Schrodinger's Supremacists: Simultaneously intellectually and civilisationally superior to "mainlanders" yet reliant on them for jobs, taxpayer money, infrastructure and education. They'll also swarm Dravidian metropolises for opportunities and then shit on them online once they return to their slums in Tripoora.
I've seen many Tibeto-Burman supremacists discussing how we mainland goy are intellectually inferior and I'm inclined to agree. My question to you all is how can I learn to be civilised like Tibeto-Burmans?
To elaborate, I wholly acknowledge that I am intrinsically inferior to God's Chosen Tibeto-Burmans. For one, I am the typical 67 IQ mainland goy and I've seen the plight of my fellow mainland goyim:
We are too incompetent to have a functional society so we must rely on Tibeto- Burmans' prowess instead. We migrate from cesspits like Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Trivandrum and Bengaluru to the holy flourishing land of the Northeast for education and jobs. Not only that but we must subsist off the taxes of the hardworking Tibeto-Burmans because we are festering mosquitos who are incapable of contributing anything to humanity. Yet, because many of us are ingrates, we spit of them after accepting the hard-earned fruits of their toll.
We are perpetually in awe of God's Chosen Tibeto-Burmans and their intellect. We've seen how they are overrepresented among rocket scientists, chess grandmasters, elite mathematicians, International Math/Physics/Informatics/Biology/Chemistry medalists, AI engineers, computer scientists, Silicon Valley unicorn founders and more. Meanwhile, our positive contributions to humanity have been negligible.
We've also seen the high trust societies created by Tibeto-Burmans when they are left to their own devices and when we aren't constantly begging them for the taxpayer money promised to us 3,000 years ago.
We've also seen ethnic Tibeto-Burmans facilitate the development of Myanmar from a British colony to a rapidly industrializing superpower that is so prosperous that millions of Rohingyas are flocking to it every year for jobs.
Lastly, I just want to say that I admire the initiative of Tibeto-Burmans. 5,000 of them decided to directly claim the land that was promised to them 3,000 years ago and some of them are even fighting for it. And despite, being halfway across the globe, I can see why they all have such close ties to Israel: They are all spiritually Israeli! And, as a humble goy, I wish to emulate that.
That being said, how can I create modern, high-trust, and advanced civilisations like the ones that Tibeto-Burmans have created that stand in jarring contrast to sub-0.500 HDI backwaters such as Mauritius, Kerala, Sri Lanka, Guyana, the Maldives and Tamil Nadu?
Can I ever hope to attain the superiority that they have achieved?
Many potbellied uncles love to cope about their diabetes by attributing it to genetics. Meanwhile, they'll eat deep fried sludge five days a week and their notion of a healthy meal is one kilogram of oily biryani with a single chicken drumstick.
But this shows that the role of genetics is greatly overstated while diet and lifestyle are far more important:
After all, how can one eat like a pig and expect to be like an ox?
Bapatla, a fairly urbanized district in Andhra Pradesh ranks as the worst in the entire state for hypertension and diabetes, with the prevalence of hypertension being 19.65% while the prevalence of diabetes is 16.89%.
In stark contrast is ASR which is one of the poorer districts in Andhra Pradesh. Not only is it poor, but, because it is 90% tribal, it is the worst in terms of access to healthcare. In spite of that, it is the best performing district in Andhra Pradesh with the prevalence of hypertension being only 5.63% and diabetes being only 1.51%.
The two biggest factors that contribute to this are diet and lifestyle. I actually follow some tribal channels based in Andhra Pradesh so I have some knowledge of their diets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDcBe4-xk0&list=PLk_PYurZpdYx5Ka7uVqzjowYRxXsj09rB
First of all, these guys barely eat any rice or processed/deep-fried food. Their staple is millets. Next, they eat lots of foraged fruits, vegetables, nuts and tubers. As well as lots of honey.
When it comes to meat, their diet is also extremely clean: They rear their own free range goats and chickens and catch fish and crabs from rivers in the forest. No growth-promoting drugs, no artificial feed, none of that. They also occasionally consume silkworms.
As for their lifestyle, you won't see any obese people among them because they spend much of the day walking or climbing trees.
Now, it's obviously unrealistic and ludicrous to expect the average working urbanite to rear their own livestock or climb trees for fruits or hunt for crabs. But there are still aspects of the tribal lifestyle that can be emulated to reduce the risk of these noncommunicable diseases:
Start incorporating more millets and phasing out rice.
(Trust me, replace the rice flour in dosas with foxtail or finger millet flour and it will be even tastier, crispier and healthier)
Minimize deep fried foods.
Try to get Vitamin D (sunlight) and 10-15K steps a day.
