curbdrop out of grace

this post is dedicated to r. wen.

mom: "what does clementine refer to?"
phil: "i think you're talking about a type of small orange or something."
mom: "oh yeah that's right. what does flip-flop refer to?"
phil: "that's like a cheap sandle."
mom: "made of plastic?"
phil: "it can be i guess."
mom: "like high heels."
phil: "no not really at all. it's something very flat that you wear at the beach."
mom: "oh okay. what does hip-hop mean?"
phil: "what?" (thinking most people would just refer to this as rap)
mom: "is it that fast music?"
phil: "not really. it's like 'rap'. it's the music you don't really like."
mom: "ohhhh. but i like some. i like that billy or, uh will? will smith? he's so good looking and i like how he dances."
phil: "hhahaha you are [fucking] out of control mom."



mom: "do you think joyce (asian god-daughter in law of my dad) is pretty?"
phil: "i don't really like any asian girls. so the answer for me would have to be 'no'."
mom: "so you like white girls right?"
phil: "yes."
mom: "what about african girls?"
phil: "you mean african american? no i mostly only like caucasian girls."
mom: "oh ok."
phil: "well what would happen if i dated an african american girl? what would grandma say?"
mom: "she would say 'too dark too dark'. in asian culture, the lighter the skin the more good looking you're considered."
phil: "so you mean the whiter an asian is the hotter they look? so the hottest would be like death-pale?"
mom: "no not like fainting. but lighter skin means that you are affluent enough to not have to work outside and so you have lighter complextion typically if you are of higher status."
phil: "hahah really? that seems absurd. who thinks this, society? all of asian society of just chinese people?"
mom: "all. and they say if you're fair skinned that it replaces 3 flaws. like a big mouth, a flat nose, and something else. fair skin is considered the best."


by the way these are 100% real.

posted by fillshe @ 6:24 PM