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I was home visiting my parents for a couple weeks, and my girlfriend stopped by so we could catch up. This was my first time meeting her in person. When I joined the military last year, I located her on tinder and we started texting by exchanging lewd pics with each other. I was initially hesitant about sending her personal images of a phallic nature, but she eventually made me feel more comfortable when she said that didn't watch porn, so I figured she wouldn't have anything to compare me with. She was a Korean American girl, 20 years old, attending college but home for the summer, and her name was Sarah. She graduated from the school in my state that has an intense athletic rivalry with my former high school. During our interactions I thought it would be clever to mention my love of StarCraft but she didn't seem interested, not even when I mentioned that one of the main characters in the game shares her name. But for what it was worth, she also didn't seem to care about KPop or anime.
So while she had come to see me, I was just watching the news on TV in the living room with all the rioting and protests going on and somehow the conversation shifted towards the police and law enforcement. I asked her if she wanted something to drink, perhaps a refreshing glass of lemonade, but suddenly she began to fume and erupted in a fiery passion of toxicity.
"Why are you offering me lemonade? Because my complexion is yellow? I expected this coming from you, loser." She said.
"Actually, no the thought never crossed my mind. I just know you don't drink alcohol and who doesn't like lemonade on a hot sunny day?" I responded calmly.
"How do you feel about the cops resisting the protests? I think calling in the authorities and army was too harsh. But I want to know your opinion." She asked me in a very dry tone of voice.
"I support what's right to protect and enforce law and order. If I had gotten the order to march the streets to squash the rebellion, I would have done so." I said, while pointing to a Star Wars stormtrooper action figure on the wall.
"It's just making me feel a little sick and uneasy, you know?" She muttered under her breath.
"Well, is it your time of the month? That would explain it." I joked, in a teasing sort of way.
But she didn't find the humor in my words. She instantly got up in a hurry, stole a beer out of my fridge and left without saying a word. When I checked later I saw she had taken the Corona instead of the Heineken.
Later on, she sent me a video of herself on snapchat walking at a protest, wearing a mask, but holding hands with an African American gentleman. I posted a comment saying that covering your mouth and nose is pointless if you are willingly engaging in physical contact with strangers, but she ignored me. I was going to make a Corona joke after that but thought it would be in poor taste. I told my mom about the whole incident where my girlfriend called me immature but she just said that I should expect this would happen when dating older women.
 
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I'm afraid the only thing that makes your girl blogs halfway enjoyable for me is imagining that Artosis is the narrator.
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Osaka27128 Posts
this is some cringy shit man. go outside and get some fresh air.
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On June 08 2020 09:23 Manifesto7 wrote:
this is some cringy shit man. go outside and get some fresh air.
ya this caused me physical pain to read
"Why are you offering me lemonade? Because my complexion is yellow? I expected this coming from you, loser." She said.
As a matter of fact that entire line tells me this is some utter bullshit, and a poorly crafted shit post at that
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On June 08 2020 08:41 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
I'm afraid the only thing that makes your girl blogs halfway enjoyable for me is imagining that Artosis is the narrator.
His laughter is infectious, I must say. His voice reminds me of Edward Norton from Fight Club.
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On June 08 2020 10:56 arb wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2020 09:23 Manifesto7 wrote:
this is some cringy shit man. go outside and get some fresh air. ya this caused me physical pain to read "Why are you offering me lemonade? Because my complexion is yellow? I expected this coming from you, loser." She said. As a matter of fact that entire line tells me this is some utter bullshit, and a poorly crafted shit post at that
Some chicks be crazy like that. They can be fun, playful, and idiotic at times but when men return the favor somehow females feel they deserve the right to get offended at any time for no reason.
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On June 08 2020 06:30 artosisisthebest wrote:
She was a Korean American girl, 20 years old
I told my mom about the whole incident where my girlfriend called me immature but she just said that I should expect this would happen when dating older women.
what the hecc
On June 08 2020 06:30 artosisisthebest wrote:
she also didn't seem to care about anime.
She was never worth your time anyway.
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Yes, as I'm 19 and she is 20 that makes her older (by a year but still)!
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The only logical explanation that I can think for her outburst is that she was feeling a little racially sensitive in light of recent events and she thought that my status as a white male in the military was threatening. I did manage to calm her down before she overreacted again.
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i read this as:
artos
is
is
the best
you're not really an artosis fan if you have girl problems, inexperienced or no.
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User was warned for this post
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this just doesnt read like its real and your comments in this blog make you sound even more like a troll
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I've read satire in the past that cleverly underlines racial tensions.
However, this comes off as satire to attempt to validate your actual racism.
Yes, Artosis is the best, but no, this is a weak and unfunny blog post. Especially now.
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If you were unfortunate enough to click on this blog and read the OP here's a quick link to take you back to the main page.
https://tl.net/forum/
No problemo.
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I find the narrator of your story to be unreliable, and the dialogue too bland and nonsensical to be real.
That said, as a piece of writing, you did a decent job of giving the first person perspective of someone who is clearly unaware of their own madness, or faults or whatever. The most authentic part of this writing (to me) is the narrators ability to gloss over their own racist, sexist inclinations as he glides from one "durrrr" to another and the very human inability to imagine the feelings the person in front of them. Reminds me of a famous title, "The stranger beside me".
The strongest argument against the narrator is the title. Anyone acting authentically would know, my girlfriend left me for calling her feelings - vaginal secretions, and your reassurance to her ... was pointing to the bad guys in a movie named after the super-white-supremacists of the last century. Any military man would dreams of crushing domestic dissidents would do anything is his power to make the women on his arm feel safe. Right then. Not your narrator. No, he was reddit trolling a girl in real life.
