While We Wait: Writer's Block & Other Lame Excuses

[erez87]

I am deeply offended. A little deeper next time, It's much more fun.

*CynicismX*

 

[Dachs]

Why is it stupid? Even if I was raised in a certain culture, my background in different nations is still interesting and relevant, even if the relevance is only genetic.

You of all people should know that ethnicity, let alone nationality, has no genetic relevance whatsoever. Masada's Huguenot French ancestry will not show up in his DNA - and it certainly wouldn't make up a "percentage" of anything. Neither will Thlayli's Sicilianness, or my own Norwegian ancestry.

 

[Masada]

I like my women like I like my warfare: in the bushes?

i'm a pacifist at heart really

 

[nutranurse]

i'm a pacifist at heart really

Me too: I'll pass my fist across some dude's face.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

anybody here have the Mass Effect 3 Demo and feel like exchanging Multiplayer tags?

 

[SouthernKing]

anybody here have the Mass Effect 3 Demo and feel like exchanging Multiplayer tags?

What system? (have for PS3, but I have not played it)

 

[thomas.berubeg]

I play PC. I don't think there's a connection between the different systems, right?

 

[Dachs]

I play PC. I don't think there's a connection between the different systems, right?

There isn't.

I have it for PC. Can't play right now, but I'll probably have time during the week. PM me your Origin ID and I'll add you tomorrow.

 

[merciary]

Speaking of video games I have three free beta keys to Super MNC if anyone wants them, I don't know enough interested in it.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

You of all people should know that ethnicity, let alone nationality, has no genetic relevance whatsoever. Masada's Huguenot French ancestry will not show up in his DNA - and it certainly wouldn't make up a "percentage" of anything. Neither will Thlayli's Sicilianness, or my own Norwegian ancestry.

There's some genetic relevance, though it's muddied to the point of meaninglessness when populations interact. What's more significant, I think, is how some cultural things carry though even if language does not. I think my North Sea/Baltic ancestry has something to do with my liking pickled herring with lingonberry jam- but that's not genetic, it's just that it's a particular bit of food culture been passed down in a few branches of my family tree.

Still, I don't see why you're opposed to saying percentage ancestry. It's an interesting, if trivial set of facts, and it's a stepping stone to understanding family history and how that fits into world events.

 

[Tee Kay]

There's some genetic relevance, though it's muddied to the point of meaninglessness when populations interact.

Which is just another way of saying no "genetic relevance whatsoever".

Ethnicity = how someone identifies himself/is identified culturally. Quite separate from genetics, even if some people insists that a certain ethnicity is distinctive genetically.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I'd say there's genetic relevance between China and Peru. I'd say that the relevance is next to nothing when comparing Germany and Poland.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Speaking of video games I have three free beta keys to Super MNC if anyone wants them, I don't know enough interested in it.

I'd be interested

 

[Northen Wolf]

Most family lines have been bastardized at some point in the history anyway.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Speaking of video games I have three free beta keys to Super MNC if anyone wants them, I don't know enough interested in it.

Super MNC? I'm down

 

[Tee Kay]

I'd say there's genetic relevance between China and Peru. I'd say that the relevance is next to nothing when comparing Germany and Poland.

What about Chinese people who identify themselves as Peruvians?

 

[Masada]

Still, I don't see why you're opposed to saying percentage ancestry. It's an interesting, if trivial set of facts, and it's a stepping stone to understanding family history and how that fits into world events.

Because there's no genetic marker synonymous with German, French or Norwegian. It's that damned simple.

 

[Luckymoose]

Because there's no genetic marker synonymous with German, French or Norwegian. It's that damned simple.

You're greatly exaggerating simplicity in genetics.

 

[Masada]

Please point me to the genetic market that corresponds to German.

 

[Tee Kay]

Even if we leave genetics out of it, it still gets messy real quick. Your grandparents might not identify themselves the same way as their children, and so on.