Comments on: Can’t buy me love? http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-139460 PG Sat, 26 May 2007 03:06:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-139460 <blockquote>There is probably no culture on earth that mistreats women as badly as hindu brahminical culture. There are hindu fundamentalists today who are even keen on reviving the demonic practice of widow burning (Sati) that had been banned by the British in the 19th century.</blockquote> <p>Prema, I don't know about that. History tells us several cultures on earth have treated women horribly.</p> <p>As far as "sati", was that a strictly brahminal invention? I thought it was a ksyatriya thing.</p> There is probably no culture on earth that mistreats women as badly as hindu brahminical culture. There are hindu fundamentalists today who are even keen on reviving the demonic practice of widow burning (Sati) that had been banned by the British in the 19th century.

Prema, I don’t know about that. History tells us several cultures on earth have treated women horribly.

As far as “sati”, was that a strictly brahminal invention? I thought it was a ksyatriya thing.

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By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-139444 PG Sat, 26 May 2007 02:08:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-139444 <blockquote>I am white and I dated and married a desi. I would say that I am reasonably attractive, <b>5 feet 7 and my husband is 5 foot 7</b> and no, he does not make 386,000$. In fact, I make more than him. He is the most warm, cuddly person I have ever met. The fact that <b>I am a good 3 inches taller than him </b>does not bother him in the least. Without taking too much credit, I can safely say that I have played a very significant role in his personal development and his integration into American society. I could have married someone white and taller than me who made a million dollars a year but I did not. Studies such as this are too simplistic.</blockquote> <p>Ha! Ha! Ha! No that's not me.</p> I am white and I dated and married a desi. I would say that I am reasonably attractive, 5 feet 7 and my husband is 5 foot 7 and no, he does not make 386,000$. In fact, I make more than him. He is the most warm, cuddly person I have ever met. The fact that I am a good 3 inches taller than him does not bother him in the least. Without taking too much credit, I can safely say that I have played a very significant role in his personal development and his integration into American society. I could have married someone white and taller than me who made a million dollars a year but I did not. Studies such as this are too simplistic.

Ha! Ha! Ha! No that’s not me.

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By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-134907 PG Mon, 07 May 2007 23:03:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-134907 <blockquote>That's the point!</blockquote> <blockquote>...that you are a "maniac"? I guess I'm with you on that :p</blockquote> <p>To keep guys I don't know (and don't want to get to know) away from me.</p> That’s the point!
…that you are a “maniac”? I guess I’m with you on that :p

To keep guys I don’t know (and don’t want to get to know) away from me.

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By: random http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-134777 random Mon, 07 May 2007 07:46:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-134777 <blockquote>That's the point!</blockquote> <p>...that you are a "maniac"? I guess I'm with you on that :p</p> That’s the point!

…that you are a “maniac”? I guess I’m with you on that :p

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By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-134599 PG Sat, 05 May 2007 23:16:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-134599 <blockquote>if I could, I would make an active effort to keep myself at least 5 feet clear of maniacs who poke everyone around them</blockquote> <p>That's the point!</p> if I could, I would make an active effort to keep myself at least 5 feet clear of maniacs who poke everyone around them

That’s the point!

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By: random http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-134465 random Sat, 05 May 2007 17:02:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-134465 <blockquote>I prick myself with a needle every day. How do I stop?</blockquote> <p>If its something like acupuncture, you dont really need to stop. If its a form of sadomasochism, just substitute the needles with noodles. Then I guess at least you wont hurt urself needlessly</p> I prick myself with a needle every day. How do I stop?

If its something like acupuncture, you dont really need to stop. If its a form of sadomasochism, just substitute the needles with noodles. Then I guess at least you wont hurt urself needlessly

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By: PGandom http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-134450 PGandom Sat, 05 May 2007 08:42:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-134450 <p>I prick myself with a needle every day. How do I stop?</p> I prick myself with a needle every day. How do I stop?

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By: random http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-134433 random Sat, 05 May 2007 05:00:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-134433 <blockquote>In other words - don't want to risk the pin? Keep your hands off me!</blockquote> <p>if I could, I would make an active effort to keep myself at least 5 feet clear of maniacs who poke everyone around them</p> In other words – don’t want to risk the pin? Keep your hands off me!

if I could, I would make an active effort to keep myself at least 5 feet clear of maniacs who poke everyone around them

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By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-134404 PG Sat, 05 May 2007 00:29:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-134404 <blockquote>That technique sounds more like a sure fire way of landing oneself in a mental asylum or even prison, for spreading aids liek wildfire (poking everyone around in a crowded bus with a pin/needle)</blockquote> <p>Ahhhhh.... but the Vestern ladeezsh will be using a new pin everytime beta - only! (and as if i care if some groping, sexual harrassing, molesting pervert gets AIDS or not! Karma phal!)</p> <p>In other words - don't want to risk the pin? Keep your hands off me!</p> That technique sounds more like a sure fire way of landing oneself in a mental asylum or even prison, for spreading aids liek wildfire (poking everyone around in a crowded bus with a pin/needle)

Ahhhhh…. but the Vestern ladeezsh will be using a new pin everytime beta – only! (and as if i care if some groping, sexual harrassing, molesting pervert gets AIDS or not! Karma phal!)

In other words – don’t want to risk the pin? Keep your hands off me!

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By: random http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/04/25/cant_buy_me_lov/comment-page-12/#comment-134159 random Fri, 04 May 2007 07:10:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4376#comment-134159 <blockquote>There was an article/editorial in Hindustan Times extolling the methods and glories of this technique. Before that, I never thought of such a thing -- since then it has worked like a charm everytime!</blockquote> <p>That technique sounds more like a sure fire way of landing oneself in a mental asylum or even prison, for spreading aids liek wildfire (poking everyone around in a crowded bus with a pin/needle)</p> There was an article/editorial in Hindustan Times extolling the methods and glories of this technique. Before that, I never thought of such a thing — since then it has worked like a charm everytime!

That technique sounds more like a sure fire way of landing oneself in a mental asylum or even prison, for spreading aids liek wildfire (poking everyone around in a crowded bus with a pin/needle)

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