THINGS ASIAN PARENTS DO
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD56YYhzWk5slMw4jYfuaw-0Ekt2cKMrkIf you ever wonder how to grow inside Asian (Oriental) household. Now, this is made by immigrants, for creme-de-la-creme Asians, add some kind of shield to keep them comfortable with their ignorance from the outside world, akin to white rednecks keeping their doofus antics intact, while living in a country that put men on the moon in 1969.
What they haven't say yet:
1. Asians think their food is healthier. Non-fried ones is always healthier. Soupy ones are the healthiest, despite containing nothing than just water and sometimes, unhealthy amount of salt. Among the orientals, they seemed to have mutual agreement on healthiness of each own cuisines. But when they see Indian foods, they go crazy. Western food? A short trip to heart disease!
2. Asian parents never teach you real skill, they only teach you life and other stereotypical Asian skills (Asian medicine knowledge, Asian tradition, Business, Money, bargaining/haggling, how to be cheap by recycling). All other real skills we have is acquired from professionals. Music? Private teacher! Maths? Teacher! Tooling? Friends! Fixing cars? Friends! Asian language? Private teacher! Martial arts? Private teacher/Grandpa, because dad is busy working! This is actually great and quite rational, until their expectations started to become overwhelming.
3. Professions for you that is okay for Asian parents: anything that warrants suits and ties, except sales job. Other than that: doctor/medic, IT guy, engineer. Borderline okay: scientist, researcher, lecturer, specific subject teacher (language/yoga/gym/tutor). Not okay: any field works that gets you dirty, pilot, chef, artist (painter/sculptor/musician), actor, politician, monk, public transport / truck driver, social worker, clerical job, security, police, army, and if you don't have the tradition of your parents or ancestors doing any of these jobs, don't bother convincing your parents.
4. Secretly racist, I don't think Hess or Goebbels can top them. While Hitler seems like a master race try-hard wannabe, Asian parents did a faux-pas on the subject, completely innocent and somehow okay. Anyone getting the impression that Japanese are friendly and smile at you, welcoming you at home with intricate ceremony? Tell them you are marrying their daughter / inheriting son. Want to try harder? Try Chinese. Even harder? Korean! Want to get really hurt? Listen to what they say when you are not around.
5. Extremely homophobic, anti LGBTQ. Most of us get away with this using our minority card. If you come out, you'll never be taken seriously, but if you nag too much, you'll either get sent to mental institution, disowned, disinherited, or murdered (I never heard about murder case, but it must have happened at a point).
6. Very Religious, be it Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, or sort of. Except the Japanese, most Koreans and Chinese parents are quite superstitious, and the good thing is, they treat every other gods as sacred, which means they are respectful. Respectful, except the modern movements of charismatic Christians. The worst thing is, they treat it as a give-and-take token of spiritual sacrifice-and-reward ritual. My parent urged me to pray for good fortune, pity from the gods, away from dangers, etc. Because praying for others' well-being and wisdom are stupid, since other people don't care about us and your wisdom means nothing to them.
It is all very annoying and no longer fit for modern society based on mutual understanding. Fuck Confucius!