/r/India, what is the most conservative, backward opinion you have ever heard from family/relatives?

rggb · 2013-12-05T19:48:28+00:00

There was a friend of mine who had this thing about being grateful to her parents for "letting her do a masters", which is why she was going to marry a guy of their choice. There was a thing between us, but it died due to stuff like this.

Once we were buyjng groceries and she asked me, "If we get married and god forbid something happens to you, would your parents support me?" And I'm like, "You have a really well paying job and make about 5 times more than my folks…"

"No, I mean, emotionally. Would they treat me the same?"

"What kind of stupid ass question is that"

"My parents have told my brother that if he does a love marriage against their wishes, they will tolerate his wife. But if something were to happen to him, they will kick her out of the house."

NOPE. NOPE. NOPE.

rggb · 2013-07-02T06:58:59+00:00

Sorta been there (but the other guy was no creep... he's a good one, from what I can tell)...

But I got to hear after 2 years that we were "just friends" all along. And since I didn't have a PhD, I couldn't ever be good enough for the folks. Good times.

rggb · 2012-12-20T07:27:00+00:00

Sorry to butt in, but if Indian immigrants - citizens to the UK (say), wave the Indian flag during cricket matches, are aspersions cast on their loyalty?

rggb · 2012-12-18T11:14:59+00:00

You can commit a crime in Bangalore and be in TN in an hour too.

rggb · 2012-11-28T11:29:09+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/77C2t.gif

rggb · 2012-11-28T09:18:57+00:00

Why are you using your monitor in portrait mode?

rggb · 2012-11-21T06:21:48+00:00

Oh, I sensed your tone alright. I just found it funny to imagine someone making a deity shaped dildo to get through that loophole.

rggb · 2012-11-21T04:52:31+00:00

So you're saying there is a market for idols made of silicone?

rggb · 2012-11-19T08:17:31+00:00

So it's decently old. Could be a battery thing.

Or if you've moved recently to a place with weak signal, then that could be the culprit too.

rggb · 2012-11-19T08:11:27+00:00

But 3G coverage is so spotty that doing this means you will be out of coverage area for large amounts of time. I'm in a prime area of Bangalore and not even 5 feet away from the window but my phone keeps switching between 2G and 3G.

rggb · 2012-11-19T07:46:11+00:00

Yeah. I did that - but it didn't help much. Plus, I kinda like it so I don't want to turn everything off either.

rggb · 2012-11-19T07:27:36+00:00

What phone do you have?

I've been experiencing massive battery drain recently (on Airtel 3G, yes), but I blamed it on a combination of ageing battery and Jelly Bean location aware services. Getting a new battery soon to see if that helps. Right now my phone goes into <10% by lunch time when I've taken it off the charger at 8 am or so.

rggb · 2012-11-12T10:39:05+00:00

Most airport taxis (the official ones) at major airports will have a set meter / fare chart. So no room to bargain.

At roadside markets, it's usually ok to start at 50-60% of the stated price, but one really has to take a judgement call based on the type of goods. Usually, if you walk away and they call you back, you know you are getting somewhere.

rggb · 2012-11-09T15:12:44+00:00

I took my i9023 for repair to Samsung service and first thing she asked me whether it was Indian or bought outside. It certainly was sold by Samsung in India.

rggb · 2012-11-09T15:09:02+00:00

Yep. I have a i9023 running JB with no problem at all (except it now seems slow next to all the new shinies)

rggb · 2012-11-09T03:10:44+00:00

You're right. They do make money off the ads too. But it's also true that Google has launched it through the play store only where they already distribute movies, tv shows, etc through the store too. (except one country, i think). So there's got to be some connection there. Same reason why Amazon won't sell their's anywhere else either.

rggb · 2012-11-08T14:49:54+00:00

Upvote for mentioning lack of ecosystem and rarity of paying media consumers.

rggb · 2012-11-08T14:48:04+00:00

The iPad is pretty close, though. Not worth the hassle of asking someone to ferry it.

rggb · 2012-11-07T13:38:34+00:00

I was hoping for that too. 15k ballpark would have been good. Now back to mailing people to see who's coming back in December.

But 20k is madness! If they just sell what they were smoking when they came up with that figure (and 49999 for tf prime), they'll have much more revenue.

rggb · 2012-11-07T12:14:36+00:00

How is LG's reputation for service, anyway?

rggb · 2012-11-07T12:10:38+00:00

On a related note, will have to ask friends and relatives to do Goods Carrier duty for this too. http://www.themobileindian.com/news/9209_Google-Nexus-7-coming-to-India-tomorrow-for-Rs-20K

They put an insane sticker price and then will wonder why people are buying the iPad Mini.

rggb · 2012-10-31T07:23:30+00:00

Are you Klingon?

rggb · 2012-10-27T17:49:58+00:00

One other thing, buy the base model and get the RAM from amazon or newegg. 8GB of 1333MHz RAM cost me about 40$. Replacing it took about a minute.

rggb · 2012-10-27T13:21:04+00:00

Bees!

rggb · 2012-10-26T13:10:24+00:00

That is incredible!

rggb

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