OMG I WANT THIS AMAZING RONALDINHO BOTTLE OPENER

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http://www.toothpasteworld.com/images/specials/hammerman.jpg

― Abbott, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

http://karikaturas.no.sapo.pt/imagens/Ronaldinho.jpg

believe it or not, that's actually a photograph.

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

I must be missing something:

http://www.oceleb.com/img/ronaldinho/ronaldinho.jpg

― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I mean, not even does this look like that bottle opener:

http://www.123football.com/players/r/ronaldinho/ronaldinho10.jpg

― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

His teeth aren't HUGE, but they're very pronounced because his gums are enormous.

http://worldcup.goal.com/images/10396_news.jpg

― onimo, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

If it had been a Luke Chadwick/Esther Rantzen/other comedy-toothed character bottle-opener, would this be creating controversy? It's a caricature of a man with fuck-off big teeth. His colour is neither here nor there.

I want one too.

For reference, people who have no idea who Ronaldhino is:

http://www.webdelcule.com/03-04/ronaldinho-pos1.jpg

― ailsa, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/images/20051130-ronaldinho.jpg

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

he has the mighty chomperz, okay?

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Um, xxxxpost. You people are weird. Ronaldhino is basically 90% teeth and gums.

― ailsa, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Who the fuck is Luke Chadwick? :)

ailsa otm, comedy bottle opener has nothing to do with his colour.

I think and what is saying all comedy bottle opener (and toothpaste tube) black men look alike.

― onimo, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought people would've been used to ethan trolling by now.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, it was the first thing I thought of too, fwiw.

― G00blar, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link

by "ethan trolling" you mean dan perry expressing his revulsion circa the second post?

― ghost rider, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

all blackface minstrel representations of black men usually do look alike

― and what, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Ailsa was OTM. Can't say it any better.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

'if it was a white guy you wouldnt say it was racist!' well uh yeah

― and what, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Plus Dan and Ethan's response is obviously because of the toothpaste thing. Which is something I have never seen before and I doubt many of "us britishers" have.
So yeah ok Ethan may not have been trolling. Sorry.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

darkie toothpaste was a stand-in for any number of racist products throughout us & uk & basically every other country's history, of which this bottle opener fits neatly into the history of

― and what, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha, the first google hit for Luke Chadwick leads you to uglyfootballers.com

― ailsa, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Kerr, are you really not seeing this? Ethan and Dan aren't responding to the toothpaste thing, they are invoking the toothpaste thing because they think it's the same thing. Which it isn't.

Please someone explain clearly to me, because I am clearly an idiot, exactly *how* this is racist.

― ailsa, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

But ethan this bottle opener has nothing to do with his colour. It's about his teeth. Sure that's still discriminating, but if the worlds most famous footballer was white and had big teeth the opener would still have been made.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

And I think I better go and google Luke Chadwick to see who he is.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link

guys, its called DARLIE now.

http://static.flickr.com/76/229972638_e2ff5efa6c_m.jpg

― g®▲Ðұ, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link

(the bottle opener I mean. And btw, I am aware of the toothpaste and several other stereotypical things of days of yore. The toothpaste issue = all black men have shiny white teeth. Wrong. The bottle-opener = Ronaldhino has great big silly teeth. Fair enough. He does. It's not saying anything about black people, or Brazilians, or Barcelona players, or men, or whatever. It's saying something about ONE MAN.)

probably an xpost

― ailsa, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

hahaha wow

― ghost rider, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Luke Chadwick = crap footballer only famous for looking like Plug off the Bash Street Kids.

― ailsa, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I know this will be read as trolling, but I DON'T UNDERSTAND ENGLAND.

― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

if the worlds most famous footballer was white and had big teeth the opener would still have been made.

Like the D. Beckham "Coin Slot" Bum Bottle Opener?

― nabisco, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

That toothpaste is Chinese, BTW. Just to be clear.

― Super Cub, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Scrolls up thread...nope, no-one in the "this be racist" argument is from England. But, whatever.

