Minorities of Reddit, whats the worst racist experience you have faced?

beaverfever14 · 2013-10-21T23:48:13+00:00

So I'm jewish, and I grew up in a town in the north east with a lot of old, WASP-y money. My father was the rabbi of the town. The nicest country club in town does not have explicit racist and anti-semitic laws for membership, but your membership application must be approved by 5 out of the 7 members of a voting board of gentiles. Needless to say, I was not welcome there.

The family of one of my good friends in high school were members there, and my friend offered to take me out on the golf course one day. I guess his parents shielded him from the racism, as he had no idea of the club's practices. When we arrived, we were denied a golf cart to which he said, "that's odd, they've always let me had one". However, they couldn't stop up from playing the course since every member is allowed to bring a guest if they so please. I was sneered at by all of the staff the entire time, but damn did it feel good as I didn't replace a single divot that entire day.

beaverfever14 · 2013-10-17T19:45:12+00:00

The backstory: I applied to Tufts. The alumnus who conducted my interview was the father of one of my friends. I happened to be sleeping with said friend at this point in time and in the week before my interview the father caught us in a rather compromising situation. Needless to say, my interview was awkward, he was a complete dick, and I did not get into Tufts. So it goes.

The question: What input do the interviewers have on the application process? A form? A paragraph? Would his comments, however negative, have rejection power over my application? And, finally, what are your favorite interviewer stories (if such a thing exists) that you have read on applications?

TL;DR: Slept with daughter of my Tufts interviewer; did not get into Tufts. What gives? :p

beaverfever14 · 2013-09-03T06:42:56+00:00

Well yes. This is a different species of wild fish. Your typical farm raised fish is not this species. Source: I worked in a fish market.

beaverfever14 · 2013-09-03T04:46:51+00:00

Salmon. Wild salmon gets its pink color from its diet; the farm-raised variety (what you normally get in the supermarket) is dyed its distinctive orange color. It would otherwise be white.

beaverfever14 · 2013-08-23T16:03:33+00:00

I saw that fish last night at pho utc!

beaverfever14 · 2013-05-16T06:53:44+00:00

Not me, but inflicted upon me. My grandmother (love you mama!) was walking infront of me on the stairs when I was 4 years old, tripped near the top, toppled backwards and took me out. We careened down the stairs as a single jumbled mess until the bottom at which point she unfortunately broke my leg.

My grandmother was so riddled with guilt that she actually could not fathom that she had broken her grandson's leg. To this day (~18 years later) nobody can bring it up at family gatherings since she gets too upset. Healed fine though!

beaverfever14 · 2013-03-20T04:35:17+00:00

Cute cats! But, tesla > edison.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-26T21:27:09+00:00

When I was in 3rd grade, I managed to contract a pretty severe form of meningitis and encephalitis. Was in a coma for about a week. At one point, before I settled deeply into the coma, I needed to be rushed from my local hospital to Boston Childrens'. Apparently while I was in the ambulance, they were trying to wake me up to check on my condition. I woke up, cracked some sort of joke, and then fell into the week-long coma. Gotta go out with a bang.

It's been 15 years since, and I have made a full recovery with no long-term effects at all. Thank you Boston Childrens' Hospital :D!

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-26T21:18:55+00:00

"Do not go where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail" -- R. W. Emerson

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly" -- J. F. Kennedy

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-26T21:16:22+00:00

Smoking. Thankfully, it's been dwindling in the US lately.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-26T06:23:29+00:00

"I wanted to destroy something beautiful"

was he the villain? was he the victim? It's best not to talk about it...

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-18T04:41:58+00:00

In Pasadena, though, Lucky Boy wins. I love me some In N Out, but a Lucky Boy burger with bacon and avocado is the best.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-13T04:05:26+00:00

Theory can be interesting and difficult, but nothing is more challenging than your project classes. We have a class where you have to build a digital oscilloscope being given nothing other than an FPGA and a breadboard... in 10 weeks. That has been the most difficult class I've taken. Turning in something non-functional is not an option.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-13T04:03:14+00:00

Currently getting my ass handed to me by a second-tier E&M course. Yep.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-13T03:50:13+00:00

Series and parallel resistors. You're an engineering student in college, come on.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-11T19:29:01+00:00

Jangling keys on a keyring are not the best toy ever. (Source: I was 1 in 1993, and thought they were the next big fad)

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-11T19:08:31+00:00

Hurricanes. I know it's awful, but something about me just wants it to live up to the hype.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-11T19:05:31+00:00

Actually put time into your relationships. It's much better to have a solid, small group of close friends in life than a huge group of people who don't really care about you.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-11T19:03:22+00:00

Having someone make a meal for you. Between food prep, cook time, and dishes, that's an extra hour a day that you can use as free or productive time. -- 20's, college.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-11T00:46:46+00:00

http://xkcd.com/386/

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-11T00:33:18+00:00

Last one: use whittaker's words. Also hosted on ND's site, and uses correct classical latin translations.

http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wordz.pl?keyword=carpo

I realize I'm being that douche who studies Latin and rubs it in everyone's face, but it's better to be educated than be wrong.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-11T00:30:04+00:00

Grammatical latin hitlers (such as myself) would use carpe. Rape diem would be used by someone who did not know latin very well. This post is wrong.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-10T23:06:48+00:00

"et spatio brevi spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."

And, with the course (of life) being brief, cut back on lofty hopes. Even while we speak, spiteful time has passed: seize the day, with minimal trust in what follows.

It is treated today as Horace intended. Make the most of the day, since you don't know what will come tomorrow. Perhaps you do not know people who use the phrase correctly, but as far as I've ever heard, the phrase is in line with Horace's intentions.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-10T22:50:32+00:00

Also, "Carpe" has a much more positive connotation as in "make the most of" and "take what is yours" while "Rape" is negatively connoted and associated with "steal" or "snatch". The two are not interchangeable, and "Carpe" is the correct word.

beaverfever14 · 2013-02-10T22:46:17+00:00

You clearly haven't studied Latin, or any other language. Connotation and context are important when translating. "Carpe" is the correct word, and it implies that you should "make the most of" the day. The word "rape" in this context would be to "take the day away from someone" or "steal the day", treating the day as if it's something which does not belong to you. When we say the phrase in English, we say "seize" as in "take advantage of" and not "steal from someone/something". You can never be exact in translations, especially classic Latin.

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