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>It's funny; to my parents and relatives in China I'm perceived as having a US bias, but everywhere else I get characterized as being too Chinese. Haha, I can

>It's funny; to my parents and relatives in China I'm perceived as having a US bias, but everywhere else I get characterized as being too Chinese. Haha, I can relate. I'm as white as they come but I spent some time living in Singapore and traveling the rest of Asia. In Asia I was obviously "the American", but when I got home to the US I can remember a few distinct times where I was called a "wannabe asian" or something similar just because I was talking about how phenomenal public transit is in major Asian metros compared to the abysmal state of US public transit.

aussiegreenie 7y ago
I am as "egg" as they come (white on the outside and yellow in the middle) but I am consistently abused by Chinese trolls. I love China but loathe the Chinese trolls.
- crimsonalucard 7y ago
  These eggs are mostly 100% men, not women. I'm sorry to say but you eggs are probably fully aware of why only men are so crazy about Asia. Also (Hint) the Chinese trolls are also 100% men. No women trolls.
  - txcwpalpha 7y ago
    > I'm sorry to say but you eggs are probably fully aware of why only men are so crazy about Asia. I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to, but I can only imagine that you're referring to Asia's sex industry? I don't know where this stereotype comes from. Is it a holdover from older generations, perhaps? I've traveled nearly every East/Southeast Asian country, met hundreds of fellow male travelers along the way, and hundreds more otherwise, and only a handful (literally less than 5 that I can even think of) that openly partook at all in any kind of "red light district activities". Most looked negatively on it and it certainly isn't something that would cause men to be "so crazy about Asia". (If that isn't what you're referring to, please explain your comment)
    - MayeulC 7y ago
      It might be that the parent poster took your use of "egg" as the sexual orientation meaning [1], instead of taking the metaphor more literally. It probably depends on the circles one lives in, words are often contextual. The word was standing out a bit in your sentence, which made me wonder if that was the intended meaning for a sec. But I didn't quite get their post either, and now that I re-read it, the explanation I offered seems less plausible. [1] As per https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=egg https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=egg "Transgender person who hasn't come out yet"

aussiegreenie 7y ago

I am as "egg" as they come (white on the outside and yellow in the middle) but I am consistently abused by Chinese trolls. I love China but loathe the Chinese trolls.

crimsonalucard 7y ago
These eggs are mostly 100% men, not women. I'm sorry to say but you eggs are probably fully aware of why only men are so crazy about Asia. Also (Hint) the Chinese trolls are also 100% men. No women trolls.
- txcwpalpha 7y ago
  > I'm sorry to say but you eggs are probably fully aware of why only men are so crazy about Asia. I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to, but I can only imagine that you're referring to Asia's sex industry? I don't know where this stereotype comes from. Is it a holdover from older generations, perhaps? I've traveled nearly every East/Southeast Asian country, met hundreds of fellow male travelers along the way, and hundreds more otherwise, and only a handful (literally less than 5 that I can even think of) that openly partook at all in any kind of "red light district activities". Most looked negatively on it and it certainly isn't something that would cause men to be "so crazy about Asia". (If that isn't what you're referring to, please explain your comment)
  - MayeulC 7y ago
    It might be that the parent poster took your use of "egg" as the sexual orientation meaning [1], instead of taking the metaphor more literally. It probably depends on the circles one lives in, words are often contextual. The word was standing out a bit in your sentence, which made me wonder if that was the intended meaning for a sec. But I didn't quite get their post either, and now that I re-read it, the explanation I offered seems less plausible. [1] As per https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=egg https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=egg "Transgender person who hasn't come out yet"