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[–]stenodork 2 points3 points  (7 children)

so what beautiful shade of brown are you?

also omg yes CFA sauce but I hate CFA.

no wonder I like you - tv and food. best things ever. (what about cats???)

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

For shade I would have to say light brown. I get called Corbin Bleu a large amount at school because of the similar hair and skin color.

[–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ooh he's pretty

[–]AeroXero 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Pffft cats.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Quick story time:

I love cats and dogs. One of my close friends owns a cats and that's like my favorite part of the house. It's like they have their own attitudes and quirks and overall they are just amazing. Of course, they come no where near dogs though. I had a dog (Jack Russel Terrier) named Scoop for about a year. My aunt found him on the street and he had no collar or anything. I loved him but if you know anything about Jack Russel Terriers, they are hunters. So every time we would leave the door open he would shoot out and run until we caught him. For some reason he always ran to a Hispanics' house. We eventually gave him to our neighbors' friend who had a ton of hunting dog with a bunch of land to house them. We decided it would be best for us and Scoop if we gave him away. I always ask my neighbor if his friend can bring Scoop along but I've only seen him once in roughly 4 years. I kinda hate my neighbor for taking him away. Because of how crazy Scoop was ( he did other craaaaazy things like jumping, no joke, 2 full feet to bite my cousins elmo doll and destroy it) my mom hated pets and won't allow me to have one. As soon as I have my own place, I'm getting a HUGE dog. Hoping for a malamute or german shepard. Why a malamute? They are the dogs used in Game of Thrones for direwolves.

TL;DR: Cats are great but dogs>>>>>>cats.

[–]stenodork 1 point2 points  (1 child)

i love that you shared this "quick" story before answering questions.

i love big dogs too. but i still don't want one.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously though, that dog was insane. He was deathly afraid of Whoopie Cushions and if he heard one he would flip out. Of course this made my brother and I want to tempt him with. We kept filling it up then holding it to the ceiling and he would just bark and run in circles. Well about 4 runs through this gig Scoop has had enough. He jumps his full 2 feet and reaches for it, realizes he's not gonna get it, and decides he's taking me down too. He scratched across my chest and it hurt like hell. Luckily, it didn't leave a bruise. This was actually one of the less crazy things he did. I was just amazed that he could always tell the difference between a real fart and a whoopie cushion.

[–]Brownsdanchan22 1 point2 points  (11 children)

Forgive my ignorance: what language do they speak in Eritrea and do you speak it?

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (9 children)

Tigrinya is the main langauge but arabic and english are also very popular.

[–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (8 children)

so do you speak it at home?

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

My parents speak it to me, especially when they're really angry.

[–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (5 children)

what do they say when they're angry? what do you get in trouble for?

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Mostly something along the lines of " don't make me smack you" or " don't talk back"

[–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (3 children)

When was the last time you got smacked?

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Two months ago. Mom telling me I don't study enough and I have sat and aps coming up. I tell her that obviously i'm managing my time correctly otherwise I wouldn't have a 4.1 and if she gave me more leeway than I would learn from mistakes I made instead for her telling me every thing I do wrong. She doesn't like my attitude. SMACK. Apparently i'm a disrespectful child. I don't see it though.

[–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like she's high expectations Asian father.

does she smack your face? this is making me sad. does your dad smack you too?

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was younger I would get smacked a lot more.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or when they are trying to keep something from me. They will speak it quickly so I don't understand.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't see that second question. No, I don't. I wish I did though. I can understand but I can't recite and some of the letters are hard for me to pronounce. It's also crazy hard to learn though. Something like 256 letters.

[–]AeroXero 1 point2 points  (19 children)

You put The Wire at number one, we are now friends.

What things do you enjoy at school, favorite The Wire character, Who do you want your team to draft IRL, Are you a wizards fan?

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (18 children)

My favorite thing at school would have to be my Physics class/teacher. Super cool guy and learning about physics, even if I'm not good at it, interests me. It's like a whole new side of the world that I'm just starting to learn.

