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47 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Get this dude to a Taco Cabana.

Taco cabana is now probably worse than that guys curry. 

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2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

It's difficult to find the BMI sweet spot in the Indian gene pool.  They are either grotesquely obese or built like malnourished refugees (because a lot of them are).

I seen some hot Indian chicks.  I mean women

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1 hour ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

I seen some hot Indian chicks.  I mean women

In a country with a population over 1 billion people there are bound to be some stunners.  The percentage of Indian hot chicks is errr, not high but > 0.

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1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

In a country with a population over 1 billion people there are bound to be some stunners.  The percentage of Indian hot chicks is errr, not high but > 0.

You mean they don't all look like Bollywood actresses?!? 

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When I lived in NYC if you took the R to Roosevelt Avenue you’d come out to a neighborhood of nothing but Indians. The people were not rude, but Good Lord the amount of people smoking was like being back in the 1980’s again. Other than that I had no complaints being around Indians. Every culture is different and some ways are good and not so good.

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58 minutes ago, mininghorn88 said:

I go to India at least once a year for a week or two for business and go all over by planes, trains, and automobiles.  The best part about India....leaving.

If you are to believe Facebook shorts, their food sanitation requirements are lax

7 hours ago, mdmost said:

There's always Celina, Anna, and Melissa to white flight to I guess.

Those are some of the whitest names I ever heard.  But makes sense as DFW is Norman south

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There were a couple of HOAs that I worked that had a lot of Indian folks. The grandads had a regular confab at the parks that I would have to break up or at least give them fair warning that I was about to start killing stuff. I did see some kind of Hindu ceremony/celebration/shindig prep at a garage one time. I don't remember which one the elephant guy is. I had one fellow ask me if I could aerate his yard while I was rolling through. Hard pass. No offense, but I'm going to break your irrigation and I'm not paying for your unmarked heads. They had some amazing flower beds. 

 

Posted
8 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

 

Is admission to the Economics major competitive? Is there a GPA cut-off?

No, currently there is no GPA requirement and approval is not on a competitive basis. Our goal is to accept all students who want Economics as their major as long as they meet the eligibility requirements.

But this is probably what gets a lot of people:

 

  • Must complete one of the following courses in-residence with a C- or higher:
    • ECO 304K Intro to Microeconomics
    • ECO 304L Intro to Macroeconomics
    • Calculus I (M 408K, M 408N, M 408C, M 408R or M 408Q)
    • Calculus II (M 408L, M 408D, or M 408S)
    • ECO 329 Economic Statistics
    • Any upper-division Economics elective

Goddamnit, I took all of those and didn't major in Econ.

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Posted
23 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

Goddamnit, I took all of those and didn't major in Econ.

You took an upper division economics elective not being a major? 

Not judging, I did the same with geology but geology is for the cool kids not nerds like economics.

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Stereotypes aside, I worked with many Indians/ Pakis in the Houston area. They were some hardworking mofos and very structured with their pecking order, similar to military/ mob hierarchy. 
 If one of the underlings fucked up, they would put their ass in a store out in BFE and give em a mat in the office to sleep on, as in, your ass ain't leavin until we say so. 8-9 weeks was the longest I ever saw it continue. 
  The other thing culturally is that they were HUGE pranksters and loved punking each other.  There would be times when I would be laughing harder than I ever would in other environments. They generally had great senses of humor. 
  Business-wise, they were good to deal with. The bosses were extremely protective of 'the process ' and tolerated no shenanigans on serious stuff. See also: dude getting put in 'time-out' at a podunk store. 
  Cannot comment on the neighbor piece. 

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21 hours ago, luke duke said:

And that auto-admit will get you a heavily coveted spot in the College of Liberal Arts where you can get a BA in French Benefits. 

 

Posted
22 hours ago, luke duke said:

And that auto-admit will get you a heavily coveted spot in the College of Liberal Arts where you can get a BA in French Studies. 

That sounds awesome tbh

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Posted
10 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Econ was for those that couldn't get into McCombs right?

Yes.  It's still under the school of Liberal Arts.  The "dismal science", it's essentially the philosophy and quantification of decision making.  Supply/demand, all that fun stuff.  

Posted
10 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Econ was for those that couldn't get into McCombs right?

I’m trying to think of a more overrated undergraduate degree than a BBA

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13 hours ago, Iceman said:

Stereotypes aside, I worked with many Indians/ Pakis in the Houston area. They were some hardworking mofos and very structured with their pecking order, similar to military/ mob hierarchy. 
 If one of the underlings fucked up, they would put their ass in a store out in BFE and give em a mat in the office to sleep on, as in, your ass ain't leavin until we say so. 8-9 weeks was the longest I ever saw it continue. 
  The other thing culturally is that they were HUGE pranksters and loved punking each other.  There would be times when I would be laughing harder than I ever would in other environments. They generally had great senses of humor. 
  Business-wise, they were good to deal with. The bosses were extremely protective of 'the process ' and tolerated no shenanigans on serious stuff. See also: dude getting put in 'time-out' at a podunk store. 
  Cannot comment on the neighbor piece. 

