YAY! MY girlfriend Joined DU!!

[yuiyoshida]

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=342366




Everyone say hi we have another Asian on DU! JuJuYoshida

[byronius]

1. Greetins'. Hope you can match your partner's post quality.

[JuJuYoshida]

30. Thank you! I severely doubt that, I'm more funny and sarcastic than serious!

[JudyM]

37. Sounds great. We always need a good dose of funny.

Welcome! JuJu!

[Skittles]

2. you want I should kick some cute bebe ass, yuiyoshida?

JUST SAY THE WORD MY SWEET

[yuiyoshida]

4. LoL

Skittles, be nice to my #IMVU wifey XD

[Skittles]

6. oh ALRIGHT, if you SAY so

yes INDEED

[yuiyoshida]

7. Hugs

[trof]

9. Jeez. Get a room, will ya?

Ferkin' lovefest in here.
whew

[Skittles]

10. you would pay to watch

yes INDEED

[trof]

11. Maybe, but I would bring the wine.

[Skittles]

40. I have been meaning to ask you

are goats known to be hungover, or is that geezer talk

[trof]

68. Just a saying I've known forever.

Maybe it's an Alabama thing.

[Skittles]

71. congrats to you and Mz. T

YEE HAW!

[yuiyoshida]

14. Haha! We do have a room!!

[Skittles]

41. Cheech and Chong are a nice touch

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YEE HAW!

[yuiyoshida]

43. Can't have a weed room

without their image, its the law!!

[JuJuYoshida]

56. I agree, I was stoked when I saw that.

[retrowire]

82. Correction

I agree, I was stoned when I saw that.*

There you go. Happy to help.

[yuiyoshida]

84. Hey!

I was stoned when I made it..

[retrowire]

85. HIGH five! Nt

[yuiyoshida]

87. Stoned right now infact,

but eating some Garlic toast I made, for my munchies!

[retrowire]

89. Pretty jelly right now

My favorite munchie was watermelon sour patch kids. Magic in the mouth.

[yuiyoshida]

90. oh yes i know those....

Wow, weed really enhances the flavor of everything, more intense.

[retrowire]

91. It does!

That's why I found the sugary sparkly gummies so delightful.

[yuiyoshida]

92. I used to love those packets of

Raw sugar from Hawaii, the brown stuff that looks like tiny rock crystals. Wow, is that ever good after you have had a few tokes.

[lunasun]

3. OH wow just now yay

[yuiyoshida]

5. Yup

[KT2000]

8. Hi !

and welcome!

[trof]

12. Hey Yui, I have a serious question.

At some point the term "Oriental" became non PC.
Now it's "Asian".
I don't understand why.
Please educate me.

Many thanks
trof

[yuiyoshida]

13. Um, let me see if I can find an appropriate video...

[trof]

67. OK, thanks.

I still don't quite see a distinction, but I'll call folks whatever they prefer.
Thanks.

[lapucelle]

29. Because "Oriental" (eastern) defines millions of people

Solely on their geographical orientation in the world relative to a western (European) center.

[grantcart]

34. Here you go

1) Oriental. Oriental is an academic term that originated in British studies that divided the world roughly at the Suez Canal with everyone east being Orientals and everyone on the west being Occidentals. In the US it eventually became a polite term for people that didn’t want to use words like “Jap” but was replaced by "Asian".

2) The word ‘Asian’ does not exist naturally in any ‘Asian’ country. If you take these 5 countries in SE Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam there is virtually no linguistic or cultural overlap. We are not talking about the difference between language difference between French, English and Portuguese but more like differences between Earth and Jupiter.

The vocabulary, structure, sound, tone, written systems, are 100% different. Thai and Vietnamese are tonal languages but completely different tones. Cambodian, Malay and Burmese are none tonal but completely different. They basically do not share a single word with the possible exception of the word for tea = Chai. A word that tries to melt all of these very distinct cultures into one word simply doesn't make any sense to the people in those countries as they see huge differences between the countries and because of the geography has never sustained the kind of travel back and forth that Europe, for example, has experienced for hundreds of years. People in these various countries simply don't identify with each other.

However each of these languages have a single word for “Westerner” in each of their own languages. Farang (Thai) Gweilo (Chinese) Gaijin (Japanese) Barang (Cambodian) Mat Salleh (Malay).

These words would include everybody from Russia to Brazil to the US to France. Just like ‘Asians’ don’t have an indigenous word for Asia that is commonly used we don’t have the equivalent word for all of those that peoples although we will use “Westerner” as a default.

When you use the word ‘Asian’ it is not an insult but just doesn’t sound right. It would be like calling you “North American”. Having said that the word “Asia” isn’t the first preference that people would use but has become common and is now used as an adopted word in all languages and nothing is thought of saying lets try and get some Asian Cuisine. Most people would prefer to be correctly identified by their national identity (Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai) just like you would prefer to be called American rather than “Occidental, Westerner, or North American”.

[yuiyoshida]

44. Sound Right or NOT...

I call myself an Asian American, and so can the rest of the Population that don't know me as Japanese or Hawaiian.

