The mayonnaise companies have heard your complaint, and they have responded thus. Yes, mere squeeze bottles of mayonnaise were not effective enough, and now the bottles are "non-stick" to ensure you can get every last bit of delicious soybean oil emulsion. posted by jedicus at 10:21 AM on January 23 [1 favorite]
Yeah-- why the color card?
We're "not supposed" to play it in politics, but it seems to be coming out in other venues--is it because we can't stop thinking how different ( i.e. superior) we are? posted by Dizzy at 10:21 AM on January 23
Also, many of the complaints are obviously artificial and none of them, artificial or otherwise, are very funny. And seconding dersins. posted by jedicus at 10:25 AM on January 23
Let privileged whining ring. And when this happens, and when we allow privileged whining ring—when we whine from every sauna and every ski chalet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Chanel at last! Yachts at last! Thank God Almighty, we have a summer home at Tuckahoe at last!" posted by Astro Zombie at 10:30 AM on January 23 [6 favorites]
On another note, we made some mayo at home during the summer. It really was tasty, but turned scary pretty quick in the fridge. My current favorite mayo is the Trader Joe's Wasabi Mayo, which I learned about on an askmefi. Quite good on a turkey sandwich. posted by jquinby at 10:33 AM on January 23
Hmm, well there are lots of white people who have a pretty raw deal in this country. No health insurance, etc. posted by delmoi at 10:36 AM on January 23
Honestly, what self-respecting bar doesn’t have Heineken?
Last spring, I helped clean up a small park in New Orleans that serves a predominantly black neighborhood. The single most commonly found items of litter I found around the park were Heineken bottle caps--I'm talking dozens upon dozens of them, on the curbs, underneath baseball bleachers, clusters found at random, etc. posted by raysmj at 11:10 AM on January 23 [1 favorite]
Now on my Learn a New Thing Every Day List: Americans have a stereotype that black people don't like mayonnaise (or that white people really like mayonnaise? Quick Googling suggested the former.)
Where does this come from? Is it a stereotype held by both black people and white people? posted by alasdair at 11:11 AM on January 23
delmoi lots of people don't have health insurance in the U.S. Age, gender, race, etc... have nothing to do with that. posted by lonefrontranger at 11:15 AM on January 23
White people also don't go to Mets games. posted by Skorgu at 11:24 AM on January 23
I thought it was interesting, but I'd call it yuppie whine, not white whine. posted by smackfu at 11:29 AM on January 23
lonefrontranger: lots of people don't have health insurance in the U.S. Age, gender, race, etc... have nothing to do with that. are all factors. posted by LordSludge at 11:32 AM on January 23
Maybe I can bond with some black people over our mutual hatred of mayonnaise. I never knew. Oh shit, I wonder if I'm black? posted by prosthezis at 11:32 AM on January 23
Mayonnaise hating is something I can get behind. Appalling substance. posted by maxwelton at 11:39 AM on January 23 [3 favorites]
Americans have a stereotype that black people don't like mayonnaise
Ya momma. I love mayo. On hot dogs, on sandwiches, on any kind of burger. I think I love horseradish just because it's like mayo's spicy aunt. posted by cashman at 11:47 AM on January 23
Where in the fuck did anybody get the idea that non-whites don't like mayonnaise? posted by ethnomethodologist at 11:49 AM on January 23
the white nyc subway map is hysterical.
I likes the subway map.
Is this something you'd have to have been in NYC for more than an hour changing buses in the bowels of Port Authority to understand? posted by CKmtl at 11:55 AM on January 23
White people also don't go to Mets games.
Nonsense, piffle, bosh, eyewash. posted by Divine_Wino at 11:57 AM on January 23
As a white person, I have to say I was shocked and frightened at how that website crawled into my brain and ripped out all my daily concerns, grievances, and worries. This must be how it would have been like if Kirk had met Evil Kirk sans the Evil.
Where in the fuck did anybody get the idea that non-whites don't like mayonnaise?
It was in this month's newsletter. If you are white you should've gotten it. If you're not then you're not supposed to know that you don't like mayonnaise so forget we said anything. posted by prosthezis at 12:01 PM on January 23 [1 favorite]
Undercover Brother is way over my head. posted by prosthezis at 12:13 PM on January 23
I think mayo-liking is more an indicator of a lack of strong ethnic identity (think WASP) than whiteness per se, at least according to the stereotype. It marks the contrast between the likes of Chet, the sweater-wearing Pine Hills tennis pro and that of Herschel, the Pastrami-eating pawnbroker, or Vinnie, the meatball-munching Goombah. posted by Atom Eyes at 12:23 PM on January 23
so this whole kerfuffle about may was an Underover Brother reference?! For fuck's sake, people.
