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8 hours ago, Yeah No said:
That's what they tell us. But it also underlines how borders were mostly meaningless in Europe for a very long time relatively speaking and there was a lot of moving around before any of today's borders existed. It makes it harder to pinpoint exactly where someone's history lies because certain DNA strains exist in more than one country. I have a good idea where my ancestors were from based on several generations of family tree so right now I probably have a better idea of what my percentages are than the DNA results are able to provide. Right now Ancestry.com's admixture resembles my family tree more than 23 and Me's does. But it fluctuates.
Lots of countries being taken over by other countries as well. And that's pretty much global. Wars happen. Empires happen. Some of my ancestors are from an ethnic group that eventually settled in places like Myanmar and Laos. That's actually far from where most of my ancestors are from (southeast coastal regions of China). And my maiden name traces back to a duke from the central region of the country. And yeah, my Ancestry test does say I have roots in "central China."
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Girls might gossip. Though once I've seen something along the lines of this in the bathroom:
"What do you get when you put F and UCK? Firetruck!!!"
This wasn't a middle school or high school bathroom - this was at a music school where I took piano lessons. Very young children could be seeing that - like kids just learning how to read. I'm not sure the age of the girl who wrote it - to me (I was 10 or so at the time), it seemed weird that a girl would do that. We're more like so-and-so is fat or something to that extent.
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1 hour ago, Ancaster said:
My ex used to say "like" literally every other word (and I mean literally). He denied it, so one time my kid held up fingers for every time he said it. He ran out of fingers very quickly. It's one of those awful habits that once you notice it you can't un-notice it.
I didn’t think “like” was used by males all that much.
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3 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:
Really? Was/is this a girl thing or did boys also resort to cruel taunting (via bathroom stalls...sheesh)?
Are there any guys here who could tell us? I have a feeling it's mostly women here. And yeah, at my all girls' school, some mean things were indeed written.
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17 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:
I do want to commend you for calling the outfit "skin tone" rather than "nude". That's my gripe with retail and fashion sites - 99% of the time when they call something "nude" they really only mean nude for a medium-toned Caucasian person. I bought a "nude" bra from Amazon and flagged the description as inaccurate a couple years back. I'll have to go back and see if it's still listed, and if the color is still described that way. I suspect it is.
I've seen some bra companies (for example) offer several shades of "nude" so I tend to use it interchangeably.
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4 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
But back in the day, kids would ostracize one another.
And there was the bathroom stall graffiti.
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I just saw a trailer for the musical adaptation of The Notebook and just about BAWLED my eyes out.
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Pants weren't part of my (girls only) high school's uniform until Fall 1997 when it was added in. We were, of course, allowed to wear pants on non-uniform days. And our gym uniform wasn't a skirt with bloomers attached (hadn't been since at least the 70s). They still can't wear larger earrings (as far as I know), more than one ring in each hand, nor can they wear non-religious symbols around their necks. No non-religious headwear, either.
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They also can’t tell without a paper trail for DNA you didn’t get from your parents. That’s why siblings can have different results.
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7 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:
You can say whatever you want (within reason, of course) on these sites. But be prepared for the snide backlash.
Speaking of skin tone leggings, on one episode of Fixer Upper, a woman was wearing these leggings. At first I thought she wasn't wearing *anything* under her tunic top! I'd never seen skin tone leggings before.
They exist, but they're SUPPOSED to be meant for people with skin tones VERY DIFFERENT from said legging colour. Like, I'd look fine in a medium brown, but Susan Kelechi Watson from This is Us would look like she wasn't wearing pants.
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Peeve: I'm part of a group on a social platform for people from my age cohort who are neither true Generation Xers or Millennials. I posted about the young lady and her skin tone outfit on that group and got nothing but negative comments, telling me to stop. I'm an adult and I'm allowed to say things I want to say. I openly admit that I can be a "pearl clutcher" at times, and I really think I should be allowed. Being the way I am is probably WHY a lot of people who think like me keep their mouths shut these days. That said, I'm really glad that people here aren't like that! Or at least I don't participate on shows where there are tons of flame wars!
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1 hour ago, Yeah No said:
Trying not to be snarky either, but one of my idols, Gloria Steinem was always a fashion statement. I feel that feminism includes celebrating the power of the female body and spirit in every way and if I don't feel that someone on a reality show is doing that to their best advantage I think I'm entitled to expressing an opinion on it. I'm not policing them or their bodies. I want women to succeed, this is not "mean girls" with me.
https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/gloria-steinem-style
This. And if you mean me, good thing that girl was not at the office. Looking like you’re still working from home where pants are optional is not office appropriate. I also saw a guy wearing a skin tone top once. Same area.
