AND i hate the comparison (good and bad) to other cooked things when you have attempted or already cooked the thing🫠🫠

born and raised in SoCal; the amount of weird looks i get when not adhering to midwest social norms when i first moved here was a wild experience. like you mean to tell me its rude to NOT be stuck in a 45 minute goodbye from the table to the car????

stepping back and observing the chaos unfold, without having to say “i told you so”, and still being empathetic beyond certain judgements

discernment is a gift and curse smh

just getting asked my ethnicity and where i am “”really”” from is really getting me all the way tilted🫠🫠🫠🫠

once the “support asian voices” or “stop asian hate” train has lost its steam, it’s back to stealing/appropriating culture and hating the people that made it

this happens ever couple of years, rinse and repeat