From an FCC link from Armitage Shanks google search:
"A major mayonnaise manufacturer refused to buy commercial time based upon the perception that "Black people don't eat mayonnaise." (National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Spring Conference, 1997, page 2 of report)"
Oh I have simply got to see the original report by the NABOB. If it references the yo momma joke "I saw your momma kicking an mayonnaise jar down the street, so I asked her what she was doing---she said "Moving", I totally win. posted by cashman at 1:26 PM on January 23 [3 favorites]
alasdairwrites"Now on my Learn a New Thing Every Day List: Americans have a stereotype that black people don't like mayonnaise"
Huh. That's totally news to me. Japanese, on the other hand, fucking LOOOOOOOOVE mayonnaise. I'm guessing it's just that black people don't like Japanese people. posted by bugbread at 1:53 PM on January 23
This website disgust me. It stereotypes people of the caucasoid phenotype as privileged whiners. One of my best friends in High School was white. He had trouble paying for college; unfortunately, his 1/16th Indian blood did not qualify him for any minority heritage scholarships. posted by Mister Cheese at 2:05 PM on January 23
Well, yeah. Japanese people taste funny. posted by nebulawindphone at 2:05 PM on January 23
This site is hilarious and mayonnaise is delicious. posted by EatTheWeak at 2:36 PM on January 23
"I cooked up your favourite meal: tuna fish salad on white bread with mayonnaise, a Tab and a couple of Twinkies."
I bet it predates "The Jerk," too.
If you haven't seen 'The Jerk'... go rent it! posted by Fuzzy Monster at 3:25 PM on January 23
fuzzy monster, that was a white guy who thought he was black and who loved mayonnaise. different animal entirely. posted by shmegegge at 3:27 PM on January 23
agent of selection -- thanks for the reference point. i "got" that the altered map must not show lines going to "certain" parts of the city, but i had no idea how graphic the difference was.
shmegegge: in the scene in question... Steve Martin's character thinks he's a "poor black child," but he always feels a bit different than the rest of his family. He loves different food and different music than the rest of his family. While the rest of his family is eating soul food ("Black"), Steve Martin's Mom cooks him his favorite food: tuna fish salad on white bread with mayo ("White). The whole point of the scene is to contrast his personal likes and dislikes, which are stereotypically white, with the likes of the rest of his family, which are stereotypically black.
The above scene illustrates that "white people like mayonnaise" is a well-known stereotype since at least 1979.
This stereotype can be found again in the Undercover Brother quote earlier in this thread: "If you're going to fit in to white America, you're gonna have to learn to like MAYONNAISE!"
This stereotype can also be found in the FPP: "now, who's going to make a mayonnaise jar with a mouth wide enough to make it easy to scrape out the last bits?"
Mayonnaise is teh suck. I'm right with prosthezis and maxwelton on this one. [MAYOIST] posted by misha at 4:07 PM on January 23
While I find mayo absolutely revolting, for some reason I love the vinegary tang of miracle whip.
I also douse french fries with A1 sauce. posted by bunnytricks at 5:30 PM on January 23
To learn more about white people, and even see some pictures of what white people look like and how they dress, look at blackpeopleloveus.com. Wow! There's just so much to learn about white people! posted by fuq at 5:36 PM on January 23
While I find mayo absolutely revolting, for some reason I love the vinegary tang of miracle whip.
That was usually the stereotype I heard about white people. posted by concrete at 6:40 PM on January 23
"Tunafish" as glopped onto sandwiches is basically canned dolphin mixed with mayo in the first place, isn't it? So a tunafish sandwich with mayo is like a mayo sandwich with extra mayo plus some tropical fish flakes. Gag me.
You can put the "relish" or "secret sauce" burger joints put on burgers in that disgusting category as well. It's ketchup, mayo and something pickled (shoes? beets? foreskins?) put in a blender and then puked onto a bun. posted by maxwelton at 10:08 PM on January 23
The site's a one-trick joke, based on the old bit about "white people problems." Chris Rock has been the most popular recent purveyor of that one, I think. posted by mrgrimm at 2:13 PM on January 24
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