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AusGAF 9 - F*** Off, We're Full (Of People With Different Ethnic Backgrounds)
- Thread starter Kritz
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Really looking forward to the show program being released
Don't forget the Omegathon, plus (hopefully) being able to play the new Wii U Mario and Zelda games that will be announced at E3.
Live draw comic panel will be funny also.
Americans are fucking terrible at understanding the fact that not every black person is an African American. It's embarrassing. I'm still surprised by how quickly I turned on my own people as soon as I got out of of there. A little perspective goes a long way when you come from a country that has none at all.
Oh Jesus, I didn't think of that. Plan B is to drink a fuckton of chocolate milk and hope the sugar high either gets me through or kills me in the process.
Oh good call! Omegathon and Live Comic panel would be great. I hope there's something Strip Search related, I love that show.
I will play exactly zero video games
I honestly won't be surprised if I don't either. Besides fun panels and everything, I want to try out some new board games and shit. I don't have enough gamer friends and I can play vidya games on my own as much as I want.
Yeah, I understand that linking fried chicken to African Americans is racist (although I'm not entirely sure why), but to somehow link it to a KFC ad featuring some West Indians is just ridiculous.
I would if you weren't on team Fallout 3.
Well I'm not willing to compromise on that. Fallout 3 was a better game. *drops mic*
Anyway, let's get onto something fun.
AusGAF, I need a $1000 gaming PC build. Use www.arc.com.au
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand go!
AusGAF, I need a $1000 gaming PC build. Use www.arc.com.au
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand go!
It's probably more of a reason to not wear it, lol.
Who am I kidding, though. Course I'm wearing it.
Planet_JASE
Member
Ummmm... sure! Just send me $40, 'kay? Or you can have 10 for $100?
I like you.
Fixed.
As for the Goode thing: I'm not sure what it says about me, but I didn't think it was a racist term. I thought she was just using the term as a derogatory term about his intelligence/stereotype about all football players being stupid missing link type meataxes.
Was she definitely using it as a racial slur? i.e. she has admitted to it? Or was she possibly just calling him a "stupid footballer"?
New intels and gpus are right round the corner.
reptilescorpio
Member
She was at the football as a supporter though. Seems odd to be so passionate about people you think so little of.
It's less about what she intended and more about how he took it. Given that ape/monkey is a common racial slur, you can't blame him for taking it that way, and in the end his response was level and reasonable, ie educate, don't vilify.
It would be a bit like someone posting on GAF that Mario is for babies. They might not have intended it as a troll, but given peoples history with other people using the same terms, it will always be taken as a troll. And you know, maybe there is an element of truth to it. Maybe some Mario games are for babies, and the colour palette is certainly reminiscent of cartoons aimed at kids, so cut him some slack right? The best thing to do the person holding this opinion would be to point out that for fans of 3D platformers, Mario easily cream of the crop, and pretty much last man standing, and that there is a long history of emotional arguments about people dismissing colourful games and it's best if they don't do that on a gaming forum. So. Guy says something that wasn't intended to be a troll, but the effect on the reader is the same, and the best solution to prevent future trolling is to educate him on the subject. Don't really know what my point is.
Who loving cares about her intent? I may be thinking too fucking highly of a 13 year old, but a reasonable loving 13 year old would know and would realise that a likely consequence of calling an Aboriginal person an 'ape' would be that they would take it as a goddamn racial remark!
You just had to keep fuckin' that chicken, didn't you!
Look, you may live in New Norfolk, but we certainly don't. Keep those thoughts to yourself ok.
reptilescorpio
Member
Do parents still take their kids to police holding cells to scare some sense into them?
I wonder if I should get onto that soon.
I wonder if I should get onto that soon.
roosters93
Member
That's the thing though, obviously she's ignorant of that.
Jables Swan
Member
Have some stories rep? My kid has been a little shit over the last couple of days. He's normally so well behaved.
My point is that people (and the media) are focusing on the individual child, when really, what this is about is that the hypothetical reasonable child should know and should be aware of what constitutes racist behaviour. Explaining away this instance as 'well, she's 13' 'heat of the moment comment' 'blown out of proportion' just brushes aside what I feel should be the actual issue of discussion.
my mum totally did that to me. like, not a cell, but she took me to the door of waverly police station cos i wouldn't do my homework or something. scarred for life!
/crazyasianparenting
actually wait, memory slightly coming back, wasn't homework, i think it was lying related, maybe stealing lunch money...
My son was sick on Sunday night, carrying him to the bathroom after puking all over his bed, he had more, so I caught it in my hands while carrying him to prevent it going all over the floor.
Not a drop was spilt. Not. A. Drop.
davidnic
Member
Never heard of that method before, then again I am only 21 myself.
