'Heart Of Gold'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
And sometimes we see an Indian dude walking out of a bank and say "Namaste," probably to make him feel nice, but instead we totally make him feel weird and Other-tastic. There is no winning!
True, true. I've been guilty of being the tool when I was thrilled to be able to use simple sentences in Spanish. Now, I generally wait to listen to a person before I make MYSELF feel cool by breaking out my sad little snippets of politesse.
Older, somewhat wiser.
And sometimes we see an Indian dude walking out of a bank and say "Namaste," probably to make him feel nice, but instead we totally make him feel weird and Other-tastic. There is no winning!
My officemate frequently greets Jewish students with "Shalom!" I've tried to explain to him why that's not appropriate.
My officemate frequently greets Jewish students with "Shalom!" I've tried to explain to him why that's not appropriate.
The one who's always asking you questions about being Jewish?
But pink, Sue! Your kitchen is exactly like the apartment kitchen I had for 7 years, except I didn't have the little shelf thingie (love, and it was about 3 feet wide.
I love my new kitchen (new to me), avocado green walls and huge hole in the ceiling notwithstanding. I can TWIRL in it (and often do.)
Your kitchen and mine, Sue: [link] [link] [link]
(slightly different config on the counter now. But just as cluttered. Thank god for the table in the second shot.)
The one who's always asking you questions about being Jewish?
Yep.
As a 1st generation American, with no grandparents who were born here, I realized I just can't process anti-immigrant sentiment at all, legal or not.
Ditto. Different country of course, but we have pretty much the same sentiment going on here. (Latest reprehensible move, the govt has announced a freeze on processing any refugee applications from Afghanistan or Sri Lanka for at least three months. I don't know how that's even legal under international law. Anyway, I trace my heritage here back to the 1850s. Not quite the First Fleet, but long enough in Australian terms. I do not for the life of me understand people with such little faith in their country and culture that they think it's threatened by current levels of immigration.
Both Australia and the US are relatively high-immigration countries. Something like 24% of all people in Australia were born overseas; in the US the figure is about half that. They are also two of only about ten or so countries that offer a permanent residency status to non-citizens. A country does have the right to manage its immigration; I just don't understand those who treat it as a threat. Australia and the US are also extremely stable - more stable, IMO, than most places with lower immigration or less welcoming policies. I especially don't understand those who demonise illegals. I don't see how a country can manage its immigration intake sensibly in such an environment.
Isn't "Namaste, motherfucker" a Samuel L. Jackson movie quote?
We have a pantry. LOVE LOVE LOVE. Although I need to clean it out and organize it. I also need to go through the shitton of mismatched tupperware D's ex left. Dude. That's a lot of plastic.
Isn't "Namaste, motherfucker" a Samuel L. Jackson movie quote?
Yeah. "Namaste" was one of the snakes on the plane.
OK, I made that up.