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JimJ321 wrote:
Deadshot_DCU wrote:
jankrohn wrote:
Apu's octuplets - eight Asian characters in one go!
They're not Asian. They're actually Indian.
Did you know Borat (from Ali G) is technically Asian. I found out and it blew my mind!
I don't know, that sounds kinda racialist.bradyc79 wrote:
JimJ321 wrote:
Deadshot_DCU wrote:
jankrohn wrote:
Apu's octuplets - eight Asian characters in one go!
They're not Asian. They're actually Indian.
Did you know Borat (from Ali G) is technically Asian. I found out and it blew my mind!
I don't know, that sounds kinda racialist.
Oh common, don't troll. Finding out someone is a race that they don't look like can surprise anybody.- mikepellerin60Seasoned NewcomerAre ya'll actually fighting about comments made about ethnicity in a television cartoon?
Really? :roll: hipmama197190 wrote:
Has anyone mentioned Kumiko's father?
If he had a 12+ hour task with Homer that involved drinking snake rice wine and tripping balls, I would stand in line to shovel money into EA's pockets...
I just wanted to bump my comment. I said it right before the Great India Debate and I'm not sure anyone saw it.- jukan00New Spectator
Ningyo42 wrote:
bradyc79 wrote:
JimJ321 wrote:
Deadshot_DCU wrote:
jankrohn wrote:
Apu's octuplets - eight Asian characters in one go!
They're not Asian. They're actually Indian.
Did you know Borat (from Ali G) is technically Asian. I found out and it blew my mind!
I don't know, that sounds kinda racialist.
Oh common, don't troll. Finding out someone is a race that they don't look like can surprise anybody.
I don't think bradyc79 is trolling- I think they're really quoting Ali G when they say "racialist".
At least I think so.... me Julie always say I'm bad wiff techmology. jukan00 wrote:
Ningyo42 wrote:
bradyc79 wrote:
JimJ321 wrote:
Deadshot_DCU wrote:
jankrohn wrote:
Apu's octuplets - eight Asian characters in one go!
They're not Asian. They're actually Indian.
Did you know Borat (from Ali G) is technically Asian. I found out and it blew my mind!
I don't know, that sounds kinda racialist.
Oh common, don't troll. Finding out someone is a race that they don't look like can surprise anybody.
I don't think bradyc79 is trolling- I think they're really quoting Ali G when they say "racialist".
At least I think so.... me Julie always say I'm bad wiff techmology.
I guess I just didn't understand, then. I don't really know how it's meant.. :oops:leeana69 wrote:
urlaub694 wrote:
Wijsheid wrote:
urlaub694 wrote:
leeana69 wrote:
urlaub694 wrote:
leeana69 wrote:
Deadshot_DCU wrote:
jankrohn wrote:
Apu's octuplets - eight Asian characters in one go!
They're not Asian. They're actually Indian.
Omg, I'm sorry, but this does make me chuckle a 'lil bit. People from India ARE actually Asian. Amazing, right? There are these things called continents, and that's what Asia is. A continent, which includes the country India. So saying someone from India isn't Asian is like saying that someone from France isn't European.
Hope that clears things up for you :)
No need to be rude about it. If you actually want to start to be a *, then let me continue. Continents can be divided in many ways. With the seven continents, cultures or continental plates.
There's culture and only bangladesh and pakistan are anywhere near India, which makes it a unique country with a unique ethinicity.
Then continental plates - there are 14 of them and one of them is the Indian plate (contains India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) making it geographically, it's own continent.
Hope this cleared things up for you :)
So sorry you took my comment as being 'rude', it was definitely not my intent. Was just trying to have a little fun. My point still remains though...people from India ARE Asians.
"Omg, I'm sorry, but this makes me chuckle a bit" and "Hope this clears things up for you". Dude, it was rude and you were talking deadshot like an idiot.
@Igcognita: It wasn't informative. Everyone knows that India is technically part of Asia. What deadshot probably meant was the huge cultural and ethnic difference between India and the rest of Asia.
Technically? In every way possible. Apu and manjula are Asian. No need to turn that into a cultural debate.
Yes, technically. India is in it's own continental plate and is it's own subcontinent, while none other Asian country is (other than Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan that belong to the Indian continental plate).
