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WCDT: 2296-2300 (15-19 October 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Madmartigan:
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--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 18 Oct 2012, 06:47 ---Madmartigan, joke away! It was just that particular joke sounded pretty racist to me - "an Asian"? Defining someone by their ethnicity is a bit demeaning.
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I let "Asian" pass as meaning "someone with a background I am not familiar with" in this case rather than anything pejorative. "Bud" I was less certain about, as my first thought was "ripe for the picking", which I would have considered unacceptable - but I decided (correctly, I hope) that it was simply short for "buddy".
However, this does remind us of the need on an international forum like this not merely to consider the bounds of ones own taste, but also that those bounds might well be different from those of other people. Even when joking.
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Ugh. This is the problem at internet forums and society at large. The confusion of what "bud" means confuses the heck out of me. I guess it must be strictly American lingo as it generally means 2 things, 95% of the time. You wanna "bud" as in nasty watered down beer or "bud" as in buddy/dude/bro. I guess the confusion stemmed from forgetting the comma before "bud".
And Asian was referencing Emily and I find it offensive that it'd be construed as being even tiny bit racist. Poor phrasing, but racist? Really?
I meant it in a good way. As in, Marten would be stupid not going for the cute asian. Much like one would be stupid not going for a Brazilian.
Sorry. Just a sore spot for me when people think even the smallest something in an insult to an entire ethnic race. It causes more problems in the world than actual insults with intent to demean. PC has a purpose, but it's often taken to the extreme in my experience...
I'll leave it there as the comment was essentially supposed to be a throw away and an offhanded compliment to Emily and one reason why I like her. Her being asian that is.
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: JRDelirio on 18 Oct 2012, 05:57 ---Emily may have directly, though innocently, said to Claire "and make sure you bring your brother, too".
And yes, I attribute the high popularity of the men's board shorts and the scorn for the banana-hammock in America to self-consciousness about our somewhat suboptimal physiques (= we're fat), so if you don't look like Greg Louganis or Michael Phelps, why wear a style that further draws attention to how badly you don't. (OK, I could have said we feel we don't want a style that exposes how we come up short, but that could be interpreted other ways...)
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This would make sense if Australia, previously mentioned in the thread as being heavily into the speedo style swimsuit, wasn't right behind us with the obesity problems.
Also, I'm in good shape, American, and have no interest in wearing anything like that. Its just cultural, no reason to make it into a "US IS FAT" indicator.
Carl-E:
Maybe it's just a matter of attitude.
"I'm round, and proud" ?
Soulsynger:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 18 Oct 2012, 07:45 ---[ ... ]
"I'm round, and proud" ?
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"Just more of me to love, baby."
edit:
Sorry about the freshmen misunderstanding, I had some semantic wires criss-crossed. °O
TinPenguin:
--- Quote from: Madmartigan on 18 Oct 2012, 06:28 ---Jeez. Can we not joke here anymore? Just a little joke, though in poor taste, of how Marten has dated a wide array and very different women, personality wise and ethnic group wise and a strange Asian could be next on his list.
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Padma was a strange Asian.
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