tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post1912926320901877988..comments2023-10-29T04:39:26.310-07:00Comments on Love Songs (Are for Losers): Things which bother melovelesscynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596050666175550661noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-45882372385907329852007-05-10T03:02:00.000-07:002007-05-10T03:02:00.000-07:00Well, for the record, I didn't find your questions...Well, for the record, I didn't find your questions to be ignorant. And I thought you understood the post. And I wrote it. =) <BR/><BR/>Actually, in the US, "nose like a foreigner" might mean rather the opposite to what it does in Asia, wouldn't it? Since, as Pat Robertson so ably demonstrates, according to many Americans, the swarthier races are the real foreigners. <BR/><BR/>But you're right, welovelesscynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596050666175550661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-825571169105581912007-05-09T07:03:00.000-07:002007-05-09T07:03:00.000-07:00anyway, sorry if my questions seemed stupid or ign...anyway, sorry if my questions seemed stupid or ignorant. i have to admit, im not incapable of making such comments when trying to learn about other cultures. i was raised in america, remember. effort and willingness count, but they dont erase they hype i've absorbed growing up. thats why i ask questions. thats the only way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-50062684503048276042007-05-07T17:56:00.000-07:002007-05-07T17:56:00.000-07:00exangelena, "nose like a foreigner" means nothing ...exangelena, "nose like a foreigner" means nothing here. nobody would use that phrase. <BR/><BR/>and yes, i think i understand the post. i love learning about anything outside of my situation. is there a reason your comments feel antagonistic? or am i misinterpreting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-75536543306374417932007-04-20T18:21:00.000-07:002007-04-20T18:21:00.000-07:00"In 1990, then Japanese Minister of Justice Seirok..."In 1990, then Japanese Minister of Justice Seiroku Kajima made an analogy in a speech about how prostitution ruins a neighborhood, stating 'It is like in America when blacks move into a neighborhood, and whites are forced to leave' ... Such statements by Japanese officials are not uncommon, as even ex-prime minister Nakasone continuously shared his belief in the intellectual inferiority of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-68876118453080470722007-04-20T08:37:00.000-07:002007-04-20T08:37:00.000-07:00Nezua, I think "nose like a foreigner" means aquil...Nezua, I think "nose like a foreigner" means aquiline or just sharper featured. It was being used to describe a member of a Taiwanese boy band, but I'm still not sure which one it was. <BR/><BR/>Generally, the foreigners I've noticed get singled out as "handsome" are people with fairly sharp features, maybe among a predominantly Chinese society, it makes them kind of exotic.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I lovelesscynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596050666175550661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-83586824867894147282007-04-19T21:43:00.000-07:002007-04-19T21:43:00.000-07:00The Taiwanese are openly racist, and do not feel a...The Taiwanese are openly racist, and do not feel a pinch of remorse for it.<BR/><BR/>-A Taiwanese American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-56917164973195086372007-04-19T18:30:00.000-07:002007-04-19T18:30:00.000-07:00"what does 'nose like a foreigner' mean where you ..."what does 'nose like a foreigner' mean where you are?"<BR/>I'm not Loveless Cynic and I'm not from Taiwan, but some Asians get plastic surgery to build up the bridge of their noses or make it thinner. <A HREF="http://condor.depaul.edu/~mwilson/extra/multicultur/openface.html" REL="nofollow">Source</A><BR/><BR/>"i love reading this stuff about places other than where i am. i feel so trapped Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-77659371138558598482007-04-19T16:58:00.000-07:002007-04-19T16:58:00.000-07:00fascinating...it seems things are similar. sadly, ...fascinating...it seems things are similar. sadly, in that aspect. so, are you teaching chinese in taiwan, and are from america? <BR/><BR/>yes...i know about that word gender thing. you are right in describing it.<BR/><BR/>what does "nose like a foreigner" mean where you are?<BR/><BR/>i once was friends with a japanese girl online. japanese-american, i should say. she once told me she liked my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12273047.post-81432908546349544622007-04-18T18:34:00.000-07:002007-04-18T18:34:00.000-07:00In the book "Nickel and Dimed," (I'm pretty sure t...In the book "Nickel and Dimed," (I'm pretty sure that's what it is) Barbara Ehrenreich tells a story about a Latina mother and her baby who pass a white mother and daughter in a supermarket. When the white daughter sees the Latina baby, she says, "Look, mommy! It's a baby maid!"<BR/>Yeah, and I could soapbox on for hours about the racism of beauty standards. There was some article that almost Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com