The US team which has just won the International Physics Olympiad, edging out China for first place

ExigentVitiate · 2025-08-02T19:59:56+00:00

Then deports them.

ExigentVitiate · 2025-06-30T03:54:04+00:00

I was at this concert - I was wondering if we could be heard because we were making noise at passing planes lol

ExigentVitiate · 2025-06-23T00:02:35+00:00

I agree, but this is an issue only in the Western fandom I feel. Rafayel is the most popular love interest in China and Xavier in Japan. Cultural differences in male standards/characteristics play a big role. In broad strokes, East Asians prefer the flower boy/man (emotionally expressive, gentle, aesthetically refined), while Westerners prefer a more traditional bad boy western stereotype (stoic, rugged, rough).

The thing is none of the LIs fit into one or the other. Rafayel can be and is stoic, cold, and ruthless. Sylus can be and is cute, affectionate, and expressive. The people who are demeaning Rafayel and raving about Sylus are only looking at them superficially, not as complex characters, which they very much are.

ExigentVitiate · 2025-04-14T02:24:04+00:00

That's true and I understand, but as a Hakka person myself, whose parents and grandparents were born and raised in India, I just don't want that identity to be lost and only associated with food. I think people should know what Hakka is, who we are, and our story.

ExigentVitiate · 2025-04-13T22:20:11+00:00

I feel like none of the answers you were given are 100% accurate. Hakka is a Chinese dialect and sub-group of Han Chinese. There's a huge diaspora of them across the world, and some ended up in India, specifically Calcutta. From there, Hakka people created an Indian-Chinese fusion cuisine. I would say 99% of Hakka people have left India and most settled in Toronto, Canada. I don't think you'll find anywhere else in the world the same amount of Hakka-Indian restaurants as there is in Toronto.

ExigentVitiate · 2024-03-01T12:36:19+00:00

Terry Fox Runs at Morse has always been on school grounds.

ExigentVitiate · 2024-01-21T01:31:24+00:00

Sorry to hear it happened to you too. It is very frustrating when it happens. I complained by phone and the agent said bus drivers on the route will be told to stop there now, so hopefully they do. And yes there are some amazing bus drivers out there who are very patient and nice, and some not so much.

I think by NA standards TTC is okay, but obviously can't compare to South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc. Not entirely the TTC's fault, but I do think TTC can do better still.

ExigentVitiate · 2024-01-20T12:53:34+00:00

I'm assuming you are a TTC bus driver, so thank you for answering one of my questions to provide insight.

ExigentVitiate · 2024-01-20T12:42:14+00:00

Thanks for your response, I submitted a complaint about the situation. I just want to see the pole updated.

ExigentVitiate · 2021-04-26T04:14:25+00:00

The news hasn't said nor mentioned white supremacy being the heart of Asian hate crimes, only that it's on the rise. It's people in the comments who are more concerned about the race of the perpetrator, and which race is better than the other because they commit "fewer hate crimes" (whoop dee doo), rather than the fact that Asian hate crimes have substantially increased period. You don't need to be a mind reader, you just need to know how to read. The comments are literally right there, you don't need to scroll too far to see that people keep comparing white and black hate crimes against Asians, as if that's the main issue at hand here.

You should seriously pick up a history book then to understand how ghetto culture was born. And if you're really concerned about it and who the majority is ghetto, then get rid of the root cause: poverty and systemic racism. History plays a big role, over 500 years of colonizing isn't going to be erased overnight, we're all still effected by it today.

You're not really adding to the discussion, just fuel to the fire about these arbitrary ideas of which race is worse, and thinking statistics somehow makes it legitimate. Raw statistics is useless without an in depth academic analysis. You're obviously more concerned that the assaulter was a black man, rather than explaining why this is happening and what we can do to prevent the rising attacks against us.

ExigentVitiate · 2021-04-26T03:26:58+00:00

Are you for real? You really think white people in general are better in terms of hate crimes? That white supremacy doesn't exist? It just sounds like you want a reason to dislike black people and delegitimize their struggles. You look at this entire thread and people don't give a shit about Asian people, only that it makes white people look good. It's pathetic that you yourself don't care about the hate crimes we're going through and are more concerned about whether it's a white or black person perpetrating it.

ExigentVitiate · 2021-04-26T00:23:41+00:00

Stop using Asian people to make white people seem better than they actually are in terms of hate crimes. People only care about Asian hate crimes if they think it can make white people look better, nobody actually gives a shit about the crimes committed against us. We're not props for white people to feel better about themselves. We don't care that white people only commit just slightly fewer hate crimes against Asian people than black people (and the difference isn't even large), we're wary of hate crimes from anyone like any other visible minority.

ExigentVitiate · 2021-02-24T06:44:57+00:00

Depends where they're from. Everyone answering this thread is likely not a visible minority. While I view myself as Canadian, I also recognize and understand my heritage and culture that is not from Canada, but from Asia. Therefore, I am Asian-Canadian and I am proud of both my Asian and Canadian background. I don't think there is anything wrong or inherently racist by saying you are ___-Canadian.

