Ask Zulehan stuff

[Delphine]

What do you look like? C:

 

[Zulehan]

What do you look like? C:

To choose a random photograph:

[For privacy concerns, I have since removed the photograph.]

I am the big tall guy on the second row, far right, with the button-up shirt. I am with family in the Philippines.

Thanks for the question!

 

[ChristinaYeah]

I love all your answers!

I can't think of a question now that's not horridly boring.
But I will be back!

I hope you're having a great night... or day.

 

[dalandanator]

OMG i found one!!!1111!

do oyu currently live in the philippines

 

[CR33P]

what's your opinion on what the isis did

 

[Zulehan]

I love all your answers!

I can't think of a question now that's not horridly boring.
But I will be back!

I hope you're having a great night... or day.

Hi.

Thanks. Night at the moment, and yes I am. Hope you are doing well, too.

OMG i found one!!!1111!

do oyu currently live in the philippines

Ah, a fellow Filipino, I take it. A lot of us here in California.

Nope. I was born in the States, and will probably remain here my whole life. The picture above was taken during one of several months' long vacations to the Philippines. I very much enjoy it at the Philippines.

what's your opinion on what the isis did

You mean militarily or morally?

If militarily, I believe they were quite effective for a variety of reasons laid out in 'Oil and the Iraqi Civil War: How Security Dynamics May Affect Oil Production,' perhaps most importantly because the northern territories and cities are religiously aligned with ISIS (i.e., Sunni), which included the security forces divisions being compromised because they 'were disproportionately composed of Kurds and Sunni Arabs' and were 'frustrated and alienated by Prime Minister Maliki’s harsh consolidation of power and marginalization of their communities.' This latter point was also why the Shia troops so quickly fled the north rather than defend areas they already viewed as 'enemy' territory.

However, the Iraqi government has recovered from the initial shock and has stronger support in central and southern territories. (Relatedly, the Iraqi government anticipated an easy collapse in the north, even if it did not anticipate the collapse to be caused by ISIS.)

As for morally, there is of course no excusing their insurgency and extremist tactics. That said, their initially overwhelming successes and their continued strength owes much to the States' support of oppressive governments in the region such as the Saudis, which have, in turn, long been directly supporting the Sunni insurgency in Syria and now in Iraq.

Moreover, the States had been supplying ISIS with military weaponry since the inception of its involvement in the civil war in Syria. This latter point was a glaring omission from President Barack Obama's recent speech about the rise of ISIS as a military threat, and journalist Glenn Greenwald has recently gone into great detail about it in 'The Fun of Empire: Fighting on All Sides of a War in Syria.'

Thanks for the questions, everyone!

 

[starlark]

To choose a random photograph:

I am the big tall guy on the second row, far right, with the button-up shirt. I am with family in the Philippines.

Thanks for the question!

You're a Filipino too?!?!
I don't know much Tagalog (on account of my parents wanting me to be the poshest British butt you've ever seen) but... Kumusta?

 

[Zulehan]

You're a Filipino too?!?!
I don't know much Tagalog (on account of my parents wanting me to be the poshest British butt you've ever seen) but... Kumusta?

Yep. I spoke only Ilonggo when I was growing up, but after teachers complained my mom encouraged me to only speak English. As an immigrant to America, she was concerned that I would face the same discrimination she did, and would have a hard time 'making it.' Yet, as a single parent, she managed to climb up to the middle class. And now I major in English, but am relearning Ilonggo.

And hi.

Glad to meet another Filipino.

 

[Zulehan]

Meow.

 

[brownboy102]

How are you?

 

[Zulehan]

How are you?

Pretty chill. Enjoying Labor Day, as tomorrow I will be taking classes and working from 8AM to 9PM.

Hope your day is chill, too.

And thanks for the question!

 

[Delphine]

My memory is disgusting: I don't remember what kindnesses I bestowed upon you.

I laughed so much

and learned a fancy word​

 

[starlark]

do you show any emotion? ;-;

 

[Zulehan]

I laughed so much

and learned a fancy word​

Would have been fancier if I bestowed that word with italique.

do you show any emotion? ;-;

Although I am more warm and outgoing with family and friends, I try to treat every stranger with respect. I do appear stoic in public, however, or so I have been told.

Thanks for the question!

 

[starlark]

You males.

please don't bestow any misogyny upon me <3

 

[Delphine]

Would have been fancier if I bestowed that word with italique.

You just used a smiley g;rlmlk;hlnv I am honored.
Also: wink wink (that smiley is killing me)

 

[Zulehan]

You just used a smiley g;rlmlk;hlnv I am honored.
Also: wink wink (that smiley is killing me)

Yes, once in a blue moon somebody succeeds in getting me to use a smiley. Might have to gift you a collectible at some point for that.

By the way, when I said 'once in a blue moon,' I remembered the discussion about English phrases in your 'Help me improve my English' topic, so in case you are not already familiar with this phrase, it means 'rarely' http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/once-in-a-blue-moon.html

 

[Delphine]

Yes, once in a blue moon somebody succeeds in getting me to use a smiley. Might have to gift you a collectible at some point for that.

By the way, when I said 'once in a blue moon,' I remembered the discussion about English phrases in your 'Help me improve my English' topic, so in case you are not already familiar with this phrase, it means 'rarely' http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/once-in-a-blue-moon.html

I only saw you using smileys twice. Today, and a while back on the Official NL Screenshots thread. I remember everything. You said: o_o. It was pure genius.

That's a very poetic saying! Thanks for letting me know that It's really, really dumb but it does make me truly happy.

 

[Zulehan]

I bump for the whole world to see, or maybe I am being too ambitious.

 

[Delphine]

Favorite TV show?

Also: Is Pikachu cute because he is the mascot of the Pok?mon Company or is Pikachu the mascot of the Pok?mon Company because he is cute?

Finally: Your opinion on Pikachu (assuming you have one)?