Posted January 24, 2011 at 12:00 am
Ah yes, overasiachievement. The act of going above and beyond to impress a girl who is dating someone more awesome than you. You don't actually have to be Asian to do this sort of thing which kind of defeats any chance this word had of going viral. But the secret truth about us Asians is that we like to make fun of each other's Asianess when we're together. It gets more derogatory the more drunk we get. It's all in good fun and no one really cares.
Unless you're not Asian.
The weird thing is if someone not Asian is privy to such Asian bashing and decides to jump in, it can get really awkward. Now if you're really really reaaaaaaaally good friends with someone in that Asian bashing session, you might be able to get away with it. Maybe.
Derogatory jokes can be funny. But they can also be hurtful. Unfortunately, there's no real gauge for non-minorities to know when it's okay and when it's totally over the line. The real ugly and completely unfair thing about all this is that it's seemingly always okay to make fun of White people regardless of who's around. No one ever loses a job for making fun of White people.
Wow, didn't mean to get all deep there. So yeah, overasiachievement is a silly I word I just made up because it sounded like something Lance would say in the comfort of Kane's room.
