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robox

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i took one that attributed each personality type to an animal.
i got tiger
that's what i'm sticking to from now on
 
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Cow Mengde

Banned
Man, the pornhub statistics thread is so sad. There's no Chinese representation. There's like 1 or 2, but we didn't make any of the lists. We're the most populated country on the planet, you're telling me there aren't enough people watching porn there to make any list?
 
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zeemumu

Member
Cow Mengde said:
Man, the pornhub statistics thread is so sad. There's no Chinese representation. There's like 1 or 2, but we didn't make any of the lists. We're the most populated country on the planet, you're telling me there aren't enough people watching porn there to make any list?
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Japan is more famous for porn than China is. If they aren't search specifically for Japanese stuff, I think most people just type in "Asian" and watch whatever.
 
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Izuna

Banned
Asian tags get you asian american and Japanese

chinese porn is mostly amateur and cam stuff

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i'm here to say hello
 
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BLOODED_hands

Member
The cam stuff are the best though
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Gully State

Member
Cow Mengde said:
Man, the pornhub statistics thread is so sad. There's no Chinese representation. There's like 1 or 2, but we didn't make any of the lists. We're the most populated country on the planet, you're telling me there aren't enough people watching porn there to make any list?
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Isn't porn illegal in China?
 
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Izuna

Banned
Cow Mengde said:
I mean more stats on Chinese habits rather than videos starring Chinese people.
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I don't know about China, but I do know that Korea imports Japanese porn :O

edit:

Fuck off she's Japanese. Hate to tell her this, but she's mixed. Also, it's very hard to tell Korean and Japanese people apart when they're not native/have their fashion trends. I only guessed correctly for one girl on the right because she looked like an ex of mine haha.

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Moonkid

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Been on a movie binge this past week, saw two alright Korean flicks from last year (The Tunnel, Train to Busan), What Dreams May Come, Contact, Moana, and The Edge of Seventeen. The latter was really great, the trailers were super uninspiring and revealed too much imo but the reviews did not lie. Much love for Hayden Szeto~
 
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Izuna

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from BFF. Shaun is big in Japan, huh

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Is there any movie/video that's like, really good for simultaneously discussing Japanese internment camps as well as Japan's role in WW2?

Since Trumps horseshit, Erika's been more politically aware (or has wanted to) so, we should watch while she's in London.

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Cross-posting from BCT because I thought it'd be good to formally introduce myself

Izuna said:
Oh I never did this either

Where you're from - London, England
Where you live - Manchester :)o)
What is your age? - 23
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - 50%(White), 50%(Cuban, Jamaican, Chinese, Greek).
Do you know your roots - kinda, know more about the greek jamaican side than anything
Favourite musical genre - increasingly hip-hop, otherwise breakbeat/electronica
Your profession/major/career interest - Networking (for now), Writing, Game Dev
Your religious affiliation - orthodox Christian officially, believe in God, but not religion
Hobbies - video games, daydreaming
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - Chicken Cottage
Marvel or DC? - pass
Favourite superhero? - Blossom
Anime or Nah? - Eh
Favourite sport and team? - any individual sport
What's your favourite Disney movie? - Oliver & Company
What's your favourite video game and genre? - Quake 2/Action-RPG
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Moonkid

Member
Can't help you on the internment camp thing but that cake takes me back, loved watching that show and I heard the movie is real good too.
 
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Chaos2Frozen

Member
Hell to Eternity (1960)
Under the Blood Red Sun (2014)

I know an expert, so these are her suggestions. Not vetted myself.

Edit:

Go for Broke! (1951) is also nice, based on the real-life story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated army unit of Japanese American men, many of whom served while their families were incarcerated on the home front
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BLOODED_hands

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Madness said:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=tbxu4PsYLZI

You see this? Is this the new 'pranks in the hood' stuff. Because if you view it, at the bottom of more videos like this there is a white girls kiss asian guys, black girls kiss asian guys video.

