Cultures & Groups - 11 September 2007

Why are they posting spanish language questions where 99.9% of the users speak only English? Shouldn't there be only English here, and only spanish there?

No Hablo Espanol!!!!!

2007-09-11 23:29:10 · 8 answers · asked by mormon_4_jesus 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-11 23:21:15 · 9 answers · asked by mike d 1 in Senior Citizens

If one is greedy and selfish enough to hide a large bar of fruit and nut in the hen house under a bucket - and then it is eaten and the wrappings placed back neatly by persons (as yet) unknown - is that justice for my wickedness?

Or is the perpetrator of this vile crime a vigilante who needs to be taken to task and shown the errors of their ways - suggestions of punishments please - surely the eating of ones secret stash is punishment enough without adding insult to injury by leaving the wrappings just so?

Further information : I do not have proof - we can rule out the chickens (they are the only females that I know that don't like chocolate) - but the suspicion is laying heavily at the feet of my husband at the moment.

2007-09-11 23:15:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

so what do yall think of southern accents like the Alabama accent is it annoying or not

2007-09-11 23:10:51 · 5 answers · asked by Mae 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

They even think that Africa is a country without even realizing that it is a continent with about 53 countries and not all the countries are poor. The starving families which are shown on tv are only a minority who live in rural areas in villages within countries which still have war such as Sudan and Congo. Otherwise some countries have cities just like the US. And there are wealthy people who are richer than some americans.
Cairo, Egypt: http://www.friendlyplanet.com/hotels/images/SherationCairoHotel-exterior.jpg
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~sdb/Egypt/Temples/Images/03-CD09-Cairo-day.jpg
Nairobi, Kenya: http://addisoncrawford.com/kenya/nairobi/Nairobi01.jpg
http://www.geography.org.uk/image/page/GA_Nairobi.JPG
http://www.kenyanview.com/IMG_0865_Nairobi_skyline.jpg
Cape Town, South Africa: http://static3.bareka.com/photos/medium/43938/downtown-cape-town.jpg
http://gregoire.leclercq.free.fr/en/travels/africa/rsa/CT%200017%20Signal%20Hill%20-%20Cape%20Town%20at%20night.JPG

2007-09-11 22:52:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

mine is always

2007-09-11 21:08:39 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

It's not a terrible disability, but it does make my life a little harder sometimes. It's very rare that any public works project or manufacturer take people like me into consideration at all when designing things. When you find out what it is, I bet you'll think I'm just a whiner. But think about this: how often are things color-coded? Ever park on the blue level of a parking garage? Press the red button to stop, green to start? Things like that don't make my life easy. When people find out I'm colorblind, they even 'test' my colorblindness by asking me what color things are. If you have ever done that, don't you see that it would be like saying to a guy in a wheelchair "okay, see if you can tippy toe...No? Really? Okay, now see if you can go up these stairs" just for your entertainment.

2007-09-11 20:57:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in People with Disabilities

For example me. I'm gay. Yes I don't mind saying it. Why would you want to hate me because I'm gay. You don't know me right. But why all the hate in this world. Can't we all just get along like brothers and sisters and learn to live in peace by accepting one another for who and what they are. So ask yourself these questions if you hate people like me. Why do you hate someone for being different? Why do you hate someone you don't even really know? Why?

Thanks in advanced for your answers.
I really appreciate it.

2007-09-11 20:19:23 · 33 answers · asked by jhdezjr 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-11 20:15:12 · 1 answers · asked by wergags w 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I am completely shocked at how fat people in Australia, you have this image that everyone is thin and lives on a beach, but statistically its the fattest country in the world, hightest obesity and people here are very heavy..how is this possible. dont get me wrong there are fit people but this image we all think of australia/australians turns out to be false

2007-09-11 20:14:52 · 9 answers · asked by Hypocrite 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

On a news report last evening there was a story on Southall a place in London. The station name was in English and underneath in Punjabi. The area is quite a multi racial area so i guess the local council thought we have to please people by putting the station name in Punjabi as well, now the upshot is that other ethnic groups have complained, why can't they have the station name in their languages too, you can imagine how big the sign will end up as, and as i was watching i thought why should it be in any language other than English, what has happened to common sense. Even the newsreader said he thought it was political correctness gone mad. A straw poll from people said as i would, if you went to another country you wouldn't expect to see all the signs in English, so why should we pander to people who don't or won't speak the language. I am not a racist, i know we can all say that, but i cannot understand this at all.

2007-09-11 20:04:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Im Mexican and I think that we are?

2007-09-11 19:25:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

So I prefer to date interracially and so does one of my friends.

She has a body more like Nicole Ritche and I have a body more like Beyonce. We are both black females, both 5'5 and I am lighter skinned.

I notice that black men tend to get upset or give ME more bad looks when we are both walking with white guys.

I think this is due to my body type being more desirable to black men than hers is.

I mean I never hear a black man complain that Nicole Ritche only dates white guys (even though she is mixed) But if Beyonce did it I am sure they would get mad.

2007-09-11 18:44:24 · 22 answers · asked by Okay Hero 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I read in Dr. James Dobson's book "Bringing up Boys" that there are studies showing Gay guys have poor or non-existant relationships with their Dads or have had no dominant male influences around them growing up (like an uncle or father figure). How true is that? I would like to hear from the Gay guys out there it this is generally true.

