Mis-conceptions towards others:Discussed, clarified & put to rest

This is a thread to discuss certain mis-conceptions, beliefs, & labeling we tend to give others, weither outright, un-knowingly or in an implied way. We are to have an open mind & a level head if we are going to take part in this, as clashes of beliefs will occur, this isn't an invitation to flaming, but an attempt to clarify & put to rest any & all mis-conceptions we have about others.

To begin with, I'd like to ask the American & European RomUlation members about something we Asians have been hearing about & have been led to think about you guys. Is it true, that once you hit 18 you get booted out of your parents house, & are forced to live on your own? That you could visit them & stay over, but not actually live with them? Or if you did decide to live with your parents, you are obligated to pay rent?

And another thing is, if you already have a family of your own, you can dis-own your parents & siblings.

I find this puzzling as Asian cultures are founded on an extremely close family relations, so close that there are even instances where generations live together on the same plot of land, but in their own built houses. And even if Someone older already has a family of their own, they are still willing to support their younger siblings & their parents as well. this is true too with relatives outside the basic mother-father-children framework, sometimes, Aunts, uncles, grandparents & cousins help each other out in times of need, even the so called God parents are willing, if they can, to support someone who they're not even related too by blood.

Because of this, our Family closeness culture might even be weird in your eyes as well.

 

What's sad is, because countries such as yours had to choose progress over traditions, the meaning of "family" bacame synonymous obligation & bills, loosing the meaning of love & support, but it is good to hear that there are still others who hold onto traditions.

On the other hand, I heard that Japan had recently been too influenced by western cultures & beliefs, saying that if at 20 & above, you still live with your parents you're considered a loser, what the hell!?

 

Right, once again society's moral crumbles due to Politicians

By the way, I still live with my mom & godmom, although I could choose to find housing near work, but I still chose to stay here, sleeping in my old bedroom & eating on the old dinner table, sounds sickeningly nostalgic but true

 

I heard a rumor that people in japan eat fitus that were aborted, Is this true? ( no offense )

 

That's disgusting

Maybe they watched that episode of South Park where Christopher Reeve suck the juices of fetuses & thought they could have stronger bodies if they did the same, but still, eeww!

 

well I just heard it from someone

 

Don't worry clyffe, I wasn't being rude or anything, this thread is actually here for answering things like that

 

I knew that people eat the placenta after birth but after reading the foetus thing i had a look around and found out...
... They do eat them
see here
http://www.geocities.com/orthopapism/anthropophagy3.html

 

OMG, so it is true but how do they have the guts to eat those things

 

Yeah it is quite cannibalistic but people eat strange, or what I find strange, things every day.
Could you bring yourself to eat a seals eyeball, fresh out of its head. Or even veal which some people have a Major problem with.

Note: I wouldn't eat a foetus, but like the article said they would bin them anyway. So why not

 

Asians do eat anything that's why when most asians watch fear factor they laugh their ass off I remembered an ep with an asian guy on it I bet he would've breezed through the challenge, which was eyeballs or something like that and he did XD

In india there's a religious sect that eats the dead

 

you have to understand why they [asians] eat anything. and you wouldn't say asians either, you could also say africans as well [they eat gorillas]. if there is lack of food then you eat anything. if your culture permits it then you eat it. you don't see that where you're living because of the economic prosperity that your country and it's people are witnessing within their boundry.

 

Ok, here's another mis-conception I've heard, this one's probably best answered by people living in countries with Royalty, like the U.K.

Is it true that Royalty can do anything or have anything they want, provided it is limited to the lands/countries they live in?

Actually this mis-conception was brought on by someone very close to me. He said that royalty have it made, say a royal person wanted something so extravagant, they can have it, even if that something is something like a whole night alone with a celebrity they liked.

 

LOL Fail! I'm Asian and I live in the Philippines where economic prosperity is a lie and we do eat anything here, hoppers, mice, lizards etc. so I do know what I'm talking about as well and its not always about the lack of food some cultures are more curious and open minded on what thing can be eaten and asians are a big majority of these cultures belong to asian civilizations.

 

yeah some do eat mice, grashoppers, and other gross stuff but fetus is another human being, you never know the ones that were eaten might actualy change the world