I like how she says it is to remove stigma but I feel it just perpetuates it. "Look at me, I am a confident white woman not afraid to kiss Asian guys".
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My older brother likes watching these kinds of videos from time to time. It's..... Such a weird thing. I get why people watch them but it's such a weird thing to watch.

Steering slightly off-topic but one issue I see popping up from my friend's is:

Girl: we've been hanging out and talking but he just never asks me out out.
Friend: I didn't know she was into Asian dudes, tbh. Oh well.

The relationship fizzles out after that. Not just Asian dudes but dudes in general just can't pull that trigger or see it even if it was in front of them. You've hanged out with this chick for a couple of months, right? You've talked to her ALOT, right? So why haven't you, you know, asked her out?

Asian dude: I don't know. I never figured she would like an Asian guy.

At that point, she doesn't necessarily care that you're Asian, fam. She see's a dude that enjoys her company and she enjoys your company. The Asian aspect will always be there but to her, it's the least of her worries. Stop being a pansy and ask her out.
 
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CapNBritain

Member
BLOODED_hands said:
My older brother likes watching these kinds of videos from time to time. It's..... Such a weird thing. I get why people watch them but it's such a weird thing to watch.

Steering slightly off-topic but one issue I see popping up from my friend's is:

Girl: we've been hanging out and talking but he just never asks me out out.
Friend: I didn't know she was into Asian dudes, tbh. Oh well.

The relationship fizzles out after that. Not just Asian dudes but dudes in general just can't pull that trigger or see it even if it was in front of them. You've hanged out with this chick for a couple of months, right? You've talked to her ALOT, right? So why haven't you, you know, asked her out?

Asian dude: I don't know. I never figured she would like an Asian guy.

At that point, she doesn't necessarily care that you're Asian, fam. She see's a dude that enjoys her company and she enjoys your company. The Asian aspect will always be there but to her, it's the least of her worries. Stop being a pansy and ask her out.
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Internalized racism is a helluva thing. For the longest time it just never occurred to me that non-Asian girls would find me attractive. To be honest, I probably still have those lingering assumptions. That, and some guys aren't the most confident. It can be scary to ask someone out, so it's easy to come up with any excuse they can.
 
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BLOODED_hands

Member
CapNBritain said:
Internalized racism is a helluva thing. For the longest time it just never occurred to me that non-Asian girls would find me attractive. To be honest, I probably still have those lingering assumptions. That, and some guys aren't the most confident. It can be scary to ask someone out, so it's easy to come up with any excuse they can.
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Yeah, guys can't really handle rejection from people they like especially if it comes from a girl they like. I still have the same thoughts as you but I hope the newer and younger Asian kids don't have to worry about what we had to worry about when we started.

But one thing I've learned throughout my years is body language. There are certain ways our body reacts when we are in the vicinity of somebody we want to pursue romantically. Guys are more relaxed, more confident, and more vocal than usual. It's been repeatedly said by too many people but girls often touch a guy more (by the arm or the shoulder), they twirl their hair, they stand by a guy they like and laughs or attempts to engage in the conversation, and their body points towards a guy they like.

It's happened to me way too many times but I was just way too stupid to notice them until it hits me. Most often it's because I was getting wasted at a bar but I've hit it off with some random girl and have noticed some physical patterns to indicate they were into me. It just turns out that by the time I noticed it, I was wasted. I get home and my buddy tells me:

"Dude why didn't you keep talking to her? She was way into you!"
"*burps* sh-she was?! Oh shit, I didn't know."

Then the same thing happens to my friends and the cycle repeats :p
 
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CapNBritain

Member
BLOODED_hands said:
Yeah, guys can't really handle rejection from people they like especially if it comes from a girl they like. I still have the same thoughts as you but I hope the newer and younger Asian kids don't have to worry about what we had to worry about when we started.

But one thing I've learned throughout my years is body language. There are certain ways our body reacts when we are in the vicinity of somebody we want to pursue romantically. Guys are more relaxed, more confident, and more vocal than usual. It's been repeatedly said by too many people but girls often touch a guy more (by the arm or the shoulder), they twirl their hair, they stand by a guy they like and laughs or attempts to engage in the conversation, and their body points towards a guy they like.