Keep writing, not matter what about, over time I can see you becoming a very strong writer.
I hope you use more naunced folley in your next piece.
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This is so fake.
Lemonade is yellow in USA or something?
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On June 08 2020 23:38 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
This is so fake.
Lemonade is yellow in USA or something?
No, it was all original to this writer.
Yellow would be USA-speak for yellow.
But in racist, Yellow can mean asian.
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Oh, I am so dumb. Never occurred to me it wasn't yellow elsewhere.
Yes, Lemonaide is clearish-yellow
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Ewww, why is your lemonade yellow? Those picture look like orange juice. You guys know that lemon juice isn't yellow right? WTF do you add it make it yellow? Yuck. Vomit inducing.
Look up R.Whites and sprite and 7-up. They are see through or white if cloudy.
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On June 09 2020 00:22 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
Ewww, why is your lemonade yellow? Those picture look like orange juice. You guys know that lemon juice isn't yellow right? WTF do you add it make it yellow? Yuck. Vomit inducing.
Look up R.Whites and sprite and 7-up. They are see through or white if cloudy.
What.
Your orange juice isn't orange? Yellow and orange aren't the same color o.O
Orange juice:
https://www.google.com/search?q=orange juice&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS770US770&sxsrf=ALeKk01Cb5Hyd09SVSy24717K_OVxX-yTw:1591629826681&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUiruTw_LpAhUJJt8KHTf7DEgQ_AUoAnoECBcQBA&biw=1536&bih=722
Glass of sprite:
https://www.google.com/search?q=glass of sprite&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjP2rCjw_LpAhVCPN8KHR2BD9UQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=glass of sprite&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzICCAAyAggAMgYIABAIEB4yBAgAEBg6BAgjECc6BQgAELEDOgQIABBDOgcIABCxAxBDUJQbWOokYMklaABwAHgBgAGzAYgBiAuSAQQxMy4ymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=JFjeXs-4A8L4_Aadgr6oDQ&bih=722&biw=1536&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS770US770
Now I'm thoroughly confused. Your lemonade isn't lemon-colored? It's clear or white?
Edit: To clarify, we're talking about actual lemonade, not water with a slice of lemon dropped in, right? Because many restaurants give us a slice of lemon with plain water, but that doesn't stop the water from staying clear, and that's not how we define lemonade in America. I guess it's a cultural thing.
Double edit: Yeah, it's a cultural thing. Very interesting! Source:
"Lemonade can be any variety of sweetened or unsweetened beverages found throughout the world, which are traditionally all characterized by a lemon flavor.[1] Most lemonade varieties can be separated into two distinct types: cloudy and clear; each is known simply as "lemonade" (or a cognate) in countries where dominant.[2][self-published source?] Cloudy lemonade, generally found in North America and South Asia, is traditionally a homemade drink using lemon juice, water, and a sweetener such as cane sugar, a simple syrup (white sugar and water) or honey.[3] In the United Kingdom and Australia, clear lemonade, which is typically also carbonated, dominates.[2]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonade
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Lemon juice isn't yellow. Lemon juice is clear. Adding lemon juice should never make your lemonade yellow. Unless you are adding lemon rind or skin into your lemonade, or some other colourant, there is no reason lemonade is yellow. Following that wiki ingredients would not make a yellow lemonade. Maybe honey? But even honey wouldn't make lemonade yellow, unless you add so much you are basically drinking honey.
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On June 09 2020 00:40 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
Lemon juice isn't yellow. Lemon juice is clear. Adding lemon juice should never make your lemonade yellow. Unless you are adding lemon rind or skin into your lemonade, or some other colourant, there is no reason lemonade is yellow. Following that wiki ingredients would not make a yellow lemonade. Maybe honey? But even honey wouldn't make lemonade yellow, unless you add so much you are basically drinking honey.
Lemon juice isn't lemonade, but I've definitely found this conversation much more educational than the OP 
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So...what do you put in your lemonade if not lemon juice? The whole lemon? Skin and rind and all?
Oh well, today I learned that Lemonade is yellow in USA. It's like learning water is yellow in USA.
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On June 09 2020 01:02 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
So...what do you put in your lemonade if not lemon juice? The whole lemon?
As per the source above, there are different varieties of lemonade, which tend to include water, lemon juice, and additional sugar/sweetener options. I'd imagine it's those additional ingredients that change the color.
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Natural Orange juice is 100% not that orange, its more of a yellowish-orange, those deep orange colors only come from boxed juice.
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On June 09 2020 01:12 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2020 01:02 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
So...what do you put in your lemonade if not lemon juice? The whole lemon? As per the source above, there are different varieties of lemonade, which tend to include water, lemon juice, and additional sugar/sweetener options. I'd imagine it's those additional ingredients that change the color.
Do you even make lemonade bro?
None of those ingredients would make lemonade yellow unless maybe honey and adding so much you are drinking honey. Those bright yellow lemonade pictures on google images make me feel sick. It looks so unnatural.
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On June 09 2020 01:20 Lexender wrote:Natural Orange juice is 100% not that orange, its more of a yellowish-orange, those deep orange colors only come from boxed juice.
All I'm saying is that I'm accustomed to seeing Sprite, lemonade, and orange juice as three different colors, and Google Image is consistent with what I generally expect each of them to look like.
On June 09 2020 01:21 Dangermousecatdog wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2020 01:12 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On June 09 2020 01:02 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
So...what do you put in your lemonade if not lemon juice? The whole lemon? As per the source above, there are different varieties of lemonade, which tend to include water, lemon juice, and additional sugar/sweetener options. I'd imagine it's those additional ingredients that change the color. Do you even make lemonade bro? None of those ingredients would make lemonade yellow unless maybe honey and adding so much you are drinking honey. Those bright yellow lemonade pictures on google images make me feel sick. It looks so unnatural.
