After reading that I can’t talk shit anymore.
About what?
About anime nerds. You’ve been to the motherland of the whole fucking virus, thus making me have no real room anymore. Even if ppl in my generation joined the cult.
About anime nerds. You’ve been to the motherland of the whole fucking virus, thus making me have no real room anymore. Even if ppl in my generation joined the cult.
Trust me, Dude, I will NOT be getting in the way of you (or anyone) talking smack on any of those nerds. You don’t need to go to Japan to realize what turds these guys are (as you’ve already properly assessed).
Yep. Anime is indeed for geeks of the highest order. They’re even more hilarious than Manson fans.
Which is really saying something.
Hentai fuckin’ rules.
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[reply]Gunnar-
Whatever happened to all the white dog poop from the seventies?
Dog poop starts out brown. Then it dries out. And eventually it turns white. Once it has reached this ultra dehydrated state it is similar in molecular structure to a sugar cube. As soon as it rains it just dissolves. The poop molecules then run back down our storm drains and on their way to our water treatment facilities. Or it absorbs back into the earth and the nutrients feed our fruits and vegetables.
Where’s the white dog poop from the 70’s? It’s in your cells now, Bro. Your mitochondria, your chromosomes, the golgi bodies and even the endoplasmic reticulum are all powered by Lassie’s logs. This is what the great 20th century philosopher and astrophysicist Sir Elton John refers to as the Circle of Life.
I hope this helps,
Gunnar[/reply]
This is the post of the year.
Hey Gunnar.
What’s it like having a Japanese wife? Negotiating the cultural differences and all. I find them cute. But… I’ve no idea how to approach them. Closest I’ve gotten is a number of half-Asians.
It’s awesome, because some members of my family are actually racist. The best was when I was dating a Muslim half Indian, half Asian. I actually had to keep that one under wraps. [:/]
What’s it like having a Japanese wife? Negotiating the cultural differences and all. I find them cute. But… I’ve no idea how to approach them. Closest I’ve gotten is a number of half-Asians.
Before Gunnar’s nuptially crowned empiricism unfolds I’ll say that Asian women are much easier to talk to than white, black, or latino girls. I’ve always got on great with Asian girls and they’re sexy as hell. If I’m in a club or someplace and there’s 30 white girls, 30 black girls, 30 latinos, and 5 asians I’d go for the Asian girls. I was with a North Korean girl last xmas, which is something I will be eternally proud of.
The full Asians?
Here in Melbourne… they’re pretty anti-social. They stick to their own, it seems. Either that, or I’m retarded and don’t know how to talk to them.
The halfies, on the other hand. I love 'em. They’ve got a certain spunk about em. Booksmart, but streetwise. Only criticism is they tend to be pretty materialistic, and hung up on what you can do for them as opposed to just being into you for your personality. Isn’t such a bad thing to be kept on ones toes, though.
Gunnar, do you have any anecdotes about your time spent in Law School?
The full Asians?
Here in Melbourne… they’re pretty anti-social. They stick to their own, it seems. Either that, or I’m retarded and don’t know how to talk to them.
The halfies, on the other hand. I love 'em. They’ve got a certain spunk about em. Booksmart, but streetwise. Only criticism is they tend to be pretty materialistic, and hung up on what you can do for them as opposed to just being into you for your personality. Isn’t such a bad thing to be kept on ones toes, though.
I’m not distinguishing between full or semi or faux when I say I’ve always had a blast with them but the best experience has been with “full” (as in Japanese or Korean nationals) Asian girls. American Asians can be a bit crazy and, as you’ve rightly pointed out, overly materialistic but unless you’re dating one it’s probably not going to be an issue. Once they’re not a bitch about it, it’s no biggie.
Also the ones you find anti-social, do they associate with Aussies and other nationalities? My guess is they might and if so approach them through their non-Asian friends. They might be more self conscious and suffer a bit from status anxiety so they are more tight-arsed about who they appear to be friendly with (ie. don’t want to know unpopular people). This is not necessarily an Asian thing but a fish-out-of-waters thing. I doubt you’d have problems with appearing unpopular but if they still act all up their own arse, they’re either not worth it or they’re ABSOLUTELY MIND-DESTROYING IN THE SACK!!!
I’m no help, aint I?
It’s funny you mention the crazy part.
Nearly all the half Asian’s I’ve been with were nuts.
They all remind me of this song; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqRt34Yf-b0
Why?
One of them nearly ran me over with her car, nearly had me thrown out of her car while it was driving, turned up drunk to my house in the middle of the night, threw a haymaker at me when we went to the zoo, etc.
Another one was just… mental in her own way. You had to know her to know what I meant. I think we put each other through equal amounts of her. Highly clingy, needy and just ridiculously hypersensitive. The best was when I broke up with her and she asked me if it was because I was gay. And then ask me if I was gay because I was Italian and hated my mother. No. fucking. shit.
Another that comes to mind went ‘aawww CHICKEN CHIPPEES!’ just as she was about to go down on me.
I mean, what the fuck is that? I asked her. She got embarassed and refused to answer.
Then I saw it on a commercial for a brand of crisps a few days later. I’ve never looked at my penis the same way ever again.
