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Don't be so arrogant as to think that Indians don't follow what is going on around the Internet.
by avinashv 17y ago
Don't be so arrogant as to think that Indians don't follow what is going on around the Internet.
- randallsquared 17y agoWell, avinashv, have you every actually met an Indian? No? I thought not.
- tjarratt 17y agoI know people named Avi that are assuredly Indian. Goodjob being presumptuous.
- randallsquared 17y agoI quoted the name to make clear that it was a joke, as I assumed that they were Indian. But I fail at "clear", and I'll take my lumps. :)
- Zev 17y agoTo be fair, Avi is a Jewish name, and I haven't met many Indian Jews... Assumptions, even when assuming something about someones assumption are bad :P
- randallsquared 17y agoI've known more than one person named Avinash, and they were both Indian, which is why I assumed that "Avinash V" was an Indian name, and why I thought that was obviously funny.
- madair 17y agoThere are plenty of Indian Jews. You guys need to, like, you know, get out, and stuff.
- Zev 17y agoI never said there weren't Indian Jews. Just that I haven't met many of them. There's is a difference in the two statements. And its not so much, "you know, getting out, and stuff", but rather just the demographics and location of the town where I go to college (ie: where I spend most of the year). Its more rural then suburb, so not a lot of people move to the area.
- madair 17y agoThen maybe avoid commenting if you, as you admit, don't know what you're talking about.
- plinkplonk 17y ago"Avi is a Jewish name, and I haven't met many Indian Jews." there is a small Indian jew community. Over the years, most of them have emigrated to Israel but I think there are a few left. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_India
- Zev 17y agoI'd like to repeat my comment in replying to @madair: I never said there weren't Indian Jews. Just that I haven't met many of them. There's is a difference in the two statements.
- plinkplonk 17y ago"like to repeat my comment in replying to @madair:" Oh I was just adding an interesting link, not disputing/challenging your positon.
- avinashv 17y agoIf it makes you feel better, I assumed this was a joke! Avinash is a very Indian name, yes. It's "Avi", a nickname I have, that gets mistaken for a Jewish name.
- pavlov 17y agoMy point was that the reviewers might actually be regular people who are simply doing the job they're given, and who don't spend their free time reading blogs that obsess about the products they have to deal with at work. (Next time I'll remember to use Iceland as the rhetorical outsourcing destination because it's less likely to accidentally offend anyone.)