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Obama win spurs white racial backlash
Some Storm Front dickwad e-mailed me a couple of years ago ranting about my Chinese wife.
As usual, it became good fodder for mockery.
But I refused to link back to Storm Front on principle.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 3:55 PM on November 17, 2008
... they would see just how "those people" live ...
I dislike folks that always say "those people" to refer to anyone who is different from them in any way: in colour, creed, sexual orientation, what have you.
Second in general assholiness (and no, that term doesn't refer to the Pope) is "you people".
It's impossible to paint everyone with the same brush.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 11:03 PM on November 17, 2008
MeFi post:
FOB
One of the taglines for my personal website, and indeed on my business card, is "Fresh off the boat since 1998".
FOB reminds me somewhat of my wife's Mabelisms.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 3:39 PM on November 11, 2008
BWG - Those are priceless!
posted by winks007 at 8:01 AM on November 12 [+] [!]
Thanks. My wife cracks me up.
But then, I've said things incorrectly in Cantonese that make eyebrows go up. You have to be careful when you weren't raised on a tonal language.
For example, if you say 'yes' in Cantonese the wrong way it becomes the slang for 'vagina'. Fortunately I haven't made that particular... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 8:00 PM on November 11, 2008
"slang" is putting it mildly
True, but I was trying not to be too coarse.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 10:47 PM on November 11, 2008
MeFi post:
389 years ago
Obama is not a black man.
Obama is not a mixed-race man.
He's a man, plain and simple.
Or in the context of the big picture, the man.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:52 AM on November 8, 2008
There is no virtue in this pretense of "color blindness."
How sad for you that you think it's pretense. You think it's wrong for me to see him as a fellow human being first. My first thought when saw him for the first time was "He's so young".
Does that mean I didn't see that he's also black? Of course, not, don't be ridiculous. But it's of far less importance than who he is as a person. And besides, I'm... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 5:10 PM on November 8, 2008
I didn't say it wasn't an integral part of who he is as a person, I said it was of less importance than his humanity.
I'm personally happy that he's the President-Elect, because I feel he's going to bring that humanity back into the White House.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 5:50 PM on November 8, 2008
MeFi post:
Barack Obama is the next President of the United States
Yay O'Bama!
Wait ... he's not Irish?
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 8:17 PM on November 4, 2008
I hate to say it, but I'm experiencing a massive amount of shadenfreude as I think about all the racists who didn't vote for Obama solely because of his race.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 8:39 PM on November 4, 2008
er.... schadenfreude
missed that "c"
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 8:41 PM on November 4, 2008
<3
posted by jessamyn at 12:41 PM on November 5 [+] [!]
Is that a bum with a party hat?
Kidding! I'm just really happy at the moment, and I'm not even from the US.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 8:43 PM on November 4, 2008
This is going to be the longest MeFi thread, ever.
And it should be.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 8:50 PM on November 4, 2008
Fuck Mormons.
You could, but first you have to marry all of them.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 1:08 AM on November 5, 2008
Jessie Jackson was crying because he realized it wasn't simply racism which kept him out of the White House.
You can win, Jesse, you can win!
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:17 AM on November 5, 2008
Richard Pryor was the first black president!
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:23 AM on November 5, 2008
Everybody Dance Now!
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 4:48 PM on November 5, 2008
Country First
Africa's a country, isn't it? [/sarcasm]
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 10:13 PM on November 5, 2008
MeFi post:
What's Blue, Yellow, and Hot?
I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury
I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury
I'm gonna fly me to Mercury and cruise the blue volcanos
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 7:04 PM on October 29, 2008
MeFi post:
Going to any length.
This is what happens when skinheads shave their heads too close.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 4:15 PM on October 28, 2008
MeFi post:
God is cruel
Loved The Stand when I first read it, love it now.
If I could make a new miniseries of it, I'd do it, and do it right.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 4:02 AM on October 24, 2008
I sure would love to see a movie of The Long Walk.
And Dolan's Cadillac.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 8:41 AM on October 24, 2008
timetoevolve, see they botched it already. Slater as Dolan?? Bentley as Robinson??
I read the synopsis, and as usual, Hollywood has overthought it.
They did the same thing with The Mist and ruined it.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 1:31 PM on October 24, 2008
the best part of The Stand is the first hundred-odd pages, when the virus is just spreading and spreading and spreading...
Absolutely. You can't help but wonder what you'd do in that situation when you found out you were immune while everyone around you was dropping like flies.
And the tunnel scene? Total claustrophobic, 'fraid-of-the-dark, boogeyman freakout.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:32 PM on October 27, 2008
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BIGFOOT FOUND ...a nice pair of boots.
Someone teach every other photography web page programmer ever how to do that instantaneous mouse hover auto-switch thing. That is so nice.
But only good if the visitor has a high-speed connection, otherwise the images loading in the background, especially if they're large file sizes, prevent the interface from initiating until they're all loaded.
For my photography site, I opted for the mootools interface, javascript driven... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:22 PM on October 26, 2008
MeFi post:
simple minded dream 79-80-81-82-83-84
Jay: You know that guy, too? That fuckin' guy. He made this flick "Sixteen Candles." Not bad. There's tits in it, but no bush, but Ebert over here don't give a shit about that kind of thing 'cause he's, like, all in love with this John Hughes guy. He goes out and rents, like, every one of his movies. Fuckin' "Breakfast Club," where all these stupid kids actually show up for detention. Fuckin' "Weird Science," where this chick wants to take her gear off and get down,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 7:18 PM on October 25, 2008
MeFi post:
Lord Love a Duck!
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat, eh? Eh?
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 5:55 PM on October 20, 2008
MeFi post:
Afterlife and the Mind
Shouldn’t it be obvious that the mind is dead, too?
Some folks look that way well before they're dead.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 4:13 PM on October 17, 2008
In Bill Bryson's book A Short History of Nearly Everything, the author mentions:Atoms, in short, are very abundant.
They are also fantastically durable. Because they are so long-lived, atoms really get around Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you.
We are each so atomically numerous and so vigorously recycled at death that a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 5:01 PM on October 17, 2008
MeFi post:
Gold Medal
Canadian Gold works pretty well, though I'd just as soon have stuck with the original.
The new theme feels a tad overbaked.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 9:20 PM on October 12, 2008
The more I think about it, the more I think the CBC should've just asked The Tragically Hip to create the new theme based on their most awesome The Lonely End of the Rink.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 8:05 AM on October 13, 2008
Needs more cowbell.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 4:38 PM on October 17, 2008
MeFi post:
Drag
The sulfur hexafluoride makes Adam sound like Penn Jillette!
But the real question is: what would it make Penn Jillette sound like??
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:10 AM on October 16, 2008
MeFi post:
A galactic shadow cast on the election.
Arcturian ships ...
Frost: Hey, I sure wouldn't mind getting some more of that Arcturian poontang! Remember that time?
Spunkmeyer: Yeah, Frost, but the one that you had was male!
Frost: It doesn't matter when it's Arcturian, baby!
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:28 AM on October 14, 2008
MeFi post:
Skin Deep.
So the James Franco "stoned" look is classically beautiful then?
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:04 PM on October 9, 2008
MeFi post:
Oooh!
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 6:00 PM on September 30, 2008
MeFi post:
He Chose ... Poorly.
I could cough and some nut who's never handled a weapon in his life panics and shoots me.
Maybe, but at least you can reanimate and eat his brains as payback.
posted to MetaFilter by bwg
at 2:48 AM on September 30, 2008
