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[Kaiser Arian XVII]

You have that in every state. There are dudes here in Iraq who do all that. Cowboy boots are all the rage for 'country' culture (go to the Midwest, and you'll find it everywhere). Hats are a bit more rare, but that's about the one thing every Texan has (whether you want it or not). You can find a rodeo machine in any country style bar you go into. And probably ones that have nothing to do with Country culture, just because it's fun to ride a bull when you're drunk. No one I've heard that wasn't paid to say it has ever said 'yee-haw'. As for the accent... you're not likely to find it everywhere. It's a lot more subdued than people think. It's more of the typical American accent with a tinge of Southern to it. Only in the deepest of Dixie (which straddles rural Texas) are you going to really hear that accent at all, and for all intents and purposes, its unintelligible.

 

If you're seeing all of that at once in one place, you're either at the Texas State Fair or Texas Roadhouse Grill (or possibly Longhorn Steakhouse). Otherwise, it's another stereotype. While there are people and even entire communities in Texas that fit that bill, they're more the exception than the rule. You'll find people in every state trying that, and if you go further out west, like Wyoming or Montana or Arizona, you'll find real cowboys. It's not as glamorous as it looks.

 

The only true stereotype I know of for Texas (that is confirmed) is that Lone Star is the national beer of Texas. 

 

Otherwise, I would be careful who you say those stereotypes to. Wally's World (our derogatory nickname for Walmart (lol Wall-mart?)) is a terrifying place to behold, though also quite hilarious sometimes. 

 

Guns in malls aren't as prevalent as they used to be. Granted, you can still buy as many guns as you want at a dedicated gun store. Hell, I'm anti-second amendment and I own 5 guns. 

 

They're really fun to shoot. 

 

I thought Dixie accent is a widespread phenomena in the south stretched from Carolinas to Texas.

 

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everyone loves this:

 

 

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Is the Asian community big? I'm not good with Western food.

 

You softie!

 

I can eat something from Italian, Greek, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, MiddleEastern restaurants and Fast Food. It's not like I'm gonna starve by going to these countries or their restaurants!

[Fast Jimmy]

I thought Dixie accent is a widespread phenomena in the south stretched from Carolinas to Texas

It's a different accent all over those regions. Just like a Brooklyn New York accent is different than a Townie Boston accent despite being just a few hundred miles away, the same could be said of the difference between a wild Texan accent versus a dulcet sweet-tea accent of Southern Georgia (not to mention the nigh-incomprehensible drawl of a N'awlins creole accent).

That being said, such accents are fading out, as kids grow up with TV, radio and the Internet to teach them how to speak.

[God]

Plus, despite what 'Country' culture says, many people who are younger are aware of having the negative connotations that traditionally go with the accent. I'm not sure how other accents are seen in other cultures, but here (especially on TV), having a southern accent (unless specifically appealing to the 'Southern comfort or Country culture' ideal) is usually a sign that a character will be put in a negative light, and IMO, with general justification.

 

Having been so used to worldliness and culture growing up, I have learned to despise the so-called culture in the locale that I've ended up, as the idiots who praise it think that ignorance is a good thing. 

 

"No outside pollutants dammit!"

 

It reminds me of that moron country singer who was on 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader', and she failed almost miserably at most of her questions, most famous being the 'I thought Europe was a country! I never even heard of Budapest! I know they speak French there!' question.

 

As well, people who use the Southern American accent tend to do unimaginably terrible things to the grammar of the English language. It goes beyond regional dialect. They talk like a moron, and take pride in doing so. That's why I hate 'Country' culture. And as for their insistence on promoting their religion, well... the less said about that, the better. I suppose the primary reason I so much dislike the culture is because it has adopted elements of anti-intellectualism at the core of it.

 

 

Despite my dislike of the style, I have no issues with Jeff Foxworthy. He's a very intelligent man. 

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

As a side note I like to speak German "Prussian" Style! (by style I don't mean the regional dialect of Prussia, but how the ministers and Media would speak before Cold War era... specially how they pronounce 'R' rolling...)

 

It's much better than this awful German the media and everyone speaks now that's more like French than German/Scandinavian.

[God]

I can only tell the differences in accents in Russian, French, and English. Otherwise, I've no clue what people are on about over accent differences.

[Naughty Bear]

Why are Asians looked down upon except the types you mentioned? Americans always go to Asia and enjoy the cultures? There are god knows how many old white American marrying young Thai girls here or just using prostitutes. There are many Asians in America, surely the people are tolerant of us?

 

Yeah sorry, my information on Americans are from TV or stories I hear.

