Either way, your statement makes sense. A proper introduction must be taken before actually socializing with the person. Usually you've got a middle man for teh intro.
Zyklon_Jay
Gweilo is not Korean, but since you Asians all pretty much look alike I figured that you could Cantonese.
knowhope
isn't it something more like gailau? I think i know what you were trying to say.
I can usually tell the difference between asians, it just takes practice or getting used to.
Ian
I'm trusting, I had 20 ta's over to my house and vouched that nothing would get broken. Somehow, it all survived.
Lira
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Originally posted by knowhope
I can usually tell the difference between asians, it just takes practice or getting used to.
And i can tell the difference too now...5 years ago not a chance in hell except for the darkie asians.
Zyklon_Jay
Lira can i linguistix?
srussell0018
You like linguistdicks?
montana
so gweilo is gringos then. always good to know words to call other white people. even though i'm "middle-eastern" and as am pale as an cracker. pot kettle black and all that jazz
anyhow, strangers. well if my headphones are off i might listen to what you are saying but otherwise you are air to me.
VAR
before i trust someone with something valuable, i plant a gps tracker on their vehicle along with several listening devices on their gear. i then surreptitiously enter their home and install several fiber-optic cameras and microphones, place a keylogger and other rootkits on their computer(s), and of course take some hair from their brush for DNA identification.
you can't be too careful these days.
:eyes:
no, not really.
i am quite good at reading people and determine on the fly how much of a risk i am taking.
:tongue2
-FSP-
I think most strangers will be decent and respectful, but some of the time it's not out of caring for others. Those who are decent, polite, and respectful aren't decent, polite, and respectful at all some of the time, sometimes they don't want to get embarrassed by taking off their social mask and showing their face to people.
I guarantee you that if I see an old lady who needs help crossing the street who asks me for help, I will not WANT to do it, but I will do it because people are looking. I don't want to get an earful from them. I will then say in my mind, "oh i saw the 'radius of fear' you had around this old lady, you guys soooooo did not want to do this either"
The other day my jacket knocked a bra to the ground in the store. I picked it up not because of the goodness of my heart, but because I had to comply to the social graces.
I'm not a douche most of the time though, sometimes I do genuinely want to help but only if the stakes matter.
Are people inherently good? I don't know, but I am happy they can reason and rationalize, but the rational animal is sometimes a rationalizing animal. At least with me, I'm not going to rationalize my way out of helping an old lady, I put accountability on my shoulders and say that I am a douche.
VAR
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Originally posted by -FSP-
but I will do it because people are looking.
i have never understood this mentality/never thought that way.
i just do the right thing because it's the right thing to do.
