Aren’t most of the loan words in Bahasa Indonesia from Dutch? I’ve seen some words on signs in Jakarta that seemed like phonetically written Dutch. I’m certain that for example “company” in Indonesian - maskapai (sp?) - comes from Dutch.
I’m know he’s mixed with some Chinese blood but “Taslim” isn’t a Chinese surname. I’m not sure what his actual ethnicity, as in what’s officially on his ID, is.
I’ll explain…
In Asia, we don’t call ourselves “Asians” for obvious reasons lol. Our “races” on our IDs are usually declared according to our dad’s race. Culturally, the wife normally moves into the husband’s home so whatever language is spoken there will be the one the kid grows up speaking.
My “race” on my ID is “Chinese” while an Indian who marries a Chinese will normally list “Indian” on his kid’s ID although one of my close friends is listed as “Chinese” even though his father is an Indian and he has an Indian surname but the dude speaks Bahasa and English and doesn’t know speak any Indian language nor Chinese.
He only knows lots of Chinese swear words but the Indian ones are way too hard to grasp if you don’t grow up speaking the language.
To confound things even further, most of the older generation doesn’t even speak Mandarin. My dad and my grandmother are from different dialect groups and only speak their native dialects although they are very similar and my dad can’t even speak Mandarin so I grew up speaking 2 similar Chinese dialects and didn’t have enough room left in my head to fully absorb Mandarin lol.
It’s kinda weird over here lol.
And when I say “weird”, I really mean WEIRD. One developed country allegedly decided that one’s race on one’s ID can be changed for political purposes. Google it. It’s worth it. I’m not mentioning it here. #imayhavemadethisallup #thisisthreadaboutmovieswhichareworksoffiction #clashwithreality #theindescribable
I don’t know. I don’t speak Dutch lol. I do know there are lots of words taken from English like “sekolah(school)” and some curse words are variations of Spanish like *“puki”, which means “c**t”.
I’m not fluent in Bahasa Indonesia but I communicate with my Indonesian maid in Bahasa Melayu and can watch Indonesian movies without subtitles so it sounds more or less the same to me.
*The full insult would be “mak kau punya puki” (your mother’s c**t) or “pukimak” for short for anyone interested. I know everyone just wants to know the swear words when other languages are brought up lol. Mandarin swear words suck but I have some great ones in my native Chinese dialect that sound like poetry.
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I was rooting for him to kill the fuck out of Sonya. He was the best character in the movie IMO.
I’d put it at a 6.5/10.
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Agreed. This Sonya was irritating. This is the kind of movie where one chick should look and act like a living sex doll to balance it out but Sonya was the only chick in the movie.
There’s always gonna be one dumb fuck like Johnny Cage who’s a walking Ken doll too so shut up SJWs.
Thank you for the detailed explanation. I appreciate your insight tremendously. Probably need some, too.
I once greeted our chinese neighbour with “Konnichiwa” thinking it was a chinese expression, ignorant fuck that I am.
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Much appreciated. I just thought it would be interesting. I learn new stuff about the West everyday myself from people I meet IRL and online.
Bah, it shouldn’t be a big deal. It’s not fair to expect Westerners to be familiar with every different “kind” of Asian and their languages and cultures. It’s the same in Asia with regards to Caucasians.
Shit, I once pissed a New Zealander off by asking if he was British lol. It was the accent. I can’t tell them apart.
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Guess you’re right lol she didn’t seem bothered.
But also, I have sometimes bragged to my girlfriend that I can tell apart Japanese language from Chinese and Korean from the way it sounds and this faux pas happens in front of her.
Haha it happened to me but with an Australian. About the British thing, I’ve been told once by a Brit that he isn’t British, he’s ENGLISH!
Alright mate, settle down.
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Have you watched Crash? That movie that everyone was upset about because it “stole” the Best Picture award from Brokeback Mountain?
There’s a scene where one character who was supposed to be a dumbass steals a truck, finds a bunch of illegal Cambodian immigrants probably heading for some shitty place where they have to work off their debt for being smuggled over there so he kinda “saved” them.
But then he decides to drop them off in Chinatown because he thinks they’d be at home there and they’re all lost because no one speaks Chinese (actually, lots of Cambodians do speak a little but this is a movie). Then one other guy tells him he’s an idiot because they’re a different “breed of Asians” or something like that.
It was supposed to be funny and ironic by depicting an extreme example of how some dudes(this one was already set up as an imbecile from the start) just make assumptions out of ignorance despite good intentions and unwittingly fuck things up.
We completely got it over here and found it funny as fuck since we’ve all done the same when it comes to foreigners but I’ll bet people in the West are going to be the ones who get really pissed off if that movie was released toay.