2007-09-11 17:53:47 · 22 answers · asked by Kevin T 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Hello guys, i´m just asking cause im confused. I´m 15 years old and recently in the high school "COBACH", in chichuahua, a lot of girla want to get on with me and they play these games physical games and sexually oriented, but, i dont know im just not that interested on they, I very confused.
When i was like 10 years old i really like the boys and my friends but that was confusing, i dont know and i touch and made up with a very best friend of mine, but i thin k i was jus curios. I really ap´preaciate that you could give me your point of view, thank you.

2007-09-11 17:45:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

you find someone attractive and you sort of start thinking about them...but then your friend starts dating them. man, how shitty is that???

2007-09-11 17:43:23 · 6 answers · asked by Lo 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

They alway put all of our questions in a 2 min delay so it won't post in the main section of Y'Ans. Have you ever noticed everyone that ask a question, their question is listed on the main page for the world to see. Never in 2 yrs I've come to this site is any question answered here allowed to be placed on the main page. They purposely delay all questions on this site so the outside world can't see them unless they scroll through the main answers. This doesn't happen in any other category excect ours. If you don't believe me post a question, then go to the Answers and see if it is there, no it won't be on the main page, you will have to scroll down to see it. Quite pathetic.

2007-09-11 17:27:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-11 16:55:28 · 10 answers · asked by ? 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

All of my life I have always been underweight. Which has prevented me from being able to play certain sports when I was in highschool, I was never allowed in the field during football because I was too small. My height has never been a problem I reach about 6 feet. But it seemed like my whole life I had to work extra harder to recieve respect or to prove anything. Daily its the same comments " Your too skinny" You need to eat". You know if "just" eating was that easy. I swear I eat a lot on a daily basis but once i step on a scale I dont even gain a pound. Someone always has to comment you like you dont even know you were skinny. They put so much money into helping people lose weight, but what about people who need to gain weight? Anyone else gone through the same struggle?

2007-09-11 16:54:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Well, my nephew isn't, but this boy is a really mean kid. He is constantly calling my nephew 'f *****', and saying that he gives b.j.'s to other boys.I can't believe how this kid acts, and he is only 12 years old! My question is-do you think that this bully could be gay himself and is just angry and confused? That's what I kind of think, but I figured that I would ask you guys on here for your opinions. Thanks!

2007-09-11 16:41:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Well, for example, my friends bf mother unfortunately had come down w/cancer on tongue [6 yrs. ago]
she had quit smoking YEARS ago.
anyway, she had to have her tongue removed but wrote down on a peice of paper to her stepson, it was "the best thing that ever happened to her in the long run, because now she see's everyday as a blessing, and feels/gives love to other's more deeply." [which b4 she wasn't like that at all. her disability changed her as a person within, and she's happier on many other levels than beforehand]
IF YOU have a disability, what has it taught you that you can TEACH OTHER'S who aren't so greatful in some area(s) in life??
Please share
TY

2007-09-11 16:37:20 · 26 answers · asked by Yvonne 4 in People with Disabilities

I mean sure, curves are great and yes, thinness has been overemphasized in the past, but come on, people act so ignorant and immature about this matter. Do they really think the best way to show women all body types are attractive is to attack the type that as been idealized in the past? So now everyone is attractive, EXCEPT skinny women?

I'm tired of hearing size 0 and seeing picture of Nicole Richie in the bikini and a 6 ft tall model that dropped dead because she was starving herself. In reality, size 0 is a size worn most often by perfectly healthy, attractive women. It's sad when someone who is a size 12 thinks they can starve themselves down to a 0 and look good, cuz that's just not the case. There are different body types, and I'm tired of being insulted so that larger or more average sized women can feel better about themselves.

The media has always fed us bs, why do people think this is any different?

2007-09-11 16:33:41 · 16 answers · asked by melissa 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Why is it said that we need to ban gay parents because they will only raise gay children? Can someone tell me what do straight couples raise then? LOL

2007-09-11 16:32:46 · 8 answers · asked by ♫♪®♪♫ 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

old as in not attractive to the opposite sex?
Or is it TRUTHFULLY AGELESS??
[those ads suck, this society that puts pressure on folks that only a certain age group is physically attractive]
I'm beginning to really think it's one big lie
I have a friend who's 57, actually looks GREAT [for any age] and younger men all the time flirt w/her.
So what's your opinion on my question above please?
thank you!!

2007-09-11 16:27:51 · 38 answers · asked by Yvonne 4 in Senior Citizens

2007-09-11 16:24:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Non white people (in the USA) often refer to their clothing, music, and everything that encompasses their style as "ethnic."
Ethnic is such an incredibly broad term that using it in this manner is completely ridiculous.
If it is being used to separate the culture of non-Anglos from those of Anglo descent, the use is still wrought with inconsistencies as Anglo itself is an ethnicity.

Anglo, Irish, Jewish, Polish, Norweigan, German, Slavic, Italian, Greek, etc. are ALL ethnic groups- how did this practice become so popular and who are the fools behind it?

2007-09-11 16:08:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

And what prt of the world are you from?

2007-09-11 15:56:12 · 34 answers · asked by SANCHO 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-11 15:47:58 · 19 answers · asked by Granny 6 in Senior Citizens

I think the peer pressure would be horrible.
I know we had problems in our teenage years as well but are they anything compared to what our teens have to live with right now? We never had shootings in schools, for example.
How do you feel, from one senior to other seniors?

2007-09-11 15:47:23 · 18 answers · asked by makeitright 6 in Senior Citizens

this is entrappment, insidious, and annoying as heck.

2007-09-11 15:18:15 · 2 answers · asked by kim 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups