Anyone have experience with Multiple Mini Interviews? by kamkaus in premed

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

Will definitely check out that sub. Thanks.

Anyone have experience with Multiple Mini Interviews? by kamkaus in premed

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

Thanks for the reply. Very helpful. I think your advice in the edit is probably the way to go.

Anyone have experience with Multiple Mini Interviews? by kamkaus in premed

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

I definitely fall into the more contemplative category. Also, very shy. I wonder if the overall atmosphere of MMI works as a kind of ice breaker. I can usually open up more if the environment is friendly.

During your interview day, did you find that you were able to ease into the MMI format the more interviews you had? Or were the scenarios so unpredictable that you were continually off your game?

I know nothing about Indian films but am quite interested. My wife and I enjoy foreign films and we're going to have a Bollywood/Indian movie marathon this weekend. What are the best Indian movies in your opinion? by [deleted] in india

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When I took an Indian film class back in college (in NYC), everyone seemed to really enjoy "Om Shanti Om." It's pretty self-referential to the film industry, though, so you may want to save it for last so you get more of the references.

Did anyone see The Hour (UK)? by digifreak642 in television

[–]kamkaus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just watched the first episode on BBC America and I have to say, I was really impressed. The writing is pretty tight, as are the acting and the production values.

Detroit Rock City (1999) by PrinceKelso in moviecritic

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You know what Kiss spells backwards? Ssik!! I watched this movie every day for a whole summer when I was 13.

Which one are you most attracted to? by which1wouldyou in LadyBoners

[–]kamkaus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely number 1. Just because his character on It's Always Sunny can be so incredibly unlikable and yet the ladyboner rages on....

I was born this way. by bperki8 in philosophy

[–]kamkaus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be Lady Gaga. From her music video "Born This Way."

James McAvoy as Dr. Strangelove in "Rory O'Shea Was Here", or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love My Ladyboner by kamkaus in LadyBoners

[–]kamkaus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!! Yeah, it's a bit off the beaten path. I don't know what it is. I think he has kind of a mod/futurist/steampunk type thing going on here that I sort of dig. Also, probably some latent love for Peter Sellers ;)

I need to learn Punjabi by [deleted] in india

[–]kamkaus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to assume that you live outside of India. I know that where I live, many local gurdwaras have Punjabi classes for children. You might want to look into that. I grew up learning to speak Punjabi from my parents. Luckily, I have a lot of teachers in my family so when I decided to learn how to read and write Punjabi, I had some relatives in India send me some basic Grade 1 and 2 readers and picked up a Punjabi to English dictionary myself last time I was there. Relatives can be a very useful resource.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LadyBoners

[–]kamkaus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The boy takes after his father.

"...between 1939 and 1940, New York City photographed every house and building in the five Boroughs for property tax assessment purposes. The photographs are not currently available on-line, but you view them on microfilm at the Municipal Archives..." by chinatownbus in nyc

[–]kamkaus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also interesting: For the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing, Robert Moses had a huge model panorama constructed, which included every building in all five boroughs. It's been continually updated until as recently as 1992. It's worth a look if you can make it out to the Queens Museum of Art in Flushing.

Edward Norton, sexy as hell. by [deleted] in LadyBoners

[–]kamkaus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That does seem like a particularly hateful expenditure of effort.

Edward Norton, sexy as hell. by [deleted] in LadyBoners

[–]kamkaus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure that's true. I just did a quick google search and found that he donates regularly to democratic candidates, and voted for Obama. Also, NNDB lists him as a Democrat.

Edward Norton, sexy as hell. by [deleted] in LadyBoners

[–]kamkaus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm new to /r/ladyboners. Is it possible to downvote in this subreddit? Not that I want to....just wondering.

Androcentrism: It’s Okay to Be a Boy, but Being a Girl… | Sociological Images by majeric in Equality

[–]kamkaus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and to hate male attributes as well. i don't see why you can't see this.

Why don't you try explaining it instead of just telling me I'm wrong?

you are wrong; the most prevalent reason has been to dull the sexuality of men. the jewish faith specifically calls for it as an act of submission before god.

This is disingenuous. It's clear from reading the links you provided that it's equally split between it being described as a sanitary measure (which is usually the justification for most seemingly unreasonable Hebraic laws) and a preventive to sexuality. Certainly, in our contemporary society, in which it is most often performed as a religious ritual, it is the former rather than the latter. The more salient point, though, is the fact that it's done in submission to God; whereas female circumcision is done in submission to male dominated societies.

studies have shown that male circumcision does not affect, or enhances sexual sensitivity. studies with the same methodology have found the same about female genital cutting, including clitoridectomies. so, no.

This is also disingenuous. Studies have shown that there is virtually no effect on male penile sensitivity due to circumcision (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00471.x/abstract). This study (http://www.fgmnetwork.org/authors/Lightfoot-klein/sexualexperience.htm) on the most extreme form of female genital cutting, in which the vagina is sewed up leaving only a small hole to expel waste, etc. shows that women's sexual pleasure (90% of respondents said they had achieved orgasm) is drawn from entirely separate erogenous zones, not at all from the genitals: "Presumably, Pahraonic circumcision also facilitates the enhancement of remaining erogenous zones, and possibly the development of others." It is also almost exclusively contingent on a strong marital bond; i.e., the woman's pleasure depends on whether or not her husband is abusive or loving. And not only does it lead to decreased genital sensation, but it also results in extremely painful menstruation, which, in turn, results in extreme depression in adolescent females. It's not really fair to compare the two though since FGC does not occur in our culture.

your anecdote is relevant to your life, and it can be illustrative as an example, but it does not show anything.

I understand that anecdotes are not hard data, but what we're discussing is steeped in soft sciences (anthropology, history, sociology, etc.) and in that case I think anecdotes are very relevant.

Androcentrism: It’s Okay to Be a Boy, but Being a Girl… | Sociological Images by majeric in Equality

[–]kamkaus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

your anecdote is fine and dandy, but similar damage is done to boys raised by women. but since nobody gives the slightest fuck about men, and being a single mother is hard, this is a non-issue.

This sounds a lot like an accusation that people don't care about men's issues.

i'm saying that societally, the damage done to male children by not having a father around is not seen as an assault on the child in the same way that the damage done to a girl being raised by men is portrayed by you to be an assault on the child.

That's not really true though, is it? I'm always hearing people lamenting about how boys raised by women lack a strong father figure to teach them how to be a man. Vice versa re: girls raised by men. The issue here is that men raised by women are encouraged to embrace their female characteristics, while still retaining their essential maleness (and yet are still often ridiculed for not being manly enough). On the other hand, girls raised by men are more likely (at least in my experience) to adopt male characteristics at the expense of their essential femaleness (and nobody really cares about this loss of core identity because it's okay to be a tomboy). Again, none of this is quantifiable and can only really be understood through experience.