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14 hours ago, Iceman said:

Stereotypes aside, I worked with many Indians/ Pakis in the Houston area. They were some hardworking mofos and very structured with their pecking order, similar to military/ mob hierarchy. 
 If one of the underlings fucked up, they would put their ass in a store out in BFE and give em a mat in the office to sleep on, as in, your ass ain't leavin until we say so. 8-9 weeks was the longest I ever saw it continue. 
  The other thing culturally is that they were HUGE pranksters and loved punking each other.  There would be times when I would be laughing harder than I ever would in other environments. They generally had great senses of humor. 
  Business-wise, they were good to deal with. The bosses were extremely protective of 'the process ' and tolerated no shenanigans on serious stuff. See also: dude getting put in 'time-out' at a podunk store. 
  Cannot comment on the neighbor piece. 

I’ve heard they are shrewd negotiators from my real estate buddies.  All about the bottom dollar, not loyalty

Posted
3 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

I’ve heard they are shrewd negotiators from my real estate buddies.  All about the bottom dollar, not loyalty

Not so much shrewd as more relentlessly trying to beat you down again and again for the lowest possible price/rate/etc..  100% correct about zero loyalty.  

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5 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Not so much shrewd as more relentlessly trying to beat you down again and again for the lowest possible price/rate/etc..  100% correct about zero loyalty.  

That cultural aspect is broadly eastern.  Few are better in the world at it than Persians, but Indians, Pakistanis, Afghans....they all bring that to the table.

If you know what mindset you're dealing with when you begin your negotiations, you can account for it and do just fine. 

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Posted
15 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Not so much shrewd as more relentlessly trying to beat you down again and again for the lowest possible price/rate/etc..  100% correct about zero loyalty.  

Heard from more than one realtor, very liberal so not maga hating on minorites.  But basically you show them everything and when it’s time to purchase they go to Indian realtor and get a kick back

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13 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Not so much shrewd as more relentlessly trying to beat you down again and again for the lowest possible price/rate/etc..  100% correct about zero loyalty.  

 

7 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

That cultural aspect is broadly eastern.  Few are better in the world at it than Persians, but Indians, Pakistanis, Afghans....they all bring that to the table.

If you know what mindset you're dealing with when you begin your negotiations, you can account for it and do just fine. 

I'm a Global Alliance Manager for a big tech company, and I call on 3 of the I6 global outsourcer/integrators. Also a few outsourcers who's US footprint is about 90% H1B employees. I can tell you some horror stories about the shortcuts they take to save money.

Brisket is right about knowing how they operate and planning your negotiation accordingly. Be patient, understand the pursuit is going to take longer than it should, never offer a discount based on an EOQ deal or some other artificial date. You've just reset the starting point in the negotiation to the "discount" price. Understand their contract with their end user and find leverage there, etc. 

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Posted (edited)
19 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Econ was for those that couldn't get into McCombs right?

No, I did but I could not make up my fucking mind.

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21 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

You took an upper division economics elective not being a major? 

Not judging, I did the same with geology but geology is for the cool kids not nerds like economics.

Indecisiveness, as I was a Government major for a time before going to Business school. Also took an upper division Econ public finance course.

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58 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

Indecisiveness, as I was a Government major for a time before going to Business school. Also took an upper division Econ public finance course.

Well, shit, if I had known that there was an upper division Econ class called Indecisiveness I might have passed on Process Geomorphology.

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3 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

 

I'm a Global Alliance Manager for a big tech company, and I call on 3 of the I6 global outsourcer/integrators. Also a few outsourcers who's US footprint is about 90% H1B employees. I can tell you some horror stories about the shortcuts they take to save money.

Brisket is right about knowing how they operate and planning your negotiation accordingly. Be patient, understand the pursuit is going to take longer than it should, never offer a discount based on an EOQ deal or some other artificial date. You've just reset the starting point in the negotiation to the "discount" price. Understand their contract with their end user and find leverage there, etc. 

I would refuse to deal with them. Fuck ‘em. 

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7 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

That cultural aspect is broadly eastern.  Few are better in the world at it than Persians, but Indians, Pakistanis, Afghans....they all bring that to the table.

If you know what mindset you're dealing with when you begin your negotiations, you can account for it and do just fine. 

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On 5/14/2025 at 2:04 PM, BabaYaga said:

Not so much shrewd as more relentlessly trying to beat you down again and again for the lowest possible price/rate/etc..  100% correct about zero loyalty.  

 

On 5/14/2025 at 2:20 PM, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Heard from more than one realtor, very liberal so not maga hating on minorites.  But basically you show them everything and when it’s time to purchase they go to Indian realtor and get a kick back

Funny. The day I read this thread was the day a new builder contacted us about listing his homes, when they are finished. First Indian we have had build in our subdivision. He went and bought the two cheapest lots he could find (dead trees and a big drainage ditch) and built $750-850k houses on them. I was really hesitant, but my Mom/Broker decided that we would list the homes in our subdivision, but not the cheaper subdivision 15 minutes away with roads so bad, you almost need a 4x4. Again, cheap lots.

