a collection of last nerves people have happily trodden past

[glass_icarus]

things white people do: unacceptable "social"/"flirtation" behaviors
[note for anyone wondering if these examples are hypothetical: THEY ARE NOT]

1. Gratuitous mangling usage of my presumed mother-tongue is an automatic FUCK YOU: not in the you're-getting-laid sense, but in the my-eyes-roll-forever-and-also-you're-getting-laid-OUT sense. Or at least, this is the case when you are talking at me.

2. So is getting in my personal space uninvited.

2a. So is touching my clothing, like for instance lifting the hem of my jacket to stare at my ass when I happen to be standing next to you in a bar. No, I do not care that you are drunk. No, I do not care that you are a lady- I am all for equal-opportunity ogling, but this is not okay coming from anyone.

2b. So is touching my hair. See previous no's.

2c. SO IS TOUCHING MY ASS. RAISE ALL PREVIOUS NO'S TO OH NO YOU DIDN'T.

3. SO IS FOLLOWING ME, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.

4. At cultural events like, say, this fashion show, you being the "token white person" is not necessarily the plus you think it is. Especially if you introduce yourself as such. Even more especially if you lurk at the periphery of my conversations with other people- one girl and one guy in this case- and wait for the guy to go get a drink before you introduce yourself.

5. There is a 99% chance that asking me where I'm ~originally from~ will get you a LINEFACE DEATH GLARE. (Yes, even if you ask what my name is first. Also yes if you ask what my name is and then proceed to get it wrong.)

6. This does not give you license to ask me "Y SO SRS." Especially not in that particular tone, and while you are wearing a shit-eating grin.

7. Calling me by my presumed ethnicity/nationality? Never going to get you there.

8. Combinations of the above are going to get your ass ditched as publicly, coldly, and impolitely as I feel able to. Also, I will have no compunction about snarking at you, LOUDLY, directly behind your back- more because I don't want to see your face than because I can't or won't do it to your face. Nor will I have any compunction about warning all my friends about you and enacting a physical wall of shun whenever you approach.

In conclusion: HOME TRAINING, GET YOU SOME. >:E

Comments

[whymzycal]

WTF is wrong with people?!

[glass_icarus]

I HAVE NO IDEA BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WRONG FOR SOME OF THEM!

[leupagus]

... I mean, you were sitting on it the whole night when I met you, so I have no thoughts about your ass one way or the other, but all I can think is, if someone is THAT CURIOUS about your ass, there are so many better ways to assuage that curiosity. Also, sorry about those losers, they suck.

... heh. "assuage."

[glass_icarus]

OH SNAP. xD

[zahrawithaz.livejournal.com]

Wow, so sorry that you have been on the receiving end of all this harassment and disrespect. This is quite a list. Thanks for putting it out there.

[glass_icarus]

To be fair, it didn't happen all at once, but the latest last straw was enough to bring back the others. *sigh*

&hearts

[crossedwires]

Oh dear. And *hugs*

[glass_icarus]

&hearts &hearts &hearts

[lamardeuse]

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PEOPLE, JFC.

[glass_icarus]

BRADLEY JAMES DOES NOT APPROVE

[yifu]

*_* So much fail. Sorry you had to deal with that. I hope this doesn't get any worse for you.

[glass_icarus]

On the plus side, I don't have to deal with this stuff in a work context? (Not that it's exactly better that most of it cropped up during otherwise funtimes outings, but still.)

[themadpoker]

WOW. Every time I think people can't get any worse I'm proved wrong. Sorry you had to deal with that.

[glass_icarus]

I am always surprised when people do not know these things! Or, well, "surprise" isn't exactly the right term... *headdesk*

[trinker]

Is there a manual in a cereal box or something that they all study? (2a is super special, though. I never got that one.

9. It is not hipster ironic to parrot racist tropes as attempted pickup lines. The L-word I'm overcome with when you say, "me love you long time!" to me? Is LOATHING.

[glass_icarus]

Yeah... 2a was at least, uh, original? /o\

Ahahahaha, EXACTLY.

[yasaman]

Ugh, sorry you've had to deal with all that shit. My personal least favorite is #5, and I fuck with people by giving them the honest response of "I was born in Germany!" It's always fun to watch people flounder with their assumptions after that.

