Summer Plans?

[krebscout]

Dear Krebscout,

Your art. 'Tis a thing of awesomeness.

Aw hey thanks! Want to hand out my business cards tucked into all the Books of Mormon you'll be handing out shortly? Priestcraft shmriestcraft.

[ahem.]

She just wants to call herself an International Business Woman.

Don't give in.

[krebscout]

She just wants to call herself an International Business Woman.

Don't give in.

Hey, I've already shipped to Canada, and I just got an order from a lady in Belgium. Mostly I just want to subvert Gio's sacred service with my love of money.

[Giovanni Schwartz]

bAHAHA. i TOTALLY WOULD. aND i'VE HEARD THAT MOST cHINAMEN SPEAK eNGLISH, SO...

[bobtheenchantedone]

I ship to this one girl all the time who lives in both the UK and Vietnam. Hooray!

[thebigcheese]

Hmm...summer plans. Well, I'm trying to find a job so I can FINALLY get up off this stupid couch. But in the meantime, I've been reading a lot and trying to decide what I want to paint on these new canvases I just bought.

Oh, and I'm getting hitched in a couple months. That's kind of a big deal.

[Marduk]

bAHAHA. i TOTALLY WOULD. aND i'VE HEARD THAT MOST cHINAMEN SPEAK eNGLISH, SO...

Gio, I figured I'd tell you, so that you don't make this faux pas in the field, but.... most Asians find the term "chinaman" offensive.

[Giovanni Schwartz]

I figured. But none of us are Asian, are we? (Serious question here)

[NerdGirl]

I'm not Asian. But when I started my master's degree, BYU decided to switch my ethnicity from "Caucasian" to "Pacific Islander or Alaskan Native", and they started sending me the multicultural magazine.

[Gimgimno]

I figured. But none of us are Asian, are we? (Serious question here)

Do you EVER read my answers?

[Giovanni Schwartz]

Eh. Sometimes. Depends on if I care about the question. Although sometimes I skip your answers too. Just out of spite because you are kind of a jerk to me sometimes.

[Gimgimno]

Well, in any case, I would hope that after I've mentioned my mixed ethnicity a fair half-dozen times that you would know the answer to your question.

Not that I'm offended, but here's my serious answer to your serious question.

[Giovanni Schwartz]

Eh. I realized that I had read that before with a cursory search, but that I just didn't care about you enough to remember it. /honesty

[Giovanni Schwartz]

Oh, PS to all of you all, I mostly meant chinamen in an ironic sort of way. I never would call an Asian person that to their face, or to the face of any people that knew an Asian that I know. And I don't know any of you, so I'm safe here.

[Gimgimno]

Well that's cute, because I don't care enough about you to care about you not caring about me. (:

[Marduk]

Oh, PS to all of you all, I mostly meant chinamen in an ironic sort of way. I never would call an Asian person that to their face, or to the face of any people that knew an Asian that I know. And I don't know any of you, so I'm safe here.

No, no you're not. It is a racially offensive term, and has no place on this forum. I'm not offended, mostly because I don't think you know how offensive many people find it, but it IS a racial slur, and should not be used.

[krebscout]

Let's all go to the cute baby thread

[Whistler]

yeah, like the bunch of honkies we are

[Wisteria]

Gio, to be honest, I find that attitude from someone who is waiting to enter the MTC to be a little disturbing. "I don't know any of you so I'm safe here" smacks of doing the right things for the wrong reasons- because of other people's expectations instead of an inner motivation to be Christlike and consistently filled with charity. Be careful there, friend.

[Unit of Energy]

Gio, to be honest, I find that attitude from someone who is waiting to enter the MTC to be a little disturbing. "I don't know any of you so I'm safe here" smacks of doing the right things for the wrong reasons- because of other people's expectations instead of an inner motivation to be Christlike and consistently filled with charity. Be careful there, friend.

Or it sounds like an immature 19-year-old boy about to learn a huge lesson about how life actually works. Good Luck Gio!