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Meet the gang. It's a 5 color sub, yo.
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uhhh... is this supposed to be a racist comment about chinese people?
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The joke that Chinese food is made from dogs isn't very fresh...
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andyg on Nov 27 '06 Excellent!
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It made me smile! I like it.
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Dog actually doesn't taste that bad. o_o
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Great and I just oredered chinese! way to go and make me lose my appetite! but most people over here in the UK reckon they use cat instead of dog anyway! so MIAOW!!
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i thought they put cat in chinese food?
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Yea I thought it was cat too.
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haha i like the woof, and i think it's both cat and dog but i'm not sure.
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depending where youre from in china and from what time, you have /had to do what you gotta do to survive, however this is offensive. i would not print this on a shirt
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ysy101 on Nov 27 '06 It's funny and very well drawn, but it's kind of offensive. Trust me, Asian people do eat weird things, but they don't try to pretend it's something else. Plus, who would actually go through all the trouble of finding or paying for pets?
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it is a really cute shirt, but it is also offensive
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Hah. I would buy this in a heartbeat. And compared to other shirts printed, this isn't nearly as offensive. 5$
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Hmm. I like it, but I think maybe the dog in the chinese box should go. And not cause it's offensive (although it is a little) but because it seems to sort of... dunno, unbalance the design? It's a bit too big.
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Awesome! This best Fast Food Nation sub I've seen! I think you could add even more animal noises to the hot dog! haha...
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Ronin60 on Nov 27 '06 haha, this takes talking food to another level! 5$
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5$
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HAHAHAHAHAHA There are more Chinese food restaurants in America than fast food restaurants combined. It's a fact!
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Someone explain to me how saying dog meat is found in some oriental food is offensive ? I know people have tried to offend others by saying this, but that doesn't mean it is offensive. People have tried to offend me by saying I eat grits. I LOVE grits ! It doesn't offend me at all. There might be some cultural angle I'm missing. If that's the case, then someone please spell it out instead of declaring it offensive without any explanation.
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^oops! take out the question mark in the first sentence
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This is the first time for a good while a sub actually made me laugh. :D I don't think it's offensive. I think it's a light-hearted take on a popular myth. $5.
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Damn I want this so bad!
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fast food nation indeed 5$
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Get rid of the Chinese food.
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um. this is racist. 0
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clever. i like it.
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nonolarson on Nov 27 '06 Really well done, but the box seems a bit too big with this placement on the right.
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I'm really enjoying the colors and the illo!
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why is the hot dog mooing?
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Dog meat is used in the food in China. Click on the link and scroll 2/3 the way down the page ( or Ctrl + F for the search function and type in dog ). You'll see that the second meat listed is dog. The article is from 1977 though. ---- This Chinese food webpage claims the second meal pictured includes dog meat. ---- An article at snopes.com states, "Though the Chinese have been known to dine on cats or dogs in their homeland, it's not a widespread practice and by many reports remains limited to certain far-flung backwards regions." This can be found halfway into the article.
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kind of racist?
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laurelxcore, The hot dog is also mooing because "Today’s hot dogs are made of quality lean cuts of beef and pork blended with a variety of spices and seasonings, and then fully cooked, much in the same way that sausages are made." I found this answer at Berk's Frequently Asked Questions to this question : 1. What's in a hot dog?
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wow, offensive. I dont care if it's true or not or on snopes or wheverever, it's still a racial slur.
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spell it out Bid Ed. I don't see it.
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valorandvellum on Nov 27 '06 I'm Asian, and I think this is hilarious!!! The "woof" is what makes this shirt. I would wear it proudly.
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HA HA HA is all i can say. i LOVE this!
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Ooh hoo hoo! I love it! Very funny.
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It is in no way offensive. Great design.
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get over it. its obviously a joke. funny shirt. id buy it and wear it to my fav chinese restaurant
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this is pretty racist. the design is no longer pertaining to fast food but chinese food.
