that assumption, the desire to see her in a qipao/cheongsam/ao dai is a little bit of shaky ground racially, as two of those are traditional Chinese dresses and the other is, according to Wikipedia, Viatnamese. I'm not saying it wouldn't be amazing to see Emily in some sort of traditional dress, but I think we have to be careful when making statements like that because it does almost become a case of 'all Asian is the same Asian'.
Sorry, that was a bit of a 'rain on everybody's nice time' kind of post, but I think it is something we should be aware of. Please continue to have a nice time!
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Alertness and awareness are good things.
I am highly confident that Akima was not falling into ignorant racial insensitivity when she imagined Emily in non-Japanese East Asian garments.
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so happy to see a mature approach to this discussion. says a lot of these forums.
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