Well, I can take some guesses. Do you mean US residents of Indian nationality? I know this will sound racist and I don’t know if I can articulate that that’s not my intent, that I’m talking about a national/regional culture, and that none of this is inherent to any individual. Even still, I’m aware I’m an outsider and I only have a small sample of their lives. It’s based on being near a large immigrant community, talking to immigrant adults, befriending many US-born/young-when-immigrated people, and briefly traveling through India. I’m sure many aspects are derived from both pro- and anti-British movements over the centuries so its not like it’s all self-fueled. And if anyone has differening opinions based on anything tangible, I’m all ears.

If you come from a country with more prevalent misogyny and visible corruption and were in the top 20% of wealth there, it’ll skew your impression of the effects of what half the US population is considering a humanitarian crisis. The vast majority of Indians in the US come from 2, maybe 3 states (Gujarat, Punjab, and I forget the 3rd). They’re much wealthier than the other states, hence the ability to afford a $1,000+ flight (think about how 1k is a lot for us, now think of how the average Indian wage is 4kUSD/year). The absolute most common theme I’ve heard from the adult-immigrated that are outspoken politically/economically/socially is it doesn’t matter who the president/majority party is as far as social progress goes (tons of apathy) but stocks need to go up (personal gain is the primary concern). They buy into the idea Republicans boost the economy and lower taxes. Many of the matured-in-India immigrants [say they] have no qualms with going back to India if the economy tanks in the US. They’ve profited in the US and have access to the higher levels of living there. I lived like a king in a marbled hotel that cost less than my mortgage. The political apathy extends into the quasi-political/social realm as well, with Musk causing zero hesitation in them for buying the new-Gen Tesla (they’re visually distinct ~2023+). There’s also blatant racism with them against southern Indians and black people, so it’s not like the racist ideology of Republicans upsets them.

This is far from the impression I’ve gotten from the majority of US-born/immigrated-young Indians I’ve met. My circle probably has bias about their social leanings since it’s probably a moderately successful, reasonably diverse circle. I’ve met several that lean to the right, but that’s just as common for any milktoast white guy when they feel the social welfare system is robbing them of individual success. That’s the whole platform, isn’t it? They’re being robbed? Regardless, I’m proud of being part of a very diverse area because it shows that origin culture is the most defining part of a person’s personality. Race has overlap, but it’s not a defining feature. Not at all. No wonder cities go left. Throw a mix of people in tight quarters and you realize we’re all getting fucked and your ancestry doesn’t mean shit.

Tangent: The prevalent origin-states of Indian immigrants makes me think about how skewed the world must be about Americans. I understand the US likely is more global presence in the news/social platforms to spread our interior culture, but I wonder how New Yorkers and Californians skew the world’s impression of the average American in other cities.

Uri Geller wants to know your location for copyright infringement. You and Pokémon Kadabra both

Blow horn please stop ok Awaz kado / awazdo

I take it you’re also reading the back of the trucks, too. My experience is West Bengali. Honk to tell car you’re approaching. Honk to tell car you’re next to them. Honk to tell them you’ve passed. Honk at scooter. Honk at crosswalk. Honk at turn. Honk at red light. Honk at green light. Honk at any car in front of you. Drive on shoulder. Drive on walking path. Honk at pedestrians. Honk at train. Honk at bus.

Oh no

The buses

Fuck

deDeDEDede deDeDEDede deDeDEDede alllll fucking night. Sequential 3-tone horns in any sequence. My hotel faced the highway.

I can deal with aggressive driving. The horns made me sorely miss the inoffensive chaos of Mexico.

I asked if I was the only one that have a damn about the rules

That’s why you’re perfect.

I guess we couldn’t have a female president because we’d have war only every 28 days

So it is important to recognize that “nations” are constructs.

I’m so tired of state/country pride being touted as definitive cultural (and ethnic) traits from places that have straight fucking lines and swimmable rivers for borders.

My area banned plastic a few years. It’s hard to notice unless I travel elsewhere, but the plastic tumbleweed are way down. I used to constantly see them in trees. Now that’s a cute little travel feature a few hours away

2 fast 2 millennial

There’s 26 excited letters to use for emphasis but you opted to be dry as Toast.

I just wish my phone would stop teaching itself to capitalize Pic. It’ll go months accepting it’s a common word and then decide it’s just a proper noun again

You sound like my dad’s handwriting reads

“I scheduled this meeting for near end of day so I could be halfway to my country house”

Currently-new Teams just closes itself on me. It’s a great feature for those urgent messages

Or “I might be Irish, but at least I’m not an Italian” to not make yourself look better, but to make the others look worse

Different categories. Star Wars and Star Trek are fantasy. Stargate was just a documentary about “MacGyver” and his “secret government job” at “Cheyenne Mountain” where they played it off as “Wormhole Xtreme” so all the sheeple wouldn’t wake up

Omit jobs held less than 2 years? In this economy? They’re all less than 2 years! Props to those who’ve held jobs for several years because you must be comfortable. Most people shopping aren’t comfortable and changing jobs has gotten me more money than any in-house raise ever did.

Neat, airtime for Channel 5/All Gas No Brakes/Andrew Callaghan. Callaghan and Co have gotten into some true, deep journalism as they’ve evolved. Actually going places? Actually talking to people there? Waltzing through the Minnesota riots, getting ferried by a coyote across the southern border, all in the name of journalism? Awesome to see him catch some headliner work and mainstream coverage.

I haven’t watched this interview. It’s not exactly a topic I care about. I saw some comments saying it was soft. If that’s true, then I hope Andrew stuck to his routine where he let’s people talk and gives them the airtime to make or break their appearance. If the flak comes from proper news outlets, then stfu and go do it yourself.

If you haven’t been following but know the original owner (not content creator) of All Gas No Brakes had a falling out and took the name, FYI, Andrew owns it again. Seems like the theme moving forward will be AGNB will go back to its goofy event roots while C5 will lean towards political/news events.

Really? Like the steak sauce? I guess I should have seen that coming since the 00s motorcycle communities keep asking about their F1 light. Fuel 1njection

A. I could definitely have this kind of thought when showering after an argument