So I stumbled upon this T-Shirt website that is selling Eurasian themed clothing, with its cute little sayings and even cuter designs. I think I’m going to be ill..

By. JakGrabit

Race has been in the news a lot lately. As a transplant to Hawaii, I recently discovered something: apparently, I have a race. Not that I didn’t have one before, it’s just that it never mattered so very, very much.

In response to a comment in which I mentioned that on the mainland all Orientals are the same, Mr. Attack commented that I sound a little disgruntled.

My response:

No, I’m not really disgruntled. However, I have recently decided that (and entirely in the name of intellectual righteousness, not because I’m actually offended) as long as I am referred to as “haole,” I get to use the term “oriental.”

S o “oriental” is the conglomerate term for all people of Asian descent, disregarding the importance of actual ethnicity and personal experience, while being mildly offensive at the same time. It’s a useful term to convey what I believe to be the general perception of all people of Asian decent on the mainland. I am certainly not saying it’s accurate; it’s mainly a tool to explain how ignorant crackers THINK ABOUT Asian people.

The beautifully ironic part, though, is that it’s directly analogous to the term “haole” in Hawaii. I get lumped in with all the douche-bag blonde Punahou alums with the prince valiant/surfer haircut and BMWs purchased by trust interest made from the blood, sweat, and land of Native Hawaiians 150 years ago. My ancestors never oppressed any natives (here)! So, there’s only one stereotype for all white people. Just like there’s pretty much only one stereotype for all Asians on the mainland. It’s a useful tool to understand how ignorant “locals” THINK ABOUT all Caucasians.

It’s not a matter of being disgruntled; it’s a matter of intellectual hypocrisy. I’m compelled to fight this by causing trouble and being a loudmouthed asshat about it. Stir the pot up a bit. I am compelled to do this because I am a haole.

Hawaii culture seems to place an enormous value on living up to your ethnic stereotype. I figure it’s time for me to step up to the plate.

I have no guarantee any of these spoilers are really true but I’ve heard the following from a well informed Wire devotee.

• Avon Barksdale gets out of prison and retakes the throne.  A turf war ensues between Marlo and Avon.
• Dukie becomes “hard” like Bodie and ends up getting killed by a stick up boy.
• Omar is killed by Michael.
• McNaulty is kicked out the police department.  He becomes a private detective.
• Prop Joe gets killed by Marlo.
• Carcetti gets dirty from campaign money.  He stops his reforms.

More to come…

Jack Thompson (who? I don’t know some guy) came out today and blamed video games for the Virginia Tech tragedy. 

Sadly, I knew someone would make the spurious link to video games.

From Techbargains.

Storage is getting cheaper and cheaper.  Good thing too, because with bittorrent you can fill up your hard drive in a matter of days with lots and lots of porn DVD rips of Full House.

Buy.com is offering the Fantom Drives 1 TB external hard drive for only $289 w/ rebate, cracking the $300 barrier.  That is really, really cheap - only a year ago these things were going for over a grand.

I know that some new piece about playing violent video games is coming soon.

Reuters is reporting that in Afghanistan rumors are circulating that a virus is spreading through the use of mobile phones and people should not answer any calls with a strange phone number.

Has anyone seen the korean horror movie called “PHONE“  Its about people receiving strange telephone calls that leads to their death. 

Walmart tops this year’s Fortune 500, followed by Exxon Mobil, who ranked #1 last year, and General Motors.

I have a love/hate relationship with Walmart.  I love walmart because everything there is so cheap and they have such a large selection, it’s pretty amazing.

I hate walmart because when you shop there you are immediately surrounded by tons of mexican and indian families with kids running all over the place, leaving their carts all over in the isles so you can’t get anywhere.  Plus the people who work there, from the decrepit greeters that just make you feel bad about life, to the cashiers who speak only a few words in english, are less than ideal.

My stupid hippie ex girlfriend hated walmart, because all hippies are trained to.  It’s ironic, because she was always opposed to the low wages that Walmart paid, but on the other hand, she was a spoiled Ivy League brat that could just live off her parents (and boyfriend) and didn’t need a minimum wage job.  Nice how hippies let their ideals speak for the people who really do need these jobs - even if they’re not great.  I mean, where else can a 90 year old filipino woman find work anyway?

She also didn’t like Walmart’s low prices, since Walmart’s low prices put local businesses out of business.  But of course, she didn’t need low prices - she would buy organic shit all the time and just let it rot in the fridge (at least the mold was organic), and Kosher beef even though she didn’t even know what Kosher meant (she thought it was Jewish for organic).

As a hippie, she was fine speaking for people who don’t earn very much money and need walmart’s low prices.  I mean, sure, they may not be able to afford all the food they need, but at least by not shopping at walmart, local businesses are able to survive.

Anyway, good job for walmart.  As much as I hate you retail giant, I love you because you make hippies angry.