I do not make lemonade. The Wiki source explains some of the different lemonade varieties. Feel free to enjoy lemonade however you want
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It's yellow when you pee it out.
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?36942 Posts
Everyone needs to subscribe to this thread like... Right now. This is pure gold.
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On June 09 2020 02:23 Seeker wrote:
Everyone needs to subscribe to this thread like... Right now. This is pure gold.
Pure gold... Unlike lemonade!
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Do you even cook bro? Ever cut open an orange or lemon? Use honey for food or drink? I'm not being agressive, for all I know you indeed have never cooked in your life. I mean you don't even know what real orange juice looks like in real life somehow. Those colours are so obviously fake and unnatural.
I just googled USA lemonade brands and those lemonade look nothing like those disgustingly bright yellow images you posted. So lemonade in USA isn't even yellow itself. Somehow you confused photoshopped images on the interwebs for actual products they sell in USA.
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On June 09 2020 02:27 Dangermousecatdog wrote:Do you even cook bro? Ever cut open an orange or lemon? Use honey for food or drink? I'm not being agressive, for all I know you indeed have never cooked in your life. I mean you don't even know what real orange juice looks like in real life somehow. Those colours are so obviously fake and unnatural. I just googled USA lemonade brands and those lemonade look nothing like those disgustingly bright yellow images you posted. So lemonade in USA isn't even yellow itself. Somehow you confused photoshopped images on the interwebs for actual products they sell in USA.
You don't think that most of these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=lemonade&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS770US770&sxsrf=ALeKk00J9DZg-QywGKxrSDYsERmuaiHBJA:1591628637933&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjG2s_cvvLpAhVRdt8KHWhuBysQ_AUoAXoECBkQAw&biw=1536&bih=722
Are a similar shade of pale yellow to most of these:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=USA lemonade brands&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjJ-9bP3fLpAhUJ7xoKHYWWDnQQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=USA lemonade brands&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeUJYFWJYFYOQIaABwAHgAgAFciAFckgEBMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1n&sclient=img&ei=xHPeXsmJEYnea4WtuqAH&bih=976&biw=1920
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I think those two sets of pictures look way closer than comparing either to the color of orange juice or the color/transparency of Sprite, but more importantly, I'm not sure why you can't fathom that these can also look different in different cultures or have different ingredients or recipes, as already explained. Maybe you'd find the taste of American lemonade too sweet or weird or not appetizing, and that's totally fine. You're not required to enjoy American drinks. You know that not all food and drinks are identical around the world, just because they have the same name, right? Like how "chips" are different, etc. You say you're not being aggressive ("bro", twice?), but I feel like you're getting really upset about... how lemonade is perceived around the world. I think it's interesting that there are different versions
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artosisisthebestisthebest
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Joon is that you? 10/10 for offending white people
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Is lemonade in the UK indistinguishable from water or something
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On June 09 2020 04:38 Zambrah wrote:
Is lemonade in the UK indistinguishable from water or something
According to DMCD, yes:
On June 09 2020 01:02 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
Oh well, today I learned that Lemonade is yellow in USA. It's like learning water is yellow in USA.
Some is carbonated too, interestingly enough. I wouldn't have guessed that, but now I know!
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Hypothesis: Asian skin has a yellow shade similar to lemonade
Experiment: I made some lemonade just to test this, and I also gathered a few yellow items for control purposes
![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/DSHmw3S.jpg)
1. Indo Mie Chicken Curry Instant Noodles
2. French's Classic Yellow Mustard (40% more variety)
3. Lysol Disinfecting Wipes
4. Asian male hand (92.5% Chinese, 2.2% Manchurian & Mongolian, 2.0% Korean, 1.0% Southeast Asian, 0.7% Japanese, 1.6% other)
5. Beaker of lemonade (175ml filtered water, 25ml pure lemon juice, 1 tbs sugar)
6. Banana (Trader Joe's, 2 days old)
Conclusions: Lemonade does not appear to be very yellow, or very close to Asian skin tone.
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I don't think anyone besides the OP thinks that Asian skin looks like lemonade I'm sure the rest of us can agree with that.
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Canada8988 Posts
On June 09 2020 05:20 Chairman Ray wrote:Hypothesis: Asian skin has a yellow shade similar to lemonade Experiment: I made some lemonade just to test this, and I also gathered a few yellow items for control purposes 1. Indo Mie Chicken Curry Instant Noodles 2. French's Classic Yellow Mustard (40% more variety) 3. Lysol Disinfecting Wipes 4. Asian male hand (92.5% Chinese, 2.2% Manchurian & Mongolian, 2.0% Korean, 1.0% Southeast Asian, 0.7% Japanese, 1.6% other) 5. Beaker of lemonade (175ml filtered water, 25ml pure lemon juice, 1 tbs sugar) 6. Banana (Trader Joe's, 2 days old) Conclusions: Lemonade does not appear to be very yellow, or very close to Asian skin tone.
Spectacular post
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I think if You really, really try You can say lemoniade is "yellowish" a really really pale shade of yellow. Also i have drank/made lemoniade with lemon skins inside, its still about the same color, lemeon skin doesnt seem to have much impact on the color.
Or maybe i am using wrong kind of lemons? Which type of lemons do You guys typically use for Your Lemoniade? Here is the link to article about diffrent kinds of lemons www.greenandvibrant.com
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I think the biggest difference... my country can put an unlimited amount of food coloring in our food. The vast majority of which are illegal in the E.U. I am not sure how the U.Ks laws work post E.U.. but like our red dyes made of Beatles have been banned for decades from most countries that care about citizen help.