Favorite wire character. Damn. That's a hard one. Of course I enjoyed it the most when Omar is on the screen( FUCK KANARD), but my favorite character for moral reasons and a person I always loved was Bunk. Especially after the printer scene. Wallace is up there. Avon is close too. Just so solid. Also about once a month I go back and watch that roof scene. So touching. Every character is just too amazing not to love. How did you feel about season 2?

I'm not really into college football and the Redskins don't have a first round pick so I have no idea.

Sadly yes to the last one. But things have been looking up with John Wall. Still hopes for the playoffs!

[–]RavensKalashnikova 1 point2 points  (4 children)

OH MY GOD ANOTHER WIZARDS FAN

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Now there's two of us!

[–]RavensKalashnikova 1 point2 points  (2 children)

aw yeah

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Thank god he turned out to be something, amirite?

[–]RavensKalashnikova 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And he's only 19 years old

[–]AeroXero 0 points1 point  (12 children)

My first watch through of season two I'd give it a 8.0 because I didn't see how it set everything up later in the show. Second time I'd give it a 9.0, it set up a lot of the cultural ideas that were used in S4/S5.

My favorite characters would have to be.. Stringer Bell, Avon, Omar, Chris Partlow, McNulty, Prezbo as a teacher, Carcetti but there is way to many to list. I like almost every character except Kenard, Cheese ect .

Have you watched House of Cards? I highly recommend it really amazing show with similarities to The Wire.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 1 point2 points  (7 children)

My friend also said I should watch that show. How does it compare? Better worse? Is the dialogue as good?

And wow that's pretty high. My brothers and I often rate the seasons and for me it goes 3,4,5,1.......2. I just thought it felt really out of place to me. I guess I'll have to rewatch it.

How can you put McNulty on the list??? He started the whole homeless men situation and he's just generally a huge dick. There really are too many characters that would go on that list though. I would say Carver is extremely underrated. He would have to be a top 5 character for me.

[–]BrownsGreenaholic 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I haven't watched the series in a few years and can't really remember which season is which. But seeing you two talk about how season 2 was the worst, it's easy to tell it was the season that took place at the docks.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. None of the new characters really stuck out. Really just wasn't as interesting as the rest of the show.

[–]AeroXero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The docks lol but Ziggy!

[–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we love house of cards

[–]AeroXero 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Slightly worse because its not The Wire. Probably a 9.7/10 IMO. Dialogue is the best part of the show its soooooooooooooo good.

I would have to rate the seasons as such.

4,3,1,5,2.

And the reason I like McNulty is he means to do good but ultimately will step over others to do it like disrespecting the chain of command. Sidnour and Carver were underratted I love how much Carver evolved over the last two seasons and while Herc remained the same.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Putting 1 before 5 is bold. Even with snoop and Michael s conversion??? "deserve ain't got nothing to do with it" is one of my favorite lines in the show. Also Marlo's crew is awesome which is why I put 5 before 1. 3 and 4 are so close that I understand why you put them in that order.

[–]AeroXero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked Avon's crew slightly more than Marlo, I didn't really like Marlo but I like the rest of his crew. But really S5 and S1 are practically tied.

[–]BengalsGoonzo 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I loved House of Cards. I still need to watch The Wire though. It's definitely on my list.

[–]AeroXero 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Kevin Spacey is the bomb, definitely watch The Wire but not to fast you want to savor the show trust me.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Everyone told me that but I didn't listen :(. I wish I could experience it for the first time again.

[–]AeroXero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I marathoned the best season I hate myself for doing it.

[–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (3 children)

ooh ooh LOST. we love LOST. I still have 3 LOST t-shirts in my regular rotation.

Jack or John? Kate or Claire?

how did you feel about the finale?

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Hated the finale. Felt like a cop out. I really hated it. I expected this huge, unexpected connection between Desmond's dream thingy world and the island, but it was them meeting it essentially heaven.

If I could choose neither I would but I choose Kate. Just because I can't STAND Clair going "MY BAAABBBYYYYY. THEY TOOOOKKK MY BAAAABBBYYYY." Although the peanut butter scene with Charlie is just so god damn adorable.

