Quote: (08-26-2013 03:17 PM)JayJuanGee Wrote:
Quote: (08-26-2013 02:39 PM)Volk Wrote:
You are : American. I am : Colombian. My family came from all over the world, yet it doesn't matter. I've always find it interesting how many people from the US call themselves up to the 32th. I swear I met this girl in LA once who told me she's 1/16th Italian and 1/16th Native american or some bs like that.
Volk: You are correct that talking about ancestory is a very common practice for Americans and Americans tend to be very interested in describing their ancestory - even though in the end, it may be difficult to understand the exact meaning or whether there is any value in knowing the minutiae. especially when delving into the 1/16ths and the 1/32nds. It may be an American's way of wanting to appear more worldly?
Like you, some people may find this talk to be meaningless gibberish - like I find with discussions of sports. Usually, I do not really have an interest in engaging in deep conversations about spectator sports; however, frequently, I get caught in situations with people who like to get into great discussions about the details of spectator sports... and sometimes, i just try to go with the flow.. until a convenient time to bail ship or to bounce, as they say.
I like to talk about the same thing, to be honest. It's an interesting topic when just meeting people. It's pretty good when people share the history they know about their family as well, like Roosh did. Some others (Girls especially, Narcissism ) are just wearing the 1/128th or whatever as a badge and it gets stupid. I think a lot of those people, in trying to seem different, end up being the same shit.