On 2/8/17, 6:04 PM, in article
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5d8f...@news.astraweb.com, "benj"
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be...@nobody.net> wrote:
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>>>>> Progies hate diversity but berate all others for not embracing it.
>>>>
>>>> I personally prefer to have friends who are different than I am.
>>>>
>>> Doubtful.
>>
>> Well, I do tend to look for some similarities... I value honesty and
>> integrity, things of which I am, but I am Ashkenazi, atheist, male, and
>> fairly progressive... and I have friends (or at least friendly
>> acquaintances) who are black, Asian, Hispanic, mixed race, Jewish,
>> Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Wiccan, female, conservative, of
>> different ages, etc.
>
> Friendly acquaintances is the word. So do you know how to dance Manjani
> or play a djembe? How many asian languages do you speak. Do you
> celebrate all Christian, Muslim, Buddist, Hindu, and Wiccan holidays
> with your "friends"?
I do not dance, but my kids are both in a dance class where they are
learning dance from a foreign country (not going to give details -- I have
people who contact anyone they can find in my life).
I have been to religion ceremonies from multiple groups, including most of
the religions I list above (and Hare Krishna when I lived in Tucson). I have
also helped celebrate Kwanzaa with friends and have a Jewish family member
who was married to a Muslim and they had a ceremony mixing the two
traditions (their are actually a lot of similarities -- the Muslims break
pottery, Jews break a glass... this couple broke both).
> Bet you don't try to convert them form their fairy tale stories they call
> religion either.
Why would I try to covert them? I used to work at a camp for kids with
cancer where the staff was mostly Jewish and Mormon -- we had some very
interesting discussions but nobody tried to convert anyone else.
> Speak Spanish? Own guns? What is your Lesbian name.
I have plenty of friends who are gay or bisexual, at least one whom is
transgender, and one who rejects the idea of having a gender at all. I am OK
with that. I do not completely understand all their views but they do not
harm me at all.
> How many scientists, billionairs, militia members? Ah so. And what does your
> BEST FRIEND look like? Bet he looks and acts a lot like you.
Not sure whom I would consider my best friend... but I do have friends who
are scientists (including one who is quite conservative and at least
strongly questions climate change... so we have very different views, but I
deeply respect him as a person and am in awe of his skill set), etc.
But if the point is most of my friends have European ancestry that is
true... or at least they have partial and even mostly European ancestry.
Have friends who are mixed European / Native American and other mixes.
>> I also seek out "ethnic" foods I have not tried (not easy in a small town).
>> I love foods from Ethiopia, India, Israel, Japan, China, and more. I also
>> use Linux, macOS, Windows. Bottom line: I like diversity and choice.
>
> Diversity in food is great. Especially to try. To eat daily may be
> another thing.
Well, using last night as an example I had, home made, a dish inspired by
Pad Thai that I made (I have done better -- it was not great... but edible)
and a much better Indian dish from my wife. Oh, and my 11 year old daughter
made an Egyptian dessert. First time she made it and it was pretty good.
I also had a BLT yesterday... and I think that is about as American as you
get, so it is not like all my food is "foreign," but we do often experiment
and try recipes from other places (or recipes inspired by them -- we do
fiddle and make them for our own tastes and with the ingredients we can
easily find in our area). Still working on a good injera recipe... we have
tried a number and are not happy with them -- few have come close to what
they have in restaurants we have gone to.
I do not often post videos or the like on recipes, but my wife did recently
try printing a babka recipe from Linux: <
https://youtu.be/c8R9y-rsEEc>.
There were all sorts of issues... when I posted you can hear the frustration
in my voice over it. Others in COLA tried to print it from Linux and most
found various problems (some major, others minor... just poor kerning and
the like).
Printing from macOS and Windows worked very well.
And the recipe turned out reasonably well -- tastes somewhat like cinnamon
buns but with chocolate.
> Anyway Diversity in OS doesn't count. They ALL suck.
LOL! I can accept that. :)