Tweets for 2018-02-25
- RT @The90sLife: Today's generation doesn't understand this struggle https://t.co/lNjJiKOdSV ->
- RT @PeteApps: The government is planning to quietly weaken the restrictions on putting combustible materials on high rises following lobbyi… ->
- RT @Hello_Tailor: one of the many things i enjoy about 19th century polar explorer diaries is when they describe their luggage and it's lik… ->
- @ErisLovesMovies I knew that I had this picture for a reason and now the opportunity to share it has arrived 😀 https://t.co/e1st1DLe2j in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- I am reminded, once again, that I don't understand why some people need to guess what variety of East/South-East Asian someone is. ->
- I don't get this so much myself, but my Mum seems to get it a lot and every time the question is phrased like this: "Are you Japanese?" in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- Every time, my mum tells them "No. I am not offended, but do not ever say that to another Chinese person because they probably will be." in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- There is a lot of history on that other side of the planet from us – in my family's case, my grandpa was tortured b… https://t.co/758keiXw2c in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- (On the other side of my famiy, great-uncle Jack died as a POW working on the Burma Railway but that is a different story) in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- Anyway, I can only think of one time when you need to know RIGHT NOW what kind of East/South-East Asian someone is… https://t.co/8oRVPnyI6n in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- I think my Mum isn't offended when people get it wrong because she just assumes they are ignorant and lacking in ma… https://t.co/lEQvgyZL6c in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- The last time this happened to me someone said "oh I thought she's Polynesian" which…1. Am I the cat's mother? 2.… https://t.co/JC7VAO0Ya6 in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- I am no expert but Polynesia covers a lot of different places and peoples so…way to be both vague and wrong? in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- RT @khaxan: When you're an architect but you're also learning CSS
#blowthatthingup https://t.co/YBgvvCcuyb -> - RT @beckpoppins: long story short i would really enjoy marvel giving us a movie that isnt an action movie. I know all these good good boys… ->
- RT @philiplarkin: Just spotted a cat on someone's porch, miaowing to be let in. Without thinking, I walked up to the door, rang the bell, n… ->
- My mum keeps asking me what the carbonated thing she was watching on Netflix was ->
- RT @iainmacwhirter: Definitely my headline of the day.
From Peter Horrocks, CBE, head of the Open University. https://t.co/zKXrRooG4g ->