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9:55am: Thank you for coming; I'll see you in hell.
In the Guardian: Manish Vij thinks that the Simpsons character Apu is a demeaning stereotype. Special exception is taken to "7-Eleven's bizarre promotion, which moves a crude ethnic stereotype into the real world. Desi franchise employees, among others, are being asked to don Kwik-E-Mart costumes with Apu nametags, come to work under banners mocking their ethnicity, and bid customers goodbye with the phrase, 'Thank you, come again!'" Comparisons to minstrel shows are made.

Comments go boom. Lots of "You're exactly right!" and "I'm Indian/Asian and I think it's funny!" Much self-righteousness and tl;dr on both sides; as grapefruitzzz said, "Ah, Guardian blog wank. A rich vein, nutritious and ever-flowing."

12:13pm: Do I have to say this?
I don't think so, but just in case: DO NOT POST SPOILERS FOR DEATHLY HALLOWS, PLEASE.

By that I mean, do not post un-warned-for, uncut spoilers. Do not just randomly drop them into comments. If you're posting a wank where people are freaking out because of spoilers, that's okay, but just make sure you're clearly warning for spoilers and you put them behind a cut, so people can avoid them if they want.

There's a post here at fandom_lounge for spoiler discussion if you want to be in on it.

I think that's about it. Questions? You can email us at mods@thefannish.org, or you can take it up in fw_debate. Also, you can ask us to unban thornstar in fw_debate, because that's always fun and about half as controversial as HP spoilers. :D