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1 hour ago, annzeepark914 said:
No. This was in a hospital waiting room and I doubt they go to a gym 😏.
Speaking of hospitals, I was at one recently for an on-going/chronic health issue that I'll always have and thought I had been transported back to 1995 because one young lady was wearing the almost-to-exact outfit I owned back then (minus the fishnets)!
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8 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:
I love my leggings and wish I could wear them year round. But I always wear a longer top to cover my derriere 😁. There are some thinner, 3/4 length leggings I wear when the weather is between winter and spring. But I saw some young women yesterday wearing leggings and skin-tight tops. It was not a good sight for sore eyes! 👀🥴
Did they look like they were coming from the gym?
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I don't know if I had a post flagged or what, but I tried posting something from my phone and it didn't go. Anyway, I was mentioning that I didn't understand a lot of what younger people wear these days. I get the retro 90s looks, but what's with skin tone leggings (especially when there's VPL) and hip length tops?
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On 2/7/2024 at 2:57 PM, shapeshifter said:
Here's Jesse Williams' DNA admixture graphic
(as it appeared after the 52 minute mark at pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/far-and-away).
Click the image to see it larger:
His is not as complex as Sunny Hostin's, but it's still very interesting.
It's great that they can differentiate the various people groups across and within Europe and Africa. I don't think that was possible a decade ago, before the commercial DNA companies were formed.
But that's just speculation on my part.My graphic would just be a solid, single color circle.
Maybe in a few more decades it could be broken down too.They can differentiate between regions within one country for some places. I also had Ancestry done and they were able to tell which parts of China my ancestors are from (I'm mostly southern/southeastern, but also have elements of people from the central region (my maiden name traces back to that area) as well as a non-Han ethnic group). I honestly was NOT surprised that I had non-Han ancestry (since people always mistaken me for other Asian ethnicities), but was expecting Thai, Vietnam or the Philippines.
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I read my book to my son's kindergarten class! The children were behaving like, well, 5 year olds, talking over each other, but in general, were paying attention (the teacher had to tell them to "crisscross applesauce" a few times and to put their hands up if they have any comments...at the end of the story). Even kids who only celebrated December 31 could relate, as did kids who celebrated other cultural holidays - whether it's New Year or not. My dad said it would only be relatable to kids from families like mine and boy was he WRONG!
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Okay, it's not really a holiday, but it might as well be one...what's everyone serving for the Big Game on Sunday? We're ordering pizza from a neighbourhood joint. The husband and I like very different toppings (I like mine with lots of vegetables) and a small bag of tortilla chips with guacamole and pico. It's just going to be the three of us. We typically also get wings, but this year, this year, there'll be a lot of eating in the days before and after - Lunar New Year's Eve is Friday and then Valentine's Day is the following Wednesday. There's also pancake Tuesday on the 13th and we're going to be going to our annual Spin of Prosperity Dinner (a Lunar New Year tradition my parents started 35+ years ago) next week too!
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1 hour ago, Browncoat said:
Found it, thanks! I could have done without Luke mouthing the words along with Tracy when she was singing, but otherwise, it was great!
I wonder if he did that because it helped him know when to go in.
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I STILL can't believe that Joni Mitchell has never performed at the Grammys in her long, long career. I actually don't live too far from a cafe she performed at before she became famous. The cafe isn't there anymore. It's now a men's clothing store.
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How did everyone survive the last few days without Primetimer? I finished Queer Eye Season 8. Pretty much it.
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20 hours ago, Yeah No said:
You know, I liked him and watched the Partridge Family, even bought his and their records, but I was never "into" him that way. My heartthrob was Donny Osmond, LOL. The heart wants what the heart wants, I guess....😉
I still have a pile of old teenybopper magazines from back then with posters in them of David, the Osmonds and the Jackson 5.
I remember going to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat back in the 90s and SOOOO MANY of the moms there were swooning. It made me giggle because I'd never see so many adults act like teenagers.
@Caoimhe: In Canada, we typically think of condos = ownership and apartments = rent. But some people rent out units in condo buildings too.
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I am about 70% deaf in my left ear (from birth) and was once asked by a teacher who specialized in working with deaf children why I didn't wear a hearing aid in my left ear! Why bother as an adult when I never had one as a kid. I don't want the world to sound like a rock concert or club?
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Bullying for boys is more physical while we are more likely to pull the emotional thing. My son is on the smaller side and though he has tons of friends, I do worry (as do all moms) that he’d be picked on as he gets older. Or maybe girls won’t like him because he doesn’t have the “jock” look. He’s a very nice kid and very bright. I also worry that he could have body image issues. We try not to talk about weight and food portions in front of him, but I worry he picks things up anyway since my husband is on meds for diabetes.