Same Reason water in france is like .20 euro but Sodas are 2-3 Euro.
Our orange juice is actually a hilarious blend with very little orange juice. Especially the cheap brands like Sunny D.
In America the lies flow downward, from the Orange Zaphod Beeblebox all the way to the labels on the food.
In American lying on T.V to sell things.... is called puffery, in your country,, it is called fraud.
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Truly inspiring thread derail, thank you dangermouse and DPB
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On June 09 2020 07:23 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
Truly inspiring thread derail, thank you dangermouse and DPB
Glad to be of service
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Canada8988 Posts
On June 09 2020 07:18 AttackZerg wrote:
I think the biggest difference... my country can put an unlimited amount of food coloring in our food. The vast majority of which are illegal in the E.U. I am not sure how the U.Ks laws work post E.U.. but like our red dyes made of Beatles have been banned for decades from most countries that care about citizen help.
Same Reason water in france is like .20 euro but Sodas are 2-3 Euro.
Our orange juice is actually a hilarious blend with very little orange juice. Especially the cheap brands like Sunny D.
In America the lies flow downward, from the Orange Zaphod Beeblebox all the way to the labels on the food.
In American lying on T.V to sell things.... is called puffery, in your country,, it is called fraud.
Say what you want but grape juice just isn't the same when it's not neon-purple
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On June 09 2020 08:33 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2020 07:18 AttackZerg wrote:
I think the biggest difference... my country can put an unlimited amount of food coloring in our food. The vast majority of which are illegal in the E.U. I am not sure how the U.Ks laws work post E.U.. but like our red dyes made of Beatles have been banned for decades from most countries that care about citizen help.
Same Reason water in france is like .20 euro but Sodas are 2-3 Euro.
Our orange juice is actually a hilarious blend with very little orange juice. Especially the cheap brands like Sunny D.
In America the lies flow downward, from the Orange Zaphod Beeblebox all the way to the labels on the food.
In American lying on T.V to sell things.... is called puffery, in your country,, it is called fraud. Say what you want but grape juice just isn't the same when it's not neon-purple
Grape drank and purple dank. Yessir.
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The craziest thing about this thread is the dude not realizing those pictures have lemons in the water.
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4. Asian male hand (92.5% Chinese, 2.2% Manchurian & Mongolian, 2.0% Korean, 1.0% Southeast Asian, 0.7% Japanese, 1.6% other)
haha, I didn't notice the human hand before.
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On June 09 2020 12:25 Wheat wrote:
The craziest thing about this thread is the dude not realizing those pictures have lemons in the water.
tbh, I thought it was the gaslighting that there doesn't exist a whole spectrum of shades and tints of yellow / the semantics that pale yellow colors aren't categorized under yellow.
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On June 09 2020 08:33 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2020 07:18 AttackZerg wrote:
I think the biggest difference... my country can put an unlimited amount of food coloring in our food. The vast majority of which are illegal in the E.U. I am not sure how the U.Ks laws work post E.U.. but like our red dyes made of Beatles have been banned for decades from most countries that care about citizen help.
Same Reason water in france is like .20 euro but Sodas are 2-3 Euro.
Our orange juice is actually a hilarious blend with very little orange juice. Especially the cheap brands like Sunny D.
In America the lies flow downward, from the Orange Zaphod Beeblebox all the way to the labels on the food.
In American lying on T.V to sell things.... is called puffery, in your country,, it is called fraud. Say what you want but grape juice just isn't the same when it's not neon-purple
Uh, no. White grape juice >>>>>> purple.
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On June 09 2020 22:14 Ryzel wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2020 08:33 Nakajin wrote:On June 09 2020 07:18 AttackZerg wrote:
I think the biggest difference... my country can put an unlimited amount of food coloring in our food. The vast majority of which are illegal in the E.U. I am not sure how the U.Ks laws work post E.U.. but like our red dyes made of Beatles have been banned for decades from most countries that care about citizen help.
Same Reason water in france is like .20 euro but Sodas are 2-3 Euro.
Our orange juice is actually a hilarious blend with very little orange juice. Especially the cheap brands like Sunny D.
In America the lies flow downward, from the Orange Zaphod Beeblebox all the way to the labels on the food.
In American lying on T.V to sell things.... is called puffery, in your country,, it is called fraud. Say what you want but grape juice just isn't the same when it's not neon-purple Uh, no. White grape juice >>>>>> purple.
Both are equally disgusting if you have recently brushed your teeth.
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On June 09 2020 07:23 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
Truly inspiring thread derail, thank you dangermouse and DPB
I try my best. Better than the rubbish the OP wrote. Also: look at Chairman Ray's all American lemonade. What colour is it?
Btw, we still use those red beetles.
I profess to have no idea what colour is grape juice. But I sure know the different varieties of wine.
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The correct grape drink is Mountain Dew Pitch Black
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ALLEYCAT BLUES49626 Posts
On June 09 2020 10:30 AttackZerg wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2020 08:33 Nakajin wrote:On June 09 2020 07:18 AttackZerg wrote:
I think the biggest difference... my country can put an unlimited amount of food coloring in our food. The vast majority of which are illegal in the E.U. I am not sure how the U.Ks laws work post E.U.. but like our red dyes made of Beatles have been banned for decades from most countries that care about citizen help.
Same Reason water in france is like .20 euro but Sodas are 2-3 Euro.
Our orange juice is actually a hilarious blend with very little orange juice. Especially the cheap brands like Sunny D.