I think you can for Japanese and Chinese. They sound very different and Northerners speaking Mandarin will have a distinct variation in tones that other Asian languages don’t have. The Southpark guys mimic it extremely well despite speaking gibberish. I think it’s because one of them is a music graduate lol.
I picked up a little Japanese over several years just enough for making small talk because I have a side business that caters to mostly Japanese clients and I sometimes have to show up and mingle with them during events. Japanese expats here generally don’t speak English much, if at all.
I don’t think it’s that easy for Korean and Japanese, though. I can’t even tell the difference between Japanese and Korean unless I really listen clearly despite knowing very basic Japanese. They both sound very similar when it comes to tones and stuff. I don’t know a single Korean word and I don’t know enough Japanese so it becomes kind of a slow process of elimination.
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I’m not really good at saying smart things about film, movies or even shows but I feel the need to speak up about the style of parenting that was on display throughout most of the Godzilla and King Kong reboot movies I recently watched on HBO Max. I’m a guy who let my kid hurt himself a lot growing up, so I totally understand the importance of letting your kids take risks and play contact sports. That’s a lot of rough contact over the years, but you have to draw the line somewhere as a responsible parent.
You can’t allow children be present for the birth of Mothra, let alone play with King Kong. It didn’t totally ruin the films for me, but it made me question the priorities of the parents throughout the entire movie series.
Shame on them.
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Would you let your kid go along with you to the center of the earth where, not only did the first crew that attempted to get there get liquidated instantly because of the sudden change in gravitation pull, it’s also supposed the only place where a source of radiation powerful enough to power up Mechagodzilla exists?
I probably would. “Come on! Lets go follow the giant monkey because he knows exactly where he’s going because of genetic memory and shit! It’ll be fun!”
This is why I don’t have kids.
No I would not. That’s terrible parenting. Why would you even ask that? How many grandchildren do you even have?
I asked about your grandchildren, not your kids.
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Only if:
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Yeah I watched it. It was a “lol 'muricans” moment. In all honesty there are lots of assumptions made about Americans too here in Europe. I assume in Asia as well.
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Yeah, certainly. Lots about European countries too. And China. It’s the human condition, bro lol.
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Finished watching the first season of invisible. Fantastic show, portrays a realistic representation of what being superhero would theoretically entail.
Despite being shockingly violent, the show is suprisingly down to earth and manages to implement absurdly grisly carnage without coming across as gratuitous.
The violence is there for a reason, it exists to show “fighting like this is associated with consequence far superseding injuries to the parties quarreling”. The impact is very high and the show certainly isn’t meant for children, yet I find gratuitous and shocking violence that exists simply to shock and disturb more stomach churning.
As I’m inpatient and can’t wait for Amazon to churn out two more seasons of this magnificent comic based adaptation I went ahead and spoilt everything by looking at the lore behind the comics. The show/comics differ quite dramatically, esp regarding the racial alteration/gender swaps within various main characters #woke, so perhaps the show won’t pan out akin to the comic… Regardless, the story is awesome; way more interesting than the streamlined cash machine that has been the cascade of generic marvel films released like clockwork over the past decade or so
Also started watching “the boys”… I suppose I’m a nerd at heart as this superhero stuff is seriously entertaining!
@twojarslave You might find weeds charming. It’s about a dysfunctional family that sells progressively larger quantities of cabbage.
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This wasn’t bad. It was kinda like John Wick with John Woo characteristics(lol). Just the action, not the drama. Seriously, watch the movie, then watch this:
Sorry, no subs. The first line is:
“Try going out there and tell them you’re a cop! See if they put their guns down!”
Classic lol.
Again, I’m only talking about the action scenes although I could have sworn I saw a couple of doves in one scene.
This movie stands on it’s own with it’s tone, character motivations and overall themes. It’s got lots of flaws but the good mostly outweighs the bad. It’s just that the story is pretty generic and the setup before the action starts takes too long and isn’t well written enough to justify it’s length.
I get what they were going for and actually give them some props for doing this but the script needed to be better.
However, they delivered with the action and created a genuinely interesting character whom I’d love to see more of in a sequel.
7/10
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Anyone here seen “the boys”?
As specified I’ve been watching that. I’ve almost finished season one
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Yeah Bob Odenkirk really pulled it off, he was the last one I expected to see as an action movie star.
I watched it with my dad and he said the nerdy guy from Moonlighting did the same in Die Hard.
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It’s pretty good, keep watching. I can’t wait for another season.
Yes, I love it. It’s absurdly violent in a very self-aware way, hilarious, and incredibly compelling. 9/10; can’t wait for S3.
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