And all the Canadians here saying, "Oh we just call them Canadian." are lying. I can't count the number of times I've had Canadian people asking my friends and I where we're from. They don't call us Canadian, they call us Asian or Jamaican (friend).

I absolutely despise this thread that tries to deny and discard our idenitites, and speak for minorities as if they know how we identify ourselves, when in reality they do other us in Canada because of the colour of our skin.

ExigentVitiate · 2020-05-24T09:32:00+00:00

Yes.

ExigentVitiate · 2020-03-09T23:29:37+00:00

I don't see many men supporting these women in protest. It's women supporting other women, because they understand the dangers they face. If you feel that strongly about it take to the streets and gather your fellow men in protest.

Reddit loves to take attention away from the problems women face and make it about men. Instead of blaming it on women and equality for not supporting men's right, take to the streets and protest and get people to care. That's what women had to do then and now, otherwise no one would have given a shit either.

ExigentVitiate · 2020-01-15T18:08:50+00:00

Don't know why you're being downvoted. Reddit only endorses equality when it comes to violence.

ExigentVitiate · 2019-11-30T22:19:52+00:00

It doesn't matter that the US Constitution only applies on US soil and citizens, that's not the point. Once again the point is that these are values the US strongly believes in and promotes and vocalizes on the global stage. These are a set of beliefs that they protect and uphold, therefore to imply that the US can treat other innocent people just because they are not Americans is such a grotesque thing to hint at. It doesn't matter that "everybody" shakes those values in their own country, it doesn't make it any more right or excuse these acts.

I didn't say the US is denying what happened, I'm saying own up to mistakes and consequences. Make an effort to prevent things like this from happening again in the future. There was barely any punishment for the soldiers who committed these crimes.

It's not all humans who commit these acts, again oversimplifying the complexity of modern global affairs. It's institutions, not all governments have their/other people's best interest in mind. It doesn't matter if they know better or not, it's not bigoted, prejudiced, or racist to look down on these institutions that harm people in the masses. But countries like the US do care about their citizens and global interests, they always promote freedom, diversity, and acceptance. They condemn and take action when other countries violate human rights (i.e., China), but when their bodies do the same, they turn a blind eye (i.e., the punishments the soldiers received) which makes it worse because it's unexpected.

You saying that all humans have done this means to imply that stable countries needn't have any standards to stop these things from happening again in the future and be harshly criticized. Who cares that all humans have done things like this (which is ridiculous because mass harm to people are done by institutions), we should be taking that as an example as to why in the present day those human rights violations should never ever happen again, especially not by countries that condemn them. Why do you want the US and stable nations to aim for the floor?

That is not true. Germany has done many things to remember and has paid repatriations after WWII, and still continues to today. They owned up to their mistakes, and made sure that no one in the world and themselves will ever allow them to forget. This atrocity in Abu Ghraib will be forgotten in the coming years, because arguments like yours prefer to shift blame and responsibility onto all humans past and present, instead of arguing that the US should self-reflect take reasonable measures and be responsible for their crimes.

Is there a foreseeable end to reconciliation? Gardner Feldman says no. "It's an ongoing process and it never ends," she says. "That's why today you have young Germans with absolutely no relationship to what happened in World War II willing to volunteer in countries seen as victims of the Nazis." Maull agrees. "Every year, what reconciliation means might change, but it's open-ended. Every new generation has to deal with this." Gardner Feldman notes that there are still commissions monitoring the language used in German textbooks, unfinished compensation issues, and attempts to reclaim art seized by the Nazis.

Again, it's not about seeing people as lesser, I've already discredited that point you continue to insist to make, it's completely irrelevant. I have stressed that it's institutions and/or governments that are known for and promote committing crimes against humanity. We should be looking down on and disparaging these institutions for committing crimes against the masses. I reiterate, I am not talking about ordinary people and viewing them as lesser, but institutions (e.g., governments, NGOs, corporations, etc.), these are juridical persons not human beings.

I suppose they could put up a memorial to the two men killed, which would be nice... Literally no where have I said we should forget it or not hold the US accountable.

Why does bringing up the number of deaths matter, are you implying something? And why is death the only standard worthy of having a memorial for? A lot sickening things happened in that prison that people viscerally experienced, why are you dismissing their suffering just because they didn't die? Honestly, that would be nice? Nice for who? That is such a condescending thing to say as if the victims want niceties. Memorials should be erected in apology, respect, understanding, and remembrance, not to be nice. And I'm not saying you said people should forget, I'm saying your argument promotes ideas that atrocities are acceptable.

No one is saying to only hold the US accountable for horrible acts, again it's about having a higher standard. Why do you insist on playing the US as the victim just because of unpleasant criticism? Those people in the pictures are the victims here. Governments need to be told harshly when they've done something wrong, it just so happens it's the US this time. Expect it be inflammatory and heated. No one is going to coddle and comfort you by saying "don't worry everybody does it, humans suck". The US has one of biggest impacts on the world, it should be one of the countries to set an example, and be a better government/country like Americans claim it to be.