In America the lies flow downward, from the Orange Zaphod Beeblebox all the way to the labels on the food.
In American lying on T.V to sell things.... is called puffery, in your country,, it is called fraud. Say what you want but grape juice just isn't the same when it's not neon-purple Grape drank and purple dank. Yessir.
i want that purple stuff.
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On June 08 2020 06:30 artosisisthebest wrote:I was home visiting my parents for a couple weeks, and my girlfriend stopped by so we could catch up. This was my first time meeting her in person. When I joined the military last year, I located her on tinder and we started texting by exchanging lewd pics with each other. I was initially hesitant about sending her personal images of a phallic nature, but she eventually made me feel more comfortable when she said that didn't watch porn, so I figured she wouldn't have anything to compare me with. She was a Korean American girl, 20 years old, attending college but home for the summer, and her name was Sarah. She graduated from the school in my state that has an intense athletic rivalry with my former high school. During our interactions I thought it would be clever to mention my love of StarCraft but she didn't seem interested, not even when I mentioned that one of the main characters in the game shares her name. But for what it was worth, she also didn't seem to care about KPop or anime. So while she had come to see me, I was just watching the news on TV in the living room with all the rioting and protests going on and somehow the conversation shifted towards the police and law enforcement. I asked her if she wanted something to drink, perhaps a refreshing glass of lemonade, but suddenly she began to fume and erupted in a fiery passion of toxicity. "Why are you offering me lemonade? Because my complexion is yellow? I expected this coming from you, loser." She said. "Actually, no the thought never crossed my mind. I just know you don't drink alcohol and who doesn't like lemonade on a hot sunny day?" I responded calmly. "How do you feel about the cops resisting the protests? I think calling in the authorities and army was too harsh. But I want to know your opinion." She asked me in a very dry tone of voice. "I support what's right to protect and enforce law and order. If I had gotten the order to march the streets to squash the rebellion, I would have done so." I said, while pointing to a Star Wars stormtrooper action figure on the wall. "It's just making me feel a little sick and uneasy, you know?" She muttered under her breath. "Well, is it your time of the month? That would explain it." I joked, in a teasing sort of way. But she didn't find the humor in my words. She instantly got up in a hurry, stole a beer out of my fridge and left without saying a word. When I checked later I saw she had taken the + Show Spoiler +Corona instead of the Heineken . Later on, she sent me a video of herself on snapchat walking at a protest, wearing a mask, but holding hands with an African American gentleman. I posted a comment saying that covering your mouth and nose is pointless if you are willingly engaging in physical contact with strangers, but she ignored me. I was going to make a Corona joke after that but thought it would be in poor taste. I told my mom about the whole incident where my girlfriend called me immature but she just said that I should expect this would happen when dating older women.
shitty beers anyway
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Norway28576 Posts
lemonade should not be sprite-colored, wtf. That's not lemonade. It also should not be yellow. It should be a cloudy white with a slight yellow tint. Something like this ![[image loading]](https://images-gmi-pmc.edge-generalmills.com/2586d951-a46a-4091-aec6-eca3adefb409.jpg) , that's what you get if you make lemonade yourself.
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On June 10 2020 23:06 Liquid`Drone wrote:lemonade should not be sprite-colored, wtf. That's not lemonade. It also should not be yellow. It should be a cloudy white with a slight yellow tint. Something like this , that's what you get if you make lemonade yourself.
Agreed. That's exactly the color I was posting via Google Image (your picture is literally the 3rd picture in my Google Image link), and that's light yellow. (There are about 10 different shades of yellow listed above, that that lemonade is similar to.) I was assuming that people were joking when they compared lemonade to the color of the bright, bold French's mustard bottle...
Edit: I'm unaware of any lemonade that actually looks like this:
![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/avv3eCT.png)
Double Edit: Though pale yellow is the norm for us, it's apparently the case that some lemonade is clear / looks like water in other parts of the world. I think that's interesting.
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Going back to the OP, it was an Asian that compared lemonade to Asian skin, so comparing Asian skin to American lemon beverages may be misleading us. Here are some Asian lemon beverages:
+ Show Spoiler +
Lemon drinks in Asia are super fucking yellow
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On June 11 2020 07:29 Chairman Ray wrote:
Going back to the OP,
NO!!!!!
On June 11 2020 07:29 Chairman Ray wrote:
Here are some Asian lemon beverages:
Oh thank goodness
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Northern Ireland24189 Posts
Real or obviously not real or not I just find it comforting that someone has worse first dates than me
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On June 11 2020 09:49 Wombat_NI wrote:
Real or obviously not real or not I just find it comforting that someone has worse first dates than me
..... that is how he relationships.
According to the narrator, it was an internet girlfriend who liked him even after she met him.
And, like every self-loathing white machination, she has upgraded to the feared BD.
What is that thing the nutty Catholics do to themselves
... like that but for insecure, small genitaled racists.
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Osaka27128 Posts
No lie, I'm starting to see lemon drink ads after reading this thread.
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On June 12 2020 14:13 Manifesto7 wrote:
No lie, I'm starting to see lemon drink ads after reading this thread.
The sun above is orange and hot, your skin is raw and red. The labors of the day have brought salt to your lips.
You find relief in a shaded room. A women you love, sees you and darts into the kitchen saying something you don't quite catch. You blink. You sit.
You feel her return, you fight your eyes open, you feel the coldness before you touch the glass.
Your eyes droop as you bring the cup to your lips.
You drink deeply.
Your eyes open, your nose crinkles, the corners of your mouth droop.
You take a begrudging gulp.
"Milk with Ice, What the fuck?"
