I think its the fact that at the turn of the century, Jewish people were the first “poors” to really start to be admitted to the Ivys in large numbers. They had better grades and test scores than their white counterparts (this was back before they would be considered white). So the Ivys started adding other…

This is often true. The really big name people in their fields often don’t give a shit about teaching undergrads, so a lot of the work is passed on to grad students. This happens at state schools too, but I had a lot of good experiences with professors who seemed to put a lot of effort into teaching (maybe after…

It should be noted that a lot of college admissions stuff we take for granted, not just legacy admissions, were also a means of keeping out Jews, especially the focus on extracirriculars, essay-writing, and athletics.

Genetics must certainly make some difference. I just got back from living in southern China for a few years, and most people ate huge portions of carbs (mostly rice, but often wheat-based buns and noodles) at every.single.meal, and were slim (if not straight-up skinny). No brown rice or whole grains in sight, either.

My parents recently retired to small-town NH, and they LOVE IT. They’re like, GUESS WHO WE MET? Every. Single. Day.

Soup? OMFG, no.

I know, right??? Pintrest food is the weirdest food! (I actually have a long-standing phobia of cream cheese, so Pintrest can be trying for me at times...)

When I go browse the Pintrest “food” section, it’s the same as browsing PornHub. 99% of it is “UGH, why would anyone want that???” But then there’s that 1%...

Yeah, I really wonder how much our embarrassing American healthcare system factors into this research. I went through a rocky period with my husband and that was the one material/financial thing that really freaked me out.

I was a teenager in the Midwest at the height of tbe Beanie Baby craze in the 90s and I think there were guides you could buy that could tell you what all of them were “worth.” Even then I surprised but the number of grown-ass adults who thought their fortunes were in Beanie Babies, and ruin the fun for the kids who…

He threatened to dismiss all my comments, so I consider that I win. Have a good weekend!

Having lived overseas, I’ve honestly never heard of a white guy loudly proclaiming himself an expert in his wife’s culture and loudly speaking for her and her family at every turn... /s

Yeah, I get how the initial phrasing could be misconstrued, but I think you explained yourself well. You have more patience than I have. He tried to drag me into circles with the same few sentences you had already explained. I dismissed that shit.

He replied to me now too. I think he’s just looking for a fight.

If you looked at the context of that sentence, she’s talking about how many WHITE PEOPLE view Japanese people, not speaking for Japanese people, but that’s really for you guys to hash out.

Oh geez, I’m reading that :/ . I give a bit of a side-eye to the fact that he doesn’t seem to be Japanese and is speaking for other Japanese people he knows. That’s kind of what I feel we shouldn’t be doing...

I was a foreigner in China for a few years, and I always rolled my eyes at the foreigners who had lived there for YEARS and took the excessive compliments and deference that people give you there at face value, always, and used it continue various kind of oblivious behavior. It seemed to be part of why a subset people…

"Disease has always had a hierarchy. To suffer from a rare disorder that has been definitively traced to a biological origin is preferable to being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. One patient suffers heroically, the other is simply insane."

Also a good idea!

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