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- Siegfried: If it was a Russian or any other white man who told blacks”to go back to Africa”, it would...
- Raguel: I saw that Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing” years ago but still can’t understand it.
- bigWOWO: Stele: “Care to qualify that statement? Even if that were true, you have to look at this case on its...
- Two podcasts that address racism in the military, and Danny Chen the person (9)
- Raguel: The origins of racism in the American military as described by loudestfuckingazns is accurate. Very recently,...
- bigWOWO: Sorry, Larry, just noticed that the spam robot junked your comment. Approved!
- bigWOWO: Agreed. It just has more weight if you include your name. Not that the ideas are any less valid, but it just...
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- King: Actually WOWO, I bump into plenty of Asians up at the Art Center College of Design http://www.artcenter.edu/a...
- bigWOWO: Agree with King. This might not be a bad thing for Asian Americans to hear about. We can jump off the STEM...
- Raguel: People are too accustomed to thinking about value only in terms of money. Even artists are guilty of it. Some...
- Stop SOPA and PIPA (7)
- Raguel: Found a great website, take a look at this: https://www.cdt.org/ Why should privacy be important, in an age...
- Raguel: Following the temporary shelving of SOPA and PIPA in the long line of net neutrality battles, the feds and...
- Chr..: “Asian American men have to get more involved, not less. It’s a civic responsibility, and you have to...
- Activism is as activism does (10)
- trolldetector: Brooks also goes onto say ‘You should attach yourself to a counter-tradition and school of...
- bigWOWO: By the way, speaking of activism, there was a great David Brooks column recently. He talks about how people...
- Raguel: I have no experience whatsoever with activism. I simply do not feel safe participating in it. There is always...
- How to Win a Streetfight (18)
- bigWOWO: No worries. I feel the same way. Nothing against her, but just doubtful.
- Raguel: Hi Byron! I’ve been occupied doing a lot of reading and thinking recently. I suppose its just another...
- bigWOWO: Hey Raguel, What about your comments on ASSK?
I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
- What Cultures Value (19)
- UFC 117 Sonnen vs. Silva Recap (1)
- bigWOWO: I think Michael Bisping solved the Chael Sonnen puzzle today, even though he lost a controversial decision....
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- SWR: Apparently the girl in the second video was not the girl who filmed the fight. It was probably unwise of her to...
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- bigWOWO: Jeff, You called it! They were (if I recall correctly) 7 (twins) and 2. He’s still in the honeymoon...
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- Hitler: Kids suck lol.
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- ben: I’ve been getting into Asian rock music recently so thank you all very much for uploading all these videos.
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- “Lazy” Americans and the Decline of the American Middle Class (6)
- bigWOWO: But kobu, how can we have literature and art without money to support artists and writers? About...
- kobukson: I don’t know why everyone seems to think the notion of the decline of the middle class is such a bad...
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- bigWOWO: Eurasian, Lee Kuan Yew has always been upfront about Singapore’s hybrid system. To the best of my...
- Eurasian Sensation: @ BigWowo: New governments following independence or a major power struggle often have the sort...
- N: @bww And ironically, one of the rare democratic successes in the region that is Singapore behaves much closer to a...
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- Andre M. Smith: I divide my year annually between New York and Shanghai. One of my common visitations in the latter...
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8( - Raguel: ROFL! Thank you for thoroughly destroying Amy Chua, Andre. WELL SAID ^_^ You know the destruction is so...
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- N: What’s your opinion on Yundi Li and Yoyo Ma.
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- trolldetector: ^ i’d agree with that. but i wouldnt call them ‘idiots’, just misguided. crazy media...
- N: Agree with Jeff that not one regret is unlikely, the key is learn from it. Another way to look at it is that...
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- lingyai: I am not sure what happen there with my name, that is not my email, so just ignore.
- lingyai@hotmail.com: @bigwowo Just because the average income in India is $2 a day doesn’t make a person...