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Northern Ireland24189 Posts
On June 11 2020 15:43 AttackZerg wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2020 09:49 Wombat_NI wrote:
Real or obviously not real or not I just find it comforting that someone has worse first dates than me ..... that is how he relationships. According to the narrator, it was an internet girlfriend who liked him even after she met him. And, like every self-loathing white machination, she has upgraded to the feared BD. What is that thing the nutty Catholics do to themselves ... like that but for insecure, small genitaled racists.
I just hope it’s a satirical blog, as on that level it does amuse me.
If serious and accurate... oh boi
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United Kingdom10443 Posts
On June 12 2020 22:10 AttackZerg wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2020 14:13 Manifesto7 wrote:
No lie, I'm starting to see lemon drink ads after reading this thread. The sun above is orange and hot, your skin is raw and red. The labors of the day have brought salt to your lips. You find relief in a shaded room. A women you love, sees you and darts into the kitchen saying something you don't quite catch. You blink. You sit. You feel her return, you fight your eyes open, you feel the coldness before you touch the glass. Your eyes droop as you bring the cup to your lips. You drink deeply. Your eyes open, your nose crinkles, the corners of your mouth droop. You take a begrudging gulp. "Milk with Ice, What the fuck?"
Milk steak is delicious though
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On June 09 2020 05:20 Chairman Ray wrote:Hypothesis: Asian skin has a yellow shade similar to lemonade Experiment: I made some lemonade just to test this, and I also gathered a few yellow items for control purposes 1. Indo Mie Chicken Curry Instant Noodles 2. French's Classic Yellow Mustard (40% more variety) 3. Lysol Disinfecting Wipes 4. Asian male hand (92.5% Chinese, 2.2% Manchurian & Mongolian, 2.0% Korean, 1.0% Southeast Asian, 0.7% Japanese, 1.6% other) 5. Beaker of lemonade (175ml filtered water, 25ml pure lemon juice, 1 tbs sugar) 6. Banana (Trader Joe's, 2 days old) Conclusions: Lemonade does not appear to be very yellow, or very close to Asian skin tone.
This if fucking gold yellow lmao
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On June 16 2020 23:44 MysteryMeat1 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2020 05:20 Chairman Ray wrote:Hypothesis: Asian skin has a yellow shade similar to lemonade Experiment: I made some lemonade just to test this, and I also gathered a few yellow items for control purposes 1. Indo Mie Chicken Curry Instant Noodles 2. French's Classic Yellow Mustard (40% more variety) 3. Lysol Disinfecting Wipes 4. Asian male hand (92.5% Chinese, 2.2% Manchurian & Mongolian, 2.0% Korean, 1.0% Southeast Asian, 0.7% Japanese, 1.6% other) 5. Beaker of lemonade (175ml filtered water, 25ml pure lemon juice, 1 tbs sugar) 6. Banana (Trader Joe's, 2 days old) Conclusions: Lemonade does not appear to be very yellow, or very close to Asian skin tone. This if fucking gold yellow lmao
Well played.
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Some things to consider:
1) Not everything needs to be a damn list, Nina
2) Lemons are yellow
3) Lemonade and lemon juice are different. Lemonade is heavily diluted with water because lemon juice on its own is too hardcore for most people. Only skateboarders and paratroopers would drink it.
4) Lemon juice has a yellowish tint to it.
5) The lemons you see on your monitor are not yellow, because your monitor uses an RGB color scheme, and it's merely a collection of very small RGB points that are designed to trick your eye. That means the makers of computer monitors are selling a product that is designed to LIE TO YOU. Actively deceive you. Introduce falsehood into your life. How can you live like that, knowing something you trusted is lying? How? Why do you continue to put up with this kind of abuse?
6) You accept your monitor for what it is, because when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
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On June 17 2020 03:12 ninazerg wrote:Some things to consider: ![[image loading]](https://liquipedia.net/commons/images/b/b8/TeslasButterfly.gif) Not everything needs to be a damn list, Nina Lemons are yellow Lemonade and lemon juice are different. Lemonade is heavily diluted with water because lemon juice on its own is too hardcore for most people. Only skateboarders and paratroopers would drink it. Lemon juice has a yellowish tint to it. The lemons you see on your monitor are not yellow, because your monitor uses an RGB color scheme, and it's merely a collection of very small RGB points that are designed to trick your eye. That means the makers of computer monitors are selling a product that is designed to LIE TO YOU. Actively deceive you. Introduce falsehood into your life. How can you live like that, knowing something you trusted is lying? How? Why do you continue to put up with this kind of abuse? You accept your monitor for what it is, because when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
fixed your post to look as even more meta like
lol blyat
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On June 17 2020 03:12 ninazerg wrote:Some things to consider: ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/mUxtM11.png) Not everything needs to be a damn list, Nina Lemons are yellow Lemonade and lemon juice are different. Lemonade is heavily diluted with water because lemon juice on its own is too hardcore for most people. Only skateboarders and paratroopers would drink it. Lemon juice has a yellowish tint to it. The lemons you see on your monitor are not yellow, because your monitor uses an RGB color scheme, and it's merely a collection of very small RGB points that are designed to trick your eye. That means the makers of computer monitors are selling a product that is designed to LIE TO YOU. Actively deceive you. Introduce falsehood into your life. How can you live like that, knowing something you trusted is lying? How? Why do you continue to put up with this kind of abuse? You accept your monitor for what it is, because when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
On June 17 2020 04:24 GeckoXp wrote:
fixed your post to look as even more meta like
lol blyat
Let me fix that for you.
On June 08 2020 20:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I've read satire in the past that cleverly underlines racial tensions.
However, this comes off as satire to attempt to validate your actual racism.
