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Meiya Noodle Person ([info]meiyamie) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2004-12-31 10:38:00
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A tsunami hits Southeast Asia and all they make are lousy t-shirts
Small, nothing explosive, but still a wanky subject...

Flemco at livejournal makes t-shirts poking fun at the recent Southeast Asian tsunami. Some find it funny, some don't: http://www.livejournal.com/users/flemco/787430.html

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[info]circumstance
2004-12-31 03:58 am UTC (link)
I guess I'm an Evil Bad Bad Bad Evil Person, because those shirts made me giggle insanely.

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[info]c_chan
2004-12-31 04:19 am UTC (link)
You are! You Evil, Bad Bad person, you! You're going to hell!

...save me a seat?

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[info]meiyamie
2004-12-31 04:24 am UTC (link)
*dons 'I (PLANE) NY t-shirt'* Save me a seat too! Keep it warm for me!

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[info]squib
2004-12-31 11:37 am UTC (link)
*cracks up*

*shrieks in horror*

*inner battle ensues, amusement wins*

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[info]electricchick
2004-12-31 07:23 pm UTC (link)
*sporfle*

I've got a lovely little handbasket we can all share.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2004-12-31 06:30 am UTC (link)
Hee. You're not the only one who giggled at them. If it makes you feel better, I'll save a seat for you in Hell.

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[info]reinhardt
2004-12-31 05:28 am UTC (link)
Okay... I'm going to hell for this but...

I WANT ONE! Those shirts make me giggly ...

*reserves her seat on the Hell Handbasket Express*

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[info]tekenduis
2004-12-31 06:05 am UTC (link)
I'm going to sit next to you, because the row up above us there seems to be getting a little full already.

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[info]winterfalls
2004-12-31 06:17 am UTC (link)
I think being situated in the midst of this disaster has broke my funny detector.

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[info]meiyamie
2004-12-31 07:31 am UTC (link)
I second that. I'm all for morbid humor, but this particular one didn't tickle my funny bone.

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[info]winterfalls
2004-12-31 07:58 am UTC (link)
If they can afford to buy the t-shirts, I sure hope they're going to donate.

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[info]dreamtoday
2004-12-31 06:28 am UTC (link)
i'm trying to figure out why people burst into laughter at the word "phuket". am i missing something?

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[info]blackjackrocket
2004-12-31 06:29 am UTC (link)
sound it out.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2004-12-31 06:31 am UTC (link)
Just remember that in English, ph=f.

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[info]dreamtoday
2004-12-31 12:53 pm UTC (link)
and the lightbulb goes off. i think i was just so used to the right way it's pronounced i was all "phuket"? what's funny? WHAT?

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[info]mydemand
2005-01-01 05:57 am UTC (link)
yes, but the "u" is more like "ooo" than "au". :P

*agrees with [info]winterfalls* - i live in one of the countries affected, and quite obviously my funny detector is broken beyond repair.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2005-01-02 04:29 am UTC (link)
I know, I know. I'm not really saying it's funny, just pointing out random English rules.

Supposed it was one of those 'get your jollies in whenever you can' sorts of situations. I see the reason for it, but not the point.

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[info]ladybirdsleeps
2004-12-31 07:28 am UTC (link)
And Phi Phi. Don't forget Phi Phi.

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[info]gal_montag
2004-12-31 07:23 am UTC (link)
It's the American way, profit off the broken backs of downtrodden people!

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(Anonymous)
2004-12-31 07:27 am UTC (link)
I'm sorry, but since my friend's family home in Thailand was destroyed, and it took him (who is in the US) 2 days, during which we all dreaded the worse, to get in touch with his family to make sure they are all okay. I fail to see the funniness in the T-shirts.

Now can I go and make T-shirts with cartoon about how funny it's to see planes crashing into tall buildings? 'Coz, ya know, it's quite hilarious, LOLZ, I know people died there and all, but why let a few thousand deaths stop you from seeing the joke when over a hundred thousand didn't? *shrug*

- from the lazy arse who didn't bother to get a journalfen account and is too cowardly to post her email.

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[info]rachelmap
2004-12-31 07:36 am UTC (link)
Now can I go and make T-shirts with cartoon about how funny it's to see planes crashing into tall buildings?

I think that's been done. And here in South Korea there are amusing (to some) TV ads about 9/11 too.

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(Anonymous)
2004-12-31 07:54 am UTC (link)
:) I've also seen metafiler post a few months ago about a toy made in some Asian country that portray two cute little towers with a cute little plain stuck inside too.
And most the posters (mostly American, I presume, judging from the spellings) were screaming bloody murder about how offensive they found that to be.

It just annoy me to see people turn around and make funny T-shirt about a major natural disaster (hence, totally unpredictable and is really nobody's fault) that occurred far far away from U.S. and then everybody say "OMG That's so great! I want one!"

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(Anonymous)
2004-12-31 07:57 am UTC (link)
gah, I can't type
> portrayed two cute little towers with a cute little plane stuck inside too.

p.s. that was in 2004, years after the incident, and people were still pissed.
The tsunami occurred less than a week ago, if they must make joke about it, at least give it a few months for the fresh wound to heal, pls.