― ailsa, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

(though I don't actually know who Robert Spiralli is, so I'm quite prepared to admit I might be wrong here)

― ailsa, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Scrolls up thread...nope, no-one in the "this be racist" argument is from England. But, whatever.

ailsa on Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:32 PM (46 seconds ago)

hahahah that's the point! an entire nation of tuomas!

― ghost rider, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

(I think "this be racist." I don't understand the "this isn't racist" POV.)

― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm kind of shocked that you guys are denying the (unintentional probably, but undeniable) effect here. Does the bottle opener sing "Mammy" too?

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost

― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

*"you guys" being the aforementioned tuomas nation

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

http://static.zooomr.com/images/2d1f0fe2fbed0f29dadc77cbba68e00527f952f5.jpg http://elrincondesergio.blogia.com/upload/20060804141125-10-ronaldinho.jpg

wow i cant even tell which one's the bottle opener & which is the real guy

― and what, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

The level of accuracy in terms of the topographical distribution of the largeness of his pronounced front teeth is admirable. i.e. the right one, as we look, is lareger, which is anatomically correct.

― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Ww_blackcaricature.jpg

i bet none of you hypocrites would think it was racist if these servants were depicted as white - what a double standard!!!!!

― and what, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Paul Robinson Chin Ironing Board
Wayne Rooney Dog-Training Kit
Michael Carrick Diaper Dollie with Real Wets-Itself Action
Super Nail-Bashing Hammer with Michael Owen's Face (Peen End) and Gary Neville's Face (Claw End)

― nabisco, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

It's not saying anything about black people, or Brazilians, or Barcelona players, or men, or whatever. It's saying something about ONE MAN.

I'd agree with this, but still, in the creation of a bottle-opener that sends up Ronaldinho's teeth, they've made a product that resembles a canonical odious racist image--again, it was my first association upon seeing the bottle-opener--and I'm a little uncomfortable with images that resemble such portrayals.

― G00blar, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, yes, the bottle opener is exactly the same as that cartoon.

― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I think it looks more like a tiny totem-pole.

― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Among my family, that toothpaste was a source of dark humor and terror of what humanity has wrought. I mean the Hammerman toothpaste. The 'darlie' paste is just a giant cosmic WTF that's making me need to shower.

― Abbott, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

I join in the Britishes perplexity at this reaction. It's kind of mean to make fun of someone's teeth though.

― Super Cub, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

It's OK, he's a millionnaire and the most talented man in the world.

― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

okay I get that American "sensitivity" to this stuff comes from a particular history with regard to race, but it's not like England's record on that score is blemish-free! seriously, wtf?

― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Britishes make fun of the teeth? I thought they were accepting of the crazy choppers. They offered me my one dream of acceptance for my revolting teeth.

― Abbott, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:46 (seventeen years ago) link

It's alright, we're having a party soon cos it's 200 years since we abolished slavery. People still sing Rule Britannia though.

― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I was going to say...

― Super Cub, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Skipping 1024 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/how-america-bought-and-sold-racism/

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 May 2017 08:53 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/football-legend-ronaldinho-pictured-with-chechen-leader-ramzan-kadyrov-accused-by-canada-of-a3589721.html

― sarahell, Monday, 17 July 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link

oops

― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Monday, 17 July 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link

There's a more general purpose Ronaldinho thred fwiw
Ronaldinho

― nashwan, Monday, 17 July 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link

i almost posted that recent horrendously ugly statue of ronaldo here

― brimstead, Monday, 17 July 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link

nine months pass...

WHATEVER, ASSHOLES, SIPPY CUPS HAVE TO BE SHAPED A CERTAIN WAY!
― horseshoe, Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:25 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 23 April 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link

Galaxy brain thoughts right there

― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 23 April 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link

seven months pass...

