As an Asian, I believe we should revive the usage of the term "Oriental" to distinguish East Asians from South Asians, Arabs, and other races in Asia
Everyone knows we're extremely different, yet we're lumped together simply because we share the same continent
@LibertyCappy advice that actually works gaslighting
though my personal advice is to tell her to calm down as her hormones are flaring, in a loud and stern voice preferably in public surrounded by our friends and family.
@simpsonryan32@kangminlee Yeah, seems weird. Could be that the style is similar to enough to Turkish that they get lumped together.
I didn’t know until I looked up Oriental rugs just before I hit “Post”
@rob_raffety@kangminlee I was thinking that it originally referred to the Near East as you say but calling rugs from Morocco Oriental has to just be marketing.
@JohnB843618@ThatEricAlper I don’t know what a lid is either, but I bet it’s some even fraction of an ounce.
Let’s call it 1/8th and get you a quarter, shall we?
@AntiWokeMemes I object to the framing of this question.
You’ve posted it along with a picture of a woman who could be forgiven for believing that she is from genetically superior stock.
It would have been incredibly easy to find a photo of a less attractive person of color. Do better.
@BalterBobb14932@ThatEricAlper Good catch… and we can’t make up our minds on that either.
5.56 or .223?
7.62 or .308? They’re practically the same.
We’ve got 9mm and .380, 10mm and 44. Not the same but comparable.
Revolvers are pretty consistently imperial units. Outside of that; chaos.
@ThatEricAlper Brits, I am 5ft 4 inches, weigh 10 stone 7lbs, I'll put 50 litres of fuel in the car that does 55 miles to the (imperial, not US) gallon. I need a bit of wood 1.8metres x 46 x 25mm. A litre of orange juice, a pint of beer & a gill of whiskey
@AgingAnarchist I would never do that, that’s nuts. It should be done in the other order. McDonald’s first, then sushi. What kind of barbarian do you think I am?
People in the United States LOVE Japan. Tween boys have a reverent awe of anything that vaguely evokes Samurai or Ninja. Anime is loved by nerds. Sushi was popularized by Yuppies but now it’s a treat for everyone. Hippies see Zen when anyone is quietly awesome at something. This list could be a lot longer.
Nobody looks down on Japan where I am from.
🇯🇵 Something I'm noticing more and more on X.
When we were young, we were told that the Western world looked down on us.
But almost all of the anti-Japanese posts come here from developing countries.
I have to say that being on X has made me much more pro-Western.