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mangadood
2006-11-07 09:35:53 am
Too many fangirls to count
Quote from SABERinBLUE:
mangadood, don't try this, please.  We're not conniving behind your back to not get your jokes.  If something is funny, we will laugh.
I didn't say, nor do I think that anyone is conspiring against me, but I do believe that some people have some sort of subconscious thing, and if I simply said that someone was an eggplant, people would complain and attempt to tell me off... Anyhow, I think I overreacted about the not getting my joke thing, I was sorta pissed about something else, bah, you know how the faulty human brain works.

And, SS, don't worry about your ethnicity. It can be an issue sometimes, me going to an ethnically mixed school. I get called "white boy" as a derogatory term more times a day than an obsessive compulsive disorder patient washes his hands.
(OCD folks, take no offense, I used to be a hand washer)
nate
2006-11-07 10:43:43 am
Quote from SamuraiSamus:
yoshi, you're not the only one. . . don't worry. and if things started making sense around here I'd run for the hills

sorry to break the fun here, but I have a serious question to ask all of you. if you were of an ethnically mixed background and have had many issues because of it in the past, would it be right for you to get angry with someone for thinking that you shouldn't hide your ethnicity? (even though you would no longer experience serious issues concerning it in the present, but have dealt with situations that could have led to rather undesirable consequences in the past)

reason I'm asking would be that I've been thinking a lot about this as the people I've been meeting lately seem to want to ask me about my ethnicity out of honest curiosity and I find myself lying to every single one of them due to what has happened in the past  (while I have no issues about who or what I am, I also know that I can't control the thoughts of others .. . especially if they're fascists/racists who want to see me in a hospital)

so guess what I would be asking of everybody is thier honest opinion of what I do(and do you agree/disagree), and maybe if there's some m2k2er's in the same position as me. . . do you do the same thing?

oh, and I'm half native for all of those who are wondering why I'm asking about this.

entirely your call. for what it's worth, though, i've noticed people get a lot more mature about stuff like that as they mature (sounds stupid, but it's true).
Aedious
2006-11-07 03:03:45 pm
I have never had any problems because of my ethnicity, mainly because where I come from, my ethnicity (white) doubles as the majority.
SABERinBLUE
2006-11-07 04:13:15 pm
Cook of the Sea
Quote from mangadood:
if I simply said that someone was an eggplant, people would complain and attempt to tell me off...


I think that's accurate, but mostly because I don't think anyone sees that as the sort of joke you'd make.
Izo
2006-11-07 04:36:19 pm
soaking through
For the love of crap, they're called aubergines.  Get it right.
Aedious
2006-11-07 06:19:18 pm
Quote from Izo:
For the love of crap, they're called aubergines. Get it right.



Quote from Dictionary.com:
au·ber·gine (br-zhn, br-jn)  Pronunciation Key  Audio pronunciation of "Aubergines" [P]
n.

  OMFG! -->See eggplant.<-- OMFG!
Chanoire
2006-11-07 06:38:35 pm
Actually, the OED defines "aubergine" as "The fruit of the Egg-plant, Solanum esculentum, resembling a goose's egg in size and shape, and usually of purple colour; also called brinjal."  So if Saber was referring to the purple fruit specifically, Izo is completely correct. 

Hm, this is kind of interesting... checking the definition of eggplant: "A popular name for the Solanum esculentum, originally given to the white-fruited variety, but afterwards extended to that which bears the purple fruit or Aubergine."  Text examples include one from 1794, "When this [its fruit] is white it has the name of Egg-Plant", and one from 1861, "There is the purple-fruited egg-plant, and the white-fruited egg-plant."  So the term originated because of a resemblance of the white fruit to an egg, but now is often assumed to mean a purple fruit, as Izo indicated.
Muaka
(user is banned)
2006-11-07 06:42:00 pm
Hi
DJGrenola
2006-11-07 06:59:26 pm
best retort ever
Aedious
2006-11-07 06:59:37 pm
Quote from Chanoire:
Actually, the OED defines "aubergine" as "The fruit of the Egg-plant, Solanum esculentum, resembling a goose's egg in size and shape, and usually of purple colour; also called brinjal."  So if Saber was referring to the purple fruit specifically, Izo is completely correct.


And the fact that they (eggplants and aubergines) are almost the exact same thing doesn't make a difference?

[edit]

Wikipedia comes to the rescue. Eggplants and Aubergines are one in the same! Also, I believe the correct scientific name would be Solanum melongena. I'd also like to point out that "Solanum" is the name of the virus that caused zombie outbreaks in The Zombie Survival Guide. Therefore, I must conclude that zombies are the result of excessive eggplant consumption.
DJGrenola
2006-11-07 07:10:18 pm
deleted large pile of spam.

also, OED >>> wikipedia.
Yoshi348
2006-11-07 07:10:43 pm
PAGE BREAKER
Ready and willing.
Blatant spam attack + history of misbehavor = ban fun!

EDIT: Cursed simu-post.
Muaka
(user is banned)
2006-11-07 07:11:07 pm
Quote from DJGrenola:
deleted large pile of spam.

also, OED >>> wikipedia.
why did you do that idiot
Hejira
2006-11-07 07:12:16 pm
eggplant'o'lanterns

Let's everyone forget the unpleasantness and look at the adorable eggplant'o'lanterns.

Plz? I'm afraid this topic's facing uber-lockage.
Aedious
2006-11-07 07:14:19 pm
Quote from Hejira:
eggplant'o'lanterns


Whoever made that is a fucking genius.
Chanoire
2006-11-07 08:30:23 pm
Quote from Aedious:
Wikipedia comes to the rescue. Eggplants and Aubergines are one in the same! Also, I believe the correct scientific name would be Solanum melongena.

That's "one AND the same"... except they're not. Aubergines are a specific type of eggplant, just as Solanum esculentum is a variety of Solanum melongena, the variety which happens to include the most common types.  It appears to be more commonly written as Solanum melongena var. esculentum but S. esculentum is not incorrect so far as I can tell from the various pages I looked at.

Here, I found you a page of eggplant names in different languages.

Oh, and the Spanish used to call them "apples of love", which puts a whole new spin on Saber's original comment.
Aedious
2006-11-07 08:37:30 pm
...Why are we arguing about eggplants? Regardless, I admit defeat. When does my beheading take place?
Chanoire
2006-11-07 08:51:44 pm
We won't behead you, just force you to eat aubergines until you explode.  Instead of death by chocolate it'll be death by brinjal.
Aedious
2006-11-07 08:54:44 pm
I happen to like eggplants. This should be enjoyable. :)
Hejira
2006-11-07 09:54:18 pm
Quote from Chanoire:
Oh, and the Spanish used to call them "apples of love", which puts a whole new spin on Saber's original comment.
Long Purple plz. They're Italian. 8-)
TimeLess
2006-11-07 10:03:21 pm
So how about that election........ aiwebs_008
nate
2006-11-07 10:07:07 pm
i voted.

it was like a giant ipod.
Yoshi348
2006-11-07 10:12:52 pm
PAGE BREAKER
Ready and willing.
Yeah I'm thinking conversation would probably get more interesting once the results start pouring in.
arkarian
2006-11-07 10:21:50 pm
red chamber dream
Quote from nate:
i voted.

it was like a giant ipod.

lol, yeah, they look pretty fun on TV.

Can't wait to use the giant iPods next year, when I'll be old enough to vote. Independent party ftw.
Aedious
2006-11-07 10:24:40 pm
Me? I didn't vote as I'm not even in the U.S.A. at this moment, but even if I was I wouldn't vote anyway. Just my opinion...