Subject: Oh, that's a faux Filipino, then?
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Posted on: 2016-12-24 23:59:00 UTC
Well. I suppose I'm one, too!
You, honestly, seem more real than I. I can't even understand Tagalog!
Not pureblood, either. Only one parent, and whatnot.
I mean, I dunno. I don't particularly consider myself a Filipino. I just stick with 'Australian,' y'know?
Supposed to be all multicultural, and whatnot.
Well hello everybody, I am KimchiRamen, though I also go around as AthrinAmrepyh (or just Athrin when it's not taken), but you can call me any nickname that you wish. A few years ago I discovered the PPC via TVtropes, started reading in this month last year and became a lurker ever since I finished the original series in the same month.
This will be the first time I'm going to actually join a forum. That is mostly what has been keeping me from joining for I haven't been directly interacting through the internet for a long time (with two exceptions, one consisted of me embarrassing myself), and I am scared to do so as I am too used to being an outsider that's just "there". But right now, I really want to remedy it, and I managed to gather enough of my rapidly fleeting drive and motivation to face my anxiety and take my first step. Hopefully, I can find what I am looking for within this community and I won't end up doing anything terrible.
Alright, enough of that stuff and onto introducing myself.
I am not Korean, I am a male faux Filipino attempting to cherish my time here in Nevada.
Yes, I have read the constitution and, like I said, the original series, along with the FAQs and the guides.
Among my fandoms, whether my knowledge of it is either sufficient or incomplete, and even though maybe just one of these actually is a fandom; my most prominent would probably be: Half-Life(too late to do even two worthwhile things with this knowledge) and its spin-offs; Steins;Gate, The World Ends With You, The Sea of Trolls, and several webcomics. I'm also in the middle of Discworld, The Redwall Trilogy, The Dresden Files, Monster Musume(what am I doing with my life), a multitude of other webcomics and contemplating on if I should continue The Last Apprentice.
I am also a user of another wiki, the Bad Webcomics Wiki (Warning: Contains swearing and NSFW/NSFB content), a webcomic criticism site. All in all, my current hobbies include playing mobile games, occasionally LoL, reading, lurking in corners, watching videos on youtube, cooking, routine practice and doing minor (or "minor") edits in both your wiki and the BWW in perpetual fear that I might mess up terribly. I'm also self-training regularly in art under these free drawing lessons.
Lastly, I am requesting admission to the sib program under House Kind Words and a Two-by-Four. With a webcomic criticism site as my current home, it should come as no surprise that I am interested in writing my own reviews, or just writing in general, and I would like to have someone help me in my learning process.
Well, I finally did it. I'm sorry if the post is too long, I hope that I didn't miss any questions, I apologize if I made anyone paranoid from lurking in Discord that day and I must thank you all for the strong presence of this community.
This magical shovel digs up revisions to the Interspecies Cultural Exchange Laws! You might want to get these to Kuroko Smith.
And I thought I already reached my maximum number of greetings, since this post was almost halfway down the page.
And the fact that I’m the first one you greeted two days after you got back… it’s flattering, really. You’re the main reason why I got into this Monmusu stuff, after all.
Thank you for the quality shovel of yours! It’s a pleasure to receive a magical shovel from the master himself. Especially one concerning the Interspecies Cultural Exchange laws. I’ll check in with Mrs. Smith as soon as I can.
Welcome, KR! I only just joined - I can say from personal experience over the last four days that you have nothing to fear as far as shunning and hate goes. Now, for your Newbie Gift:
Have a full set of dice! All of your favourite shapes: d3/4 (none of us can agree on that one's name, but it's the pyramidal one), d6, d8, two d10s, d12, and the all-important d20. Have fun making decisions with these! (Or killing monsters. That's a function too.)
Based on what I’ve seen out of a year of lurking, you’re right.
What really worries me to this moment, though, is that I’m joining a community as an individual with rudimentary social experience under a kind of isolation. I’m more worried about what mistakes I might end up doing while I learn what it’s like to be part of a group like this, and what might happen as a result.
I hope that I can learn to be a real part of a community, and make as little mess-ups as I possibly can in the meantime.
But at least I'm not the only one, I can now learn along with other fellow newbies.
Thank you for the dice set! I may not have any plans to roleplay or play any tabletops yet, but I’ll put them to good use.
Welcome to the PPC! For your newbie gift, have an infinite stack of paper, along with this infinite pencil, for all your sketching needs!
Welcome! Enjoy your stay!
Thank you SO so much for the infinite pencil and papers! Now I can finally draw, write & craft planes/origami without worrying about running out of either material!
Don’t worry, I’ll appreciate my time here.
