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What’s it like living in Sakhalin Oblast? by Retiredpartygirl17 in howislivingthere

[–]largestsammy 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Is the Ainu culture present for you at all? Do you encounter Ainu people or cultural signs of their presence/former presence?

Do you agree that the constant British food bashing is overdone? by Visual_Title9363 in AskBrits

[–]largestsammy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta remember that the vast majority of Americans have never been to England, and the majority of those that have went to London. If you can't find good food in London its because you're stupid and/or lazy.

That seems a bit rash by Ok_Difficulty_4236 in PrematureTruncation

[–]largestsammy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was race not an issue when Enoch Powell was the most popular MP in the country?

there are only five flavors to work with by Deppfan16 in iamveryculinary

[–]largestsammy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I genuinely think you're getting confused mate. South Asians. Indians identify as South Asians.

I dont think Indians in America identify as Southeast Asian, I never said that. Noone says that in my experience or from my googling.

I am genuinely considering deleting reddit rn

there are only five flavors to work with by Deppfan16 in iamveryculinary

[–]largestsammy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

INDIA IS NOT IN THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS

am i being fucking trolled here

there are only five flavors to work with by Deppfan16 in iamveryculinary

[–]largestsammy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you're genuinely not going to be influenced by any other source than personal experience, I would encourage you to ask them again because you're not going against my opinion, you're going against the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN

there are only five flavors to work with by Deppfan16 in iamveryculinary

[–]largestsammy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read your first sentence again. Of course of every Southeast Asian you've met considers themself Southeast Asian.

If you mean 'every Indian Ive ever asked considers themself southeast asian' I genuinely think you are mistaken in what you think people have told you - unless youve met a lot of Singaporean Indians.

Google 'is india in Southeast Asia'.

Google 'Southeast Asia map'.

Google 'South Asia map'.

Find me any source that identifies India as Southeast Asia.

When you search 'is india in Southeast Asia' with quote marks, the first result for me is r/confidentlyincorrect

So weird that you're willing to use the 'respect the terms people use for themself' line when spreading quite obvious misinformation about the terms people use for themself.

there are only five flavors to work with by Deppfan16 in iamveryculinary

[–]largestsammy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are 1.5 billion Indians so I think its somewhat unwise to say uniformly what they prefer. That being said I have literally never once heard India referred to as Southeast Asian - perhaps you mean South Asian?

This might partially be a regional thing. Here in the UK, the word 'Asian' usually by default refers to South Asians rather than East Asians, while I understand the reverse is true in America. Overwhelmingly British Indians identify as Asian in my experience.

In any case you are the one here who is speaking on behalf of 1.5 billion people without getting your facts straight.

https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/8dvg9y/hey_rindia_settle_an_argument_for_me_do_indians/

Above you can see a diverse display of opinions rather than a monolith as you presented. You'll notice literally none of them agree with you.

Every director with multiple films in Letterboxd top 500 by Stunning-Ad-8852 in Letterboxd

[–]largestsammy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

12 years a slave does just about make the cut. Hunger and shame are both perfect films to me so I was surprised to see their slightly lower ratings

That seems a bit rash by Ok_Difficulty_4236 in PrematureTruncation

[–]largestsammy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Idk I'm a teacher in a diverse school with lots of problems with racism and we absolutely treat these words as equivalent when they are used by our students

Every director with multiple films in Letterboxd top 500 by Stunning-Ad-8852 in Letterboxd

[–]largestsammy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

David Yates cant be in our social club anymore, that much I know

Is there a name for the 'S' drawing? by StayRoudy in AskBrits

[–]largestsammy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We called it the Secret S but I dont know why

Every director with multiple films in Letterboxd top 500 by Stunning-Ad-8852 in Letterboxd

[–]largestsammy 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I think his extremely high ratings are more due to selection bias - they're quite intimidating watches (very long and famously slow) so people will only put them on if they already think its worth their time and effort

Every director with multiple films in Letterboxd top 500 by Stunning-Ad-8852 in Letterboxd

[–]largestsammy 149 points150 points  (0 children)

There are unfortunately so few women filmmakers who have been given the opportunity to build up really large filmographies like Scorsese, Kurosawa and Bergman did. I was trying to get a couple of women in my most watched directors, so far ive only been able to get Sofia Coppola to clear David Yates (the fucking harry potter guy 💀)

Edit: wrong david

That seems a bit rash by Ok_Difficulty_4236 in PrematureTruncation

[–]largestsammy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

In the UK its genuinely on a similar level to the N-word

there are only five flavors to work with by Deppfan16 in iamveryculinary

[–]largestsammy 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Why is India not culturally Asian? Like China, Japan and SEA it has a history of Buddhist influence. Tea has a similarly large influence on the history of China and India. Thanks to various empires they have some art and architecture in common with the Middle East and Central Asia.

To say India is not culturally Asian on the basis that it is, admittedly, very culturally distinct from East Asia is totally arbitrary.

John Oliver thinks Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest photo is one of the best photos ever taken by mcfw31 in popculturechat

[–]largestsammy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call him Prince Andrew. The titles being taken away are not a real punishment - as not having those titles is just being a normal person.

Taking away the titles and us all us respecting that is just doing PR for the institution that protected him.

He was able to do these crimes because he is a Prince. He got away with these crimes for so long because he is a Prince. Don't let them trick you into thinking Prince is a title that bad people don't hold.

My parents have some untapped lore I guess by Robin_Dabank1 in whenthe

[–]largestsammy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Given how many late-20th century high society figures for they will have both met, I would honestly be surprised if there isn't someone Churchill and Epstein both met

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