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This is a link post HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *breathes* HAHAHAHA!
Yeah it's Reddit, deal with it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 13:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post oops
can't imagine how the fact wasn't clear as day at the start though
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 13:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post to paraphrase the best comment
that Kim was brought up all Wong
 (I helped save b3ta! The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 13:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post I know this is a cheap joke,
but I find it very funny indeed.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post ARGH!
I get unreasonably annoyed by parents who think that culture is genetic, and that kids adopted from another ethnic group should be introduced to "their" culture.

It's not their culture. An 8-month-old doesn't have a culture. Quite what an "ethnic culture" is supposed to be, I don't know. But going to great lengths to introduce a child to "his" culture, when that culture is different from the one of his parents, is more or less to tell him that he just doesn't quite fit in the family.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 13:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^on the head^

(I helped save b3ta! Harpago ¯\(°_o)/¯, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 13:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^

(I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 13:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post of course it is, that child was completely created by the country his parents left several years before
and obviously should be brought up within their great grandparents religious beliefs
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 13:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post try telling that to
a British born Chinese who doesnt speak Mandarin in China.
 (I helped save b3ta! The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post What about the example in Alien?
John Hurt gave birth to a baby that didn't look in any way like him. He was raised purely in the culture of his father and did not know anything of the culture or traditions of his other parent. Despite this childhood the child showed no characteristics of his father's culture and seemed to somehow know them because they were in his blood. This to me proves that culture can be genetic.
 (I helped save b3ta! herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post *sniffs*
The Alien or "Xenomorph X121" takes on certain physical characteristics from it's "mother" via horizontal gene transfer.

In Alien John Hurts spawn was bipedal with 2 arms and 2 legs and in Aliens the numerous xenomorphs that were bred from the colonists / terraformars of the planet LB426 were similar in appearance.

However in Alien 3 the first alien to appear is bred inside a canine (or a bovine depending on which cut you watch) and here the xenomorph is clearly a quadruped having inherited those characteristics from it's host.

When the host is a Yautja (The alien antagonist from the movies Predator and Predator 2) it will inherit mandibles and a yellow / green skin.

So your assertion that the xenomorph inherits none of the characteristics of the host mother is basically flawed science.

*sniffs*
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post I concede to your very well argued point about inheriting physical characteristics from both parents
however my point was more based on cultural characteristics, possibly better put as stereotypes. I maintain that baby alien took the characteristics of the alien rather than John Hurt. Without wanting to offend any aliens by stereotyping, the alien cultural characteristics are mainly punching people in the face with a giant set of teeth, being able to climb walls and being constantly covered in slime. John Hurt is an englishman so his characteristics are enjoying cricket, warm ales, pork pies and morris dancing. In the film I saw virtually nothing of the latter set and all of the former.
 (I helped save b3ta! herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post You're correct.
Whilst there may be some behaviour traits carried over these are only really prevalent when there has been some extreme genetic transgenesis as seen in Alien Resurrection.

Your naturally spawned xenomorph maintains behaviors in keeping with it's kin and inherits practically nothing if anything from the mother.

I concede the point sir, well played.

*has a cup of milky tea*
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post
yeah
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post What about the squid thing in "Prometheus"?
Or do we just not talk about that?
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh *THANK* you. I'd almost managed to forget about "Prometheus"
cow
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've not seen it and as a big fan of the Alien films I don't plan to.
BTW the Alien Isolation game is bloody scary fun.

*sneak sneak sneak*
*Stompy stompy stompy*
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've enjoyed Prometheus in the cinema at first but overall still
a letdown.
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 20:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ha! I was waiting for this post. I think there are some inconsistencies regarding canonical way here though.

(I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 20:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, OK.
There might be the odd exception. Still: exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis, an' all that jazz.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post What about Jesus?

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus is an interesting one
as I see it he picked up his mum and both dad's cultural characteristics. His biological Dad is English so Jesus got his natural sense of fair play. Mary and Joseph are forrins so he got a worldly perspective on matters.
 (I helped save b3ta! herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 15:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post looking forward to reading his dad's TIFU post
thankfully it will be in English
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 16:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post read it too quickly and thought he discovered the parents' last name was Fuck

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post I dunno how true that rings
Especially because they'd found him a Chinese Auntie and stuff and lived in an area with lots of Chinese. My experience is that a lot of Chinese can tell race very easily, and tell whether people are Han or not, etc. They'd certainly be able to tell if someone was Korean (normally). Just sounds a bit weird.
 (SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Poor old Sum Ting Wong :*(

(Spin Its a thing., Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are Koreans and Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, etc. not all just the same anyway?
Are to me.
 (I helped save b3ta! Flash_Bastard, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Quite different
Koreans and Japanese are a bit more alike than Chinese and Koreans, normally, although still a bit distinct.
 (SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 14:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Why would these far-eastern nationalities name themselves after porn categories?

(Victoria'sBeard Different political view? I hate you!, Thu 30 Oct 2014, 17:19, , Reply)