Increase consumption of river fish, crabs and prawns.
Eat more greens and tubers.
Disclaimer:
Asia is a massive continent encompassing 60 percent of the human population and thousands of ethnolinguistic groups. So, naturally, there will be completely organic tensions between groups due to historical (or present) grievances. The same could be said of the rest of the world in general.
That's not the point of this post though. The point of this post is to elucidate the phenomenon of certain third party actors that attempt to foment tensions between two parties for insidious reasons.
Post:
Sometimes, it's overt but usually it's very subtle. But, once you're aware of this phenomenon, it's much harder to miss.
Typically, it's in the form of comparisons, as shown in the above pictures.
To comply with site guidelines, I won't explicitly name the subs in the pictures but I will say that the aforementioned subreddits are predominantly Westerners so I doubt that most of the commenters belong to either of the 2 nationalities that they are trying to pit against each other.
Their names, in order, rhyme with BurbanBell, BhailandBourism, BhailandBourism again and Biving_in_Borea. Needless to say, these subs are a WASP's nest, iykwim.
What are the exact reasons for this? Well, this is the way I see it: Under the current paradigm, PoC are all like gladiators fighting for scraps of YT validation, due to a combination of internalized racism and YT worship. YT supremacists recognize this and understand that this status quo directly benefits them so they seek to maintain it. How? By inciting the gladiators to fight each other so that their attention doesn't turn to the royalty among the spectators.
This is also why I don't support the whole model minority rhetoric. It's just a way to pit minorities against each other. Some Asians who subscribe to the model minority myth may think that them being "model minority" means that they get a seat in the stadium. But nope, all it means it that they are tossed extra scraps of food so that they remain complacent to the status quo and don't question anything.
And remember that model minority status can be stripped just as easily as it is conferred.
You should integrate into society but not for the sake of YT validation. Because YT supremacists will hate you no matter what you do.
If you integrate, then it's "muh replacement" (which doesn't even make sense because the tennis coach was white but they'll probably cope by saying that he's secretly Jewish or something). If you don't integrate into the broader society, then YT supremacists will call you tribalistic or clannish.
There's literally no winning so the best move is to not play at all. Don't seek their validation.
What I've noticed is that some restaurants, when serving fish dishes, will not specify the fish being used. Instead, the dish names will be generic like "fish cake" or "fish sticks", etc.
I believe that this practice should be challenged for the following reasons:
1.) It's a matter of principle: Customers deserve to know what they're paying for and consuming.
Imagine buying a burger called "mammal burger", thinking that it's beef. Later on, you learn that it it's actually squirrel meat. How would most people feel?
2.) Taste and texture.
The term "fish" encompasses multiple classes of animals and over 30,000 species. Fish are so diverse that salmon are actually more closely related to humans than they are to sharks.
Needless to say, different species of fish can taste and feel completely different from one another, and, considering that enjoying the food you eat is an important aspect of eating outside, customers should know the exact fish that they're eating so that they can better decide if they would like the dish.
3.) Health and nutrition.
As mentioned earlier, fish are incredibly diverse. Consequently, they have drastic variations in nutritional profiles and, again, customers should know what fish they are eating so that they can make an informed judgment. For instance, pregnant women and health-conscious individuals may want to know what fish are being used so that they can avoid anything with heavy metals such as shark or certain mackerels.
4.) Religious restrictions.
Some religions or schools of thought within religions only permit the consumption of certain species of fish. Not specifying what fish is used may discourage devout practitioners of such religions from trying the fish dishes.
Pedestrian safety has already been pretty neglected but one issue that I noticed is that crosswalks have no lights to indicate when a pedestrian is present. Drivers going at high speeds or driving at low visibilities/at night are more likely to hit pedestrians using crosswalks without these sorts of precautions.
Considering that pedestrian deaths in the state have risen by 40% over the last four years and pedestrians account for a fifth of road deaths, this is a long overdue but nonetheless welcome policy.
So I bought some grey mullets earlier this week to make kattiparigela chintakaya pulusu. Since the fish were imported from Asia to the US (which is where I am), they were frozen.
Unfortunately, it was only after I had bought them and brought them home did I realize that the "best by" data was December...2025. Anyways, I decided to proceed with the dish even though the fish had a very strong smell and ammamma and I removed the gills of the fish (other organs were already removed).
We washed the fish repeatedly and I made pulusu with it. It was horrible: The strong smell and taste of the fish completely overpowered and ruined the spices and I had to resist the urge to vomit as I ate it.
I'm not a stranger to strong, fishy and/or briny tasting fish: I have eaten vanjaram (indo-pacific king mackerel) and kaanagadata (Indian mackerel). And that level of fishiness is tolerable for me. But this takes the cake for the worst tasting fish I have ever eaten. The smell is so strong that it's still faintly on my fingertips even though I have thoroughly washed my hands four times since making the dish.
