Yes but your sources are secondary too, you don't represent a plethora of knowledge about your society, country, or culture. A well informed source far removed from the centre can be far more valid than someone standing right by the source who doesn't see things objectively. You read into comments what you want to…

Damn, now I feel bad for replying to your other comment...seeing how deeply rooted you inferiority complex is. Jesus writes some of the best stuff on here, and while I too have had my disagreements with some of his views, they are still great pieces to debate. Attacking his name and background and discrediting his…

How did I shame South Korea? What I wrote came from the mouths of friends all of whom are South Koreans, residing in Korea, including a lady who is in the "beauty industry". And I have read about this when I was thinking (and decided not to) pursue employment opportunities in South Korea. I absolutely am not…

It's not strange actually, though it is kind of sad. It all started off with Asian girls, (mostly in Japan and South Korea) really wanting to look more like Caucasian girls (the surgeries were centered around rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty, and it was done mostly by those with higher incomes, but the fad caught on…

I read what you have written carefully, and just so we're cool on some basics, I am an educated man who understands the importance of statistics, but I'm also gay, and I was a blood donor until my first sexual contact with another man at the age of 26, and I refused to lie during the consequent blood donation. I…

So why not go a step further and stop taking blood from males, given that a gay man is a male, so by definition the probability that a gay man is also a male is 100% so ... You get where I'm going with this? I mean really why stop with the gay issue? You're probably thinking how ridiculous that would be, and I…

Yes it is, because if the issue is infection, then the blood of a heterosexual and a homosexual should be put under exactly the same scrutiny. I am unaware of any STI that only occurs in gays. Are you aware of any? The question that flagged you as high right was based on something that anybody can be at risk at,…

Most relationships are unhealthy, period. Some are downright toxic and futile. The fact of the matter is that most people are hardwired not to look at relationships as a logical, comprehensive partnership, but rather get caught up in emotions and stupid hopes and dreams. I read it in multiple places that people…

Good looking guy with mostly good moves.

I recall reading about this years ago (back in 2006 to be exact, when I was in the market to buy my a new car) and what I recall is that different countries measure by different standards - for example, fuel consumption varies depending on the speed, how many stop-and-go is applied within the calculation, even the…

The Z-5500? If so, I got to agree.

Racist? Whaaa??!!

To say nothing of the fact these locusts are plaguing Canadian cities too with their blood money in exactly the same fashion. Vancouver is just one example, Calgary and Toronto are getting there.

HL2 was my first PC game! In a way, HL2 actually made me learn about the PC, up to which point I didn't even know it was possible to order parts and assemble a system. I thought if one wanted a PC, it had to be a Compaq or Gateway or whatever was "in" on the retail level at that point. HL2 will always hold a very…

A Romanov working on a dairy farm?!

That's the money question, isn't it? Maybe all those fine print nonsensical contracts written up by contract lawyers actually have some merit after-all. Kickstarter backers (I am one of them) are playing this emotional game that by financially supporting a project, they have a say in the direction the project takes,…

As to accent, you could largely, possibly completely, overcome this if you wanted to. It's not impossible, and is essential if you want to be fluent in a foreign language, or blend into a foreign country you adopt. The trick isn't to try to eliminate your own accent, but rather to replace it with a local one. When…

Thanks for the effort you put into the explanation! A bit off topic from our conversation, but after I wrote my comment, I went and did a little refresher on the topic of accents and dialects. Interesting that the concept of the two things isn't universally agreed upon. In Britain, accents are viewed as variations…

Maybe it's not so much a matter of accents, but of dialects.

The risk of "negotiating" (and I don't even think the term applies correctly here, since her list reads more like demands) is that the other party may withdraw entirely. It's basic contract law that if you submit a revised offer, the other party can withdraw without giving you the option to default to the original…