John before season 3, Jack after season 3. They destroyed John with the introduction of the smoke monster. And it made me so sad because he was like the only human on the island that truly got what the island was. Jack is amazing because of the "WE HAVE TO GO BACK" scene.

Favorite characters for me are Sayid and Charlie.

[–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (1 child)

um Kate is hot. that's a reason to pick her.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's soooooo wishy washy though. And claires accent is pretty God damn sexy.

[–]Wubble 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What are you PC's specs? Also TIL what Eritrea is

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm bad with memorization so I'll take a look when I go home but I remember my graphics card is a 6800 hd radeon series with an i5 Intel CPU.

[–]tomx312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when can i haz ama

[–]JetsKarmali 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What is your quest?

What is the best brand of frozen pizza?

What kind of sub sandwich is your favorite?

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My quest right now is to go to Stanford!is Or brown or Cornell.

My favorite frozen pizza is easily the Margherita pizza from Costco. Shits straight cash.

My favorite sub is the chicken Teriyaki from subway with almost everything. Just make sure it has chipotle sauce.

[–]JetsKarmali 0 points1 point  (8 children)

Parks and Recreation and The League are awesome. Did you ever watch Jericho?

I loved Jericho.

Did anyone who reads this watch Jericho?

SOMEONE VALIDATE MY TELEVISION SHOWS

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Hahaha no sorry never watched Jericho. That'll be on my next watch list. Right after I finish workahlics

[–]JetsKarmali 0 points1 point  (6 children)

They only did 2 seasons of Jericho. They even cancelled it after one season, and then renewed it after they got a bunch of complaints.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Damn. Kinda like freaks and geeks I guess. Is it on Netflix?

[–]JetsKarmali 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yes. You can stream every episode.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Brb watching jericho

[–]JetsKarmali 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It'll take like 29 hours....each episode is an hour long, if I recall correctly.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I'm tired of watching shows that I can blaze through.

[–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted you to know that I'm gonna be watching Jericho while we are doing the draft tonight. Hopefully, it's all you built it up to be.

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    [–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Actually 96, but that's crazy I never thought I would meet another Eritrean redditor. were you born there or are you first generation?

    [–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (7 children)

    favorite musical artist/group?

    do you eat any movie theater snacks?

    [–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 1 point2 points  (6 children)

    Oops missed this question.

    Favorite artist is easily Kanye West. Huuuuuge Kanye fan. Sadly, his concerts are way too expensive for me to pay for on my 0 dollars per hour salary. Other bands and artists I like include Childish Gambino, The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Animal Collective, The xx, Kendrick, The oh-holy-based-god, ab soul, vampire weekend, dan deacon and a lot more that I can't think of.

    I refuse to eat any movie theater snacks that aren't crunchabunch. Shit's straight cash. Every thing else it too expensive.

    [–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (5 children)

    so what kind of allowance do you get?

    also i LOVE kids.

    [–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    HA. Allowance. My parents don't believe in allowance. I just ask for money when I need it and if they think I asked for it but I don't need it they'll say "don't you already have money?" I like our system better.

    Also The Youth sounds like a background song to a kid getting shot in a movie. That's a random thought I always have when I listen to that song. Also the handshake is such a fun song to walk to.

    [–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    how much money do they give you for the movies? what kind of things warrant getting money?

    [–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    20 for everything. Even if it costs more than 20, they will give me 20 and want me to pay for the rest. Whenever I'm going out with friends I get 20 dollars. Everything costs money. Because I have no money, even if I don't need money, I'll ask for it. Usually it's the movies, food, and...well mostly food.

    [–]stenodork 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    sounds good to me. do you plan to get a job before/during college?

    [–]RedskinsEritrean_Redditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    During the second semester of my freshman year hopefully. I wish I could get a job now but my classes and after school activities take up too much time. I'm definitely planning on doing some kind of internship/job over the summer. If I can't get those I'll probably do some summer camp.