I am immensely disappointed because of all the time and resources I wasted into this dumpster fire of a dish. And I know it's not my spices or technique that's the issue because I make Gendi chepala (Rohu carp) pulusu a few weeks back with the same spices and everything and it was great.
My question is:
Do the fish (kattiparigelu) normally taste that bad? Or are they only that fishy because I bought them 8 months past the "best by" date?
Is there any way that I could've salvaged the dish? Would a buttermilk/lemon juice soak have sufficed to remove the awful fishy smell?
Where can someone in the US (Southern California) find fresh juvenile grey mullets? (These ones were about 6 inches in length)
Source: https://archive.org/details/descriptionsfig1russ/page/n15/mode/2up
1.) Wallago Attu (Helicopter catfish)
In Telugu, this fish is known as Waaluga which strongly resembles the genus name. And it's entirely plausible that the author misheard the fishermen slightly.
Keep in mind that this fish is the only extant species in its genus.
2.) Rastrelliger kanagurta (Indian mackerel)
In Telugu, this fish is called kaanaganta or kaanagadata. Note that the da is retroflex, so, to the author, it likely sounded like a trilled r.
3.) Engraulis purava (the contemporary scientific name but today it is known as Thryssa purava).
This fish is a species of anchovy.
According to the book, this fish was called "pedda porava", where "pedda" means large. Purava, the species name, likely came from the Telugu "porava".
I'm sure there are more fish whose names could've come from Telugu but these are the ones I found so far,
First of all, what is murrel and why is it significant?
Murrel, also known as striped snakehead (scientific name: Channa Striata), is a freshwater fish whose native range encompasses South and Southeast Asia.
It is widely consumed in the Telugu states where it is known as "korramatta" or "korrameenu" and is actually the state fish. From what I've heard from a Bangladeshi friend, it's also consumed in Bangladesh where it is known as "shoil".
And, from the research that I've done, it's also consumed in Malaysia and Vietnam.
But what makes this fish special?
The murrel holds great significance in Telugu (and Malay) culture. It is believed to have healing properties and it used to be administered to new mothers to aid with postpartum recovery.
Now, at this point, it's easy to be cynical and dismiss this as just another superstition like I once did after my grandmother told me that this was given to her postpartum. After all, there are plenty of superstitions, right? Gomutra, gobar, now this?
But, if both the Telugus and Malays (two ethnicities that have had little to no contact historically) agree that the same species of fish has healing properties, then maybe it warrants investigation.
And, over the past few decades, studies have been conducted and the results are quite compelling...
The murrel has evolved to survive in brackish, low-oxygen waters. In fact, it can survive outside of water for several hours. This is thanks to a chemical called albumin. In humans, albumin has been shown to speed up wound healing. And the fish has anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, and anti-oxidant properties.
https://www.knowdyn.org/index.php/hd/article/view/hd11207/11207
In the above Indonesian study, 33 adolescent girls (27 of whom were malnourished) at risk of chronic energy deficiency were given murrel snacks and saw a significant increase in blood albumin levels as well as protein intake.
Basically, murrel is what andhbhakts think gomutra is but even better.
So stop and think: If quacks can make a killing selling gomutra as a health supplement despite it being absolutely disgusting and unhygienic, imagine how much we could make if we began selling a supplement that is actually scientifically corroborated.
Of course, fish wont stay fresh for long and not everyone likes to eat fish. My solution?
Dry the fish with sunlight and salt (something that is already a widespread practice in Andhra Pradesh) and then used a large grinder to make a powder out of the desiccated fish.
It will be an insane health supplement because, not only is the fish rich in albumin and vitamins, but it is also leaner than chicken breast so it can also double as a protein powder.
Thoughts?
So, from my understanding, the SE rating system goes from 1.0 to 11.9 and assigns a puzzle a rating based on the value of the most advanced move used.
On SudokuCoach, there are 11 difficulty levels from "Very Easy" to "Beyond Hell". Today, I solved my new hardest puzzle and the difficulty level was the 8th one (Fiendish), yet, according to the solver, the SE was only 4.4.
Does that mean that the learning curve steepens considerably for the last three difficulty levels?
Very rich and flavorful but also very heating.
So I'm doing the campaign on Sudoku coach and I'm currently on Swordfishes.
I understand how it works and everything but, on the practice, I'm struggling to find swordfish even when the difficulty is 1/4.
A full swordfish would be pretty apparent but most of these are incomplete, so each of the rows or columns of the fish only have 1 or 2 candidates.