Weird happenings in Michigan

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It's all the cold weather. Freezes their brains. 😀
 
jeff2005 said:
What's up with that crazy hunter in Michigan? That wasn't Andy was it?
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You mean Wisconsin.
 
Yeah, I avoid northern Wisconsin during November, and now I remember why. I think it was last year that a woman was shot in the head by one of her neighbors, who thought she was a deer. It was the end of deer season, so the woman thought it was safe to resume walking her dog. But she didn't know about "muzzleloader" season (or something like that), and that's when she got shot.
 
Was it Wisconsin? Wisconsin, Michigan, what's the difference? :meanie:
 
I read about this story a little while ago...I know it's been around for a while now but previously I ignored it. Apparently, some dude from Laos got called some racially derogatory remark and he went postal.

Hmm...I wonder what he was called. The most racially inflammatory things I've been called are "chink" and "gook". I wouldn't grab a semi-automatic weapon in response though. I would probably end the conversation with "you cracker ass cracker!" :laugh:
 
Jeez Andy, what goes on up there in Michigan? Er, or was it Wisconsin? 😀
 
Absolutely nothing cytoborg! Absolutely nothing.

Lack of racial diversity in some parts reminds me of a story back in my college days. I was driving in southern VA in the middle of nowhere. We stopped by a Burger King to get some lunch. In our group was me, an Indian guy, a Spanish girl, and a white guy. The patrons of the fast food joint was all white. When we entered, the whole place suddenly got quiet. One boy, getting the attention of his mom, pointed towards us as though he had seen nothing of the sort before. The thought entered our minds, "I think it's time to go."
 
jeff2005 said:
What's up with that crazy hunter in Michigan? That wasn't Andy was it?
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Oh I get it now. The offender was Asian. And since Andy is the only Asian person up in here, it must have been me :laugh: .

Rook, just because I'm Asian don't mean I go around shooting peopre. I'm just rike all of you. I eat rice and drive real srow!
 
AndyMilonakis said:
Oh I get it now. The offender was Asian. And since Andy is the only Asian person up in here, it must have been me :laugh: .
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Andy - if it wasn't you, then you must know him, right? Which reminds me - I knew this asian guy in college named Jim. You know him, right? How is he?

I hadn't heard the part about the racially derogatory remark. The only thing I heard was that someone was on his property or he was on someone else's property. And that when they arrested him, his gun was empty.

Sorry, I don't own a gun. Lots of my fellow residents do though. Even the girls.
 
AndyMilonakis said:
Oh I get it now. The offender was Asian. And since Andy is the only Asian person up in here, it must have been me :laugh: .

Rook, just because I'm Asian don't mean I go around shooting peopre. I'm just rike all of you. I eat rice and drive real srow!
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I love the associations people make with Asians. It's almost a daily thing with me and it often comes up as the first thing in small talk when I'm meeting people for the first time. Don't get me started :laugh:.
 
Keith Hafner's karate is GREAT!

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(his stupid commercials always make me laugh)

BTW yaah, Asian ppl don't do karate. We do Tae Kwon Do.

Actually, after reminiscing about being called "chink" or "gook", I thought it was funnier (or more derogatory?) being called a "twinkie" or "banana".
 
AndyMilonakis said:
BTW yaah, Asian ppl don't do karate. We do Tae Kwon Do.
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Yeah but ignorant people call all martial arts either "karate" or "kung-fu" depending on which movie or tv show they watched most recently.

I have yet to be called a Polish derogatory term.
 
yeah that's because you'd probably kick his a$$ if he even dared (unless you fight like a pansy or something).
 
yaah said:
Sorry, I don't own a gun. Lots of my fellow residents do though. Even the girls.
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I always forget about that. I was driven past this neon orange "FIREARMS" sign in a shop window in Minneapolis. I've never seen firearms advertised in shop windows, outside of Bowling for Columbine. I should have taken a picture and sent it home.

And there's a thread here wondering about terrorists...? 😀
 
Mrbojangles said:
I love the associations people make with Asians. It's almost a daily thing with me and it often comes up as the first thing in small talk when I'm meeting people for the first time. Don't get me started :laugh:.
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No no...please expand on this. I feel like the lonely Asian guy on these forums.
Seriously, I'm curious what you go through in your first-meeting small talk. We probably have similar stories.
 
