Entry tags:

food, godwin's, jokes that don't go over well, racism

You got your racism in my coffee! You got your coffee in my racism!
evilgrins delivered a list of bogus food terms to the food_porn community which was kind of amusing but the last definition...

arab coffee: Thick, black, bitter coffee, traditionally served in tiny cups at gunpoint.

...really inspired some, uh, debate.

likeawoman is accused of being likeatroll for staying determinedly offended by everyone but obfuscate brings up Godwins first. "If you replace "arab coffee" with "matzo" is it an insult to Jews? "Haggis" (I hear it's good, but what the hell.. who came up with that?), and it's a comment on how violent those damn Scots are? Put "borscht" in there and you're pissing on the Slavs? "Liverwurst" would then, I suppose, mean that all Germans are violent Nazis."

Nobody likes a laugh more than me. Except for my wife. And Mrs. Johnson.

Define 'Offensive.'

Am I the only one that likes Turkish Coffee?

Why the random-ass definitions anyway?

As a White Canadian Female, let me clarify things for ya'll.

See, this is why I drink tea.

	(Anonymous) 2007-09-22 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	....dude. Have you never had a cup of coffee that looked like it was going to point a gun at you? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sisterelwood 2007-09-22 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Well there was this one time... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littlebitca 2007-09-24 03:51 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, me too. But instead it just slapped me silly and then I sobered up. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	puipui 2007-09-22 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	I'm from the Seattle area. I wouldn't be surprised if certain Seattle-ish coffee drinks have become so complicated as to spontaneously develop sentience and possibly go on a rampage. Some of them could probably kick my ass already. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ecchaniz0r 2007-09-23 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh lord. So like: "I'll have a double-tall skinny half-caf hazelnut dark roast, extra-hot, with AAAIEEE" and the coffee blargles angrily from the cup! That mental image is going to entertain me for days! I love you, pui~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	judyhazeleyes 2007-09-25 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	And now I just imagine all the Starbucks baristas standing on the counters and starting a slow clap. Revenge of the absurdly complicated coffee order! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bubosquared 2007-09-22 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Looked like"? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ecchaniz0r 2007-09-23 05:59 am UTC (link)
	The last cup of Starbucks Dark Roast I saw absorbed all spectra of visible light and didn't change colour whne the guy poured like half a carton of milk into it. The level of liquid in the cup didn't change either. ...Oh man I'm scared now someone hold me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-09-23 08:42 am UTC (link)
	Exchange "looked like" for "tasted like" and you've got my whole-hearted agreement. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	youngcurmudgeon 2007-09-23 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	Of course I have! Then again, I was at a Starbucks in an Atlantis crackfic, and it was served to me by Ronon. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ara 2007-09-28 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	Silly mousie, coffee doesn't use GUNS! They use PSI fire omega. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)