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[info]chaimonkey
2004-12-31 11:49 pm UTC (link)
The people who laugh at the tsunami shirts would prob'ly find the cute airplane+towers combo just as entertaining. It all comes down to the type of folk, really, not nationality.

Myself? After seeing what hurricanes have done to Haiti and worrying about the personal connections and investments I have there (girl's orphanage), I myself find no humor. But I can understand those who do. This is the same community, after all, which ogles Hermione's arse and demands student discounts on the one-way train to hell. (Guilty of both - got my student id on hand yo)

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[info]auguris
2004-12-31 07:56 am UTC (link)
I Plane NY. Yup. TSH's got a few Tsunami shirts up while it's at it.

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[info]izzygal
2005-01-03 07:21 pm UTC (link)
Wow - they even have one about The Station fire. I'm impressed!

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[info]auguris
2004-12-31 07:53 am UTC (link)
People died! So funny! LOLZ

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idjits.
[info]marlo
2004-12-31 05:42 pm UTC (link)
yeah, no shit, eh?

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[info]iczer6
2004-12-31 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Yeah the death is now over a 100,000 lets party!

Cause tragic death is always Teh Funneh.


Icz

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[info]dreamtoday
2004-12-31 12:57 pm UTC (link)
i think it'd be a lot more funny if the guy that made these wasn't such a loser. "oh look at me i make tasteless jokes out of tragedy I'm HARDCOREXXX HAHA I ROXXOR"

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[info]eclair
2004-12-31 06:25 pm UTC (link)
I wonder if I'm just not looking close enough, all I see are shirts. I mean, I see the wank! I just don't understand why its so offensive.

Though, I'm one of those people who would covet a "If You Ride Alone, You Ride with Hitler!" poster and show it to all my guests with pride. Hmn.

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[info]necronomist
2004-12-31 09:42 pm UTC (link)
I kinda think that the "If You Ride Alone, You Ride with Hitler!" poster is using a different sort of humor than the tsumani t-shirts. Outrageous statements used to change behavior vs. picking on a still fresh wound via t-shirts (or mocking people's sudden concern for nations that regularly have starvation and fighting as daily constants, but coming off badly).

That said, I giggled at those graphs of hurricanes hitting Florida counties that voted for Bush. I'm a hypocrite.

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"Alert Secret Service agents seized the second tower and wrestled it to the ground."
[info]phosfate
2004-12-31 07:48 pm UTC (link)
Remember, kids: If you're going to be deeply offensive, it's vitally important that you also be funny.

Give 20 bucks to the Red Cross. Saves you having to wear a nasty-ass Cafe Press shirt.

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Re: "Alert Secret Service agents seized the second tower and wrestled it to the ground."
[info]meiyamie
2005-01-01 06:16 am UTC (link)
Bravo, excellently said. :D *claps*

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[info]big_bad_wolf
2004-12-31 08:11 pm UTC (link)
Dude, the jokes can wait for maybe, oh, I dunno, A WEEK AT LEAST? I only just found out my friends were okay. Some people do not have friends who are okay. No laughing until after New Year.

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[info]silverwind
2004-12-31 09:29 pm UTC (link)
hmm, I don't know. Maybe because I live in the country that was hit the hardest, and our death toll has reached 80,000 and will rise even more... So, no. That's not funny at all. And I think he can keep the money if he wants. Aceh doesn't need donation from people like him.

//emotional

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[info]mydemand
2005-01-01 06:02 am UTC (link)
*hugs*

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[info]rogue
2004-12-31 09:45 pm UTC (link)
I suppose that Eddie Izzard is correct in saying that death over a certain number is something people can't handle -- but dude, that's so not funny.

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[info]chaimonkey
2005-01-01 12:06 am UTC (link)
Is there a law for calling someone a troll when they clearly aren't, particularly when losing the fight? 'cause there needs to be. Seen it at least two or three times just this past week it seems.

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[info]coyotegirl
2005-01-01 03:03 am UTC (link)
Store's been removed. I guess CafePress didn't think it was funny either, or the OP got tired of being yelled at.

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(Anonymous)
2005-01-01 08:30 am UTC (link)
All I hope is that he's at least giving Thailand an iPod and Indonesia a few laptops. At the very least!

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[info]fuzzytowers
2005-01-01 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Boggles the mind, but some guy actually did it. Now it really isn't funny.

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[info]thewashinator
2005-01-01 06:34 pm UTC (link)
My God, he must have gone like a quarter of a mile to end up back in the middle of the hotel like that. It's amazing he managed to stay on the board.

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[info]fuzzytowers
2005-01-01 07:22 pm UTC (link)
I'm not sure he had a choice. He was attached to the board, after all. Maybe that had something to do with his survival. It really is pretty amazing.

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[info]smo
2005-01-01 09:23 pm UTC (link)
Aw, baleeted! Did anyone save the graphic, or can they describe it to me?

Just so I can see how not funny it is, of course.

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[info]meiyamie
2005-01-02 11:10 am UTC (link)
Sorry, I didn't save the graphic but it's just a picture of that woodblock print of a tsunami and 'Surf Indonesia 2004' on it.

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[info]smo
2005-01-02 08:32 pm UTC (link)
Oh. That's... kinda lame, actually. I'm not offended, just unamused.

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