Author Archives: Ernie

About Ernie

I'm the creator of 8 Asians and one of the editors. While I'm a regular blogger to the site as well, think of my role as Barbara Walters on "The View," except without the weird white hair. During the day, I'm a Developer for a major Internet company and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've also been writing in my blog, littleyellowdifferent.com, for seven years.

Tokyo Railway City Map

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Ernie

If you’ve ever been to Tokyo and have taken a ride on their subway systems, you’ve spent at least fifteen minutes in pure horror as you’ve stared at a subway map that you couldn’t make any sense of. Now you … Continue reading →

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DUDE WTF ASIA: The Two Year Old Smoking Baby

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Ernie

Posted without comment: this YouTube video this video from ABC (since YouTube is constantly taking down the original video source due to copyright violations) of a two year old baby from Indonesia, who needs his mother to change his diapers, … Continue reading →

Posted in DUDE WTF ASIA, Family, Health | 6 Comments

Fat Rabbit Farm “Super Blanket” T-Shirt

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Ernie

T-shirts with bunnies are adorable. T-Shirts with bunnies that fly around in the air that have half-fangs are still adorable, but says, “hey — I’m adorable, but I’m willing to punch you in the face.” Fat Rabbit Farm, developed by … Continue reading →

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Ming-Na Discovers That The Prince of Persia Is Apparently British

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Ernie

So, Actress Ming-Na pretty much says out loud what everyone is silently thinking in the theaters when watching the previews for Iron Man 2: so, uhm, why is a white guy playing the Prince of Persia, and why does he … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, Movies | 11 Comments

CBS Releases Hawaii Five-O Preview with Grace Park, Daniel Dae Kim

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Ernie

As previously blogged about by Linda this past February, everyone previously bummed out about Jin [POSSIBLE SPOILERS DELETED FOR THOSE WHO WATCH LOST ON TIVO, BUT SERIOUSLY DIDN’T THAT SUCK FOR THE BOTH OF THEM WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE] on … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, TV | 7 Comments

From the Mailbox: Huffington Post Runs Baiting Article about Chinese Eating Dogs

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Ernie

This e-mail came in from Frida: The only reason I can think of for the very popular news blog Huffington Post to devote a whole story called “Chinese Astronauts Ate Dogs in Space” is to incite gawkers over how “weird” … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Drink, Observations | 5 Comments

Paul Dateh’s Top 40 Violin Mashup

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Ernie

Man, it feels like just yesterday when Paul Dateh was just some random Asian guy that no one has ever heard of YouTube, playing violin to a bunch of hip-hop songs while a DJ spins in the background. Three years … Continue reading →

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Street Fighter: Legacy Movie Promises to be Less Sucky Than Other Street Fighter Movies

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Ernie

Oh, Street Fighter movies. Time and time again, you excite your fans with promises of hadouken and spinning bird kick action, and then disappoint us when you have a Belgian guy who does the splits every single chance he gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Movies, Video Games | 4 Comments

Rep. Mike Honda on Arizona’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Law

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Ernie

Representative Mike Honda recently wrote an op-ed piece on the Huffington Post on why Arizona SB1070 — the country’s strictest anti-illegal immigration law in decades — is relevant to Asians and Asian Americans:  “As a Japanese American who spent part … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Current Events, Discrimination | 2 Comments

Asians Behaving Badly: Students Arrested for Torturing Hamsters

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Ernie

Future YouTube video blogger stars, take note: something is only hilarious if you inadvertently injure yourself or the people you care about. Torture, say, a hamster, and that turns you into a potential mass murderer — or at the very … Continue reading →

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The 8Asians Talk About: Angry Asian Man and the Word “Chink”

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Ernie

Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Meta, Observations, TalkAbout | 5 Comments

Study Suggests Genetic Disorder Removes Racial Bias

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Ernie

A recent study is suggesting that people with Williams Syndrome – a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a deletion of about 26 genes – show that not only are they “inordinately friendly and free of all social anxiety,” but that they … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Current Events, Discrimination | 2 Comments