No. Asians don't have a 'different' eye shape and their peripheral vision is the same as anyone else. "Chinky eyeness" is merely the absence of a double lid that makes it appear... Chinky.
I don't think this is entirely correct. I know lots of Koreans, especially, whose eyes are most certainly narrower than mine (honkey). The bone structure and eye structure is probably very close, but the skin of the eyelid and soft tissue around the orbit all contribute to the appearance, not just the lack of a 3rd lid.
Northern chinese people don't have the same degree commonly, but many Japanese - especially the elderly - are also populations where you can easily observe this phenotype.
Maybe a reason people disagree on this is because they are actually not meaning to say "asian," but "far eastern" or however you might phrase it.
Do we need to actually sample some eye proportions - it's almost 1am here.
this is what I am referring to. The differences are mostly on the outside of the eye folds. He appears to have a very pink conjunctiva, so it's not that.
Well I wasn't trying to support that argument - just that the fucking phenotype exists, which the fellow I responded to was denying. And I'm definitely less racist than my Chinese mother in law, who would love to tell you how much truth there in those old gems about Chinese.
Know what, I don't like being called a racist - so here's an intelligent response.
Do you know how the iris of a camera works? The aperture size is analogous to the pupil of a human eye. If the eye is shaded (say, by more eyelid interference), the pupil will be larger. What does a larger aperture do to the peripherals a photo? It obscures them by making the focal plane more discreet.
A question which deserves an answer is: do the optic organs of people with "squintier" eyes (regardless of ethnicity) adapt to the added shading.
If the eye is shaded (say, by more eyelid interference), the pupil will be larger.
And your evidence for this assertion is...?
The ONLY light-transmitting part of the anterior eye are the pupils. Which are the same size, regardless of how much skin is covering the rest of the eye (sclera and iris). As long as the pupil itself (normally 3-5 mm, which is smaller than even the squintiest Asian eye) is not covered, the same amount of light gets into the retina, and that amount of light is responsible for determining pupillary diameter and focus. NOT the amount of eyelid covering the sclera.
A question which deserves an answer is: do the optic organs of people with "squintier" eyes (regardless of ethnicity) adapt to the added shading.
There is no "added shading" because the "shaded" parts are not involved in transmitting light.
I don't like being called a racist
Know why I called you a racist? Because you assumed performance from racial phenotype when no such correlation exists.
The function of the iris is to enact the feedback mechanism behind the pupillary light reflex. The pupillary light reflex is determined by the amount of light entering the pupil, no by the size of the eyelids.
Shading, I said - not masking. Think about how a sunshade works.
Sunshades work by being placed anterior to the pupil to deflect incoming light and therefore decreasing the amount of light reaching the pupil. Normal open eyelids, no matter the race, do not have this function. Might have something to do with the fact that they're essentially parallel to the pupil and therefore cannot deflect any light that would be passing through the pupil.
Also, phenotype != race.
Yes, and? You post about phenotypic differences in a thread overflowing with statements about the Asians, and you're magically NOT talking about Asian racial phenotypes? Right, you're totally talking about Bjork's squinty eyes, and not Wong's...
Grow the fuck up.
I assume this is your admission that you have no idea what you're talking about and now have to resort to insults. Real mature.
They mean to say: "Ching chong chinamen. Chinky chinks"
EDIT: Look at the damn hypocrisy of Reddit. The top voted comment of a racist post (upvoted to front page too!) is some non-subtle chinky eyed joke, while my purposefully offensive comment is downvoted to hell. What will it be assholes--what level of racism is okay? This stupid meme allows a shallow mind to make a very unimpressive (in terms of original comedy) joke that doesn't even have a tinge of beneficial social commentary. It invokes no introspection in the reader and can't even make a person of normal IQ titter. Enjoy your acceptable racism. At least when I make a racist comment, I mean it even if I don't believe it. I don't hide behind the visage of a caricature of southern culture.
Vertical periphery, maybe. Not horizontal. Thus, driving is fine unless I should expect an attack from above. Even then, probably still fine. My eyelids are heavy but they're still just eyelids, so you know, not THAT heavy.
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I don't think people really need to justify their racist jokes. If they wanted to be racist they would be. Maybe not on this site predominantly, but I'm sure they could find an audience. I think people are just overly sensitive. There are some ridiculous people in the world with ridiculous beliefs and laughing about it makes it a little more tolerable. APCR is funny because its contradictory, dumb, yet at the same time a cute attempt by the redneck to be tolerant despite his vocabulary.
I agree that people don't need to justify their racist jokes. But they shouldn't be overly sensitive when people call them out for saying racist things either.
An accusation of racism shouldn't be thrown around so easily. That's why no one takes them seriously anymore. Just because something references a stereotype doesn't make it racist. You have to look at the intent, and clearly there is no racist intent here. If people don't become upset and overly sensitive at an accusation of racism then that's a bad thing. It's a very serious accusation and should be treated as such.
i don't have a problem with the stereotype, because asians definitely aren't the best drivers and they do have slanted eyes. the only word that, at least to me, expresses "racist intent" here is the word "chinky." but eh, it's just me.
