09-30-2017, 03:08 AM | #41 |
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For a time, my avatar was that of a Japanese girl (pop star Kyary Pamyu Pamyu) & during that period a good 3-4 people made remarks about me being a girl.
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09-30-2017, 03:16 AM | #42 |
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Most people have figured out I'm British when I'm in the US. Had someone think I was Canadian, or Australian once.
Funniest time was in a bagel shop in Long Island, and overheard my accent, and thought I was putting it on had to convince them that yes, I was actually British
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09-30-2017, 03:19 AM | #43 |
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I had a K pop girl(BoA) as my avatar once, but no one thought I was a girl at the time. A couple of users asked me what her name was though since they found her good looking.
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09-30-2017, 06:06 AM | #44 |
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I've been asked several times if I'm Scottish, the most condescending one was a guy at one of my old jobs said "please don't be Scottish. You're freckled ginger, you'd be a walking stereotype" Which he said right after name introductions, classy. The funniest one was when I was studying in UK and I was walking to my apartment wearing tartan colors. A large Scottish guy with a super heavy accent stopped me for a chat and when I told him I wasn't Scottish but I did have Scottish ancestry that was a part of the Gunpowder Plot he got really excited about it.
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09-30-2017, 01:32 PM | #45 | |
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Or anyone really, besides those that actually look like a curious mix of heritage. You live in a hotbed capital of genealogy of the U.S. or something? Everyone there obsessed with it? |
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09-30-2017, 03:02 PM | #46 |
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I live in New York so yes being white makes me "stand out" a bit. Most of my jobs actually do not have many white people. Mostly consisting of either hispanics, indians, blacks, asians, etc.
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09-30-2017, 03:09 PM | #47 |
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You're also weird as all fu**, so that might have something to do with it.
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09-30-2017, 06:58 PM | #48 | |
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My high school had a good mix of races when I started out, but the white kids seemed to be on their way out every year I was in the school. In one of my classes in freshman year, this black girl asked a white girl if she was Puerto Rican. Of course she wasn't. So I guess sometimes minorities can't believe they have a white person wherever they are. |
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09-30-2017, 07:36 PM | #49 |
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Sometimes it seems like whites are becoming the minority in New York, at least around the Queens or Manhattan areas. There's a lot of Russian Jews around here, but that's about it. All the white business executives who work in Manhattan are about the only exception or in wall street.
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10-01-2017, 12:51 PM | #50 |
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So basically you're a unicorn.
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10-01-2017, 01:03 PM | #51 | |
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Be it mistaken nationality or otherwise, I will get asked "Where you from?" Once I was even asked "You're not from here, are you?"
I will ask if it is because of my accent, and usually they'll nod their heads. (I guess I don't sound very Southern.)
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10-01-2017, 01:12 PM | #52 |
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10-01-2017, 01:37 PM | #53 |
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I generally rarely work in jobs with white people. Everyone is always mixed. Only a few whites are the 50-60+ year olds who have been working there since like the 80's or something and never left their jobs and are all supervisors/managers now.
I guess some of you don't realize how culturally diverse New York is? People don't really view others by their races here, it's almost impossible given everyone is something else. I don't know how things are down south, but up here in the educated north where people treat each with dignity and respect, there is mutual understanding here. I mean sure you'll see some racist people from time to time, but it's rare unless you're talking about 60+ year old coots who remember 1950's America. |
10-01-2017, 02:50 PM | #54 |
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I was starting to miss CyberCubed the Democrat.
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10-01-2017, 03:47 PM | #55 |
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Not even gonna touch that one.
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I actually think Stryker’s dad works with him at the airport. I must investigate further if he is one of so few white guys there. Not too hard to figure him out. Next time we fly up I may speak.
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10-01-2017, 11:42 PM | #57 |
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Cubed is TSA?
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10-02-2017, 02:57 AM | #58 |
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I was asked if I spoke English last time I was in London. I guess I look like I don't.
Other Australians sometimes mistake me for an American, or someone who has lived there at some point, which I haven't. I'm not 100% sure why, but my guess is; my voice is in a pretty low register and I don't speak very loudly, so I over-enunciate when I'm in even slightly noisy environments in order to be understood. If I talk loudly without doing this, I sound too aggressive and people put their guard up.
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10-02-2017, 05:42 AM | #59 |
Just...way too serious.
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Not unless he’s changed jobs.
Stryker’s dad knows everyone though.
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...but how can you be so sure both work for the same company? Please, let it remain a mystery. DOn't ruin CC's aura |
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