Planet_JASE
Member
Thanks for the explanation, Fred. Even still, I haven't heard of using "ape" as a racial slur and have only heard "monkey" be used as part of a portmanteau/phrase which is racially charged.
Yeah pretty good option, not sure I would have done this however and just gone the get it off quickly, get in shower routine.
I pass one every day on the bus to work.
FallbackPants
Member
Remember when there was all that drama about crowds in India racially abusing Andrew Symonds? They were calling him a monkey. Then Harbhajan Singh was accused of the same thing. This teenager isn't the first to think of it.
Christ that was bad. Dig up Eddie! Dig up!
Planet_JASE
Member
Nope! But this is a sporting thing, yes? Of the Crickets? I'm not really of the sport and try not to see any news relating to it. In fact, I probably get about 90% of my sportal exposure from this thread.
Usually in the form of spoilers, obviously.
reptilescorpio
Member
Not racist I assume.
KFC sponsor cricket.
Majority of their ads feature chicken.
West Indies play cricket here. They also are involved in the local 20/20 league (because their players are awesome).
I can understand them in an ad with chicken. They are not from America nor are we in America.
When is the program out?OK so here's my PAX Australia itinerary so far:
1) Giant Bomb panel
2) Get drunk and eat awesome food with Reptilescorpio
3) Go home
Really looking forward to the show program being released
I forgot about that! Should be good fun to watch.
Nothing more AusGAFfy than watching other people play games while talking about games!
We need to draw up battle lines. F3 vs NV people. NV always wins though.
That Mario has been boring and repetitive for years now.
Oh, Galaxy? Okay cool. Finally some fun changes, of course it will seem like a revolution in the face of so much damn iteration.
Some new IP's please.
Black face is racist.
The people using it aren't necessarily. Maybe naive and uninformed.
Ohhh man I am covered in stories. I look like one giant "My son" story.
Although I have gotten actual sleep the last 3 nights since giving the little guy nasal medicine so I can't complain too much. Might need to get his adnoids checked out, I expect he is having trouble breathing clearly while laying down.
He's like a personal moment killer. On purpose! It is as if he can feel in his waters when his parents start to spends some nice time together, even just talking. There we are, sitting and smiling when all of a sudden
WHOOOSH
The child with a manical grin pops into the area
Just grinning
As if to say
"I know you were talking but I am your son. The attention. I craves it."
After getting cross with him this morning for waking up and loudly proclaiming the cat to be the stinkiest creature on the block I was giving him the silent treatment for not listening.
There I am quietly ironing my shirt for work and he runs down the hallway barking about how Peppa should eat bacon more often, all of sudden he stops. Dead outside the open door and stares at me. Blankly. Slowly a grin creeps onto his face, his eyes ablaze with enjoyment.
And then off he skips singing about Jesus eating bacon as if nothing happened.
He seems to have taken to lying much quicker than even baby weasels. Although as soon as he says the lie his face breaks out into a giant giggle or rolls straight into the truth.
"Did you eat all the strawberries while I was in the toilet for 34 seconds?"
"Noyes. Yes.
Have more?"
"No you cannot have more."
"Do we have any more?"
"No."
Oh also he stole a tiny toy truck from day care after being told to leave it there. He hid it in his bag. He made baby Jesus cry. I am sure the little guy will cry too when he goes to day care tomorrow and confesses.
Pooing in the toilet no problem now though!
He throws a good tantrum when he doesn't get his way though.
I think he plays his Leapster too much too. Not sure who he gets that from.
Also I expect him to run a piggery at some point judging by the amount of Peppa Pig he watches.
Also he has absorbed "Fuck's sake!" into his vocabulary. I blame used games.
Swapped it for "Golly gosh" which seems to have worked! The damn boy is a sponge I tell you! I would have only said it once in the last year in his vicinity
He generally does what he wants, which is annoying. Don't want him to be a selfish only child.
10/10 Good post.
After all this kid stuff, as well as the wife being sick a lot over the years, vomit really has little effect on me. Not fussed.
Working in public housing could also be a factor in that though.
Also I am really cheap and wouldn't ruin a shirt like that!
The one in Ballarat is/was always slow as fuck! Quicker to walk in if you are ordering more than one sub.
Do they have $5 footlong meatball mondays?
Jables Swan
Member
I can get the little fella to save some for you when you're round at my place next.
Planet_JASE
Member
He can talk! He can talk he can talk HE CAN TALK!
I CAN SIIIIIIIING!
Sure, you'll still have to clean it!
BananaArnie
Member
fuck the haters, im with you fusebox.
lets be friends
slow
not as bad as cd wow
expect like 3 weeks for it to show up
lets be friends
slow
not as bad as cd wow
expect like 3 weeks for it to show up
Jables Swan
Member
Not if it goes on you.