AndyMilonakis said:
No no...please expand on this. I feel like the lonely Asian guy on these forums.
Seriously, I'm curious what you go through in your first-meeting small talk. We probably have similar stories.
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Andy,
For instance, I just started my plastics surgery rotation this Monday. And as small talk the plastics surgery attending asked me what my ethnicity was. So I told him my parents were from Korea. So then he said that in college he had two roomates who were Asian but they weren't Korean and that they were Chinese. As though between his college days and the present he has yet to see or talk to an Asian (which can't be the case). And of course he meant no offense by it, but it's annoying being lumped into a race, being constantly reminded that you're different, and not being seen as an individual but being a representative of your race. It's the subtle things that probably bother me more rather than the outright bigoted statements. For instance when I was doing a rheumatology elective, the fellow was sharing a recipe she had got from a Chinese lab tech and just as she was about to share it with me she then said "Oh wait a minute you probably know this anyway" and then went to show it to a classmate. I was puzzled by it and had to think for like a minute by what she meant by that. And when I was doing ortho, the resident introduced me to the floor secretary who looked at my name and then said that it will be so hard keeping track of my name because there were so many other Asian residents (one actually) and acted though as if it was an inconvenience being introduced to me. Whatever. I geuss it comes with the package of being a minority in America. Granted the racism or ignorance that East Asians (substitute other groups) receive is VERY VERY VERY different from say African Americans. It's alot more subtle and "passable" I geuss. I mean we are not economically discriminated against. Or politically for that matter. But I think it'd be very foreign for most Americans to vote for an Asian as President than a Caucasian woman for example. I have learned to be more chill about things like the first or second example or else I'd probably go postal or something. But it's important to call people on true BS when you see it.
 
Yikes, I hope I haven't inadvertently offended any Asians! I've been best buddies with Chinese, Taiwanese, Indians, and Filipinos for much of my life (Asians seem to gravitate towards me), and it was my experience that they tended to insult themselves rather than the other way around. My good friend, whose parents immigrated from China, thought it was hilarious to call himself a chink. I never blatantly insulted anyone like that, even jokingly, but it wouldn't surprise me if I inadvertently insulted someone.

I recall asking an Indian friend if all Indian people knew each other (half-jokingly, because it sure seems like it sometimes). Perhaps I'll have to keep such comments to myself now.

I don't get that one about the person who assumed you knew a recipe already. I mean, that's just ******ed.
 
I've had similar type of stories as you MrBojangles. I've learned to laugh at it and shrug it off over the years; I find it more hilarious than offensive now. And it's not like I'm laughing at their ignorance, that's not it at all. I just laugh at the situation and the circumstances. I can even laugh at myself now. Over the years, I've had the terms "twinkie" and "banana" hurled in my direction. That's fine and expected considering I grew up in the US. However, those terms still do highlight the fact that based on appearance, I am different and that I will never be seen as an American but as a Korean-American. I'm fine with this.

Stormjen, from my standpoint, you haven't offended anyone or even come close to doing so. In terms of racial comments, I'm not offended easily considering that I will even make fun of myself sometimes. It's all good. Feel free to offend others though 😀 (just kidding).
 
AndyMilonakis said:
I've had similar type of stories as you MrBojangles. I've learned to laugh at it and shrug it off over the years; I find it more hilarious than offensive now. And it's not like I'm laughing at their ignorance, that's not it at all. I just laugh at the situation and the circumstances. I can even laugh at myself now. Over the years, I've had the terms "twinkie" and "banana" hurled in my direction. That's fine and expected considering I grew up in the US. However, those terms still do highlight the fact that based on appearance, I am different and that I will never be seen as an American but as a Korean-American. I'm fine with this.

Stormjen, from my standpoint, you haven't offended anyone or even come close to doing so. In terms of racial comments, I'm not offended easily considering that I will even make fun of myself sometimes. It's all good. Feel free to offend others though 😀 (just kidding).
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Andy,
I don't really consider myself as an American or as Korean for that matter. But I geuss that makes me me. My parents weren't really big on teaching my sister and I Korean culture or the language. The only really Korean thing about them is probably their values (one of these days I'm going to have to get a book on Korean history and read up). But I still like this country and wouldn't move to Canada because of the most recent election results 😉.
 
Mrbojangles said:
Andy,
I don't really consider myself as an American or as Korean for that matter. But I geuss that makes me me. My parents weren't really big on teaching my sister and I Korean culture or the language. The only really Korean thing about them is probably their values (one of these days I'm going to have to get a book on Korean history and read up). But I still like this country and wouldn't move to Canada because of the most recent election results 😉.
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Me and you the same. We could blame the election results on Canada :laugh: .
(but only half the country would be doing so at best 🙂 )
 
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