One I was seeing just recently was actually declared completely insane at one point. No joke. She’s good fun though, and we’re still friends. Whenever we catch up, we go around to people’s houses and sift through their garbage and look for old electronic appliances to smash by the cemetery. Same thing, every time. Once, we found a Casio keyboard that made bizarre noises. We took it home, and she sat alone up until 1am just making the same noises over and over again with her hood pulled over her head, hunched over like some miniature Japanese Phantom of the Opera.
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Another that comes to mind went ‘aawww CHICKEN CHIPPEES!’ just as she was about to go down on me.
I mean, what the fuck is that? I asked her. She got embarassed and refused to answer.
That was great.
Fucking love stories like that.
Hey Gunnar.
What’s it like having a Japanese wife? Negotiating the cultural differences and all.
I’ll get back to this one later as there seems to be quite some interest on the topic.
Thanks for your patience,
Gunnar
And speaking of Asian chicks from New Zealand, this shit is pop gold.
Gunnar, do you have any anecdotes about your time spent in Law School?
Funny you should ask. I come from a very well off family and I was counting on my rich father paying for my tuition and expenses like he paid for everything. However, he got pissed off at my spoiled attitude and pulled the plug on me. So what could I do?
Well, I painted myself black and started talking jive and got myself one of them African American scholarships. Everything was great until I started dating this black single mother who made me see things differently . . .
Anyway, hilarity ensued and in the process I learned a lot about racism, social justice, and class opportunities. I also learned a bit about myself.
I might have some video clips later . . .
I hope this helps,
Gunnar
Hey Gunnar.
What’s it like having a Japanese wife? Negotiating the cultural differences and all. I find them cute. But… I’ve no idea how to approach them. Closest I’ve gotten is a number of half-Asians.
It’s awesome, because some members of my family are actually racist. The best was when I was dating a Muslim half Indian, half Asian. I actually had to keep that one under wraps. [:/]
I love having a Japanese wife. She’s beautiful, smart, and funny. And she’s an amazing cook, too. We’ve been married now for 10 years and have been together for 15.
When I met her she had just arrived in the US and her English was passable but and she was quite shy. I was a dirtbag of the highest order when we first met and I still don’t know how my cheesy pickup tactics even worked (I can tell that story later). She’s fully fluent now and in many ways “American-ized”, but she is still very much Japanese. She is also still a Japanese citizen and will never identify herself as an “American”.
Anyway, I love the cultural differences. Even before meeting my wife I’d decided long ago that I didn’t too much care for white girls. They bored me and they looked too much like me (I don’t want to be having a romantic evening with someone that looks like my sister). Over time I came to really love meeting people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Getting along with these differences really depends on the person. I handle such differences all the time not only in my personal life, but in my career as well. Having an open mind and a lot of patience is really key. When I have dinner with people in a foreign country, I typically slow down a bit and take note of how they do stuff and just follow suit. And the same went for my entry into Japanese culture. I was lucky that her family was not hard core old-school and were very accepting of me from the get go, but I’m also always on the top of my game and take care to conduct myself properly and treat others with reverence.
I like that she challenges me on things too. There is definitely different ways that cultures perceive things and I like that, instead of having someone that comes from the same cultural background she offers a twist on things that is sometimes radically different than mine.
I’m pretty hard core in my views on marriage and I’m not saying this to preach to anyone, but just to share how things have worked for me . . . when I got married I’d already come to the decision that I would only ask her to be my wife if I was willing to walk away from everything else in this world. If there wasn’t anything else that would take priority over her or be a deal-breaker for me, then I’d be ready, and I reached that point in 2000. I’ll be completely honest with your guys . . . . if I hadn’t already resolved that in my mind and heart, we’d probably be divorced now, because there are times that come that just seem like the end of the world and sometimes I want to punch a hole in the earth, but I suck it up or let it go because I think the greater reward of having her as mine is totally worth it.
Also, this will be different from country to country, I’m sure, but the immigration stuff is enough to drive anyone insane.
As for the racism, there’s enough of that in my family to be annoying. It’s not the overt, “Who brought the gook?” type of racism but rather more insidious and underlying (I’d rather they were open about it). My sister is the worst offender and can be just downright evil. And my Mom is more ignorant than evil, but she can really drop a turd in the punchbowl as well.
So, we don’t hang out with them. Occasionally we’ll see them on Christmas or something, but if people are crappy to my wife, they have no business being in my life, and that (at least presently) includes even my own mother.
Her family is most excellent, though, and I feel so loved and welcome whenever I go to Japan. I have so many aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, you name it. I always cry when I leave because of how much I know I’ll miss it. Japan is really dear to my heart.
I hope this helps,
Gunnar
RASH
RASH
HAHAHA!!! I didn’t know why you wrote that at first. Yeah. RASH.
Oh, and with respect to Asian chicks being crazy. Yeah, they are. But that doesn’t mean squat. ALL WOMEN ARE INSANE! Yes, that is an absolute fact. It does not matter whether they are Chinese, Mexican, Yugoslavian, American, or Antarctican. They’re ALL friggin’ nuts. If someone has a problem with that, then they shouldn’t ever get married, because that’s what marriage is . . . a committment to loving and staying with someone who is completely bananas. It ain’t for everyone.