Ladies (and gentlemen if you’re so inclined), I present to you Jonah Lomu, widely regarded as the finest rugby player ever: 6' 5", 264 lbs, able to run a 10.8 second 100 meters.

Those uber wealthy assholes are the ones running Uber, too. :(

Love NZ. Spent time on the South Island - Christchurch mostly, as an uncle is a professor and taught American Studies and other things for 11 years. He actually became a citizen, bought homes, etc. So the visits were fantastic, like you write. And the people are beyond nice - and so.. .non white american? Maori folk…

I certainly agree with that assessment. I never saw my flatmates(all native, white kiwis) be directly racist to anyone, but there was certainly an underlying cultural bias coming from a sort of British superiority complex. It seemed quite similar to how American exceptionalism is often ingrained by…

Of course! I was just curious. Thanks for the reply!

I definitely encourage anyone to go to New Zealand. I studied abroad there for 6 months(in Wellington), and literally anywhere I went was one of the most beautiful places that I have ever seen, in particular Queensland and Milford Sound/Fjordlands National Park. Most people were extremely friendly, though most of my…

you just raise the point I was going to raise, because those uber wealthy assholes run everything they touch

The downside is that Peter Thiel and a bunch of other Randian Bros are pouring major bucks into NZ’s media and political systems to try and turn it into their own private Galt’s Gulch to hide out in after they’ve (deliberately) provoked a nuclear conflict in the Northern Hemisphere in order to bring about their…

The All Blacks are the single greatest recruiter of large, gorgeous, neckless men anywhere in the world

I live in Kanagawa, about 20 miles southwest of Tokyo. I live in a country-ish area that’s fairly close to Atsugi and Yokohama. It’s metropolitan enough that people aren’t that obsessed with modesty. Not for nothing, this feels like Jersey.

Jakarta is a dope city but you can have that humidity. Nope. Not today. Something about heat+humidity that makes everything stink. Oh, you liked the smell of those kabobs before? Now, they burn your nostrils because it’s 3 in the afternoon and the hottest point of the day. Shorty who you met at the halal cafe with the…

Don’t think you understand what cultural means...

Oh, I didn’t know that! Well, keep up the excellent work regardless of whether you get to those places.

As an Australian (and white to boot), please pass on my apologies to your friend for whatever happened. There are way too many areas of this place that are racist as fuck.

This series is fantastic, and fascinating for that very reason. Please keep up the great work!

Very interesting. Thanks very much for your reply.

The South island is very white and very nice. I totally agree. I mean, the niceness was a bit jarring at first. I spent most of the time in Christchurch - food, bars (I don’t drink so, cannot comment on the beer other than I remember hearing that Kiwi women drink the most beer per person in the world - don’t know if…

As a Canadian WOC living in Melbourne, I want to thank you for this. I’ve been in Melbourne for 10 years and have had the same observations and experiences but they’re always dismissed when I bring them up with my friends of non-colour. They keep telling me that Melb is so multicultural and that it’s the most diverse…

Depressingly true, the attempted genocide stuff. American first nations complain about unfair treaties that were broken and ignored. Australian aborigines’ response is ‘You got an actual treaty?! You lucky bastards!’ Essentially, the English wanted a replacement continent after losing North America. Australian…