[flying-skeleton]

15. Tell her not to travel on UNITED !!

[yuiyoshida]

17. Right? I am not sure

That Any Commercial flight is worth the Hassle, but Hey she told me she is flying to Paris France soon, for a visit, with her family. Been there before, I am guessing and she wants to go back, with her family.

[NightWatcher]

16. Has she been briefed on the circumsized/ pittbull/ Olive Garden/ breastfeeding...?

and does she know not to tutch the butt?

[yuiyoshida]

19. I am sure someone will get her up to speed, and by the way

You forgot the Bombing of the Moon meme!!

[NightWatcher]

21. and cornflake crusted fried chicken

theres a lot here to keep up with

[yuiyoshida]

22. Yeah for sure!!

I barely know all of them myself, I am a relatively new comer myself.

[Laffy Kat]

51. Hope she likes kittehs.

[yuiyoshida]

86. She owns a Kitty and a Bunneh...

both raised together so they are quite friendly.

[secondwind]

18. Welcome to DU! You will love it here!

[JuJuYoshida]

31. Thank you! It looks like a fun tight-knit group!

[retrowire]

20. Cool and hello! nt

[ornotna]

23. Welcome to DU JuJu

[JuJuYoshida]

66. thank you!

[MrScorpio]

24. Congrats!

Welcome to DU!

[Raster]

25. Welcome to DU, JuJu...

...

[RKP5637]

26. ...

[Kaleva]

27. Welcome!!

[JuJuYoshida]

28. thank you for the warm welcome!

Also, I have no idea what I'm doing.

[DFW]

57. Don't get the idea that the rest of us do

By the way I'm in Paris once a week for work. If you're not familiar with the place you'll love it. If you know the city already, then there's nothing you need me to tell you.

[sl8]

73. Oh, quit braggin'

Some of us still aspire to that level of knowlege.



Welcome.

[calikid]

83. Not many of us do.

Welcome to the family JuJu

[rurallib]

32. Hey, Hey, Hey it's a great day!

Welcome and salutations!

[JuJuYoshida]

33. Thank you! Appreciate it!

[bluecollar2]

35. welcome to the nuthouse

Stay clear of kudzu also...

[magicarpet]

36. A. very warm welcome to the new member of the DU community.

[RandySF]

38. Welcome to DU, JuJu!

[catbyte]

39. Welcome to DU!

[longship]

42. Welcome JuJu!!!

[NobodyHere]

45. I wish I could have a girlfriend

Yet it seems I'm unlovable...

[Coventina]

48. We love everyone here in the Lounge!

Unless Skittles is kicking your ass!!

[DFW]

58. I haven't had a girlfriend for 35 years

But my wife said she'd kick my ass if I did, so I haven't even looked.

[Coventina]

46. Welcome to DU!!!!!!

[Aristus]

47. Welcome!

[JuJuYoshida]

49. Off to bed, you guys at the nicest bunch and thank you my darling Yui for arranging this welcome!

[yuiyoshida]

50. You are most welcome and thanks

for helping me with the ASIAN GROUP, IN advance.

[Beartracks]

53. Belated greetings! Welcome to DU...

...

Always happy to welcome new folks with a good heart and a sense of humor.

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[steve2470]

59. Warmest welcome to DU, from one of your girlfriend's fans! nt

[irisblue]

52. Welcome to DU.

We are an interesting bunch.

[luvMIdog]

54. Hi :)

[TexasTowelie]

55. Welcome to DU, juju!

[Phentex]

60. welcome to DU!

Enjoy the party!

[OriginalGeek]

61. Welcome to DU JuJu!

We love our yuiyoshida and we love you too.

[yuiyoshida]

62. Ah shucks...

[OriginalGeek]

64. lol, I've found out about more good anime from you

in a couple years than from all the comic book nerds I've known all my life.

One reason you're aces with me is because I pass along a lot of your recommendations to my daughter and she loves all that and you get major points with me when you bring joy to my daughter's life.

[yuiyoshida]

65. Well my favorite has always been Kami Chu ..

Not sure how much she understands about the Shinto Religion, there are hundreds of Kami in Japanese Shinto Texts. Anyway, who ever wrote KamiChu.. captured all of our hearts.

[JuJuYoshida]

63. I love Yui too, she's probably the nicest, kindest, sweetest fellow Asian stoner I've ever known lol

[yuiyoshida]

88. I love being a stoner with you

Looking forward to doing it again after you come back from Paris!

[niyad]

69. WELCOME, WELCOME. We are happy to have you here.

[panader0]

70. Welcome JuJu---Archie Shepp-- The Magic of JuJu

[Mosby]

74. The juju king

[JuJuYoshida]

75. Bless you for the gift of funk

[JuJuYoshida]

79. SIIIICK....

[yuiyoshida]

93. Farrrrrrrrr out!

[LeftInTX]

72. Hi and welcome!

[AJT]

76. Welcome, welcome!

[get the red out]

77. Welcome!

Post and have a great time here!

[NBachers]

78. Welcome to the family, JuJu - See all the friends you have here already?

[JuJuYoshida]

80. Zappa avi gets you to the front of the chow line

[NBachers]

81. I have the feeling that we're going to be getting along just fine.

[Iggo]

94. Hi!

[NewJeffCT]

95. Welcome to DU JuJu

hope you stick around for a while