Liriel

Community health advocate by day. Chemist by night. Dancer in all the moments in between.

[Liriel @LirielRising]

@gonglei89 Omg, I log back into Twitter, jetlagged and sleep-deprived, for the first time in like a year, and I'm now following this drama like gd Love Island 😅

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@gaslitbyhopkins @Mont_Jiang Michael Che wrote an entire SNL skit about this phenomenon: https://t.co/XDG3uep5Vy

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@gonglei89 @honglilai @yangmingwanli @xeno_swift Even among my gen of 30-sthngs, in some contexts (eg temple), we still use multiple given names. My friend being either 寶珠 or 传平 depending on who I'm talking to. Just saying that names are sig (otherwise what's the pt of having so many) but the exact significance is complex

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@gonglei89 @honglilai @yangmingwanli @xeno_swift I mean...not to deny socioeconomic factors, but another factor may be that Chinese ppl are also culturally not super tied to the notion of one GIVEN name to rule them all? I'm only in my 30s, & my rural China-born dad has 4 Chinese names: 乳名，學名，字，号. 🤷‍♀️

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@CalCourtKy @tokencarnie @madamchao @angryasianman @EllenYChang (Aside: in fact, living in Georgia, it was often EASIER for me to get veggie subs at Asian restaurants than at white-owned restaurants)

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@CalCourtKy @tokencarnie @madamchao @angryasianman @EllenYChang Cambodian restos too. If they can't make a dish veg only bc "oh, bong, the sdao is already mixed with the meat during prep," they tell me, then usually follow up w/ what they can do "we can make the plea w/ tofu instead of beef."

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@CalCourtKy @tokencarnie @madamchao @angryasianman @EllenYChang In sum, its not that Chinese/Cambo restos are less welcome/inclusive, its that if u are an outsider, be aware that it MAY be more ur (in)ability to communicate w/ us rather than our willingness to accommodate. So be kind & respectful even if its not going how u think it should go

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@DimonvLuka @Mont_Jiang I have a degree from a top 20 chemistry program, & I think of CRISPR as a huge advancement...in process. Minimal advancement in the understanding of genetic engineering itself.

Mb we do have diff defs of innovation, raising the question: why DO you think it's so innovative?

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@NumbChunks @pplsartofwar @Mont_Jiang (should also note, that my Vice editor cut 98% of all the political stuff out of the article bc she didn't understand its "relevance" to the primary narrative)

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@NumbChunks @pplsartofwar @Mont_Jiang (& to be clear, by Cold War politics, I don't just mean superficial note abt how Tran's a refugee, but rather detailed discussions abt the nature of how US Cold War trade & diplomatic embargoes enabled Thailand to capitalize on the SEA refugee crisis)

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@kage_urufu @catcontentonly This Chinese Cuban professor breaks it down. She's Chinese-Cuban on both sides of her family. https://t.co/iqZLhLmsPM

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@kage_urufu @catcontentonly Cuba actually used to have the largest Chinatown in North America. Over time, there was assimilation, but also dying off. As recently as 1980s, Havana Chinatown was full of ppl...but mostly 70+ yr old Chinese bachelors who never made enough $ to either marry nor return to China