在Youtube看的笑话： 有一天有一个老公公走在路上 突然小鸡鸡断掉了 后来老公公就变成。。。圣诞老公公 因为他的小鸡鸡断掉，他就只剩了蛋蛋，所以就叫圣诞老公公

To the above poster, really? Is your school THAT politically unaware and apathetic? Tomorrow will be the culmination of an exciting, historic campaign that has far reaching consequences depending on who's elected. Especially with people college aged, hopes and anticipation are high. That being said: Yes, I'm having an election party. It will be great and debauchery will happen.

It's just, "Are you online?", although I just keep things simple and just ask "Are you there?"

Bearing arms (e.g., owning a gun), enables people to protect themselves in the unfortunate event of something bad happening. Some people use them to hunt, others just collect them for whatever reason. In the United States, the right to bear arms, as recently affirmed by the Supreme Court, is protected by the Constitution's Second Amendment. It overall protects us from governmental tyranny. The people first and foremost own the government, not the other way around. The idea that the government would have a monopoly on force and ban you from owning tools to protect yourself and your property is truly a horrifying idea.

Of course it's not a problem. Emo is just another name for young hipster kids. Technically the music is supposed to be a little bit more sad, but I think it still all amounts to about the same thing. Listen to indie music, wear converses, extensively use MySpace, etc.

To learn Spanish, I wouldn't recommend going to the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, etc.) Your Spanish will come out garbled and missing half the sounds it's supposed to have.

Well, one thing for sure is that Cubans actually living in Cuba (instead of South Florida) won't be able to tell you, because until recently the government in Cuba outlawed people using the internet.

Honestly, I wouldn't worry too much about being too polite. In my experience, if you worry too much about politeness, especially within an internet context, you will come off as being too rigid and formal. To the above poster, the original poster is from China, and Chinese people call all non-Chinese "foreigners." It's how 外国人 translate, and they even shorten that to 老外， or roughly "old foreigner."