On June 08 2020 23:26 AttackZerg wrote:
I find the narrator of your story to be unreliable, and the dialogue too bland and nonsensical to be real.
That said, as a piece of writing, you did a decent job of giving the first person perspective of someone who is clearly unaware of their own madness, or faults or whatever. The most authentic part of this writing (to me) is the narrators ability to gloss over their own racist, sexist inclinations
What racism? Can you point it out in his post?
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On June 18 2020 03:37 quirinus wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2020 20:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I've read satire in the past that cleverly underlines racial tensions.
However, this comes off as satire to attempt to validate your actual racism. Show nested quote +On June 08 2020 23:26 AttackZerg wrote:
I find the narrator of your story to be unreliable, and the dialogue too bland and nonsensical to be real.
That said, as a piece of writing, you did a decent job of giving the first person perspective of someone who is clearly unaware of their own madness, or faults or whatever. The most authentic part of this writing (to me) is the narrators ability to gloss over their own racist, sexist inclinations What racism? Can you point it out in his post?
Here are a few references:
-Assuming all Korean-American people play StarCraft;
-Assuming all Korean-American people listen to K-pop;
-Assuming all Korean-American people watch anime;
-The need to point out that the girl was holding hands with someone who is, specifically, African American;
-The suggestion that a person could only feel "uneasy" about police using additional police brutality to stop protesters who are protesting police brutality in the first place if they're "on their period" (racism + sexism, two for one);
-If this is fictional, the decision to fabricate a lemonade/yellow/complexion joke.
He's not exactly wearing a white hood, but it's pretty race-baity.
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Northern Ireland24189 Posts
On June 18 2020 08:13 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2020 03:37 quirinus wrote:On June 08 2020 20:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I've read satire in the past that cleverly underlines racial tensions.
However, this comes off as satire to attempt to validate your actual racism. On June 08 2020 23:26 AttackZerg wrote:
I find the narrator of your story to be unreliable, and the dialogue too bland and nonsensical to be real.
That said, as a piece of writing, you did a decent job of giving the first person perspective of someone who is clearly unaware of their own madness, or faults or whatever. The most authentic part of this writing (to me) is the narrators ability to gloss over their own racist, sexist inclinations What racism? Can you point it out in his post? Here are a few references: -Assuming all Korean-American people play StarCraft; -Assuming all Korean-American people listen to K-pop; -Assuming all Korean-American people watch anime; -The need to point out that the girl was holding hands with someone who is, specifically, African American; -The suggestion that a person could only feel "uneasy" about police using additional police brutality to stop protesters who are protesting police brutality in the first place if they're "on their period" (racism + sexism, two for one); -If this is fictional, the decision to fabricate a lemonade/yellow/complexion joke. He's not exactly wearing a white hood, but it's pretty race-baity.
I don’t even fucking know.
If this is a pure satirical blog about a socially inept character inadvertently annoying people a la Larry David, it’s amazing.
If it’s someone’s actual life I mean... what?
I read it the former and died laughing about the ridiculousness of the lemonade offering, the standing with the Empire etc
Similarish things have happened to me dating because I’m a fucking idiot, I can almost hear the Curb your Enthusiasm theme playing reading it.
On the other hand if it’s sincere I can’t even
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On June 18 2020 11:32 Wombat_NI wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2020 08:13 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On June 18 2020 03:37 quirinus wrote:On June 08 2020 20:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I've read satire in the past that cleverly underlines racial tensions.
However, this comes off as satire to attempt to validate your actual racism. On June 08 2020 23:26 AttackZerg wrote:
I find the narrator of your story to be unreliable, and the dialogue too bland and nonsensical to be real.
That said, as a piece of writing, you did a decent job of giving the first person perspective of someone who is clearly unaware of their own madness, or faults or whatever. The most authentic part of this writing (to me) is the narrators ability to gloss over their own racist, sexist inclinations What racism? Can you point it out in his post? Here are a few references: -Assuming all Korean-American people play StarCraft; -Assuming all Korean-American people listen to K-pop; -Assuming all Korean-American people watch anime; -The need to point out that the girl was holding hands with someone who is, specifically, African American; -The suggestion that a person could only feel "uneasy" about police using additional police brutality to stop protesters who are protesting police brutality in the first place if they're "on their period" (racism + sexism, two for one); -If this is fictional, the decision to fabricate a lemonade/yellow/complexion joke. He's not exactly wearing a white hood, but it's pretty race-baity. I don’t even fucking know. If this is a pure satirical blog about a socially inept character inadvertently annoying people a la Larry David, it’s amazing. If it’s someone’s actual life I mean... what? I read it the former and died laughing about the ridiculousness of the lemonade offering, the standing with the Empire etc Similarish things have happened to me dating because I’m a fucking idiot, I can almost hear the Curb your Enthusiasm theme playing reading it. On the other hand if it’s sincere I can’t even
I know what you mean; you and I are both experiencing Poe's Law.
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On June 18 2020 08:13 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2020 03:37 quirinus wrote:
What racism? Can you point it out in his post?
Here are a few references: -Assuming all Korean-American people play StarCraft; -Assuming all Korean-American people listen to K-pop; -Assuming all Korean-American people watch anime; -The need to point out that the girl was holding hands with someone who is, specifically, African American; -The suggestion that a person could only feel "uneasy" about police using additional police brutality to stop protesters who are protesting police brutality in the first place if they're "on their period" (racism + sexism, two for one); -If this is fictional, the decision to fabricate a lemonade/yellow/complexion joke. He's not exactly wearing a white hood, but it's pretty race-baity.
