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There's this commerical I've been seeing on TV way too much, some white guy in a suit is getting lunch. His hispanic waiter gets him plain bread instead of whole wheat. The guy starts yelling at the waiter, "hey man, i asked for whole wheat, 'el wheato'". the other people at the restaraunt give him this disgusted look. Then the white dude (who is really overcast to look like a douchebag) says "well if you want to work here, you have to speak the language, you know what i mean?" and one of the patrons gives him this solemn goofy look and says "No sir. I don't." Then there's this voiceover about some anti racism organization or something. Its logo is a candle or something.

wtf is it even supposed to prove?

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that only white people are racist.

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that only white people are racist.

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Whatever dude. That waiter totally stole a white person's job.

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wtf is it even supposed to prove?

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That adding "o" to the end of any English word makes it sound a bit spanish.

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Voltron,

I was sure this post was going to be about the commercial where a dude sticks his fist in his mouth because his friends who told him to smoke weed told him to do it, but he can't get it out.

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that only white people are racist.

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Whatever dude. That waiter totally stole a white person's job.

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It twas sarcasm dude. The message the commercial is trying to get across is simple, it just annoyed the OP. Ya dig?

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You clearly missed the point. The waiter is the racist here, imposing a silly demand that white people should eat white bread and brown people should eat brown bread. The customer is trying to break down these barriers, but clearly the man (the waiter) is keeping him down.

Swede

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that only white people are racist.

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Hilarious. It's one commercial. If it was a hispanic person belittling an Asian, would you interpret that as "Only Hispanic people are racist"?

I find that white people's tendency to jerk the knee and scream "reverse racism" is one of the funniest things about American culture today. Oh, us poor, put-upon white folk. How do we even survive when today's society is so intent on keeping us down?

BTW, the commercial does sound really stupid.

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that only white people are racist.

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Hilarious. It's one commercial. If it was a hispanic person belittling an Asian, would you interpret that as "Only Hispanic people are racist"?

I find that white people's tendency to jerk the knee and scream "reverse racism" is one of the funniest things about American culture today. Oh, us poor, put-upon white folk. How do we even survive when today's society is so intent on keeping us down?

BTW, the commercial does sound really stupid.

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Its hilarious that you thought he was serious.

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that only white people are racist.

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Hilarious. It's one commercial. If it was a hispanic person belittling an Asian, would you interpret that as "Only Hispanic people are racist"?

I find that white people's tendency to jerk the knee and scream "reverse racism" is one of the funniest things about American culture today. Oh, us poor, put-upon white folk. How do we even survive when today's society is so intent on keeping us down?

BTW, the commercial does sound really stupid.

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*sigh* I guess I need a better way to express sarcasm.

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Personally, I prefer pumpernickel, if ya catch my drift.

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*sigh* I guess I need a better way to express sarcasm.

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Its hilarious that you thought he was serious.


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Sorry. I've seen a little bit of that on these boards (reverse racism, not sarcasm - seen quite a bit of sarcasm, come to think of it) and completely misinterpreted your post.

[Emily Latella] Never mind. [/Emily Latella]

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It's all good dude.

I should have white texted it.

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I should have white texted it.

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White supremacist a-hole.

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On a related tangent, I asked the Mexican lady who makes my sandwiches at the sandwhich shop how to saw wheat bread in Spanish and she said she didn't know.

She wasnt kidding either.

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All:

Have any of you seen the anti-marijuana commercial where the dude's fist is stuck in his mouth?

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I should have white texted it.

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White supremacist a-hole.

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awesome.

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Voltron,

I have not seen this commercial, but I am confused about this:

one of the patrons gives him this solemn goofy look and says "No sir. I don't."

Why did he say "I don't" as opposed to "you don't." ? Or was it the waiter, not the patron? I am really confused.

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Diablo,

Yes I have seen it, it was informative and witty

PS: I tried to quick reply this to you and got the form no longer valid for prob the 4th time in a row I have attempted to use quick reply. I will no longer be using quick reply.

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Have any of you seen the anti-marijuana commercial where the dude's fist is stuck in his mouth?

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yes, its disturbingly long.

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All:

Have any of you seen the anti-marijuana commercial where the dude's fist is stuck in his mouth?

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Yes. It is lame.

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On a related tangent, I asked the Mexican lady who makes my sandwiches at the sandwhich shop how to saw wheat bread in Spanish and she said she didn't know.

She wasnt kidding either.

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Damn them self hating Mexican sandwich makers!

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I should have white texted it.

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<font color="white"> White supremacist a-hole. </font>

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FYP.

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FYP.

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ElD:

The other patron is responding with "no sir, I don't" to the jerk's statement that "everyone should know the language, do you know what I'm saying?"