Thanks to #blackface @Prada, now you can take #sambo home with you for the holidays #StopRacism #StopBlackface #StopPrada pic.twitter.com/5t2cvosLIF
— Chinyere Ezie (@lawyergrrl) December 13, 2018

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Saturday, 15 December 2018 01:56 (five years ago) link

Oh ok

― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Saturday, 15 December 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link

nine months pass...

bernardo silva would like to point out he has been otm in this thread

― imago, Monday, 23 September 2019 11:05 (four years ago) link

send him my best!

― treeship., Monday, 23 September 2019 11:52 (four years ago) link

primo

― imago, Monday, 23 September 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

Just got out of a meeting where I had to explain to our management team from Germany that naming our extended Black Friday sale "Black Week" was maybe not a good idea.

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 22 November 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link

hahahahahahahahaha

― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 22 November 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link

"Come on in, the savings are SPOOKY GOOD!"

― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 22 November 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link

oh no

― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 22 November 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link

"Let's call a spade a spade; you'd have to be a total monkey to pass up these deals! N****r!"

― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 22 November 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link

got them to settle on "Our week long Black Friday sale" literally hours before they sent the blast out to like 25,000 customers.

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 22 November 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link

I couldn't find a more appropriate thread for this: https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/02/tech/amazon-auschwitz-products-removed-scli-intl/index.html

― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link

Selling "Christmas ornaments" with images of Auschwitz does not seem appropriate. Auschwitz on a bottle opener is rather disturbing and disrespectful. We ask @amazon to remove the items of those suppliers. https://t.co/0uG2JG558e pic.twitter.com/ucZoTWPk1W
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) December 1, 2019

― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link

the pitfalls of algorithmic products.

― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link

ha you stole my coda

― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link

I have to applaud Auschwitz Memorial's stone-faced reaction to this horrifying shit:

Sadly, it is not over yet @amazon. The "Massacre Auschwitcz (!) Birkenau Jewish Death" mousepad is another disturbing online product. We are not sure if @yadvashem would like the "Christmas ornament" with a freight car used for deporting Jews for extermination either. https://t.co/qDEEzqzwSU pic.twitter.com/wXExhFZPmV
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) December 1, 2019

― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link

The "Massacre Auschwitcz (!) Birkenau Jewish Death" mousepad is another disturbing online product.

This is a strong contender for Understatement of the Year

― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link

Kind of glad there wasn't a more appropriate thread for it? This one barely is tbh.

In the wake of DJP's link, there were some local stories here consisting of the same "bad taste" element. Online vendors pull xmas stuff or postcards or canvas posters that were "decorated" w/ images of concentration camps. Any morality is lost on bots (and those who let bots roam free), but I've seen shops online presenting posters/stickers/canvas etc with questionable content before. Basically, the "store" works as follows: if it's an image that exists on the internet, we can print it for you on X, look: here's an example.

xps all otm

― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 2 December 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

I'm in a facebook group that documents US conservatives' weird obsession with AOC, and there were some bottle opener images recently that gave me flashbacks to this thread (especially with the handful of "I don't see how that's racist" replies).

Just goes to show, the real divide on the "Racist trinkets: classic or dud?" issue has never been UK/US

― Mark E. Smith died this year. Or, maybe last year. (bernard snowy), Saturday, 13 February 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link

(AOC = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the popular young Democratic congresswoman from NYC. Sorry I didn't spell it out in my post!)

― Mark E. Smith died this year. Or, maybe last year. (bernard snowy), Saturday, 13 February 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link

denial about UK racism is off the charts in this thread

― Left, Saturday, 13 February 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link

also i don't speak dutch but i imagine the zwarte piet debates are pretty much the same

― Left, Saturday, 13 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link

eight months pass...

I... Idk about this new drink at a thematic bar in Santiago. pic.twitter.com/clPU5LPLxV
— SuperheroesInColor (@HeroesInColor00) November 10, 2021

― peace, man, Thursday, 11 November 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link

― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Thursday, 11 November 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link

six months pass...

Spotted this variety of kale on display yesterday at the Chelsea Flower Show ffs.

― Madchen, Thursday, 26 May 2022 09:27 (one year ago) link

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