Damn....that's just racist. The most racist thing I ever heard was a guy asking me to find out if the franchise owner was Indian because he didn't like the smell of curry and other incredibly racist things (along with saying how he "always had problems with hotels that were owned by Indians") before he makes a reservation.
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Quoth tropicsgoddess View PostDamn....that's just racist. The most racist thing I ever heard was a guy asking me to find out if the franchise owner was Indian because he didn't like the smell of curry and other incredibly racist things (along with saying how he "always had problems with hotels that were owned by Indians") before he makes a reservation.To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...
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Just as a general response to "How this is word offensive."
A lot of words that are now "offensive" never started that way (though some did.) It turned into how people used the word, the inflection and intent behind it. For example, in New England we call sprinkles "jimmies" apparently, in other parts "jimmies" is a derogatory word for black people. I learned that later, and wondered the same thing.
Another example, a "faggot" is a bundle of sticks. Guess what a lot of Americans think "fag/faggot" means?
So while words - in their meaning - may be harmless, people's intent on using it as an insult or implying it is a negative thing turns the word into an offensive/derogatory word. Then society smartens up and realizes that they should stop calling people by this word because it now has a stigma attached to it, and so the word is dropped except by some of the older generations (who just have it ingrained), biggots, and racists.My Writing Blog -Updated 05/06/2013
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Quoth tropicsgoddess View PostDamn....that's just racist. The most racist thing I ever heard was a guy asking me to find out if the franchise owner was Indian because he didn't like the smell of curry and other incredibly racist things (along with saying how he "always had problems with hotels that were owned by Indians") before he makes a reservation.
And I can state factually that I have on a number of occasions stayed at a hotel at least staffed by Indians/Pakistanis and probably owned by the same and never smelled curry [except for the time there was a restaurant called Emperor of India off the lobby ]EVE Online: 99% of the time you sit around waiting for something to happen, but that 1% of action is what hooks people like crack, you don't get interviewed by the BBC for a WoW raid.
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Quoth AmbrosiaWriter View PostIt gets better, because what she classifies as "Chinese food" isn't really. It's super Americanized Chinese-inspired food!
If you want real Chinese food you either need to be lucky enough to live near a major city with a Chinatown, or go to China.
Sadly, I only get to New York every once in a while for the real thing.
Anyway, I really wish it was socially acceptable customer service for private businesses to simply kick people out and refuse service to people who start spouting that crap. Maybe, just maybe some of them will use the time to actually think about why their attitude got them shown the door.
There again, doing that may just feed a persecution complex and conspiracy theories and inadvertantly reinforce the way of thinking. People.
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sounds like the real issue is that her panties got in a twist because they weren't speaking English.
And yeah, saying "I'm not a bigot" doesn't mean anything when the person in question is acting just like one.
it's like saying "I'm not hitting you!" while you're punching someone in the face.
Just as a general response to "How this is word offensive."
Chatmod: PepperElf, do not use racial slurs!
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Yeah... I was a clueless elf back then. Tho the ChatMod backed down when he realized I really meant the guy's name. Still, sometimes I get surprised by what words suddenly change meaning.Last edited by PepperElf; 08-06-2012, 04:10 PM.
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Quoth SkullBash View PostI was just going to say...she loves the food that's prepared for North American tastes. Oh, and those fortune cookies....Last edited by EricKei; 08-06-2012, 04:09 PM."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
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Quoth EricKei View PostI wouldn't want word to get out that "American Chinese food" has almost nothing to do with actual Chinese cuisine >_> I happen to like our wonderful bastardization of their grub (read: Mandarin Chicken with brown gravy), and I'd like to be able to keep getting it . Heck, to the best of my knowedge, both the word "Mandarin" and fortune cookies are Ammurican and/or English inventions.
yeah I'm pretty sure General Tso didn't cook glazed chicken.
Tho whenever I go out for Chinese or Japanese food, I somewhat gauge how authentic they are by whether or not they sell "pot stickers" or "gyoza". (or, even worse, I order gyoza and get a look back)
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Quoth GuardingYourLife View PostSC: Look, I'm not a bigot. *Ummm, yes you are! * I love the Chinese...food. And some of them have been in this country as long as some of us *woah, don't lump me in with you!* have...building railroads.
I still cannot beleive people can say this kind of stuff. I mean, HOW can someone say something like that. I mean that's just.... WOW.
I have actually experienced the conspiritorial whisper when someone is about to say something horribly racist. "The problem is that all those pakis come in, and they buy up businesses and then they just import people from their own country to work at all the jobs. The smell too."
And all I can do is sit there.
I just don't get how people can be so Xenophobic and Racist.Hinakiba777- Student of Divinity-Always trying to get laid.
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Quoth EricKei View PostI wouldn't want word to get out that "American Chinese food" has almost nothing to do with actual Chinese cuisine >_> I happen to like our wonderful bastardization of their grub (read: Mandarin Chicken with brown gravy), and I'd like to be able to keep getting it . Heck, to the best of my knowedge, both the word "Mandarin" and fortune cookies are Ammurican and/or English inventions.
Also, I always have to laugh when I see orange chicken at a "Japanese" place at a food court or something. We have a culture here where most people can't be bothered to distinguish between Asian PEOPLE let alone cuisine, and I just want to shout "YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" That is, after I order an eggroll to go with my sushi... /joke
Then again, sushi is also as Americanized as it gets nowadays, too. And according to wikipedia, fortune cookies had their origin in Japan - though I'd agree that they are about as American as the KFC double down now. Go figure.
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If they took away my completely American Peking Ravioli and Scallion Pancakes I'm pretty sure I'd have to bust some butts, a lot of butts.
Though there is a place in Boston, easy off the Red Line, that has delicious tempura and REAL (TOTALLY LEGIT) ramen.My Writing Blog -Updated 05/06/2013
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One of my favorite Japanese restaurants locally is actually owned by Koreans. My sister loves to order kimchee on the side when we eat there
Quoth fireheart View PostYou pretty much answered your own question with the quote underneath that.
Little hint: Etats-Unis is the United States.
Quoth AmbrosiaWriter View Postin New England we call sprinkles "jimmies" apparently, in other parts "jimmies" is a derogatory word for black people. I learned that later, and wondered the same thing.They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.
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Quoth Panacea View Post
In Delaware, "jimmies" is the genitals.My Writing Blog -Updated 05/06/2013
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