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Happy birthday Bailey! I patiently watched this photo load like it was printing from a fax machine.

I didn’t know people think it’s funny. I thought it’s viral because his voice is very impressive. It’s also an earworm. I always saw it as a sad party song. Like the song I’m Blue(dabadee).

Edit: I just listened to it in full for the first time and read the lyrics. It’s chilling poetry. You’re completely right.

I’m Asian and I’m very hesitant to include myself as a “brown” person even though some people do. In terms of suffering from colorism, I feel like my skin isn’t dark enough and I tend to have more privilege than other brown people. Racist stereotypes of Asians say they’re all super smart and high achievers. Many other racial stereotypes say the complete opposite for other ethnicities of brown people. I feel like I’m stealing victimhood when I say I’m brown.

My anxiety about this is so great, I don’t talk about this at all, not even to my closest loved ones. I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes about this topic of if I’m brown or not. I don’t want to be excluded but I have guilt about being included.

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I have other priorities higher than a completely plant based diet change. I might do it one day, for now I’ve just reduced my meat consumption. And I didn’t say you can’t criticize it.

Idk, but I love watching a YouTube channel called Little Chinese Everywhere. By a Chinese woman who is on her way to making videos of every single province in China. She goes into homes of locals like every episode. Asks them about life there. Sometimes multiple homes. Crazy levels of hospitality in many total strangers. I’m American and it made my bf cry because we deeply feel like these are our people. Maybe her channel will inspire your choice making. It certainly makes me want to move to China.

I had trouble thinking of what to say because there are dynasties in my ethnicity’s culture. With many cultural traditions centered around the dynasties and the concept of money. My parents are immigrants and my childhood was filled with cultural practices. If I were to say my culture is worth more than a chain restaurant, I’d believe it.

But the question stands: Where does the hegemonic culture begin and end? What is the answer when capitalism existed in the making of my ethnicity’s culture? Where does one end, and another begins?

Ah right the very concept of an existing colonial entity. I suppose you can’t make it right by letting it exist.

I wonder what First Nation people would call the land when it’s all said and done. I feel like it would be defended against more strongly if they protected it as one unified power.

That’s a really good quote. Is State and Revolution an easy read? I’m a dumber communist because I get demotivated easily with reading material.

What’s an “ultra?”

Luckily Green Snake is on YouTube. I watched it! https://youtu.be/oBjycaw5ulk?si=mjJJ8b1wwYd-aN_B

Is it a classic Chinese folk tale? I liked all the silly seduction moments and disliked all the moments men tried to bring the snakes down. I don’t see what made the snakes evil. There was no negative effect of them looking and behaving attractively. The way the men were trying to bring them down made me think they’d kill the men they attracted, but the snakes did nothing but treat them well. Prude people just need to enjoy being horny and let everyone else be horny.

Saw the red scare one on Netflix. Does the Tencent one not have red scare?

I’m trying to watch some 90s films so I can relate to Chinese people my age lol.

That is SO smart. I haven’t thought of that strategy to get on the level of people my age. Thank you for your recommendations.

It won’t play on my phone. What year is this show?

You mean Three Body Problem? I saw the first 2 minutes and it looked like red scare propaganda. Depicting communists punishing people for believing in science and god.

Can you link to a list in the statute?

Can you just say you want a vaccine they have that’s not available in the US?

Putting things in gendered boxes wears on me to the extent I want to go by it/they/them. I’ll go by “she/her” sometimes but it’s to embrace the underdog role I have in this patriarchy.

How do you handle it someone calls you “it” in a mean way?

What do you mean by dehumanization?