So what do you bond with other Asians about?
I don’t think I do, babe… I don’t think I’ve ever had to sit around with a group of Asians and be like, “Oh yeah, I’m lactose intolerant — that makes me Asian, just like you!” — ?! I don’t have that life experience?!
Okay, well, when you put it like that — it’s not like I talk to them LIKE. THAT!!!
(Laughing) — Well that’s what it sounds like to me when you keep pressing on about the lactose intolerance thing!!!
Okay let’s just move on from the lactose intolerance… what do you talk about with other Asian friends that makes you feel like, I dunno, a camaraderie?
Hmm… I don’t think we do? I don’t feel that way when I talk to other Asians… I think I only get a sense of camaraderie with other Taiwanese people? Not Asians in general…
(A bit offended) — WHAT?!
Why would I?! I feel like other Asians — it’s no different to making friends with Caucasians or any other races or cultures — okay, you’re part of your culture — that’s fine. But it’s not “my” heritage — I share my heritage with other Taiwanese people… there’s that sense of bonding that comes out when I speak Mandarin or they speak Taiwanese to me and I understand them. I think it’s in the language…
(Thinking about this)… so you’ll never feel as connected to me if I don’t speak Mandarin?
I don’t think it’s like that exactly… it’s just different… and I don’t think we need to feel connected in that way?
I would like us to feel connected in that way… we’re both Asian — but how would you define that?
(Seriously puzzled by these questions) What…? I mean… people just LOOK AT US and assume we’re Asian?!
Hmm… yeah… but… I feel like our cultures share something deeper…
Ancient… Chinese… History?!?!!?! (Laughing)
(Puzzled but also laughing) You think… that’s… what makes us… “Asian” — ?!
Well, except Indian people are also referred to as Asian so that doesn’t apply to them.
No… it doesn’t!
But they’re not lactose intolerant either?! There’s heaps of milk and milk products in Indian food…
(Laughing) — Okay. Let’s keep this… North-East Asian. (Laughing)
Okay?! So then… yea?! Ancient Chinese History?
You think we ALL have that in common?
DON’T… we…?!?!!?
Is this what Taiwanese education teaches?! That Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan — all share Ancient Chinese History?
ISN’T THAT A FACT?!?!?!?! WHY ARE YOU BEING SO WEIRD ABOUT THIS??!?!!?!??!!?!?
(Shaking his head) I haven’t learned that much about Ancient Chinese history…
So…?!?! That’s a… YOU problem?!?!!?!?!?!?! (Laughing) I think it’s really, really common knowledge…?!?! Amongst… North-East… Asians?!?!?!?!?!?!!
Is it?!?!?!
ISN’T IT?!?!?!?! My Father’s SO PROUD of this HISTORY….
Is he?
(Nodding) Yeah… it’s a pride thing… thousands and thousands of years of Ancient Chinese history — you know, like that Dad, in My Big Fat Greek Wedding?! — My Dad is like that with ANCIENT Chinese history!
Oh… (thinking about this)…
I’m going to Google this right now — why would Koreans not recognise that their history is also related to Ancient Chinese history?!?!!?!?
“Koreans may not recognize that their history is related to Ancient Chinese history because of disputes over the history of ancient kingdoms and the role of China in Korean history” — Google AI
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?
See?! I told you!
(Laughing) Well… yeah… that’s not the… Chinese/Taiwanese perspective? We think YOU’RE ALL… a part of US….?!?! Even if there’s tensions between China and Taiwan?!?! (LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL)
(Dumbfounded)… so it’s like you all think that… we are… from the same Ancestors…?
WE……………. ARE……………….. WHY WOULD WE NOT BE??!?!?!?!
Because — Google it!!!
I’m not reading all that… -__-!
I can tell you right now — generally speaking — Koreans come from CHINA. Japanese come from CHINA. Even Taiwanese — The Han people — come from CHINA.
The Han people!?!? What?!?!?
Oh my gosh — You don’t know about HAN people!??!?!?!
No… (shaking his head)… that’s like, a guy’s name in Korean…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHA……………. HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW ABOUT THE “ANCIENT CHINESE PEOPLE OF HAN” — ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
(Cackling) Why is this so funny?!?!!?!?!
(Laugh-crying) It’s like two kids who’ve been separately brainwashed, coming together to be like, “What?!?! WHAT?!?!?!?!” What is real?!?!?! What is NOT?!?!?!!? (Laughing)
Let’s ask Google AI:
The Han Chinese are an ethnic group that originated in the Central Plains of China during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. They are the largest ethnic group in China and the world, with a population of over 1.3 billion people.
There! See?!?! That’s US. That’s our North-East Asian ANCESTORS.
(Taking it in)… is it…?!?!! (Devilish grin)
Well, unless you’re MONGOLIAN?! You could have MONGOLIAN Ancestors?!?!?!?
(Laughing) Where did THAT come from?!!
Nowhere! I had a Taiwanese high school friend joke to another Taiwanese high school friend, “Oh, she’s not a “Han” person, she’s Mongolian…”
What the fuck?! That sounded like a slur!
Hmm… I don’t know, they were just high school girls. There’s nothing wrong with Mongolians. I don’t know why they said that.
Google: “Are Han Chinese and Koreans related?”
These estimations based on genomic data indicate Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean people are genetically closely-related and derived their ancestry from a common gene pool.
There.
Oh, so now I’m marrying my SISTER…
(Laughing) Stop it!!! OH my god……
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