It's happened to me way too many times but I was just way too stupid to notice them until it hits me. Most often it's because I was getting wasted at a bar but I've hit it off with some random girl and have noticed some physical patterns to indicate they were into me. It just turns out that by the time I noticed it, I was wasted. I get home and my buddy tells me:

"Dude why didn't you keep talking to her? She was way into you!"
"*burps* sh-she was?! Oh shit, I didn't know."

Then the same thing happens to my friends and the cycle repeats :p
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I was a total moron when it came to women in my younger days. I probably still am, but luckily I don't have to worry about all that these days. I really have no idea how the newer generation of Asian-Americans views racial identity. It would be nice if they didn't face the same semi-invisible barriers that I/we did, but I doubt that much progress has been made in the last 15 years. Also, I think the new wave of Asian immigrants, mostly from Taiwan and China, have brought along a lot of their own cultural baggage and identity. Heck, maybe there is more racial segregation among that group.

There are tons of "signs" that you can look for in women, but I don't know how effective knowing about them is. I think that if you aren't confident then you'd be too nervous during an interaction to really evaluate what's going on. And maybe it's just me, but conventional wisdom never really applied to me, especially when it came to women. I had a first date where I did everything completely wrong and now she's my wife!
 
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cdyhybrid

Member
Does every guy in here wear Acqua di Gio? I've held out so far.

Still rolling with some YSL cologne at the moment and my sister got me some...Armani (? I don't remember at the moment, it's sitting in my bathroom) for when that runs out.
 
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CapNBritain

Member
backslashbunny said:
I think this is a huge problem.

Plus, even Asian American culture tends to want to stereotype men into what seems like "nerdy ass Asians with pocket protectors" and "gangsta Asians in street wear." Neither are particularly fashionable or well groomed. There's also pretty much no emphasis on fitness for aesthetics.

It's odd because a LOT of Asian Americans are yuppies - so they are stylish, care about their looks/body, educated, artistic/pretends to be, and have decent jobs. IMO, this is the jackpot for partners in general (in a very shallow sense), so of course you wanna be with an Asian guy :D. Smells like nothing but responsibility and acqua di gio (hahaha).



In all seriousness, given that, generally, Asian men tend to appear a little shorter and a little bit more narrow (bone structure) than their white American counterparts, and that the culture of masculinity says that "manliness" comes from being tall and broad and muscular, I can see why there's this idea of "oh I'm not as masculine therefore not as attractive." Yeahhh, no. Physical attractiveness is not the end all, especially for men, and masculinity is not just about your looks. Can we discard it entirely? Naw. But it makes up far less of what it means to be a man than a lot of men seem to think.

The kind of person you want to attract for a healthy, stable relationship is not going to be the type of person that thinks you are a "good" man because you are tall, or that you are a "good" woman because you have huge hips, as in those are the main and maybe only attractive parts of you. I know I sound really elitist here, but it is my opinion. Someone who values open mindedness, mental stability, communication, confidence (not arrogance, but self esteem), hard work, etc... those people are going to the sort of person you want to attract if you are like that yourself. So, like attracts like, and do you really want to be dating a person that is like "oh you're not tall and broad shoulders so you're less of a man"?

& also, to be honest, I'm not sure how I feel about the newest ideas of masculinity from Asia. I don't think money and prestige should be the sole indication of masculinity either, and I'm not a fan of the idea that "men should earn more money than women or else they're not real men." That's damaging, too. I like that recent immigrant men don't have the same chip on the block about feeling inferior to white men, but I wonder how long that'll last.
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Yes it'd be great to evaluate a potential partner based on their personality, but you'd have to agree to get to know them beforehand. And that means a lot of filtering beforehand. Honestly, I have no idea how women do it. It's hard to blame someone for looking towards physical features they're attracted to. You just have to balance that out and not close yourself off to something that might be awesome.

And maybe I just always meet amazing people, but the thought of money and prestige being super important seems strange to me (almost said foreign). I don't know anyone who really thinks that way. Or at least, I'm not friends or hang around with people with those views.

cdyhybrid said:
Does every guy in here wear Acqua di Gio? I've held out so far.

