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#84 Child Labor

Posted July 29th, 2008 by Peter · 4 Comments

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The last few days have been pretty busy here at Stuff Asian People Like. We’ll have a new post ready every two days due to the “banking” that we’ve been doing. One of our loyal readers has suggested a Korean Moms type feature because we haven’t been covering enough “korean content.” Due to popular request, […]

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#83 Not Moving Out

Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Peter · 25 Comments

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That Guy asks: Why should you move out at 18? you can just stay at home with your mom and and dad and live cheaply. Heck why move out at all? I know of some who live into their 30’s with their parents. Perhaps in the white people world that is awkward, but in the […]

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#80 Aiya!

Posted June 24th, 2008 by Peter · 26 Comments

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To most cultures, languages offer thousands upon thousands of ways to say just about anything. To the Chinese, whether by cultural design or sheer ease of pronunciation, one one-syllable phrase has encapsulated the essences of fear, empathy, despair, pain, and surprise all at the same time.

“Ah-Ya!” (å•Šå‘€), which is literally the combination of two […]

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