The ethnic difference between the rest of Asia and India and it's bordering countries. is huge.
@leeana: Deadshot is not a idiot. I'm not even sure is he from America. Not technically everybody, but most people over the age of 18 know this.
Omg, I never said anyone was an idiot. Stop putting words into my mouth, please. And again, your statement is false. I have many American friends, who I don't consider to be 'idiots', that don't know Canada has a prime minister, not a president. I have just as many Canadian friends that don't know the name of England's prime minister. We are not all jeopardy champions. As I keep saying, I was not trying to be rude, I was not calling anyone an idiot. So, please, just drop it. Apologies to deadshot, if he also thought the same as you. I will no longer comment, so have your last word, if you insist.
And you stop puttin words into mine. I never said that you said that deadshot is an idiot. I said, I SAID, not you, that deadshot is not a idiot and he would know this. Also, I said most. I didn't say most of 18 year olds living in Northern America, I just simply stated that most over 18 year olds now that India is in Asia..
@Igcognita: I never called anybody a mean cusser, I just said that don't write stuff like that if you don't want to sound like one.ravensflock670 wrote:
Throughout this entire conversation the only who sounded douchebaggy was urlaub694.
If me sticking up for deadshot is douchebaggy, then so be it.Igcognita wrote:
urlaub694 wrote:
Wijsheid wrote:
urlaub694 wrote:
leeana69 wrote:
urlaub694 wrote:
leeana69 wrote:
Deadshot_DCU wrote:
jankrohn wrote:
Apu's octuplets - eight Asian characters in one go!
They're not Asian. They're actually Indian.
Omg, I'm sorry, but this does make me chuckle a 'lil bit. People from India ARE actually Asian. Amazing, right? There are these things called continents, and that's what Asia is. A continent, which includes the country India. So saying someone from India isn't Asian is like saying that someone from France isn't European.
Hope that clears things up for you :)
No need to be rude about it. If you actually want to start to be a *, then let me continue. Continents can be divided in many ways. With the seven continents, cultures or continental plates.
There's culture and only bangladesh and pakistan are anywhere near India, which makes it a unique country with a unique ethinicity.
Then continental plates - there are 14 of them and one of them is the Indian plate (contains India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) making it geographically, it's own continent.
Hope this cleared things up for you :)
So sorry you took my comment as being 'rude', it was definitely not my intent. Was just trying to have a little fun. My point still remains though...people from India ARE Asians.
"Omg, I'm sorry, but this makes me chuckle a bit" and "Hope this clears things up for you". Dude, it was rude and you were talking deadshot like an idiot.
@Igcognita: It wasn't informative. Everyone knows that India is technically part of Asia. What deadshot probably meant was the huge cultural and ethnic difference between India and the rest of Asia.
Technically? In every way possible. Apu and manjula are Asian. No need to turn that into a cultural debate.
Yes, technically. India is in it's own continental plate and is it's own subcontinent, while none other Asian country is (other than Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan that belong to the Indian continental plate).
The ethnic difference between the rest of Asia and India and it's bordering countries. is huge.
@leeana: Deadshot is not a idiot. I'm not even sure is he from America. Not technically everybody, but most people over the age of 18 know this.
Also, if you don't want to be mistaken as a mean cusser, then don't say things like "Hope this cleared things up to you :)" It makes you seem like such a douche.
Wow calling someone out for being mean, when you not perfect yourself is kind of ridiculous.
Have I ever claimed to be perfect? Have I ever said those three words: "I am perfect"? No, no I haven't, because nobody is perfect :D- I was surprised to see this thread had 48 replies already.
The nice thing about crossing a certain age is that you stop caring when people disagree with you over trivial things. If something's not important, you learn to not get worked up over it. Less stressful and buys you fewer enemies.
I will just say that in the United States, we commonly use the term "Asian" to refer specifically to people from East Asia, rather than Indians. It's colloquial and has little to do with geography. While it is true that Indians (and other South Asians) are technically Asian, when a speaker says "Asian," he is often referring only to East Asians--that's how I interpreted Deadshot's OP. And I say this as someone of Indian descent.
Feel free to disagree, flame, or insult my momma. 8)
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