 

I'm only half Asian but I guess I would look Asian among white people. Is my race really a problem if I did visit America? What if I used my British passport? I am dual. My accent is clear British however.

 

If I come to America after my degree, I have to offer my Biochemical education.

[Fast Jimmy]

Plus, despite what 'Country' culture says, many people who are younger are aware of having the negative connotations that traditionally go with the accent. I'm not sure how other accents are seen in other cultures, but here (especially on TV), having a southern accent (unless specifically appealing to the 'Southern comfort or Country culture' ideal) is usually a sign that a character will be put in a negative light, and IMO, with general justification.

Having been so used to worldliness and culture growing up, I have learned to despise the so-called culture in the locale that I've ended up, as the idiots who praise it think that ignorance is a good thing.

"No outside pollutants dammit!"

It reminds me of that moron country singer who was on 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader', and she failed almost miserably at most of her questions, most famous being the 'I thought Europe was a country! I never even heard of Budapest! I know they speak French there!' question.

As well, people who use the Southern American accent tend to do unimaginably terrible things to the grammar of the English language. It goes beyond regional dialect. They talk like a moron, and take pride in doing so. That's why I hate 'Country' culture. And as for their insistence on promoting their religion, well... the less said about that, the better. I suppose the primary reason I so much dislike the culture is because it has adopted elements of anti-intellectualism at the core of it.

https://www.youtube....h?v=Cey35bBWXls

Despite my dislike of the style, I have no issues with Jeff Foxworthy. He's a very intelligent man.

...'Murica.

[Fast Jimmy]

Why are Asians looked down upon except the types you mentioned? Americans always go to Asia and enjoy the cultures? There are god knows how many old white American marrying young Thai girls here or just using prostitutes. There are many Asians in America, surely the people are tolerant of us?

Yeah sorry, my information on Americans are from TV or stories I hear.

I'm only half Asian but I guess I would look Asian among white people. Is my race really a problem if I did visit America? What if I used my British passport? I am dual. My accent is clear British however.

If I come to America after my degree, I have to offer my Biochemical education.

Asians aren't looked down upon in the US, in my experience. You'd be received better as a foreign Asian walking into a store than a native black person, honestly.

There's stereotypes that Asians are nerdy or shy, but I honestly don't think anyone would be likely to treat your poorly or be aggressive towards you for it (there's always exceptions, but speaking from someone who was raised in the South, where people are infamous for being hostile to other people who don't look like them, South Asian is probably the "safest" ethnicity to be while visiting the states, as horrible as that is to say).

[God]

Why are Asians looked down upon except the types you mentioned? Americans always go to Asia and enjoy the cultures? There are god knows how many old white American marrying young Thai girls here or just using prostitutes. There are many Asians in America, surely the people are tolerant of us?

 

Yeah sorry, my information on Americans are from TV or stories I hear.

 

I'm only half Asian but I guess I would look Asian among white people. Is my race really a problem if I did visit America? What if I used my British passport? I am dual. My accent is clear British however.

 

If I come to America after my degree, I have to offer my Biochemical education.

 

Well, they aren't really looked down upon so much as ignored with fervency. The way I understand it, the area you're at isn't seen as 'civilized' in the sense that we see it (I don't agree with it, and I'm sure many people don't either, but that's about it. Tell people to point to Thailand on a map, and you'll be lucky if they point to the right hemisphere.) A lot of this is due to our own experiences in Vietnam back in the 60's, as well as a perceived 'mighty whitey' attitude for the people there. In the city I live in, there is a large population Chin people from Myanmar (or Burma if you prefer) who were moved by some churches here and granted asylum here in the States as part of a charity and mission program. Essentially, you're seen as living in and being from a part of the world that regularly requires us to come and fix things for you and show you how to live. Either that, or it is, as you said, a vacation destination for us. It's condescending and egocentric, but there it is. 

 

The reason the other countries (South Korea, Japan, and parts of China) aren't is because they have shown themselves to be economically and financially successful, as well as adopting a typically Western attitude. They're seen, politically and economically, as one of the West, rather than one of Asia, and the prevalence and success of this as seen as them being a contemporary and successful culture, whereas yours is seen as a 'developing' or 'maturing' one (and that's in polite terms: behind closed doors your country is a state that most people think is all tsunamis, dictators, dog-eaters, and jungle tribes.) I admit entirely and freely that that is what we, as a collective culture on the whole, tend to see when looking at that particular part of the world. I don't feel that way, and I'm sure I'm going to get a response here telling me how its not true because they or someone they know says or thinks otherwise, but again, there it is.

