max otm. dunno who that is, but not the real thing.
― s.clover, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
we had a whole thread on a couch with that particular color brown!
i think we determined it came from chinese manufacturers still using a pretty ancient UK industrial color lexicon via HK. iirc.
― goole, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
^^ laughing at engrish R or NR?
― the late great, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
a lovely deer printed on the front of the youth fashion
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
i don't class that as engrish at all
― goole, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
speaking of, what do y'all think of the "Chinese Woman" Seinfeld episode? I'm not really sure if it's offensive or not though it basically revolves around the "yellow fever" concept without saying it directly
― frogbs, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
more akin to using the term 'oriental' and wondering why people are getting upset.
xp
elmo otm
― a lovely deer printed on the front of the youth fashion. (crüt), Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
best part of that "about us" text is this admission nonchalantly slipped into the middle of it: "Nowadays, Abercrombie and Fitch piracy in China has spread to unimaginable proportions."
― 1staethyr, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
well A&F has a history of race problems for sure, especially in terms of hiring practices iirc
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
goole - i was referring to myself posting the "about us" text for laughs, not the name of the pants
― the late great, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
i was too slow posting so it looked like the ^^ was pointing at you instead of at myself
― the late great, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
oic
― goole, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Shakey Mo str8 posting racist internet memes, uncool use of thread imo
― action bronieson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
shit, i'd never seen that abercrombie pirate site, so news to me. fact that it's apparently chinese ESL does make it different in kind from most of the other stuff on this thread, tho.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/sofa.asp
― dayo, Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
Racial slur on sofa label stuns family
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/a2UUC.jpg
― bnw, Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
PLESIDENTIAL ERECTION 2K8
― dayo, Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ilooklikebarackobama.com/
― Ⓣⓗⓐⓝⓚ。:.゚ヽ(。☉౪ ⊙♡)ノ゚.:。+゚ Ⓨⓞⓤ☆ (cozen), Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ilooklikebarackobama.com/images/facegraph.jpg
― Ⓣⓗⓐⓝⓚ。:.゚ヽ(。☉౪ ⊙♡)ノ゚.:。+゚ Ⓨⓞⓤ☆ (cozen), Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM&feature=related
i don't know what to do with this
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
file it w/your latepass?
― Ⓣⓗⓐⓝⓚ。:.゚ヽ(。☉౪ ⊙♡)ノ゚.:。+゚ Ⓨⓞⓤ☆ (cozen), Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
sick burn, dude
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
Quick, shallow take on that vid (w/ lots of room for error):
Budding british drama student. Immature. Working class. Most of what he's saying is based in how he talks on the phone with his buddies (hence the frequent profanity), but it's all mashed up with bad tv drama and crappy stereotypes.
― Aimless, Friday, 23 March 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
idk how much of that is extemporized but assuming most of it is semirehearsed spiel based on knowledge of bad films its p impressive, scottish one is probably the worst
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 23 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
thank you, cozen
― catbus otm (gbx), Friday, 23 March 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
I really like his regular accent. It reminds me of how Robert Smith talks.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Friday, 23 March 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
― 1staethyr, Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 23 March 2012 06:06 (twelve years ago) link
this headline is o_O
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/22/opinion/granderson-florida-shootings/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
― aka vanilla bean (remy bean), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Doesn't display properly. But the CNN header is "Opinion: Black People Distrust Police"
― aka vanilla bean (remy bean), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
honestly that is one of LZ Granderson's more lucid pieces
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
header when i load it is "Why black people don't trust the police"
― brokering (pimping) (stevie), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danziger_Bridge_shootings
mentioned in that piece
this fucking country
― dayo, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that situation was fucking enraging
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
wow. i'm gonna assume that was covered in Treme
― Nhex, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIvSeIdxX8s
― dayo, Saturday, 24 March 2012 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
There was a Frontline story on Danzingerhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/law-disorder/case-six-danziger-bridge/
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made
kind of lol but mostly sad
― dayo, Monday, 26 March 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
not even really lol
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
kind of sad but mostly infuriating
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
not even a shred of lol tbh
xposts DJP otm
― Hungry4Games (crüt), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
"LOL, all these kids are growing up to be racist monsters"
― Hungry4Games (crüt), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
both times collins describes rue physically, she says the same thing -- brown skin, resembles prim in size and demeanor. same words both time. bad writing, but it's explicit and she makes sure to point out that she ONLY resembles prim in size and demeanor.
cinna's only described by his clothes and makeup, so these people are literally getting mad that the film didn't reach inside their head and extract the assumption they made about his skin color. the ridiculous thing is that lenny kravitz was probably the best casting decision they made. i've never said this about him, but he was perfect. he totally embodies the tranquility and sincerity of the character. people suck.
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
revoke their entertainment privileges imo
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
Rue and Thresh's skin is described not even simply as "brown", but "dark brown." And Cinna is described as brown, too, IIRC.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
I'm just imagining the children of the corn fantasy world which these readers must be imagining when they read the books, also giving the gasface towards the people who are saying the movie should have "stuck to the book"
― dayo, Monday, 26 March 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
xp I don't think his skin is described -- only that he has green eyes, brown hair, and gold eyeliner.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
p sure 90% of the readers just imagined tim gunn
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Or that Tom guy from Queer Eye
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link