I love that site and it's an entertaining read and great place to find stuff to confuse and give laughs to my friends.
I may not be a forum poster there yet, but they likely know about my existence.
That wiki was the first one I joined under this name and the first I edited for.
Heck, the wiki even, in a way, changed my life for the better. The wiki inadvertently: got me into reading more webcomics, made me interested in reviewing, introduced me to Riiser (possibly my favorite youtuber of all time), inspired me to start learning how to draw and even got me into actually checking out the PPC. My hobbies took a major turn, and I am thankful for the resulting improvements.
Happy to know you and your friends enjoy their content, it’s always nice to know others who like what they do.
If you are still around the thread, can you share what some of your favorite reviews are, please?
Why, thank you!
I pride myself on it.
Funnily enough, the PPC was the first forum I joined, too! What a wondrous welcome to internet communities, oy?
Also, I dunno what you mean by 'faux' Filipino, but I've got a but of real Filipino knocking around my veins, so we've got that, too!
You speak any Tagalog, or some such?
I don't!
My gift upon you is: a comically oversized fork. So you can both eat yourself, and drive rage through the blood of nearby chopstick users!
Welcome!
This was your first forum, too? The PPC sure is a great place to get started, huh?
And as for being a ‘faux Filipino’, I’m just saying that I’m not entirely a good example as a Filipino person. I may be a pureblood, but I lived in the US for most of my life, where I didn’t learn so much about the culture of my blood race. I may understand enough of the basics of Tagalog and Bisaya to hold a simple conversation to somebody speaking either one if they also understand English, but I can’t really speak either so well partly due to me mixing them up when I try to speak in one. I don’t even have any county pride to speak of.
So, you’re part Filipino?
Thanks for the giant fork. I may have other ways to eat myself, and chopsticks may be my appendages (making any attempt to anger those people pointless), but I’ll find a good use for this big fat fork.
Well. I suppose I'm one, too!
You, honestly, seem more real than I. I can't even understand Tagalog!
Not pureblood, either. Only one parent, and whatnot.
I mean, I dunno. I don't particularly consider myself a Filipino. I just stick with 'Australian,' y'know?
Supposed to be all multicultural, and whatnot.
I just feel bad that I’m not as ethnically attuned as I’m supposed to be.
At least you you have the excuse of being mixed offspring and (I presume) not staying in any Filipino province for more than a month or two.
I, however, somehow managed to survive through five years in the Philippines like this partially due to superior help and dumb luck. And my brother can speak Bisaya, too.
But yeah, I guess you’re right. I do have more knowledge of the culture than a few others, I just don’t think it’s enough.
Aside from one of my own shed feathers, have a living replica tiny Suu! Perfect for slimy snuggles, waste disposal, and cleaning up your hardwood floor!
I only finished the first volume and it’ll take some time before I can pick up the next one, I still need to renew the address on my library card.
I’m actually surprised that I enjoyed it, I usually dislike this kind of genre.
Thank you for the metal feathers and the Mini-Suu! I’ll take good care of them. *pats Mini-Suu*
I'll gladly adopt you as my Little Sib; my username is clickable, so talk to me whenever.
Good to hear you've done all the required reading. Here's a strawberry tart!
Your email’s saved on my notes now.
It’ll take a while until I can contact you, though. I’m just about to make another email, and I will send a message from the new email to you when I’m done.
Thank you for the strawberry tart and the adoption, I look forward to writing with you.
I remember seeing you on Discord, and some of your edits. Happy to learn you finally jumped onBoard. Let's celebrate this with a pot of black-hole coffee.
Thank you for sharing your coffee!
So you remember, huh? I still feel bad about those edits regarding your second mission, and I really appreciated your reply.
It feels nice to finally get to putting it behind me now. Cheers!
Hello, and welcome aBoard! For your newbie gift, take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!
Glad to see you've finally decided to stop lurking and join us—we saw you on the Discord channel before and had no idea who you were, and frankly you made a few of us nervous! :P Glad to see that nervousness was unfounded, and that you finally decided to say hi.
Also glad to see you've done the recommended reading! As for possible other PPC stuff for you to read... have a list of my favorites!
Hope you like it here and decide to stick around. :)
That time I decided to check into Discord to check the state of the community. I didn’t want to cause a mood whiplash from introducing myself in the event you folks were in despair…
…and ended up making things worse by drawing suspicion to myself.
But now I can finally work towards removing the suspicion I have on me, and that’s what I’m willing to do!
Anyway, thank you so much for the fresh SPaGhetti and the rec list! I’ll try to binge the ones I haven’t read yet, and I’ll see if I can use the SPaGhetti to improve my noodles and my writing.