 

As for the old white American men dating your women, why do you think? They have money (a lot of it), they go to Thailand when they retire, marry a pretty local girl and use her as the exotic arm candy fantasy they've always wanted. That's not precluding the existence of love, but on the whole, again, they aren't really 'falling in love' with your women so much as using them as an accessory and sexual outlet. The ones that use the prostitutes are just skipping the romance and going straight for the meat. It doesn't help that your country has a reputation for human trafficking and sex slaves.

 

Person to person, most Americans will indeed be tolerant, pleasant, and kind to you (personally). That said, if looking at you as an American looking at a Thai, then you'll probably start hearing and seeing more negative and darker opinions coming out. 

 

If you're half-Asian and have a British passport, you'll be fine actually. We'd just see you as a British person who happens to be Asian. That said, your citizenship isn't much use in the States. We aren't a part of the Commonwealth. 

 

Sure, you'd get along great with that degree program. You'd probably be faced with a lot of pressure to either assimilate though, though it's possible that since you have a prestigious enough degree, you'd be seen as respectable.

[Sigma Tauri]

Why are Asians looked down upon except the types you mentioned? Americans always go to Asia and enjoy the cultures? There are god knows how many old white American marrying young Thai girls here or just using prostitutes. There are many Asians in America, surely the people are tolerant of us?

 

Asians generally live in cosmopolitan areas, so you'll get Thai enclaves anyway. In Houston, there are Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipino enclaves. There are also Thai enclaves in NYC, like Queens.

 

You'll find out that even in diverse areas, you'll meet that racist *******, and you may find not exactly get it from just a white American. Racists come in different colors and flavors. But, generally people of various backgrounds tolerate each other. They have to. No one wants trouble.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

For Geographical simplification and learning of Asia:

 

Main Asia is majorly consisted of these 4 regions:

 

1) India

2) China (+ Korea)

3) IndoChina (Vietnam to Burma)

4) Tataria (or Tataristan, from Mongolia to Kazakhstan)

 

The rest are like UK in the Ocean (Japan to Indonesia) or considered Middle East.

[Sigma Tauri]

The reason the other countries (South Korea, Japan, and parts of China) aren't is because they have shown themselves to be economically and financially successful, as well as adopting a typically Western attitude.

 

Koreans, Japanese, Chinese are generally more "successful" than Southeast Asians. But, them adopting a typically Western attitude is not true at all.

[God]

Asians aren't looked down upon in the US, in my experience. You'd be received better as a foreign Asian walking into a store than a native black person, honestly.

There's stereotypes that Asians are nerdy or shy, but I honestly don't think anyone would be likely to treat your poorly or be aggressive towards you for it (there's always exceptions, but speaking from someone who was raised in the South, where people are infamous for being hostile to other people who don't look like them, South Asian is probably the "safest" ethnicity to be while visiting the states, as horrible as that is to say).

 

That is fair enough, and true in more places in the U.S. than it should be. I can't think of any place where people started getting more tension when your average black person entered a store. 

 

That said, he's from a part of Asia that is... well... you know how we Americans tend to view Southeast Asia. We see it as one of the biggest cesspits in the world, filled with decrepit starving people who **** in the street being oppressed by some tyrant, only coming on the news when the latest earthquake has killed so many people that it ceases to be a tragedy and instead is just a statistic.

 

You know, 7.0 earthquake hits the States, 30 people die, 200 are injured, and there's almost $10 billion in damages. It's a tragedy.

 

Said earthquake hits Malaysia or Indonesia or Thailand, and 30,000 people die, over 100 thousand are injured or missing, and there's slightly less money in damages. We (as a country) look at it, shrug, and think of it as Earth's form of population control.

[God]

Koreans, Japanese, Chinese are generally more "successful" than Southeast Asians. But, them adopting a typically Western attitude is not true at all.

 

Economically, and in some instances politically (for the most part), it is. Which is what I said. 

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Koreans and Chinese are generally successful. But, them adopting a typically Western attitude is not true at all.

 

Huh! Their civilization was more advanced than western civilization till 16th century and their culture is much richer than the west. They will keep the spine of their culture anyway.

 

Despite westernization doing its job through Media and Globalization and it's been very successful, I can say all three civilizations of China, Korea and Japan (+ Indonesia perhaps) are preserving their identity through historical and traditional series, movies, programs etc.

[God]

For Geographical simplification and learning of Asia:

 

Main Asia is majorly consisted of these 4 regions:

 

1) India

2) China (+ Korea)

3) IndoChina (Vietnam to Burma)

4) Tataria (or Tataristan, from Mongolia to Kazakhstan)

 

The rest are like UK in the Ocean (Japan to Indonesia) or considered Middle East.

 

In the U.S., we refer to the Asian regions by their general locations within Asia rather than the actual geographically correct terms. 