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Yes, it's obviously a joke, but to the people who look at it differently, the situation might end up in an altercation. Unless the guy is being serious... then someone will definitely end up with a broken bone. Anyhoo, my rebuttal to helo is: if Chinese food was really made out of dog, in America, would people eat it? I'm assuming they won't. Soooo, people know that the other foods contain the substances they contain, and people eat it anyway. I might imagine that hot dogs contain pig intestines, and knowing that, I'll still inhale it with some ketchup and mustard. But if I knew that Chinese food contained dog, or a cat, or a horse, or mice, I reeeaaaallly don't think I'd even look at it. I take that back. I'd probably poke at it, grimace, then vomit, but I for sure won't let that touch my integument.
And that is why some people are offended by this shirt. =) I'm not saying I'm offended, just giving my input to why other people may be. |
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er, not Asian, but have been dubbed an honorary one by Asian friends, if that counts for anything. I agree with those who have said that while I'm not offended, some people might be. I don't know if that's reason enough not to print a funny shirt though.
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well, i'm an half asian, and i think it would be twice as funny
if the box said both "WOOF" & "MEOW"!!! $5 i'd wear it proudly, perhaps on beige/heather grey... |
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My first reaction was negative, but I think that it's actually good commentary on making people realize that we actually kill and eat other animals, especially making people think about the fact that in other cultures they would eat a dog, cat, monkey or other such cute, fuzzy animal, but they would never eat the cows that we treat so horribly. I think that this particular insight would be lost on the average person, however, so it might come off as racist, or no one would take anything from it at all and it would just end up a waste of space. I like it, but I don't think it's for the same reasons that anyone else does. Whether it was intentional or not, kudos.
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there is probably stranger things in hot dogs so no comment.
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I'm chinese and I'm not offended. I find it funny.
But I personally won't eat dog meat myself... it's just a tee, it's meant to be funny. |
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funny, I hope it's not offensive. I just think it's a joke :)
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to Frenchi, It appears you're saying that some who eat Chinese food would be offended by this design since they believe dog meat is too nasty to be eaten. They are thinking, " Decent people eat decent food and avoid what is nasty, but this design is implying that the Chinese food I like is something nasty." Based on what you've said I can see how someone would be offended. Thanks for helping me see that. I personally don't see dog meat as being such a base substance that it reaches the level of being able to offend/insult me like feces or urine would, but that doesn't mean others aren't offended. I'm just surprised that someone could even be offended by it. I haven't had any. But who knows, I might really like it.
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dog meat, I mean. not feces or urine ! -- just to be clear :D
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To Big Ed, I am pretty sure that if something is true, then most people wouldn't see it as a slur.
Maybe the hot dog could also neigh? Just to point out that some traditional foods from other cultures are also viewed as negative or embarrassing. There is a horse butcher shop in the market near my house. My ex boyfriend told me that horse meat tastes very strong, but is recommended for kids since it has a high iron content. |
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Would it be considered racist if it was the burger saying woof woof? would people be saying its racisit to suggest americans eat dog. I think not. By taking offence to it you are fueling the steriotype and creating the difference between culture which creates racism.
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DeadPoetic_Underoath on Nov 28 '06 good one 5$
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Mikko Terva on Nov 28 '06 this design isn't intended to be offensive, just silly - and to hopefully brings a smile to your face.
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Everybody needs to stop worrying about being so politically correct. learn to laugh.
This is great Mikko. |
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they discovered frozen dogs in a chinese food restaurant's freezer awhile ago here...in Canada.
I like the shirt! |
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mezo on Nov 28 '06 How can a type of food that TRULY EXISTS be offensive? You numbskulls. Great illustration style. I love how you worked the shading with clean lines and hatching. There's a lot of attention to detail in the art. AND I am not offended by the concept. So you win on all counts with me.
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mezo on Nov 28 '06 Once. I tried blackened shark. I, too, am racist.
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fucking awesome.
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I LOVE IT!!
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I REALLY hope this gets printed. I love it. We're meant to be young, carefree youths here- you're giving us a bad name for being so damn uptight. Jeeze....