[glass_icarus]

Venting to J the morning after the fashion show, I got a rather useful suggestion! Next time I'm saying I was born and raised in Antarctica.

&hearts

[musesfool]

Ugh. I'm sorry people suck so much.

[glass_icarus]

Icon high five! Sort of. *g*

&hearts

[reddwarfer]

Y SO MUCH FAIL? *hugs*

[glass_icarus]

/o\ *hugs* &hearts!

[puckling]

2a. So is touching my clothing, like for instance lifting the hem of my jacket to stare at my ass when I happen to be standing next to you in a bar. No, I do not care that you are drunk. No, I do not care that you are a lady- I am all for equal-opportunity ogling, but this is not okay coming from anyone.

Wow. Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail.

[glass_icarus]

._________. SERIOUSLY.

[lightstarangel]

Um. What in the everloving frak? PEOPLE ARE MORONS.

[glass_icarus]

-.-;;

[oyceter]

GAH WTF PPL?!

[glass_icarus]

IKR. @_____@

[escritoireazul]

That is some fucked up shit.

[glass_icarus]

Pretty much!

[summertea]

I LOVE THE "WHERE ARE YOU FROM" QUESTIONS.

"Where are you from?" "New Jersey." "No, but where are you originally from?" "... New Jersey." "Oh but where are your PARENTS from then?" "............."

[glass_icarus]

I confess, sometimes I enjoy watching people dig themselves into holes attempting to rephrase that question! It's always... illuminating. xD

[magnetic_pole]

Oh, boy. Each individually is bad, but together? Just awful. M.

[glass_icarus]

At least these things were not all committed by the same person/on the same occasion! *g* I don't know what I would have done then.

&hearts

[such_heights]

Whaaaaat the fuck, ugh, I am so sorry people did these things to you!

Also, woah, what is with 2a? I mean, it's unfair to hold women to higher standards, because people in general are assholes. But given she's bound to have experienced that kind of crap herself, you do hope for better. :/

[glass_icarus]

IT MUST BE IN THE WATER OR SOMETHING!!!-- oh, wait.

Yeah, that's exactly why I was more nonplussed by the drunk lady than anything else; my reaction was more of a "seriously? SERIOUSLY??" Which is entirely different from my reaction to guys who do similar things (er, death glare/threat of physical retaliation... >.>).

[woldy]

Sorry to hear you've been getting such a hard time. I've tried dealing with idiots like that by turning their stupid questions back on them e.g. "where are you from? No, I mean your ancestors, because unless they were Native American then by your own logic you aren't from here" but with most white people I have to be really, really blunt for them to get the point. Basically, some people are full of suck.

[glass_icarus]

Hee! Since my words tend to fall out of my head when confronted with perfect strangers, I end up falling back on pointed blank stares instead. I should figure something out for friends-of-friends, though, hm.

&hearts!

[unavee]

So appalling D: D: D: I'm sorry.

[glass_icarus]

&hearts &hearts!

[mercredigirl]

Oh, my God. *sympathy*

The only time I've ever countenanced a 'So, where are you, your parents, you grandparents &c. from?' in a white country (because excuse me if telling you I'm Southeast Asian is not enough, I'm supposed to trace my family's history of immigration all through Malaysia and south China?) was at a gathering of Asian kids. (Which was awesome, too!)

I'm so sorry you had to go through all that! GRR.

[glass_icarus]

&hearts!

Ack! Yeah, sometimes that can be awful too, in a completely different way. It's one thing if everybody is sharing, but it's another thing entirely if they start trying to grill you. /o\

[instantramen]

People'd have better manners if they were raised in a barn, I swear. *facepalm*

[glass_icarus]

Hee!

[vi]

WTF. >=||||||||

I'm sorry you had to deal with all that crap! And creeps, too. So with you on #8!

[glass_icarus]

-.-;;;;;;;

I feel 8 is a public service! Forewarned is forearmed, right?

[timeasmymeasure]

So sad that I could check off a bunch here that's happened to me. I commiserate.

[glass_icarus]

*hugs* D: Ugh, all of this shit just... yeah.

[fly_to_dawn]

SO MUCH DO NOT WANT D:

[glass_icarus]

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