- AM/AF couple: Nottyboy, Yes, just like every place of employment, upper management needs to do a better job in terms...
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- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
I wouldn’t say...
- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
- National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012 (32)
- Raguel: http://www.occupydream.org/ ^ I heard about this from Russell Simmons. I hope that things develop well to...
- Raguel: So is that the reasoning for why you don’t need the right to due process? Are you some kind of fucking...
- N: @King The constitution gave power to the states to benefit white america or the constitution gave benefitial power...
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Category Archives: Random thoughts
What Cultures Value
Thanks to Eurasian Sensation, who posted this article: The One-Shot Society. The article is about the educational system in Korea, where students cram like mad for one college entrance test, a test which determines the career that they will have for the rest of their lives. In Korea, as the article mentions, people rarely change jobs, so it’s imperative that students get into the best university and then into the best company. We’ve spoken about this trend in Korea and how it limits their opportunities to make decisions later in life, which is why many Koreans try to become doctors.
Jones-Machida Inspires My Hunger for Vocabulary
Schadenfreude. It means pleasure at someone else’s misfortune. It’s German. English has no word for it, although English speakers most certainly feel it.
I’m at a loss after Jon Jones choked Lyoto Machida unconscious. And it has troubled me, because I don’t have words to express what I’m feeling. Somewhere in some language there must be vocabulary to express the sentiments:
1. Jon Jones: There must be a word to indicate my feelings towards him. “I dislike his arrogant personality but I like his arrogant martial arts style so I might as well deal with it,” therefore I feel **** about him.
10 Years Later after 9/11
10 years has passed since 9/11.
I was awoken the morning of 9/11/2001 by a phone call from Japan where I lived in New York. I had a ticket to fly to California at 4pm later in the day. My original plan had been to fly to California on my normal early morning flight. But as I was unemployed and accustomed to sleeping in late, I opted instead to fly a little later. A friend called from Japan, and she said something about a plane crashing into the World Trade Center, and had I heard about it. I said that wow, that must have been a pretty bad accident. She then said that another plane had just crashed into another tower.
Lessons of the Creative Class from Ultimate Fighting
I’ve always believed that if you know one thing very well, you can apply that knowledge to other areas of life. One microcosm can contain knowledge applicable to the larger world. The Ultimate Fighting Championship, with it’s creative and fun fights and strict focus on business, can teach valuable lessons for people working in the creative class. Here you go, and please don’t hesitate to add your own:
1. Life is as much of an art as a science. Check out Jon Fitch. He’s beaten just about everyone but the champion and BJ Penn in his division, but he’ll most likely never get a shot at the title again. Dana White, after the Fitch-Penn fight, said:
UFC Needs a Rule Change: Knees to the Head on Downed Opponents
I just noticed this article from USA Today–Chael Sonnen gets an immediate rematch against Anderson Silva.
This is crazy. While I can understand that Sonnen gave Silva more trouble than any other competitor, Silva beat Sonnen fair and square the first time, and therefore Sonnen should go back to the end of the line like everyone else. Immediate rematches should be reserved for close decisions, not decisive wins. When your top fighters only fight three times a year, it’s important that every prospective champion gets a shot.
The Happy Post
(Corny but happy and cute video above.)
Thanks everyone, for your contributions to the Building Subcultures and Accepting Emotions thread. Please keep on adding…the conversation is great, and I’m reading every comment, even if I’m not participating as much as I’d like to. We’re coming upon our two year anniversary, and bigWOWO has just moved to Peachyhost, a company run by my friend Zach and his friend Keith. I just paid my big ol’ hosting bill for the next two years. Some bloggers kvetch about paying bills and stuff–I’m no different, I complain till the cows come home…but as long as some of you are benefiting, it’s totally worth the cost. I can’t promise that this blog is totally recession proof or boredom proof, but it looks like we’ve got at least two more years of time paid upfront.
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