but weren't we dying anyway?

but weren't we dying anyway?

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karen (n.) a chinese girl with no emotions whatsoever. digs art, subjective sports, russians, tv, caffeinated beverages, honor, wine, and otps. has a very particular set of skills.

 

9 months ago / 13 notes via
there is a difference between a nation and a culture there is a difference between the political actions of a state and the actions and motivations of its people and that is what the olympics is about for me that is why i am invested in the teams in which i am invested and at the end of the day i will never be over 2008 because it was generalizations everywhere and i am so mad i knew this walking into these olympics and still i did it anyway news flash: the cold war has ended news flash: there is no more soviet union news flash: chinese people (actually on occasion) love their children the same way that other people love their children take your reductive generalizing bullshit out of your commentary please i actually do respect you as a network i just want you to respect me as a person and obviously the 'me' here is being generalized but shit still stands disclaimer: i'm not an emotionless calculated robot disclaimer: i am still chinese disclaimer: china is a huge fucking country with an enormous amount of people who all have varying degrees of cultural and national pride? just like any other country? sometimes the people are more than their country and sometimes the country does not represent the people and that's okay in the olympics sometimes that happens? the olympics are bigger than this and i love the olympics a lot and one day i hope it loves me back