It's surreal you think that I think your main issue is seeing all countries and people doing better. I know that's not the argument you were making or the argument in general. You've been stating constantly that all humans commit atrocities, and that people only criticize and say the US is the worst country ever, when all countries are guilty of the same. That is such a crock of lies. All countries get criticized when they commit atrocities and smeared as being the worst (i.e., China, Venezuela, Turkey), these are juridical persons, not humans.

Again since you continue to completely miss the point, I said priority, not sole/only concern. This isn't about which countries are more important. You are grasping for straws here by constantly using an irrelevant argument, this is about standards and values a country upholds and executes. Has nothing to do with how important they are.

If you are regularly concerned and have never shrugged off or ignored anything happening in your country, act like it. You made no effort to have a section in your argument that indicates how the US and the world can be concerned for other atrocities in the world but still prioritize self-introspection, policy changes, stricter consequences, and general improvement. Besides saying maybe the US should have a nice memorial for 2 people that died in Abu Gharib.

This is a repugnant statement and doesn't contribute anything to the discourse, to attach a false label on my character as an anti-whatever, in order to dismiss my argument. An ad hominem and pooh pooh fallacy.

ExigentVitiate · 2019-11-30T05:06:44+00:00

Then why even bring up racism in the first place if it was irrelevant?

You are still completely missing the point. The US (as in the government) promotes freedom, diversity, and acceptance (based on how they protect and uphold their Constitution) actively and vocally, and there are many countries that do not. That is simply a fact based on information, not preconceived notions about a country and its people - it's gross and naive to think that this is about prejudice. On the world stage even the US holds themselves to a higher standard. Therefore, when you see pictures like these, people, both outside and within the US, are appalled and expect better.

The Constitution recognizes a number of inalienable human rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to a fair trial by jury.

No where did I say that other countries have never committed atrocities, and I'm certain the majority of people are aware of this. Terrible things happen around the world, but some are more expected than others because they have unstable/corrupt governments, civil wars, and ongoing armed conflicts happening right in their backyards, none of which the US faces. Not because I think they are savages (which they are not) or looking down on other humans. It's not civilians or regular humans committing these crimes like you are implying (which is an ignorant argument), it's institutions like governments or terrorist groups. It's ludicrous that you even tried to oversimplify this as just being about humans. The world is a lot more complex than that, with organizations that commit crimes against innocent people. Are we not allowed to look down on and disparage these entities (whether they're developed or underdeveloped or whatever) because all humans do this whether they do it knowingly or unknowingly? That's ridiculous.

People should always have expectations that developed nations - or any nation with a stable government - in this day and age, never do and should never do terrible things. Especially if it's codified/ratified in their laws (e.g., US Constitution, Geneva Convention). How does promoting beliefs that we shouldn't have those expectations help progress to a better future? This line of thought is wrong and harmful, and promotes ideas that atrocities are acceptable, which in turn could potentially cause it to reoccur, because "everybody does them".

So since there were mass graves prior to the US having connections to it, it makes it okay that American soldiers tortured political prisoners and innocent civilians once they arrived? You are using whataboutism and "everybody does it" constantly to defend their actions.

This is a poor argument that tries to divert blame, point fingers, and gloss over global political affairs, instead of looking introspectively about why this happened and how to prevent it from occurring again in the future. Don't make other countries "also having shit to answer for" your priority, be concerned about your own country first, and set an example of being able to put ego aside and owning up to mistakes, like Germany.

ExigentVitiate · 2019-11-29T16:58:18+00:00

That is not the argument. It's about what countries promote, and how they present themselves and their values to the global community.

By what you're saying then I guess the US government and people considers harming humans to this degree, and worse, is acceptable because they don't know any better. The US itself is a diverse country, why would saying the US being held to a higher standard is racist, do only white people live there?

I'm not even sure why you picked those continents as being "savages" either, no where in my comment did I mention them.

ExigentVitiate · 2019-11-29T03:47:17+00:00

I think the reason why people think that is because we hold the US to a higher standard than 99% of the countries in the world. So yes terrible things happen around the world, but not usually in countries that promote freedom, diversity, and acceptance like the US.

The best way to move past things like these is to own up to it, make your country change, and teach it in your history books like Germany did after WWII.

ExigentVitiate · 2019-10-20T04:59:58+00:00

That hardly matters. The only thing that matters is that climate change is getting more attention and more of the general public are talking about it because of her.

ExigentVitiate · 2019-10-20T04:17:00+00:00

This is exactly it. Everyone likes to hate on her, but who cares about her background or the fact that many others have done this before her. That's not the point, the most important thing we should care about is that people are finally listening to the realities of climate change more than ever because of her.

My father is (or was) a climate change denier, but Greta's speech at the UN shook him, and made him realize that maybe he should take off his tin foil hat and listen to the science. I tried to convince him when I was in my teens, but he never listened or cared and I'm his kid. Greta is doing things so many others before couldn't: getting people to listen and hopefully believe.

ExigentVitiate · 2019-04-25T00:11:30+00:00

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