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How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

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  • #11
    Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

    Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
    My motto has always been 'be yourself' because that is what you can be best at. No point in trying to act like this or like that because whatever attention you get or friends you make by acting like someone else it will all be fake.
    yep. I had to learn that the hard way.

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    • #12
      Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

      Originally posted by NightOwl View Post
      most armenians i know look Greek and eat Greek food.
      Really? Then why do they call you 'Armenian'?

      Originally posted by ArmSurvival View Post
      Like I said, you need to get rid of your inferiority complex. You should also familiarize yourself with Armenian history. Armenians with inferiority complex make me more ashamed than Armenians who 'look middle eastern'.
      El chem karogh Hayerin tanel. Zzvum em. Normal mart chi mnatsel.

      By the way, what is exactly 'middle eastern' look?
      Last edited by Lucin; 09-24-2009, 01:47 AM.

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      • #13
        Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

        Originally posted by Lucin View Post
        Really? Then why do they call you 'Armenian'?
        I've been trying to figure out how people know they are Armenian, claim there is no such thing as race, end up on an Armenian website and think they are American or European. It boggles my mind... they remind me of Turks trying to make cool music and porn videos

        Originally posted by Lucin View Post
        By the way, what is exactly 'middle eastern' look?
        You know, dark features... asmar aghchig
        Last edited by KanadaHye; 09-24-2009, 04:44 AM.
        "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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        • #14
          Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

          Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
          I've been trying to figure out how people know they are Armenian, claim there is no such thing as race, end up on an Armenian website and think they are American or European. It boggles my mind... they remind me of Turks trying to make cool music and porn videos
          The problem I see is that Armenians these days are trying too hard to resemble or find some similarities with some other peoples and attach themselves to them; such as Greeks, Italians or even J'ews. That's a psychological problem. That is called insecurity.

          Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
          You know, dark features... asmar aghchig
          It doesn't make sense. I have quite dark eyes and hair, just black. And I easily pass off as an Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Iranian and of course Armenian. But can we consider the Italians, the Spaniards and the Greeks all Middle Eastern?

          And what does 'asmar' mean?

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          • #15
            Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

            Originally posted by Lucin View Post

            It doesn't make sense. I have quite dark eyes and hair, just black. And I easily pass off as an Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Iranian and of course Armenian. But can we consider the Italians, the Spaniards and the Greeks all Middle Eastern?

            And what does 'asmar' mean?
            The Middle East is a geographical location, and doesn't relate to any one race, culture or ethnicity. You don't want to be Middle Eastern since everyone from the Middle East is a terrorist.

            esmer...asmar...tomato...tomotto... incase you weren't joking, it's a Harout Pamboukjian song, it means dark skinned or dark complexion.
            Last edited by KanadaHye; 09-24-2009, 06:43 AM.
            "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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            • #16
              Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

              Originally posted by Krdakan View Post
              Well that is kind of turkish attitude.... the only nation I know that paranoicaly wants to look european are turks.... so maybe they can help you... also they ar probably as sucsesfull as you are
              Should I make myself look more like a sp1ck to make you feel better? FYI: I already look European, it's not really a 'decision' like you make it seem like it is.

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              • #17
                Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

                Originally posted by knight22 View Post
                Should I make myself look more like a sp1ck to make you feel better? FYI: I already look European, it's not really a 'decision' like you make it seem like it is.
                Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey are considered part of both Europe and Asia. Armenia and Cyprus are sociopolitical European countries. Islands in the Mediterranean Sea are generally part of Europe. Malta is a part of Europe.

                So you look European? I wonder if people used to say I look Ottoman....
                "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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                • #18
                  Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

                  Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
                  The Middle East is a geographical location, and doesn't relate to any one race, culture or ethnicity. You don't want to be Middle Eastern since everyone from the Middle East is a terrorist.
                  Es inches asum, Kanada? I was born and raised in the Middle East and I'm not hiding it nor do I feel any 'lesser' than Europeans or Americans or anyone for that matter..

                  Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
                  esmer...asmar...tomato...tomotto... incase you weren't joking, it's a Harout Pamboukjian song, it means dark skinned or dark complexion.
                  Nah, I was not joking. I hadn't heard of that word. 'Cause we say 'lolik'.

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                  • #19
                    Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

                    Originally posted by Lucin View Post
                    Es inches asum, Kanada? I was born and raised in the Middle East and I'm not hiding it nor do I feel any 'lesser' than Europeans or Americans or anyone for that matter..

                    Nah, I was not joking. I hadn't heard of that word. 'Cause we say 'lolik'.
                    I've spent 13% of my life in Turkey (born)
                    62% in Canada (raised)
                    25% in the U.S. (business)

                    I'm still 100% Armenian. I hate the governments of all 3 countries... why would I associate myself with any of them.

                    They are probably monitoring what I type as we speak...

                    Asmar: from a personal name derived from Arabic asmar ‘brown’, ‘dark-skinned’. This is also the name of a region of Afghanistan.

                    Yeah, I know... lolik is more for when you turn red under the sun
                    "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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                    • #20
                      Re: How do I as an Armenian make myself feel more European?

                      Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
                      I've spent 13% of my life in Turkey (born)
                      62% in Canada (raised)
                      25% in the U.S. (business)

                      I'm still 100% Armenian. I hate the governments of all 3 countries... why would I associate myself with any of them.

                      They are probably monitoring what I type as we speak...

                      Asmar: from a personal name derived from Arabic asmar ‘brown’, ‘dark-skinned’. This is also the name of a region of Afghanistan.

                      Yeah, I know... lolik is more for when you turn red under the sun
                      Kanada tuna bolsehayes?
                      "All truth passes through three stages:
                      First, it is ridiculed;
                      Second, it is violently opposed; and
                      Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

                      Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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