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mikemills on Nov 28 '06 I had dog once. Way too much MSG, but otherwise not bad. 5$
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dacat on Nov 28 '06 I'm asian and it should also say "Meow"...cats are so delicious, mmmmm
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Funny. Learn to laugh.
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ok this is really funny
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Ehehehhe. This is cute and funny and gets the point across. I like it.
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it could say meow and woof, it doesn't have to just say one or the other
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alot of people said it should say meow. but honestly the dog idea is good enough for me =) it's a really cute shirt. 5$
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ahahah funny! ^^
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omg love this shirt XD and i'm asian.
except i don't think that chinese take out has dog in it... |
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ahahahaha
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i dont find this shirt offensive at all.
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ahhh offensive racial stereotypes. the best kind of humor.
$5 and i guess if you didn't want the people to get upset you could always have like a meow or something coming from like the hot dog, also. |
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valorandvellum on Nov 29 '06 So far it seems like the only people offended by this shirt are non Asian. The Asians eat it up!!
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My roommate and Korean friends eat dog. One of them says its his favorite food, and my roommate said she raised a dog to eat it. It's not racist or offensive at all, but, rather, the truth.
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i see why you find it funny but in my opinion is just bad taste.
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Korea is generally more well-known for dining on dog meat. It's quite a bit more expensive than other meats and generally it's more of a "to do" to go out and have dog for dinner. I lived and worked in Korea for a year and some of my older co-workers always tried to get me to go out with them for some but I really wasn't down with it. Bottom line for me is: this shirt is funny, but I relate dog meat to Koreans, not Chinese. BTW now that I'm living in Italy, I have to avoid the horse meat section in the grocery store. Not racial, not stereotyping, but true.
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i'm chinese, this isn't offensive, shut up.
ok, i'm not chinese, just shut up. $5 |
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ha.
well i'm chinese and i don't necessarily find it offensive per se, but what puzzles me is that it's such a widespread belief that the chinese eat dog. haha it's like basically take the small animal that americans love most and just frame the chinese as slaughterers of that animal. i guess there is dog-eating but it's definitely not as popular/pervasive in the culture as people think it is ... i guess not enough so that this "joke" would work? i don't know .. what other animals does "chinese food" (aka americanized fake stuff in little white take-out boxes) have that could go on the shirt? |
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I think it's funny. It made me laugh.
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label on Nov 29 '06 5$
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Ste7en on Nov 29 '06 I've only heard of cat in chinese food, and just to let people know, it's not a "slur" of any sort. That people take offense at something that is true, just because they think the base idea is disgusting, and therefor instantly offensive to the cultures that openly embrace it.
Most importantly though, the hatching works well and your choice of color is nice. This is also funny, and great for the theme of this contest. Good luck. |
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all of them are offensive in one way or another...this ones a 5 its the best and says it ALL...
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hahahaha
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FRICKINAWESOME on Nov 30 '06 i think since no one can agree if the old saying was cat or dog in chinese food, it can both woof and meow to racket the hilarity factor up. plus the hot dog needs to be saying like five things since we all know it's made of so many unnamed and rare species an entirte shirt could be dedicated to just its noises alone! You could even add in the artificial element to the hot dog with some "beep boop bop" sound effects. I don't think this is offensive unless political correctness as overtaken actual fact nowadays...i think it unfortunatly has. 5 and buy. great work.
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FRICKINAWESOME on Nov 30 '06 o, and i also think the shirt would be much funnier if the animal feet were taken out, except on the chicken nuggets (which just looks too adorable!). I think people will ge tthe messege without them; they seem to just clutter up the design.
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Damn it, this shirt is one of those "I couldn't find it funnier but I'm not comfortable wearing it for fear of other more ignorant people thinking the wrong thing about it" shirts. $5 though.
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This would be good if you got rid of the racist chinese takeout box.
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I think that there is a difference between something being tounge in cheek and funny (like this) and something being "racist". This design is definitely not racist. Not only is it silly, it's really well designed, and aesthetically pleasing. I love it.
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I think this is hilarious. XD Blue isn't my color, but I love the design!
