scoobdog

Seeing as theme birthday parties are bougie as fuck anyway, I don't really see the problem. It's kind of a bad sign that you have to escape reality to that degree just to celebrate someone's birthday.

That's not even counting another related but not directly applicable issue to caffeine. If you need 400mg of caffeine a day, particularly in the morning, then there is significant chance that you're not getting sufficient sleep and incurring health issues as a result.

I don't think there are hard rules for when it can or can't be used, but it's worth noting that bans are almost universally applicable when it comes to applying broad regional descriptors to specific ethnic applications. So, calling a Persian rug "oriental" would also be problematic, particularly if one were to ask such a thing of a dealer who sells antique rugs. Furthermore, applying any kind of regional marker, even one that is specific, can either be offensive or not depending on the individual. Because the term "oriental" is not derived from an specifically racist origin, it's hard to say that the use of the word is racist outside of a specific context that entails its own racism (such as say, the use of "oriental" in a WWII era depiction of Japanese in comics).

Don't do it, Rogue. She's going to accidentally shame him.

Lol. You know, I was probing a book fair this past weekend and I ended up buying a book about orientalism in the west. I plan on giving a full report once I've had a chance to read it. Since the word "orient" is specifically a cardinal direction in Latin, it's a little hard to suggest that the term is offensive without it being used as an adjunct modification to cultural or ethnic entities. The eastern trade route (the silk road as it were) is heavily romanticized, and that romantic ideal can be offensive in the sense that it the process of idealizing the passage to the east often came at the expense of occlusion outside of the very limited Eurocentric perspective. However, with the advent of globalism, this romantic ideal is one that's often adopted by the same people it formerly romanticized, as evident by the strong push by Chinese collectors paying premiums for Imerperial relics that were originally intended for export to the West. Really, since the opening of China to the West in the '70s, the concept of orientalism has changed to include the repatriation of this image.

I know that. He's pretending to talk intelligently and failing at it.

I thought your white boy tinderonis bored you to sleep each night.

Shut up, Scoob.

But, that isn't Kenny's point. He's saying that the lack of cardinal markers in the name is indication of the Kim Dynasty seeing the South as part of their domain or as them being the "one true" Korea, which is patently false. His own link even pointed out that Kim Il-Sung had an entirely different name for the eventual unified state. The difference of words for "Korea" might have a regional relevance, but it's not an indication that the use of one refutes the use of the other, especially in the absence of any explicit ethnic disparitiy.

Geez, Fuggs. Get it right.

This, with emphasis.

Okay. This thread is super lame.

Your argument is so stupid, I got confused. Seeing as the name Korea, like most place names, is derived from a historical geographic delineation rather than an explicitly genealogic ethnic grouping, it would be illogical to assume that the "omission"denotes a desire for unification. Political reunification is almost without exception a function of social homogeny, and, renaming a unified region tends reflect that.

Not in-app, no.

Well, we have a few of those to visit. What else are you looking to do?

California. Not to brag about my home state, especially since there are a lot of places here I would never ever go, but there is something for everyone here. If you like mountains, we have the tallest in the continguous 48, and they're mere hours from the ocean. We have busy beaches and empty beaches. We have a couple wine countries. We have deserts and forests. And, there's Disneyland, lol. Really, There is a lot you can do here and it's all in close proximity to others.

For that matter.... Where do the "People " start? What about the "Republic"?? Are we sure it's even in "Korea"?!

Happy Birthday, brah...

Gee... Who could forget that?

Nah, you'll still be horny.

C'mon Fuggs. Ghosty has black hair.... I think.

Then you should be just fine. If I had to guess at what might trouble you about seeing a psychiatrist, it would be having her not being prepared.

By code, the circuit breaker branch panel for your apartment must be inside or in close proximity and accessible. It might be an older apartment that predates the requirement (which seems highly unlikely since it's an old code), but i can't imagine there being any structure where a tenant does not have the ability to reset her own breakers.

This is probably a really stupid question, but the the psychiatrist you're seeing knows you're on the spectrum, right?

You're impotent?