I definitely remember someone announcing a service like this way back — maybe in the late-1990s. I guess that one didn't take off, but I remember thinking it was a useful (if potentially really creepy) concept.

That was me, too. But at least we grew up and stopped doing those things.

"We are human and are flawed." Isn't that the faux-humble line that every asshole uses to beg forgiveness for obvious transgressions? Politicians who've been caught in sex scandals, that weird MckMama blogger that kept getting caught scamming people, celebrities who are exposed as bigots, etc.? It's such a weird,…

Every single piece of writing on the site is even more comically horrible than I had imagined. Every paragraph contains every marker of a bad-writer-trying-to-sound-artsy-and-irreverent — every dumb turn of phrase ("Steve, that is") and every stupid platitude (trite imagery intended to convey that I'm secretly a…

"Hoppin' Christ on a crutch" — that's excellent.

I just googled, and I guess it was longer ago than I realized — in 1998. (It still gets mentioned from time to time in stories about offensive Halloween costumes or about poorly thought out product decisions — here's one from 2009.)

Ugh. Remember several years back, when Urban Outfitters was selling "Chinaman" costumes for Halloween — complete with squinting eyes and buck teeth? And they found some Asian-American employee to say, "It's not offensive at all! I'm Asian and I think it's funny! Political correctness is stupid."

I can't tell if you're a troll or if that's a serious question. But (in case it is a serious question), I think you're confusing the ideas of proof and information.

It sounds like your girlfriend's views on what other Korean women secretly think (but are apparently too embarrassed to say) are informed more by her own personal issues than by her area of academic interest. And your continuing efforts to prove your girlfriend's expertise actually make her sound less and less like…

Sigh. You understand that a lot of the people posting here are actual, real-live Asian people, who are not being enlightened by your expertise on Korean culture?

Sorry, I also meant to say: Of course you understand that your girlfriend doesn't speak for all Korean women. And if an Asian women denies trying to emulate Western beauty ideals, it doesn't necessarily mean she's just too "embarrassed" to admit it — regardless what your Asian girlfriend says. Don't be that person…

I really never understand when people make arguments like this ("I lived in Korea for a few years," "I have an Asian girlfriend," etc.) as proof that their views of Asian culture are correct — particularly when they're trying to lecture Asian people about what Asian culture is like.

I assume you mean whiteness as in lighter skin (not as in "I wish I were Caucasian"), and I would generally agree. But it seems that's true in a lot of cultures, not just Asian.

You make a good point. This was true in Europe for centuries too — that porcelain skin was prized because it suggested a life not spent working in the sun. I seem to remember reading that it was Coco Chanel who helped changed that idea, such that a tan became viewed as a symbol of leisure because it meant you had…

I get your point, and it is reasonable. But citing this video as incontrovertible proof (and concluding that it that renders incorrect all other people's opinions) is kind of strange, unless you assume that the opinions articulated here are shared by everyone in Korea.

It was from Conan O'Brien, I think — a skit about coming out to your family, and having George Takei there to help you do it.

You sound like a great person and a wonderful mother, and your son is clearly awesome — mature beyond his years, responsible, empathetic. You've obviously done about a million things right.

I often dread the moment at which I learn that someone I admire has some terrible, unlikable flaw — is an unapologetic bigot, say, or is really rude to waiters. Do you, Mr. Burton, have any secrets such as this, which will one day come out and make us question our admiration and adoration?

This nanny is clearly a grifter, and I totally understand why the family wants her out. But the family is not blameless in this either. Among other things, it's not legal to expect a nanny to work for only room and board, without compensation. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/06/27/knx…

This is the article I saw: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/06/27/knx…