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Christ People, this is a joke. Lighten up for once. If it said "All black people eat watermelons and love Sprite and Fried Chicken" then it would be racist. But c'mon, its not racist. 5$
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people need ot get over thinking everything is racist.... 5$
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THE NUGGETS LOOK LIKE THE POPLERS FROM FUTURAMA!
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AWESOME! i wanna buy this for my friend who's staying in china for 6 months! and ^ they do look like popplers!!
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From most of the comments I read, I think Asian people would be offended by this shirt because they believe that other people would take this as the truth about that community. And mainly because eating domesticated house pets is gross, I'm assuming a majority of the population think the same way, so many Chinese people do not want to have a negative connotation in that way. And for the record, I personally don't know any Asians in any country that eat dogs. So for the people who think this is the truth; get a larger sample size. ah, whatever.
Otherwise, I do like the colors of the shirt. =) |
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I don't see how this is racist... I thought it was funny 5$
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People are looking way into this....not offensive at all...only if you want it to be ....and only if you BITCH about everything......5$
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deliciously funny
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Make it a cat meow and I would DEF buy it!
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Not Racist, meow and woof, stop being so sensitvive/PC and have a laugh. $5.
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its cute. and i laughed, but its jsut not nice. i take chinese class and have chinese friends. PLUS, i like my chinese food. =]]
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Really chauvinistic but I still kinda like it. 3.
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that's so offensive... to people who aren't crass like me. heehee
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it's not rascist or offensive in any way, it's just that the joke is just stale and outta taste but I would still buy it though because I really like it. $5
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lol. high 5$ !
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$5!!
I'm Asian, and I'm not offended by this at all. I've had dog meat before (never again, I must say), and some restaurants do put dog or cat meat in their food. It's simply the truth, and this t-shirt is hilarious. To those who say that it's racist or offensive: lighten up and stop trying to be politically correct, it's just a t-shirt design. |
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i think it's hilarious how all the non-asians think it's racist. you don't need to protect anyone. XD $5. as a half-asian, i'd wear it with pride.
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My Asian mother said it was offensive, but my asian self doesn't agree.
five and buy :] |
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^ Yes same, I think it's hilarious and not offensive.
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ha! $4
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i'd wear it without the takeout box, but not because of what it's saying, the placement is justkinda bulky. or something, i can't really decides what, but the layout of this is weird somehow.
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the two "moos" are distracting to eachother but the idea is 100% awesome... refine it and i'll buy it!
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Pff; what isn't offensive to someone in the world these days?
I love it. Would buy it in an instant. :D |
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We like to stick hot pokers into the dog's eyes before we skin it alive!
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This is really funny!
The best humour always has an edge in it. This isn't racist, it's poking gentle fun at stereotypes! Also, I'd like to leave the little legs out and have the hot dog neigh, or whatever horses say in english. |
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and besides, people in western cultures eat cute animals, such as horses, little birds, lambs, piglets, rabbits etc.etc. In farm households little chickens or hens or roosters or lambs or cows can have names, but they still get eaten. In many other cultures people eat insects too, and we in the west eat oysters and snails.
Would a chinese shirt showing a plate of snails -or escargots- with the Eiffel tower in the background be racist? |
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killn me. im going to paint this one.
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haha, nice!
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wow this is the most stuff ive seen typed on one sub...and I say, lets print it!
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hhaahahaha
i'm vietnamese, and "woof" would be correct. not so sure about chinese though.. |
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I get the impression that the Chinese who see this aren't offended, but the non-Asians seem to think it's "racist". Interesting, that. I believe I did have a dog meat (or something like it) hamburger when I visited Beijing, it was truly awful whatever it was... but it wasn't beef. I think the design dances on uncomfortable territory because it plays on non-Asian perceptions of Asian culture, which is true anyway in certain respects, but it's played for comedy here. It's not bad, but I suppose it all depends on the attitude of the wearer of the shirt... :)
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Robsoul on May 08 '07 This is a great design, great colors and material. Love all your work.
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Mikko Terva on May 08 '07 |
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awesome. just plain awesome.
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woof....:]
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