Comments on: When cultures collide http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 07:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662776 welcomeabored Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662776 As astute students of human behavior and a knack for finding the funny in it, I have a very high regard for comedians.  I manage to get into a comedy club to see a live performance two or three times a year.  Comics don't espouse their 'ethical principles', as much as share observations and let the audience draw their own conclusions.  Recall that his audience is laughing their asses off;  I did too.  Perhaps you think we're all a bunch of insensitive jerks. As astute students of human behavior and a knack for finding the funny in it, I have a very high regard for comedians.  I manage to get into a comedy club to see a live performance two or three times a year.  Comics don’t espouse their ‘ethical principles’, as much as share observations and let the audience draw their own conclusions.  Recall that his audience is laughing their asses off;  I did too.  Perhaps you think we’re all a bunch of insensitive jerks.

]]> By: Jon Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662641 Jon Jones Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662641 I don't mean to sound like a cad, but does anyone find Sharla's speaking of Japanese incredibly cute?  I don’t mean to sound like a cad, but does anyone find Sharla’s speaking of Japanese incredibly cute? 

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662568 ocker3 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662568  What does mine say??  What does mine say??

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662559 Preston Sturges Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662559 Man + Chronic Anger = Abuser and a loner Woman + Chronic Anger = Saint, always in a group of other saints Man + Chronic Anger = Abuser and a loner
Woman + Chronic Anger = Saint, always in a group of other saints

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662556 Nathan Hornby Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662556 You're missing the point, but I don't care to argue it. You’re missing the point, but I don’t care to argue it.

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662499 zombiebob Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662499  Hey, THEY chose to put that video up there. I mean, really... they had it cumming. See what I did there? Ba dump dmp  Hey, THEY chose to put that video up there. I mean, really… they had it cumming. See what I did there? Ba dump dmp

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662497 zombiebob Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662497 it being 12:25 Am, you just made my day! it being 12:25 Am, you just made my day!

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662495 zombiebob Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662495  Yer darn toot'n!  Yer darn toot’n!

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662494 zombiebob Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662494  Oh, ok, so I can rectify this whole situation by sending them an introductory email. Will that cleanse me of my terrible sin? Please say yes.  Oh, ok, so I can rectify this whole situation by sending them an introductory email. Will that cleanse me of my terrible sin? Please say yes.

]]> By: Frank Diekman http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662438 Frank Diekman Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662438 I wonder what the best case scenario for eating ice cream out of a rubber balloon would look like. I wonder what the best case scenario for eating ice cream out of a rubber balloon would look like.

]]> By: allenmcbride http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662411 allenmcbride Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662411 What other ethical principles have you learned from stand-up comedians? (I know... you didn't actually say you learned that from Chappelle. But you probably should, because you wouldn't want people thinking you came up with that yourself.) What other ethical principles have you learned from stand-up comedians? (I know… you didn’t actually say you learned that from Chappelle. But you probably should, because you wouldn’t want people thinking you came up with that yourself.)

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662381 Preston Sturges Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662381 I think maybe these gals have got a business thing going, because the "Western School Girls Sucking Ice Cream Condoms" theme  definitely sounds like a money making franchise in Japan. I think maybe these gals have got a business thing going, because the “Western School Girls Sucking Ice Cream Condoms” theme  definitely sounds like a money making franchise in Japan.

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662317 welcomeabored Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662317 Women have invited a certain amount of objectification, and people will talk. This reminds me of a bit by Dave Chappell:  NSFW  Around 3:45. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZRflz-93JA Women have invited a certain amount of objectification, and people will talk. This reminds me of a bit by Dave Chappell:  NSFW  Around 3:45.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZRflz-93JA

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662235 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662235 Sweet! Sweet!

]]> By: allenmcbride http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662189 allenmcbride Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662189 I think you nailed the key distinction; thanks. They're inviting us to laugh with them at the ice-cream-dick situation, but beyond that normal talking-about-strangers rules still apply. I think you nailed the key distinction; thanks. They’re inviting us to laugh with them at the ice-cream-dick situation, but beyond that normal talking-about-strangers rules still apply.

]]> By: tyger11 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662114 tyger11 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662114  She drank like a ... she drank a LOT.  She drank like a … she drank a LOT.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662083 Nathan Hornby Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662083 "unless they were at a picnic or a cherry-blossom festival". Who <em>isn't</em>? “unless they were at a picnic or a cherry-blossom festival”.

Who isn’t?

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662079 Nathan Hornby Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662079 On the other hand it is possible to find the innuendo amusing without objectifying the presenters. (Just sayin' - devils advocate and all that) On the other hand it is possible to find the innuendo amusing without objectifying the presenters.

(Just sayin’ – devils advocate and all that)

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1662068 Nathan Hornby Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1662068 Dude! Dude!

]]> By: Missy Pants http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661942 Missy Pants Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661942 You must be from America, where Kinder Eggs are illegal. You must be from America, where Kinder Eggs are illegal.

]]> By: Scott Bartlett http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661738 Scott Bartlett Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661738 Forget debatably inappropriate comments about the video...how has the company that makes this balloon ice cream been permitted to continue making this balloon ice cream? Surely this is a choking hazard waiting to happen! Forget debatably inappropriate comments about the video…how has the company that makes this balloon ice cream been permitted to continue making this balloon ice cream? Surely this is a choking hazard waiting to happen!

]]> By: chaopoiesis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661541 chaopoiesis Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661541 Eat peanut butter, disgusting Americans! Eat peanut butter, disgusting Americans!

]]> By: goopy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661432 goopy Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661432 That looks like a condom filled with ice-cream. :) That looks like a condom filled with ice-cream. :)

]]> By: guest http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661423 guest Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661423 must... refrain... from... obvious... response! must… refrain… from… obvious… response!

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661413 OtherMichael Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661413 So.... <a href="http://www.kubota.com/" rel="nofollow">Kubota</a> makes tractors <strong>and</strong> ice cream. So…. Kubota makes tractors and ice cream.

]]> By: Emma Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661404 Emma Jones Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661404 AAAAH! AAAAH!

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661392 OtherMichael Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661392 What's so sexual about condoms? What’s so sexual about condoms?

]]> By: allenmcbride http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661374 allenmcbride Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661374  mtdna's middle sentence was originally missing its verb and was later quietly edited. --Your friendly thread historian (hey, I've got to get *something* out of having been up at 3am last night)  mtdna’s middle sentence was originally missing its verb and was later quietly edited.

–Your friendly thread historian (hey, I’ve got to get *something* out of having been up at 3am last night)

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661368 chgoliz Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661368 You know how many couples have "our song"?  I swear to you, back in the mid-80's this was "our song" for me and an ex. Thank you for that memory....a weird relationship in many ways, but the humor was legendary. You know how many couples have “our song”?  I swear to you, back in the mid-80′s this was “our song” for me and an ex.

Thank you for that memory….a weird relationship in many ways, but the humor was legendary.

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/when-cultures-collide.html#comment-1661351 Quiche de Resistance Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214406#comment-1661351 Got a couple "Likes" first.  Lid, pot, etc. Got a couple “Likes” first.  Lid, pot, etc.

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