In the literally sense of colonization, yes. But Westernization has also been looked at as an effect of colonization, and the influences of it has not improved upon colorism in Asia at all and has imposed a vastly white ideal of beauty on Asian culture. Even if we still prefer using Asian skin care products.

Do realize that while the majority of Flushing's population is Asian, there's also a large Hispanic and Black community there. It's not a bubble that says "Asians only." And it is also already up. They said in the article that the advertising department must have forgotten where it was scheduled to be shown, not that…

Oh, I'm fine with fighting it to avoid skin cancer and sun damage, but the emphasis on it for appeal in the culture is so damaging. Like, the iteration that I'd be unattractive if I were darker, and again: rock. Not a pumice stone (which is still bad is you're using it on more than calluses anyhow). An actual soap…

Ditto. I mean, it's not a surprising thing in this culture or neighborhood, but Christ I hate this shit. If anything, I want my brown baby skin back. Damn you, anemia and goth phase!

It does, but speaking as an Asian person? Especially as one that was scrubbed with a rocked by her grandmother after playing in the sun so I wouldn't be so brown? It's still a terrible thing that needs to stop in this culture and we need to stop excusing it.

I bought one last year. It's aesthetically gorgeous, but uh... I think my eyes were greedy with the size part. I need to browse a little smaller, because while I'm not into furries the texture feels like heaven from what I did manage.

The left lane is still not pulled over, unless you're in a country that drive on the left side of the road. Which Canada isn't. She stopped in the passing lane and didn't at least put on the blinkers, which you should do if you can't pull over for whatever reason. It's still negligence that resulted in death, and the…

My sister went with the classic, "Sunrise, Sunset," because my dad honestly loves Fiddler on the Roof and he always changed the lyrics to, "fried rice, pancit," as a joke. I'm 95% my dad actually sang that when they were dancing, too. I plan on my dance with him being "Wooden Heart" because my dad used to sing it to…

Yeah, I always say that "15-year-olds" on TV seldom look 15, but I'm a near-28-year-old that still get's carded for lotto that graduated high school with some underclassmen looking like they could buy alcohol no problem.

Okay, let me spell it out for you. Scientology was deliberately done to fool people into following. No disclaimers, no clear context to what the intent was. Only the people creating the religion knew it was a money making hoax.

No, I understand the history of Scientology. He created it to make money, acknowledging it wasn't real... for himself. He sold it to others as a religion. That's the difference.

My issues is just that I don't understand how these kids are growing up with this kind of technology and already have cellphones, but can't google this kind of thing. But that's likely just me. I was curious as hell about everything and actually read my encyclopedia set when I wasn't just doing a paper.

Less than. I remember reading about it three year ago, and he was only maybe two when I got to it. So five years? If he's older, his popularity was slow to take.

That's fair, but I'm guessing I'm forgetting how much people forget about trying google searches.

It isn't ten years old, though, and unlike Scientology, it was created specifically as fiction for a photoshopping contest.

Less than.

The fact that they think Slenderman is real is what's really getting to me. He's not an old urban legend, like the Bloody Mary thing. He's not even an urban legend. He was created for a photoshop contest to create a new take on supernatural hoax photography. I understand that it was a crutch for possible mental…

See, the thing here is, because I have a lot of the social awkwardness and hikikomori tendencies myself, I've done that. And for my efforts, I've ended up having to block said guys and do everything in my power to slip away unnoticed if it was in person, because they've only proved me right in that they're a creep.

I think "for the impressionable" is the key phrase here. I love those kinds of movies for being about the underdogs and because I'm a nerdy person myself, but it's also the way I love teen flicks like She's All That. By the same reasoning, everything Taylor Swift writes and make-over romcom leads to women doing the…

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