espn showed someone holding a YELLOW MAMBA sign in, like, lin's third game
I saw that on Google
I've been doing my usual "follow sport by reading standings charts/recaps after the fact" thing so I've missed a good chunk of the nonsense
― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
age 15 racist jeremy lin
― buzza, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
the funny thing about the YELLOW MAMBA thing is that it's a take off of kobe bryant calling himself BLACK MAMBA except whoever made the sign didn't realize that kobe was adopting the name of a real species and not calling himself "an african-american snake"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 February 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
yes but people have since riffed on the "____ mamba" thing
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nD44Qz06pRE/Te8Or58tynI/AAAAAAAABD0/jArqCHPiPrA/s1600/the_white_mamba_brian_scalabrine_chicago_bulls_basketball-thumb-autox379-338752.jpg
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw i think i heard a piece on the radio where someone was in china interviewing ppl and his nickname there was 'yellow mamba' (but in whatever dialect they were speaking, obv, not english) and the reporter made a point of saying 'that is not considered an offensive term here'
of course it's bad/nagl here in the states but \(o_o)/
― catbus otm (gbx), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
white mamba thing has been huge in chicago
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
Black people don't mind being called black, though there are alternate terms. White people aren't offended by their term unless they've got some real burr up their ass about something.
But yellow and red are not appropriate colors. I know it's confusing because some are okay and some aren't, but that's how it works.
― pplains, Friday, 24 February 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Signed,
A White Person Who Feels He Has to Comment Incessantly About Race
And now this: I thought Taiwanese people considered themselves Chinese.
Some do, some don't. It's safer not to assume one way or the other. Officially Taiwan is the "Republic Of China" but not all Taiwanese people are comfortable being described as "Chinese".
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Friday, 24 February 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
great article, but yeahi can imagine this being typed out accompanied every twenty second by a heavy sigh and a head shake.― omar little, Friday, February 24, 2012 4:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink― goole, Friday, February 24, 2012 5:43 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
i can imagine this being typed out accompanied every twenty second by a heavy sigh and a head shake.
― omar little, Friday, February 24, 2012 4:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― goole, Friday, February 24, 2012 5:43 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
that's how I read it, as I remembered seeing almost all of those in an actual headline or article over the past month
― Nhex, Saturday, 25 February 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
And now this: I thought Taiwanese people considered themselves Chinese. They acknowledge that their land would be a part of China were it not for the communists. Cubans in Miami still consider themselves Cuban. Am I wrong?
― pplains, Friday, February 24, 2012 5:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
it's a very, very complicated question!
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
I hate to be all "I had a roommate in college", but I had a roommate in college who was from Taiwan. He considered himself Chinese. It's not like they seceded.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 February 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
and I know taiwanese-americans who consider themselves taiwanese. it's a very, very complicated question!
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/assets_c/2012/02/linsanitybenandjerrys1-thumb-520x681-64947.jpg
Ben & Jerry's launches 'Lin-Sanity' flavor, takes out fortune cookie ingredient
― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 February 2012 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
1) can't believe that's not simply a photoshop but a real thing2) included fortune cookie ingredient 0_0 come on dudes
― Nhex, Saturday, 25 February 2012 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
The hell is going on.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 February 2012 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
outside of the racism that seems like it would be pretty crappy ice cream
― iatee, Saturday, 25 February 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
hmm honey vanilla and wafers. Now that's worth $3.95 for a quart.
Sounds like a health milkshake.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 February 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
The racism really ties the flavor palette together though.
― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
it's lychee honey vanilla
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
honey? crunchy things? omg what a disaster for ice cream.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
why yogurt tho is my question
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
orientals love ice cream more than any race imo
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
haha they shoulda made it lactose free
― iatee, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
haagen daaz is a thing in asia
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
or just fill the container w/ rice maybe
^ yes i was thinking that too! xp
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
xxp
i had rice pudding gelatto once and it was amazing
http://i.imgur.com/ThB3F.jpg
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/15Ac1.jpg
This guy is far from being the first Asian-American player in the NBA or in any sport. It's not like the country went wild with Godzilla references over Ichiro Suzuki. Why has Jeremy Lin (JEREMY!) somehow uncovered a festering national pile of Charlie Chan jokes?
― pplains, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/54qEM.jpg
ice cream chocolate fondue?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/QKA4s.jpg
ichiro is asian-american? xp
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
there really isn't an asian-american male who has ever had the spotlight in a way that lin has it today, I think the whole thing is prob more interesting *outside* of the sports context
― iatee, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
tiger woods?
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
well he's not. Even more excuse for the crazy racism, if there's any excuse.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
suzuki.
But it's not like Yao Ming arrived in Houston and some Texan millionaire went "Know what we should do? How about tacos filled with egg rolls instead of shredded beef! Call it the Yao Ming!"
― pplains, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
him being asian-american instead of asian has everything to do with it imo
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
right. there is a huge gap between yao ming / ich / jackie chan and people who speak english as a first language
― iatee, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
i was trollng with that tiger post btw
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
and there are maybe like 3 famous asian american females
― iatee, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
related to thred title: this is the guy
http://gothamist.com/attachments/byakas/22212espn.jpg
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
I feel like players who come from asian professional leagues have a 'stamp of approval' on them - they're supposed to be the best of the best already
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
tbf if dude had gone to kansas or carolina and been drafted i don't think (quite) the same sort of thing would be going on
as it is, i want him to call someone a round-eye motherfucker
― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
that's the thing, though, is that kansa or unc would prob never have picked him up no matter how good he was in college
― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
not unless he was like, 7'0