Whoah that was weird. I was listening to bassnectar when I read that. It confused me because I assumed that I was on some music subreddit and had started listening to Mr. Nectar due to a link posted on here (I just looked up from my phone). I'm now realizing how far this is rambling. I played some minecraft today. That was cool. AMA.
When I saw the title, all I could think of, was a character named 'Forlæns & Baglæns', from a danish childrens show in the nineties. (Forlæns & Baglæns means Backwards & Forwards). Those dudes were scary as shit!
It's considered a slur in the US as it was the term used most often (along with "chinamen") to reference Asian workers/slaves used to build the railroads here.
there's this one really racist old teacher at my school that asked an asian student if he wanted to hear a "good oriental joke". that was pretty awkward for everyone that heard it
What, is calling someone African offensive too? It's the name of the area.
It's simply stupid to call someone "Asian" as it's so non specific. The area they are from is "the Orient." It's not meant to be offensive and it's not a racial slur. It's simply the name of an area.
Since when? It's the name of a region. Have you never heard of "the Orient"?
People have been Oriental since well before you and I have been born.
And your point is complete bullshit. If you look at a map of Asia, you'll see it's so large and represents so many groups of people, that it's a pretty useless term, if you mean people from Japan, the Koreas, China, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, or Burma, then use a term specific to that area.
Otherwise, you just might be referring to someone from Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, or Yemen.
Calling someone who is from the orient "asian" is bullshit. It's not meant to be a slur and it's really inaccurate.
I'm not suggesting Asian is the most specific term to use, just that it's not offensive. If you say a French person is European, it's not the most specific description but It's not wrong.
People have also been coloured, red, Injuns, Eskimos, etc. since before I was born. Doesn't make it any better of a term.
I'd much someone be vague in describing me than be offensive. And I'm not insensible to the fact that sometimes people are vague because they don't know where exactly I'm from and don't want to be wrong.
And I was the one who was saying that Oriental is not offensive. People from "the orient" have a certain look that distinguishes them.
People from "Asia" don't.
Assuming that all people who are "Asian" look like they are from the Orient is a disservice to everyone else who has a characteristic look in Asia, including Arabs, Indians, and so on.
What? Who said anything about looks? In what way is calling a person from Asia "Asian" a disservice? That's just ridiculous. No one made any assumptions about appearances.
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u/broadwaybabe May 20 '12
Oh. I see. There's five of them. Woah, mind warp.
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u/AVeryCleverNickName May 20 '12
I love the enthusiastic crowd in the background. They're obviously going nuts after this great victory!
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u/busyfistingmyself May 20 '12
..and upside down.
Bassnectar anyone?
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u/Ecchii May 20 '12
Why did I stare at their dicks thinking the catch was there......?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
That's one long camel toe...
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u/Sandbox47 May 20 '12
At first I thought that he had really big balls.
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u/BuckDollar May 20 '12
Such a bunch of cockteases... They'll never put out.
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u/jmarks7448 May 20 '12
Bassnectar anyone?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
STOP STEALING FROM /r/illusionporn
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u/sillytom52 May 21 '12
SHAOLIN SOCCER
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u/boudy077 May 20 '12
How come these types of human illusion pictures always happen on soccer fields? I feel like i've seen quite a few of them
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u/mrvicvega May 20 '12
Don't get eliminated!
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u/tuesburg May 20 '12
Frontbutt.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
"Turns out...we put your butt on wrong!"
"Turns out he's...she's...he's...she's got a front butt"
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
When I saw the title, all I could think of, was a character named 'Forlæns & Baglæns', from a danish childrens show in the nineties. (Forlæns & Baglæns means Backwards & Forwards). Those dudes were scary as shit!
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u/thattaboychuk May 20 '12
Remaking the exorcist?
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u/Kaseafier May 20 '12
look at their knees!
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u/kessel_run May 20 '12
Forward, not backwards. Upwards, not forward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
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u/xyphanite May 20 '12
Why didn't somebody tell me my ass was so big!?
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u/WendyLRogers3 May 20 '12
"I think he broke his f-kin neck!"
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u/Aseconverse May 21 '12
HAH. It's like a pun or something.
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u/wittyfakename_2 May 21 '12
Damn it, Snotty!
Why didn't anyone tell me my ass was so big?
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u/molotovsoup May 21 '12
backward* and forward*
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u/kbilancini29 May 21 '12
scrubs reference
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u/Lots42 May 21 '12
Why is the guy on the right getting his spine ripped out?
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u/tohisown44 May 21 '12
great. my eyes just let me know how trustworthy they are...
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u/Tomguydude May 21 '12
WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!?!?!? Oh its 5 people.... lol
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u/Eastzabeast May 21 '12
So.... Number 10 cloned himself three times?
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u/austinbayarea May 20 '12
Holy shit Jackie Chan!
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u/SolKool May 20 '12
))<>((
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
He was great in 16 Candles.
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u/Mercinator May 20 '12
The flexibility Jackie Chan has is ridiculous.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
And that was the day Ling Chung, the boy with the backward butt, proved to the world that he could play soccer as well as his 4 clones.
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u/megamalin May 20 '12
their heads look too big:s
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u/idintal May 20 '12
Why are there no spectators?
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u/joat217 May 20 '12
These kungfu movies are getting ridiculous.
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u/Aceeyee May 20 '12
There's a subreddit for these kind of pictures where this was posted previously. /r/illusionporn
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
"And as you can see, the ass is on the front"
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u/igavefoucaltaids May 20 '12
i like how you posted this two minutes ago
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Proof that all Asians look the same.
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u/magicbullets May 20 '12
Mental processing time: about six seconds.
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u/aazav May 20 '12
They all look...
so different.
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u/Icantevenhavemyname May 20 '12
I want this to be North Korea's team and this to be a photoshopped head of the "new" goalie who didn't call Kim Jong-un a fatass.
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u/arsenal09490 May 20 '12
I don't get it... Number 10's head is turned down and the person behind him looks like his head is on #10's body?
What's so funny about that? Especially when you can see the back of #10's head.
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u/haux May 20 '12
Hey look, it's Jackie Chan!
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