Open Thread

yup. Friday is Republican lunch day, Wednesday is giant asian orgy day.

maybe i’ll go into Uniqlo and knock over a bunch of racks of clothing. that’ll show em

Bfarwell, there aren’t japanese people on the OT, but about half of the OT has sex with japanese people.

Point taken, DIBS- I don’t have the context of IRL knowledge; perhaps the banter is something so often done back and forth with a bunch of Japanese friends that doing it just becomes second nature and is obvious to the speaker that it is part of a shared ‘laughing at ideas of Japaneseness.’ But making fun of the Japanese to Japanese people feels different from making fun of Japanese people in a room without (internet being invisible, this is an open question) them.

Making fun of Japan/etc (a rich comedic vein, no question) specifically in the context of Pearl Harbor and WWII also seems more aggressive.

All that being said, I’ve fulfilled my token speaking-up duty, banter away.

Aug. 6th : “A day that will live in awesomeness.”