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[lexluthermiester]

Historically. Catholics werent that friendly with people of colour let's just say. Some of them probably still arent.

That is both unfortunate and sad. I grew up in a Catholic family and was wisely taught to always treat all people, regardless of color, appearance or nationality, with dignity, equal consideration, kindness and respect. I've never understood racism. Humans being racist to each other is like hating a cat or dog based on it's hair color or breed type. It's understandable to have a preference, but to hate outright? Makes zero sense to me. For example, I'm not a dog person. But I'm still friendly to them whenever I cross paths with them. Likewise I always treat all people the same way, with friendly respect.

Ok, I'll get off my soapbox..

 

[FreedomEclipse]

That's not nice. Family always comes first in my opinion. I would even kill for mine if I had to. Your job or business is just a means towards the goal, not the goal itself.

Putting business first isnt entirely uncommon when it comes to Chinese folk. Some of it has to do with the culture. i.e More money = bigger house/status rather than the western culture of having more money for the sake of having more money. Its a different type of greed. Im not saying that Chinese people are incapable of not being greedy. Some of us are but we care much more about it at face value/flaunt it a little more than constantly squirreling it away in offshore/high interest bank accounts

As a people. We can be quite petty like that. Sometimes having people just knowing that we're filthy rich isnt enough... This sort of behaviour is more prevalent in mainland china where status is pretty much everything due to the whole social credit system.

At the same time. A lot of Chinese folk are quite level headed about money. But historically Gambling has always been a horrendous issue in China in general. A lot of money and personal property is lost to gambling and even though Im not a gambler myself. One of my great great great great great great great great great great great ancestors was. He was hooked on opium aswell. Back in those days my family had a lot of land for agriculture. A good 80% of it was lost through addiction and gambling. While the government moved in one day and said "This is mine now". The only land or property we have to the family name is the land our small house sits on in the village where my ancestors and father were born and all grew up.

Such is life.

 

[Why_Me]

Putting business first isnt entirely uncommon when it comes to Chinese folk. Some of it has to do with the culture. i.e More money = bigger house/status rather than the western culture of having more money for the sake of having more money. Its a different type of greed. Im not saying that Chinese people are incapable of not being greedy. Some of us are but we care much more about it at face value/flaunt it a little more than constantly squirreling it away in offshore/high interest bank accounts

As a people. We can be quite petty like that. Sometimes having people just knowing that we're filthy rich isnt enough... This sort of behaviour is more prevalent in mainland china where status is pretty much everything due to the whole social credit system.

At the same time. A lot of Chinese folk are quite level headed about money. But historically Gambling has always been a horrendous issue in China in general. A lot of money and personal property is lost to gambling and even though Im not a gambler myself. One of my great great great great great great great great great great great ancestors was. He was hooked on opium aswell. Back in those days my family had a lot of land for agriculture. A good 80% of it was lost through addiction and gambling. While the government moved in one day and said "This is mine now". The only land or property we have to the family name is the land our small house sits on in the village where my ancestors and father were born and all grew up.

Such is life.

The Chinese women here in the USA love to gamble at the casinos and they alway seem to have a big wad of money. That and they are always driving nice new cars.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

The Chinese women here in the USA love to gamble at the casinos and they alway seem to have a big wad of money. That and they are always driving nice new cars.

Most definitely from the main land.

They are normally the folk with tonnes of money to splash like that

 

[AusWolf]

Putting business first isnt entirely uncommon when it comes to Chinese folk. Some of it has to do with the culture. i.e More money = bigger house/status rather than the western culture of having more money for the sake of having more money. Its a different type of greed. Im not saying that Chinese people are incapable of not being greedy. Some of us are but we care much more about it at face value/flaunt it a little more than constantly squirreling it away in offshore/high interest bank accounts

One could say that the point of money isn't money, but bigger status, bigger houses, etc, but I'll go further. I'll ask what the point of all that (status) is. Honestly, if I won the lottery, I'd put it into a high-yield savings account and continue living my modest lifestyle. I wouldn't even buy a bigger car. Maybe a bit more PC parts to play with, and a couple more holidays per year, but nothing extravagant. I don't see the point.

As a people. We can be quite petty like that. Sometimes having people just knowing that we're filthy rich isnt enough... This sort of behaviour is more prevalent in mainland china where status is pretty much everything due to the whole social credit system.

That social credit system sounds beyond fucked up. I can't imagine how there still hasn't be any rebellion against it.

At the same time. A lot of Chinese folk are quite level headed about money. But historically Gambling has always been a horrendous issue in China in general. A lot of money and personal property is lost to gambling and even though Im not a gambler myself. One of my great great great great great great great great great great great ancestors was. He was hooked on opium aswell. Back in those days my family had a lot of land for agriculture. A good 80% of it was lost through addiction and gambling. While the government moved in one day and said "This is mine now". The only land or property we have to the family name is the land our small house sits on in the village where my ancestors and father were born and all grew up.

Such is life.

My ancestors were filthy rich, too, with lots of estates. They lost everything during the communist takeover of Hungary in the late 40s, when owning anything became illegal. They were my mom's side of the family, and since my grandpa passed away in 2016, and my mom just in November, it's all lost forever.

Let me not go further on this. As you said, such is life.

 

[FoulOnWhite]

Historically. Catholics werent that friendly with people of colour let's just say. Some of them probably still arent.