This PSA is unintentionally humorous the same way the pot PSAs are, like the one where the guy forgets to pick up his little sister at the amusement park or whatever.

Swede

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swede,

I had focused on "well if you want to work here, you have to speak the language" &lt;-that and missed this-&gt; "you know what i mean?" Thanks for the clarification.

Now that I understand that, it is clear that the commercial needed the dude responding "You don't? OK, let me make it crystal clear for you. This f'in beaner waiter needs to speak f'ing English so he can not f up my order, this is America motherf'er!"

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On a related tangent, I asked the Mexican lady who makes my sandwiches at the sandwhich shop how to saw wheat bread in Spanish and she said she didn't know.

She wasnt kidding either.

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for a sec i was really confused and wondering why you were taking a saw to your bread instead of a simple knife...

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Diablo,

I have seen that commercial and it bothers me, because I just can't see not getting your fist out of your mouth.

Anti-Drug adds just will never be as good as "I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU DAD".

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This commercial should follow right after the old Buchanan commercial where the guy calls 911 and the recording says "For Spanish: Press 1, For French: Press 2, For German: Press 3, ...." and then he dies while you hear "For English: Press 85" or something like that. For maximal amusement.

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This commercial is just as retarded as the assertion that the United States will soon become a place where English isnt widely spoken.

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This commercial is just as retarded as the assertion that the United States will soon become a place where English isnt widely spoken.

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Que?

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I guess this makes me an a-hole or whatever, but I easily get frustrated with people who's job consists of talking to people, but they have a hard time speaking english.

It's sooo annoying. I think people need to understand that you're in AMERICA. We speak English.

You can speak all the foreign language you want at your house or with your friends, but don't get pissed at me if I look at you like you're stupid because you can't pronounce things correctly at your customer service job.

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Diablo, are you still using quick reply? If so, what ratio of the time would you estimate you get the Form No Longer Valid Response

All, I meant say instead of SAW in my original post, in case that was not clear.

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Most of the time when this happens the person you are speaking to isn't actually in this fine country, but rather in a call center in India or somewhere. I'm not saying it's cool to have customer service reps who barely speak English, but the blame lies with the companies trying to save a buck rather than the poor dude trying to feed his family in Bangladesh.

Swede

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All:

Have any of you seen the anti-marijuana commercial where the dude's fist is stuck in his mouth?

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Yes. It is lame.

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You have to be high to see how funny the dude is though!!!!111ONE

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I guess this makes me an a-hole or whatever, but I easily get frustrated with people who's job consists of talking to people, but they have a hard time speaking english.

It's sooo annoying. I think people need to understand that you're in AMERICA. We speak English.

You can speak all the foreign language you want at your house or with your friends, but don't get pissed at me if I look at you like you're stupid because you can't pronounce things correctly at your customer service job.

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I bitched out a former employer via translator for not being able to speak english. They had accused me ([censored] Chinese people!) of making 1-976 calls on the company phone, like 24 of them in 5 minutes. His two daughters were holding the bill up and explaining to me that they were taking the money out of everbody's checks who had worked that day, exept for the older lady who was on shift. I told them that if they did that I was going to bring a lawyer into the eqaution and that the next time your dad wants to accuse me of something he can learn english and do it himself. They let it drop. To be fair though, he could speak a bit of english. One day I was smoking a cigarette out back and he started up his van. the fan belt was screeching like crazy. He popped the hood open and I told him that he needed to tighten the belt (he understood that somehow). He replied:

"No, no. I have spray!" [Holding a can of belt spray]

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Diablo,


I httc stn tht commyicail. Ntw hto do I gte my stif tou of my outh?

Csfused,
TomCollins

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w,

The first day I started using QR, I got the Form No Longer Valid twice (both in same thread).

Since then, I exclusively use QR and have never seen that error. FWIW, I do not Preview Replies.

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It's supposed to prove that the white person's frustration about his mixed-up sandwich order is totally misdirected at the unsuspecting hispanic waiter.

It should be directed at that f'n Korean chef in the back laughing his ass off. "Ching dong ching 'el wheato!' HA HA HA HA HA!"

ScottieK

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El Diablo,

The white guy says "If you want to work in this country, you have to speak the language, you know what I mean", and another patron says "No sir, I don't". Maybe I misquoted it in my OP, but I don't see the complication...

Anyways, if I were at a restaurant and I asked for wheat bread but got white because my waiter/server couldn't speak english, I would be annoyed. I wouldn't say something stupid like the guy in the ad, but I don't see why his stance is that unreasonable. Of course the people making the ad told the actor "be a total [censored] douchebag", but I could have made an ad that was anti-immigration if I told the busboy actor to make a fool of himself. I keep seeing this ad and its annoying.

also, whenever I try to use QR I get a "form not valid" message. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]