 

We refer to Indochina as 'Southeast Asia'. We refer to the Middle East as a distinctly different region from the rest of Asia (we do call it Asia Minor after all), despite them being connected and one and the same. We refer to Japan, Korea, and China as 'East Asia'. India is just India, and maybe 'Southern Asia'. As for the region from Mongolia, Western China to Kazakhstan, we refer to it as 'Central Asia'. 'Northern Asia' is just Russia.

[Fast Jimmy]

That is fair enough, and true in more places in the U.S. than it should be. I can't think of any place where people started getting more tension when your average black person entered a store.

That said, he's from a part of Asia that is... well... you know how we Americans tend to view Southeast Asia. We see it as one of the biggest cesspits in the world, filled with decrepit starving people being oppressed by some tyrant, only coming on the news when the latest earthquake has killed so many people that it ceases to be a tragedy and instead is just a statistic.

You know, 7.0 earthquake hits the States, 30 people die, 200 are injured, and there's almost $10 billion in damages. It's a tragedy.

Said earthquake hits Malaysia or Indonesia or Thailand, and 30,000 people die, over 100 thousand are injured or missing, and there's slightly less money in damages. We (as a country) look at it, shrug, and think of it as Earth's form of population control.

Yeah, but unless you tell someone you're from Thailand, they'd all probably think you are Japanese.

Just like Americans think anyone who is Hispanic is Mexican. Ignoring an entire continent of other nationalities and ethnicities.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

In the U.S., we refer to the Asian regions by their general locations within Asia rather than the actual geographically correct terms. 

 

We refer to Indochina as 'Southeast Asia'. We refer to the Middle East as a distinctly different region from the rest of Asia (we do call it Asia Minor after all), despite them being connected and one and the same. We refer to Japan, Korea, and China as 'East Asia'. India is just India, and maybe 'Southern Asia'. As for the region from Mongolia, Western China to Kazakhstan, we refer to it as 'Central Asia'. 'Northern Asia' is just Russia.

 

I know. I just wanted to be both historical and creative!

[Naughty Bear]

This is darker than I imagined. I know we don't have a good reputation because of prostitution 2 provinces out of 75 (Pattaya and  Bangkok)  is enough to damage the entire country reputation which is sad. Its not all prostitutes here...Bangkok is surprisingly modern and clean in many areas which I hope would shock westerners to see we are not a backward people.

 

So I guess I will be lumped in with the Vietnam war despite no connections except maybe a few of my ancestors were involved.

[God]

Yeah, but unless you tell someone you're from Thailand, they'd all probably think you are Japanese.

Just like Americans think anyone who is Hispanic is Mexican. Ignoring an entire continent of other nationalities and ethnicities.

 

Fair enough. I don't disagree with you here.

 

I'd be able to tell for the most part (there are differences in skin tone and physical features among some ethnicities), but otherwise, don't say anything where you're from and most people will assume you're just a Japanese or Chinese guy.

 

I had a friend from Brazil coming up to visit me once. He was in the software tech industry. Took him out to dinner, and the waitress, when she learned he was from Brazil, asked him if he grew up on the street playing soccer and tried speaking in Spanish to him.

 

That was an interesting night.

[Sigma Tauri]

Economically, and in some instances politically (for the most part), it is. Which is what I said. 

 

They have to. Asians in the U.S. live in a Western economic model.

 

Attitude-wise, they're still very different. Among the three, Japanese people who lived in the U.S. are the most Westernized. Koreans, the least. Korean enclaves are exclusive by nature.

 

I'm surprised you'd say Northeast Asians are more Westernized, but you've got a bunch of Southeast Asians like Vietnamese and Filipinos who have a greater tendency to accept Western culture more easily.

[Fast Jimmy]

It's funny forked up cause it's true.

FTFY

[God]

This is darker than I imagined. I know we don't have a good reputation because of prostitution 2 provinces out of 75 (Pattaya and  Bangkok)  is enough to damage the entire country reputation which is sad. Its not all prostitutes here...Bangkok is surprisingly modern and clean in many areas which I hope would shock westerners to see we are not a backward people.

 

So I guess I will be lumped in with the Vietnam war despite no connections except maybe a few of my ancestors were involved.

 

Oh I'm sure your country isn't even close to being half as bad as we Americans tend to visualize it. It's the same with Vegas. Vegas is a considerable place for the human trafficking trade, yet most people here (and in the Western world) tend to ignore that because VEGAS! AMERICA! FREEDOM! GAMBLING! 

 

In fact, I've wanted to go to Thailand for a while. Despite being in that area of the world a couple of times, I never had the chance to visit.