My dad was catholic, i always assumed protestant, but my sister told me his family were catholic, not that we ever noticed. His mother brought hime over here when he was young to get away from the troubles in Ireland, which were i guess pretty bad when he was younger. I have dual nationality as a result of irish father now too which i suppose is a nice gift.

 

[the54thvoid]

My ancestors were filthy rich, too, with lots of estates. They lost everything during the communist takeover of Hungary in the late 40s, when owning anything became illegal.

Hungary wasn't such a nice place in the 1930s & 40s. It allied itself to Germany and Italy to help pull it out of a great depression (it was an Axis nation). To be 'filthy rich' in that time says a fair bit.

Yeah - the communists took the land away. But it wasn't all roses before that. Doesn't diminish your families loss, but... context.

 

[AusWolf]

Hungary wasn't such a nice place in the 1930s & 40s. It allied itself to Germany and Italy to help pull it out of a great depression (it was an Axis nation). To be 'filthy rich' in that time says a fair bit.

Yeah - the communists took the land away. But it wasn't all roses before that. Doesn't diminish your families loss, but... context.

Yes, context - which is something you have no idea about. My family had no connection with the Nazis or any other political affiliation, and I find it incredibly insulting that you'd imply so.

Maybe it's a surprise to you, but not everybody gains their wealth as a present from their country's leaders for dirty deeds. My ancestors were horse breeders and factory owners (milk, not weapons) way before the Nazis. You could have asked instead of making a lazy political remark on something you don't know.

The only difference is that while the Nazis left my family alone (they contributed to the economy, I guess), the communists didn't.

 

[kurosagi01]

Ok lets all chill out now before we start throwing online fist at each other.
What was meant to be a bit of fun and tease at people not liking spicy food to history is way out of context.

On different subject or history though..who has been to Trocadero when it was the biggest arcade place in Europe or even remember the crazy import boom in places like Oriental City and China town in London?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

On different subject or history though..who has been to Trocadero when it was the biggest arcade place in Europe or even remember the crazy import boom in places like Oriental City and China town in London?

Me. Although I didnt frequent the Trocadero very much. I was mainly down Oriental City and China Town.

 

[kurosagi01]

Me. Although I didnt frequent the Trocadero very much. I was mainly down Oriental City and China Town.

Off chance we may have ran into each other as young asian toddlers lol.
The only piece of history I have left of oriental city was buying this from one of the stores.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Off chance we may have ran into each other as young asian toddlers lol.
The only piece of history I have left of oriental city was buying this from one of the stores.
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That would depend. I think im a fair bit older than you? My parents were super frugal with money though. Id see stuff Id be wanting and the answer was pretty much always no

Then it progressed to - "if you want it. Get a job and buy it yourself" and then "IF YOURE GONNA BUY STUFF, AT LEAST SPEND IT ON SOMETHING PRACTICAL" absolutely no winning with Asian parents

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Basically - this video pretty much epitomises me...

 

[the54thvoid]

Yes, context - which is something you have no idea about. My family had no connection with the Nazis or any other political affiliation, and I find it incredibly insulting that you'd imply so.

Maybe it's a surprise to you, but not everybody gains their wealth as a present from their country's leaders for dirty deeds. My ancestors were horse breeders and factory owners (milk, not weapons) way before the Nazis. You could have asked instead of making a lazy political remark on something you don't know.

The only difference is that while the Nazis left my family alone (they contributed to the economy, I guess), the communists didn't.

I offer my apologies. No strings attached.

 

[AusWolf]

I offer my apologies. No strings attached.

Accepted, thank you. Let's move on.

 

[kurosagi01]

That would depend. I think im a fair bit older than you? My parents were super frugal with money though. Id see stuff Id be wanting and the answer was pretty much always no

No clue by how much but I went there a fair amount of times from late 90s to early 2000s, which puts me from toddler to very early teens.

I got vivid memory of all the Japanese import goodies, the Sega arcade and that 1 single restaurant on the top floor with the car park.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

No clue by how much but I went there a fair amount of times from late 90s to early 2000s, which puts me from toddler to very early teens.

I got vivid memory of all the Japanese import goodies, the Sega arcade and that 1 single restaurant on the top floor with the car park.

Early 2000's I was attending college. So I got a good few years on you. I was down at Oriental city most on weekends for meals with the family at one of the restaurants there. Real shame they knocked the place down.

 

[kurosagi01]

Early 2000's I was attending college. So I got a good few years on you. I was down at Oriental city most on weekends for meals with the family at one of the restaurants there. Real shame they knocked the place down.

For some reason I thought you wasn't that much older than me..in that case you would be close to my 2nd cousin age range then lol.
It is a shame its gone yeah and China town is just a food and supermarket place now.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

For some reason I thought you wasn't that much older than me..in that case you would be close to my 2nd cousin age range then lol.
It is a shame its gone yeah and China town is just a food and supermarket place now.

Im probably old enough to be your uncle.

Yeah I remember China town being a little more diverse as far as shops go. There was even that one that sold Gunpla models one upon a time but I dont think they lasted very long. Rent is just too high for a business like that to stay afloat.

The prices down at the supermarkets or restaurants there arent great either thats why my family avoids the place unless we're in the area anyway then we stop for food. We have an oriental supermarket about 30mins walk away. Prices arent great but then again at least we dont need to take the tube or bus out to China town to buy things. Foods that are imported from the east to the west are always going to be a little more pricy.