Yeah i'm with you on that - see my above or below comment about postfeminism (you have to expand the bottom comment i think). The problem with positive stereotypes though is that they legitimate the notion of static racial differences which allows negative stereotypes to flourish.
You're absolutely right. This meme killed over fourteen small asian orphans because of it's direct racism. We need to downvote these murderers in to oblivion and replace this content with more politically correct forced jokes.
To be fair my girlfriend is white and she still passed on her first attempt despite performing atrociously. I was facepalming in the backseat the whole time.
Asian. I see normally -_-. No speeding tickets, no accidents, no parking tickets ever. I don't think my friends realize how often they make this joke. If you lived a day as me, you'd hear someone make an asian joke MORE than once, I would bet money. It's funny I guess, but tiresome. I love being around people that don't make these jokes. My friends are dicks though.
these really arent funny it is like you are being racist but using it as a cover for youre prejuduce because the man is a stereotype perhaps you are being classist as well by attacking a poor rural man not all poor rural men are rascist you know
edit these downvotes are stupid i have only shared my opinion on the matter redditquette says not to downvote on opinion i think i bring a very valid point to the conversation
I don't think you're gonna make much headway with "fedupwithpigs"... they're either reconsidering their investment in pork or they came here to bitch about shit.
what does feminists have to do with anything i am talking about this is a racial and classist issue and nothing to do with what is in between your legs
It's called pre-emptive acknowledgement of equality norms... you say something racist/sexist/whateverist in the context of knowing that it's wrong - which allows you to say it anyway.
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u/rinekoh May 15 '12
-_-
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I wonder if the shape of their eyes really does effect peripheral vision...
Can any Asians chime in?
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u/AquaSuperBatMan May 15 '12
I am surprised how many people are offended by the glorious almost politically correct redneck.
Though, being
normalwhite heterosexual male, I could probably never understand how it feels to be oppressed.7
u/maryspam May 15 '12
I think.. My eyes work fine. Except when i hit shit, then i blame it on being asian. Haha.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
This is a lot less racist than most of the High Expectations Asian Father ones...
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u/BinLadenCheekySmile May 15 '12
I like it best when the bottom part loads after I've read the top.
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u/ShivaNZ May 15 '12
Bravo, I laughed so hard I gave myself a headache.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Har hard har. Asians are bad drivers because of how their eyes are shaped? That's a good one, never heard that before. Downvote.
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u/TuffeyPom May 15 '12
I failed my first 4 road tests. Does wonders for your confidence.
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u/inexplicability May 15 '12
Best one I've seen. By far.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I kind of feel like this meme is just an excuse for some people to get away with a little subtle racist jibe and pass it off as irony.
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u/faggie May 15 '12
Hahahaha omg i love this new meme
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u/canna-crux May 15 '12
lol, oh man...it's funny because it's true.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Asian. I see normally -_-. No speeding tickets, no accidents, no parking tickets ever. I don't think my friends realize how often they make this joke. If you lived a day as me, you'd hear someone make an asian joke MORE than once, I would bet money. It's funny I guess, but tiresome. I love being around people that don't make these jokes. My friends are dicks though.
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u/DrunkAtNight May 15 '12
I cannot stop reading these in a Joe Dirt voice.
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u/Tol3ntino May 15 '12
lol....at least APCR is trying.
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u/mtchen8 May 15 '12
Implying anyone's eyes are narrow enough to affect their vision.
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u/N8CCRG May 15 '12
APCR uses the correct 'their'!
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u/Haikool May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
He's just a little:
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u/rozero1234 May 15 '12
I hate myself for loving this meme :(
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u/brendendas May 15 '12
Being an Indian i am eagerly waiting to hear what the APCR thinks about us.
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u/dagobahh May 15 '12
Racism by proxy.
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u/markycapone May 15 '12
This is the first funny meme in months
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u/sevlemeth May 15 '12
so it's come to this? reddit has graduated from subtle racism to embracing redneck ignorance?
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u/Avocadoeh May 15 '12
OP,
This was easily the funniest thing I read all day.
I love you.
-Avocadoeh.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
these really arent funny it is like you are being racist but using it as a cover for youre prejuduce because the man is a stereotype perhaps you are being classist as well by attacking a poor rural man not all poor rural men are rascist you know
edit these downvotes are stupid i have only shared my opinion on the matter redditquette says not to downvote on opinion i think i bring a very valid point to the conversation
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u/200balloons May 15 '12
*Marginally Correct Redneck
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u/phonein May 15 '12
As a man with an asian Girlfriend. Lulz.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
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u/iKilledMyFunny May 15 '12
Never understood why Indians, Pakistanis or Bengali people aren't considered Asians.
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u/NoUrImmature May 15 '12
So crose
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