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howlingfantods on June 23, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Harvard-Stanford admissions hoax becomes internati...

I wouldn't say I'm presuming Asians are nerdier. Since I'm a nerdy Asian, I can only speak to the type of people I know. What I meant is: "if I were in school with only people who were like myself."

argumentum on June 23, 2015 [–]

So then, perhaps you'd want to replace

"As a nerdy Asian, if 50% of my classmates were nerdy Asians,"

with

"As a nerd, if 50% of my classmates were nerds,"

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