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vijayjohn wrote:Probably one of those goddamn North Indians who knows literally nothing about South India, even though we South Indians are relatively likely to know about North India. Arrrghhhh.
vijayjohn wrote:Probably one of those goddamn North Indians who knows literally nothing about South India, even though we South Indians are relatively likely to know about North India. Arrrghhhh.
Youngfun wrote:I mean, some Beijingers even think that Zhejiang and Jiangsu are the same province.
vijayjohn wrote:He forgot to mention that we're all ugly and smelly (and short and that there's a Hindi equivalent of the n-word for us).
linguoboy wrote:vijayjohn wrote:He forgot to mention that we're all ugly and smelly (and short and that there's a Hindi equivalent of the n-word for us).
Isn't that all implied by "monkey men"?
Youngfun wrote:South Indians are real Indians. North Indians are a bunch of Arabized and Persianized barbarians that pretend to be Indians.
Long live the purity of the Indus and the Ganges Valley Civilization!
vijayjohn wrote:Everybody calls me by either my first name or a nickname, unless they mistakenly believe that my last name is actually my first name. There's this one Indian guy I have on Skype who keeps forgetting and calling me by my last name. Probably one of those goddamn North Indians who knows literally nothing about South India, even though we South Indians are relatively likely to know about North India. Arrrghhhh.
loqu wrote:Is there any culture in the world where being nice is not encouraged?
I mean, I guess you guys know how we're all told that we must be nice to others, and how most people want to be liked. I'd say in Western culture it's a general trend, and lots of people blame it on the current times and give other absurd reasons.
Do you guys know if that of being nice is a cultural thing, or is it inherent to humankind?
Ludwig Whitby wrote:In those circles the most important thing is to appear tough and strong, but respectful.
linguoboy wrote:Here in the US, we also have the concept of being "nicety". This being outwardly nice in such an aggressive way that it's actually nasty. For instance, the pub near my old apartment had outdoor seating and homeless men would come by and panhandle customers. If the owner say this, she would come out and interrupt their shpil, saying "CAN I HELP YOU?" until they gave up and went away. On the surface, that's a very polite thing to say, but what she was really telling them was, "Go away!"
vijayjohn wrote:Ludwig Whitby wrote:In those circles the most important thing is to appear tough and strong, but respectful.
I'm curious as to what you mean by that. Respectful to who? To authority?
vijayjohn wrote:linguoboy wrote:For instance, the pub near my old apartment had outdoor seating and homeless men would come by and panhandle customers. If the owner say this, she would come out and interrupt their shpil, saying "CAN I HELP YOU?" until they gave up and went away. On the surface, that's a very polite thing to say, but what she was really telling them was, "Go away!"
I always thought of this sort of thing as just trying to scare them away, I guess.
vijayjohn wrote:The Ganges Valley Civilization?! You mean Mother Ganga may have been tainted by the bodies of those dark Dravidians?!?
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