He is another Asam (Awesome), and wants these homes gone ASAP, as his investors are already getting nervous. I imagine his investors are immediate family. These houses are gonna be on the market for at least six months. Other builders are buying the nice lots, and building the same caliber of house for the same, or less money. At least I was able to convince my broker to only list them for 90 days. I figure this is probably going to end up as ISTY said. We will have a listing agreement, and then he will want to deal with the buyer direct, and not pay a commission.

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1 hour ago, CHIEF said:

 

Funny. The day I read this thread was the day a new builder contacted us about listing his homes, when they are finished. First Indian we have had build in our subdivision. He went and bought the two cheapest lots he could find (dead trees and a big drainage ditch) and built $750-850k houses on them. I was really hesitant, but my Mom/Broker decided that we would list the homes in our subdivision, but not the cheaper subdivision 15 minutes away with roads so bad, you almost need a 4x4. Again, cheap lots.

He is another Asam (Awesome), and wants these homes gone ASAP, as his investors are already getting nervous. I imagine his investors are immediate family. These houses are gonna be on the market for at least six months. Other builders are buying the nice lots, and building the same caliber of house for the same, or less money. At least I was able to convince my broker to only list them for 90 days. I figure this is probably going to end up as ISTY said. We will have a listing agreement, and then he will want to deal with the buyer direct, and not pay a commission.

CHIEF

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On 5/14/2025 at 1:20 PM, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Heard from more than one realtor, very liberal so not maga hating on minorites.  But basically you show them everything and when it’s time to purchase they go to Indian realtor and get a kick back

and then if she started refusing them as clients I’m sure they’d come in over the top with an indian lawyer to sue her pants off for discrimination.  it’s actually pretty genius and I respect the hell out of it. 

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On 5/14/2025 at 2:35 PM, Pescado_Rojo said:

 

I'm a Global Alliance Manager for a big tech company, and I call on 3 of the I6 global outsourcer/integrators. Also a few outsourcers who's US footprint is about 90% H1B employees. I can tell you some horror stories about the shortcuts they take to save money.

Brisket is right about knowing how they operate and planning your negotiation accordingly. Be patient, understand the pursuit is going to take longer than it should, never offer a discount based on an EOQ deal or some other artificial date. You've just reset the starting point in the negotiation to the "discount" price. Understand their contract with their end user and find leverage there, etc. 

So 3 of the TWITCH?

90% of the Indians in my neighborhood are TWITCH.

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On 5/31/2025 at 7:49 PM, futureman said:

and then if she started refusing them as clients I’m sure they’d come in over the top with an indian lawyer to sue her pants off for discrimination.  it’s actually pretty genius and I respect the hell out of it. 

 

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4 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

So 3 of the TWITCH?

90% of the Indians in my neighborhood are TWITCH.

yep...and not TWITCH, but I saw a little kid riding his bike in my neighborhood the other day wearing an ATOS t shirt, and my first thought was "I wonder if I know his dad?" 

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Just now, Pescado_Rojo said:

yep...and not TWITCH, but I saw a little kid riding his bike in my neighborhood the other day wearing an ATOS t shirt, and my first thought was "I wonder if I know his dad?" 

French! But also TWITCH-esque.

I once had a partner get positively offended when I characterized Cognizant (an obvious Indian heritage firm) as an Indian heritage firm with a "Sir, what do you MEAN? Our HQ is in Teaneck, New Jersey! We are as an American as Apple Pie"

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The below article is from an English print newspaper in India.

I had been in the western part of India for about a week and then took a late night flight from Mumbai to Kolkata for a meeting the next day.  I got up the next morning and drove about 4 hours for the meeting.  We come rolling up to the mine manager's office in the village only to find him not there.  I was a bit irritated that he was not there and told everyone about the effort that it took to get to this meeting.  I asked about where he was.  They told me that he was at the hospital.  I then felt bad and expressed my concern for his health.  They said that he is OK but that his sister is severely injured.  Naturally I asked what happened and they told me that she had been attacked by an elephant.  Again I was a bit irritated because it seemed so unlikely.  Seeing my skepticism, they produced this newspaper article for me to read.  Sure enough, an elephant attack was the cause for the cancellation of a meeting.  So we all went to lunch and then drove back to the airport to fly back to Mumbai.

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One of the largest Hindu temples in North Texas is expanding into Frisco and hopes to bring with it the same spirit of community service it has promoted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for decades.

Over the weekend, members and volunteers from the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving commemorated the religious organization’s planned expansion to Frisco with a 3K charity walk to benefit two local organizations in the city.

BAPS stands for Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a worldwide religious and civic organization within the Swaminarayan sect, a branch of Hinduism. In Texas, BAPS also has temples in Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Corpus Christi.

With the continued growth of the South Asian community in the region, Patel said the organization recognized a need for a satellite temple in Frisco. Many in the congregation drive more than 45 minutes for weekly assemblies and prayers, Patel said.

Last month, the temple got its certificate of occupancy to open its new location on the northeast corner of Preston Road and State Highway 121 in Frisco. The new satellite location will support more than a hundred families who live in northern portions of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond, Patel said.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/06/04/baps-mandir-frisco-new-hindu-temple-charity-event/

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