1. Why would assuming that Korean people play Starcraft, listen to k-pop or watch anime be racist?
It actually is a decent part of Korean young people that either know or do these things, so it's not unreasonable to assume it could be true. Especially since she's removed from her country of ancestry, so she might do some of those things to keep a connection to her ancestry.
Besides, it's a good starting point for a conversation. It could come off as stereotyping or presumptuous at worst, but definitely not racist.
I'm gonna give a bad example, but you should get the idea: if I see a buff guy, and assume he's training some sport, but it turns out he just works a very physical job that makes him get muscles, does that make my assumption immoral? Or does it depend on why I thought that or made that comment? (Eg. useless aggressive muscle-heads vs useful and productive members of society, or no prejudice at all when comparing them)
Actually being racist is hating them because they're different than you and acting on it in a way to harm or disadvantage them in some way. And there's always degrees. Jumping on every little potentially racist thing is probably counterproductive.
2. Pointing out about her holding hands with a black guy.
This is not very racist, or it could be not racist at all. It's not racist per se. It all depends on why he wrote it.
He could be just pointing it out. And/or it could be a part of the story - since the story is about racism, it's could be in the service of the story to mention his race. Granted, he didn't do anything with it, which is usually not a good practice in writing, but you don't know what he wanted to do with it - could be that he wanted exactly this reaction, people thinking and discussing about racism, in which case, it's not useless nor racist, it's the exact opposite, and he succeeded in his plan.
Or he could be slightly racist, I don't know.
3. Period joke.
It's a bad joke about periods and women. It's more of an asshole/troll/stupid joke than a sexist one (but it is slightly sexist, don't get me wrong), and not racist at all. It has nothing to do with her race, and everything to do with her sex.
Police brutality isn't racist, per se. Even if it's done mostly against one race. It is racist if the reports and statistics point out in some way that it's significantly done because of racist reasons or it could be racist if it's disproportionally done against one race (but not necessarily, there could be non-racist reasons for the disproportionality).
Also, by your standards, "black lives matter" is also racist, since it's mostly about black people.
4. Lemon/yellow/Asian thing.
Why would it be inherently racist? There's tons of works of fiction that do similar things to illustrate something.
Another bad example: Does making up a story about a nazi guy murdering people make the writer a nazi, or a murderer at heart? Does it mean he's promoting it? Does it mean the opposite? Does it just mean the writer wants people to think about it and make up their minds about nazis and murders, one way or the other?
Also, you disregard the part of the exchange where she points out it's a bad thing. So the writer is aware that it could be perceived as racist in some context or by some people, and knows it's mostly considered bad.
If it's not a work of fiction, then it's definitely not racist, since after that he says that he didn't make the comment because she's Asian, but because of other reasons.
5. Another point to piss off Nina. Do you feel the sexism?
You also missed the most racist/inflammatory thing in the whole text, lol. He pointed to a stormtrooper while talking about getting the order to go stop the protests. Stormtroopers are army men in WHITE.
At this point, I'm pretty convinced it's a fictional story, because that one is just ridiculous.
If it's not, the guy is:
a) an asshole intentionally trying to piss her off
b) obliviously stupid
c) racist
d) all of the above
If you want me to do the same thing as you do, to illustrate the point, I could point out that you're "sexist"/"racist", since you disregarded her bad/inept/"racist" behavior, and only focused on his. But I'm not going to do that - I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, because of your last line, and because I don't like jumping on every little thing and screaming "wolf".
Bonus questions:
Is it racist if you say black people repeatedly get lowest scores in SATs?
What about saying asians get highest scores?
What about saying whites don't get highest, nor lowest scores?
What about the facts (asians getting highest scores, and blacks getting lowest, whites between) themselves, are they racist?
Are the SATs racist?
What about the educational system?
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If you want to use the word "stereotyping" for a bunch of those points, that works too, but calling something an "asshole/troll joke" doesn't make it no longer sexist or racist. Also, saying "Police brutality isn't racist" when the OP is from the United States and the story almost certainly takes place in the United States and references a BLM movement means you either didn't connect the dots or don't really understand what police brutality looks like in the United States. There is systemic racism at the core of law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the United States, it's very well documented, and one of the many ways it's reified is through discriminatory police brutality. The disproportionate targeting of the black community (even for crimes that are not disproportionately committed by the black community) and the escalation of arrests and murders by police officers on the black community (because the system has shown they can get away with it... as long as it's against a black person) are examples of important context that are needed here. It's not just about looking at a single statistic and judging without context.
"Also, by your standards, "black lives matter" is also racist, since it's mostly about black people."
"Is it racist if you say black people repeatedly get lowest scores in SATs?"
If you were to assert that black people's low scores are because black people aren't smart, then yes, that would be racist. That would be more in line with the subject of police brutality, as the subject of police brutality and the broader context of being black in America explicitly includes the biased notion that blacks are generally criminals and inferior individuals. On the other hand, if you delved deeper into the research on standardized testing and learned about the more relevant correlations to things like socioeconomic status and general access to useful learning tools, rather than skin color, then you'd have a much better understanding of the situation. As for BLM being racist simply because it has a disproportionately high percentage of black people in the movement, that's - again - removing all context from the situation. That's not the same thing, and certainly not by my standards. The contexts of police brutality, SAT scores, and BLM matter.
Also, this discussion was way more entertaining when it was redirected towards the color of lemonade. Attempting to salvage the tasteless OP is a way less interesting conversation imho, and I feel like this discussion already occurs in the politics thread every other day anyway. It's probably more useful to continue it there, when applicable.
"What about the educational system?"
The American educational system has a ton of problems, including racism, but that's a conversation for another day.
Cheers 
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well this was an interesting thread to come across. still trying to figure out hwat's happening here
the original post gave me a good chuckle too.
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