Why are Asians less tolerant to alcohol comsumption?
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wow dude wow. im freinds with an asian that can drink me under the table... maybe its more a size thing than a racial thing... ie asians as a whole are shorter than westerners.. the less you weight the less aclhohl you can absorb.
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Just wondering are you referring to any particular society/country? I would suspect that alcohol is viewed/used/abused differently from country to country.\n\nHere is an excellent web site that gives by race, gender and age. I don't know how to transfer the web page address so that you can just click on it. Wish someone would show me. If you do a yahoo search its called Alcoholic Beverage Consumption in the US: Patterns and Trends\n\nwww2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/1116895242.html
912111
The younger ones tend to use Alcohol and inhalants due to the availability.\n\nAs they get older they tend to use pot
388875
Well to be fair, I'm Asian and I tried fitting in the predominately "white" community of my hometown....but I just wasn't taken seriously as a friend. It's hard to fit in w/ people outside your race b/c there are all these barriers and such.  I mean it's easy for you to say we seclude ourselves, but we don't have a role amongst a group of "whites" except as a token, a mascot if you will. But I think after a few more generations, Asians will be considered Americans instead foreigners.
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It's mainly because we are so filthy rich that we don't have to worry about any consequences. We can even buy new livers if they suffer alcohol damage. And our really expensive cars can be crashed by driving drunk and so what? We will just buy a better and faster car to drive.\n\nSo, it's all about money, really. Poor people here don't drink at all.
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okay, i'm by no means an expert, but i wanna try anyway.\n\nbuddhism's got somethin' called The Four Noble Truths, which basically outline the nature of suffering, and The Eightfold Path, which tells ye how to deal with and hopefully eliminate suffering.  maybe i got that backwards, but i don't think so.\n\npart of ending suffering is right thinking (compassion is another).  since some pornography is exploitive (not all), then i think that the support of such would be frowned upon by buddhists.\n\non the other hand, you have different levels of involvement.  y'got y'lay buddhists--your everyday people.  and y'got y'monks--those who devote the entirety of their lives to buddhism.  for the latter, i'm pretty sure they must remain celibate (and dry--that means no booze), so either that one thang (ach, censorship!) or pornography i'm guessing would not be allowed.  even with lay-buddhists in general, i think drinking is still frowned upon somewhat...\n\nokay, not all monks can't drink and such...  so i've heard, the shaolin monks are exempt from the drinking rule (don't know about taking a wife) because long, long ago, they saved the emperor.  in thanks, he allowed them some leniency in their practices...  it's not like they can just go to a bar and drink whene'er they want though!!  their life is still quite involved with the temple, and that's putting it mildly!\n\ni hope that helps.  if not, i'm sure you can find some good resources on e-sangha.  it's a free buddhist newsgroup.\nhttp://www.lioncity.net/buddhism
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i am an asian living in asia,and asians usually have large families coz they hope that their sons will help them in the paddy field,rubber plant,etc (most have very large field/plant/orchard) while daughters help the cookings and stuffs for the large family, (which explains why asians prefer to have boys but since they can't control the sex of their child,they just reproduce until they have a sufficient number of boys) and i don't mean to be rude or anything, but simply put,they help out their families unlike today's modern western teenagers who would rather spend their time hanging out with friends or partners since they don't have to worry about food and money and everything (including asians who live in the west).i hope i answered your question =)
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Addiction to drugs and alcohol tends to run in families and may have to do with how the brain processes certain chemicals, particularly those of the "feel good" type, which may be lacking or dormant in the addict until they are activated by  drugs or alcohol.  \n\nAccording to Carl Jung, alcoholic drinking is seen as a reflection of the human need,gone wrong, for a spiritual life. In a famous letter to Bill Wilson, Jung wrote that the craving for alcohol is the equivalent, on a low level, of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, or union with God. Jung\nnotes that in the word alcohol in Latin is spiritus, a word that describes the highest religious experience, as well as the most depraving poison. In solving the problem of alcoholism, Jung offered the formula spiritus contra spiritum. A figurative translation of this Latin formular is, "it takes the Spirit of God to overcome the harmful spirit of alcohol.”
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its because the asian race tends to be more succeful then white people... and so we feel intimidated by you. dont take it personally its just asian people seem to be smarter adn tend to put more work into everything then americans do its cause were lazy adn u arnt.
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Im an aussie chick myself lol have a look at my name, drinking is part of our religion. ITs a big social thing for us!!! We make up any excuse to drink aswell. Thats why we are crusie people and we dont have wars lol cos we cant be bothered and it would just wait precious drinkin time lol
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1)The myth of allot of guys like virgins. Get rid of it! Only a teen girl will believe something like that.\n2)I have traveled to Asia many times to several different oriental countries. Their culture brings them up to believe that if a man knows his wife was impure on their marriage, happiness will be very hard to find. This has started to change slowly as western influences are entering the Asian scene via the newer communication technologies. But tradition is still strong and Asian women believe that their husbands must feel they have not been cheated out of happiness.\nFYI: I am in the military and have been to S. Korea, Japan and Thailand.
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Any Koreans I know are very strict with their wives and children. It's the culture Hong Kong Girl. You know that. It's their children that will loosen up in time in this culture.
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Because we are not taught from a young age to respect alchohol. If we treated it more like Europeans it would not be considered taboo. Thats why so many teenagers have to drink till they get sick and act like twits. Also those stupid ass ads that connect drinking beer with being sexy. You aint sexy when you get drunk. \n\nBackwards is alcohol thinking in America.
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A lot of it is nutrition.  Their diet is highly based on rice and grains, and thet does not allow for a people to reach tehir full genetic potential.  \n\nLook at the historic rates for height and you will see that in all countried there has been a trend towards taller.  Look in your history books for the average height of a  male in the US.  You'd be surprised.\n\nWait a few generations and the Asians who have adapted their diets will be just as tall as the other races.
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It's no harder for them to gain weight than any one else.  Historically, asians have been slender because of their diet.  Today, many more asians have a weight problem.  It pretty much started with the introduction of western food.
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I haven't seen that personally.  Actually, according to scientific studies, people with lighter eyes (especially bright blue) tend to have more eye problems than any other eyecolor.  There could be some vitamin or mineral deficiency that Asians have that I am unaware of though.
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It's because, generally, Asian people have smaller 'frames' than Westerners. If you have a small bone structure it follows that your hips will be narrow. This is changing however, and Asian people are gradually becoming taller & wider - in a hundred years or so they might be like YOU & ME!!!! AAAaaaarrggh!!!! (But by then, OUR descendants will be the size of elephants!)