Still rolling with some YSL cologne at the moment and my sister got me some...Armani (? I don't remember at the moment, it's sitting in my bathroom) for when that runs out.
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Are you telling me that I'm not a real stormtrooper unless i rock some Acqua di Gio? Does it smell like rich mahogany?
 
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Usobuko

Banned
For me, it's the eyes.

The way a girl look at the guy she likes is different from the rest. It's easier to notice if you are from a third-party perspective and see someone having a crush on your pal.

I registered subtle gestures, micro-exoressions easily because I have always been rather observant and aware of my surroundings.
 
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Lone_Prodigy

Member
I've seen a lot more mixed couples nowadays that are an Asian guy with a non-Asian girl. As more generations start being born in North America there will be fewer cultural and language barriers.

Signs of interest are universal. If you missed a chance with a non-Asian girl, you likely would have missed it if she was Asian. :p
 
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cdyhybrid

Member
backslashbunny said:
To be fair, Armani, YSL, and acqua are all pretty "basic" (not basic like rudimentary, but the other kind) colognes. I mean this in the most loving way possible :p. I think popular things are not always bad though, and sometimes there's a reason why they're popular (it's good!).



It's a preppy thing. I personally like a very, very light whiff... in the sense that I can only smell it if I'm literally inhaling at the crook of his neck. At that point though, she's probably already into you if she's sitting in your lap snuggled up like that against you!

But if I can strongly detect perfume or cologne when I'm two feet away from you... oh hell no go away. hahaha
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Yeah I know, it's just that EVERYONE wore Acqua di Gio when I was growing up in Hawaii, haha.

I only go with one spray. Never overdo it.
 
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BLOODED_hands

Member
CapNBritain said:
I was a total moron when it came to women in my younger days. I probably still am, but luckily I don't have to worry about all that these days. I really have no idea how the newer generation of Asian-Americans views racial identity. It would be nice if they didn't face the same semi-invisible barriers that I/we did, but I doubt that much progress has been made in the last 15 years. Also, I think the new wave of Asian immigrants, mostly from Taiwan and China, have brought along a lot of their own cultural baggage and identity. Heck, maybe there is more racial segregation among that group.

There are tons of "signs" that you can look for in women, but I don't know how effective knowing about them is. I think that if you aren't confident then you'd be too nervous during an interaction to really evaluate what's going on. And maybe it's just me, but conventional wisdom never really applied to me, especially when it came to women. I had a first date where I did everything completely wrong and now she's my wife!
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I don't either. I don't hang out with the 16-21 year olds anymore. Maybe things have changed, maybe they haven't.

Dudes just lack social skills when it comes to women. Some dudes just can't be helped lol. Then dudes wonder why they are still single and not getting any action lol. Pay attention fools and not just to your dudes.

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Usobuko said:
For me, it's the eyes.

The way a girl look at the guy she likes is different from the rest. It's easier to notice if you are from a third-party perspective and see someone having a crush on your pal.

I registered subtle gestures, micro-exoressions easily because I have always been rather observant and aware of my surroundings.
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Yeah, I'm also rather observant and I am always aware of things even when I'm wasted (sometimes lol). I also agree with you. When a girl shows interest in a guy, there is that little sparkle in her eyes that just says she wants your attention.
 
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Usobuko

Banned
BLOODED_hands said:
Yeah, I'm also rather observant and I am always aware of things even when I'm wasted (sometimes lol). I also agree with you. When a girl shows interest in a guy, there is that little sparkle in her eyes that just says she wants your attention.
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I skipped schools and trespassed a lot into condominium facilities when I was young, that really drilled me in awareness skills. In the army, I could tell which instructor is coming by the sound of their footsteps.

As for reading people, I tend to look for patterns. The way they behaves which correlate to how they feel. There is no one size fits it all that I know and I don't wanna make the mistake of being over-confident in my understanding of people no matter how advantageous my position is.

But patterns in general are good tell signs for me.
 
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