Why is this bothering you?!?!
It’s not bothering me, but I’m just still thinking… that’s not normal…
(Laughing) What do you MEAN it’s not NORMAL!?!!? It’s totally NORMAL HUMAN THING to DRINK MILK.
Yes… I know that… but it’s not normal… for ASIANS……. was the other housemate also Asian?
Yes… we’re both Asians…
And you’re not Lactose Intolerant?!?!
No?!?! Are you?!?!?!
I might be, I don’t know. I generally don’t drink that much milk so I don’t know if I’ve ever drank enough of it to trigger the intolerance…
Okay?! Well — my brother is… but I’m not…
Oh? So it doesn’t just run in the family?!
I have no idea?! Maybe we should ask a geneticist?!?!?!!?
But what are the odds? You and that other housemate? Both Asian women — and not lactose intolerant?!
I… don’t know…?! Why is this a big deal?!?!
It’s not a big deal — it’s just MOST ASIANS — are — LACTOSE. INTOLERANT?!?!!
No… it’s like… 70% or something?! It’s not “most” — ?!
70% is still a very high number!!!
Okay?!?!! Well?!!? What do you want me to say?! Me and that other housemate?! We’ve been genetically blessed?! We don’t have the lactose intolerant genes?!?!?!
(Nodding) (Thinking about this) Yeah… somehow… both you and your housemate… didn’t get those genes…
SO?!?!?!?! (Laughing and really puzzled, WHY is this a BIG DEAL?!?!?!)
I don’t know… I just find it… fascinating…
Right… okay… you still want to dig some more…
Yes… I’m wondering…
What are you wondering? Do we have “white people” in our Ancestry?
(Nodding) — You said it, I didn’t!
(LOL)… I might… from Taiwan… but I don’t know about the other housemate friend…
Okay, don’t worry about her. I just want to know about you.
Well it’s not like I’ve taken an Ancestry DNA test, so I wouldn’t be able to tell you for sure.
BUT…?! I just know there’s a “But” coming…
BUT — my mother — often says — it’s possible — because of a brief history of Dutch occupation of Taiwan.
There it is.
(Shrugs shoulders) — but my brother’s lactose intolerant! We’re the SAME FAMILY —
So do you think it’s only girls that are not lactose intolerant?!
NO?!?!!? ABSOLUTELY NOT?!?!?! Statistically — public health data — that is not true at all.
Okay… so… just you… instead of your brother… got the gene… for NOT being lactose intolerant…
(Shrugs shoulders) I guess so?
It’s interesting…
WHY!?!?!?!?!?
IT JUST IS!!!
What do you have about lactose intolerance? Why is this a thing?!
Well… I always felt I bonded with other Asians because we’re “kind of” lactose intolerant…
You don’t even know if you’re lactose intolerant but you just like pretending you are to bond with other Asian friends?
(Nodding) Yes…
Okay? Well… you keep doing that… I’m NOT lactose intolerant… so I’ll bond with other Asians over other Asian things…
(Chuckling)
What?!
It’s just so EASY for you…
What do you mean?!
It’s “easy” — you just go along with anything!
Well?! What do you want me to say?! Why would I pretend to be lactose intolerant if I’m NOT?!?!?!
(Laughing) I don’t know… I kind of feel like, “Am I even married to an Asian wife at all?! You’re not even lactose intolerant?!?! You speak ENGLISH all the time?!?!?”
(CACKLING) What the FUCK?!?!?!! WHO THINKS LIKE THAT?!?!?!?!?!
(Laugh-crying at his own thoughts)
…
Do you think our kids will be lactose intolerant?
I don’t know — if YOU are — if you actually are — go drink, like 2 glasses of milk on your day off — see if you get the runs. If YOU are lactose intolerant, and they turn out to be, then it’s a dominant gene. And it will override… my… non-lactose intolerance?
Maybe we should just ask Google…
“Lactose intolerance can be caused by either a dominant or recessive gene, depending on the type of intolerance.”
(LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL)
Ohh… so for YOUR FAMILY — it’s recessive!
Is it?!
Yes!!! Because YOU DON’T have it — your BROTHER has it!!!
Okay…? Why are you… getting all like… “Gattaca” about this?!?!
Gattaca?!?!
Yes?!?! Haven’t you seen the movie Gattaca?!?! Ethan Hawke, Uma Therman — GATTACA.
I don’t think I’ve seen this movie…
It’s like a futuristic sci-fi… and the rich people can have “designer babies” — and pick and choose what genes the babies have…
Virgo Sun Pisces Moon 