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It is a truth universally acknowledged...
Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser, a profession that is taboo in his culture.
|9.9.08 @ 11:55AM|#
Lempuris Lalasho, don't feel bad. Samarai warriors were some bad
mofos and they did fuckin' flower arranging.
The truth that this exemplifies is that primitive cultures are
inevitably drastically altered by contact with an industrial
society.
|9.9.08 @ 11:56AM|#
Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist
haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry
Must...resist...Blazing Saddles...reference...
|9.9.08 @ 12:00PM|#
Speaking of Africans taking strange trips, I would encourage everyone to read "An African in Greenland". It is the true story about a guy in West Africa who leaves his tribe and becomes the first black man to live in Greenland. No kidding. It has pictures of this tall, thin, emaculate looking dark skinned black man, mushing with dogs and hanging out on the glaciers. It is the most bizare travel book ever written and a great story about a truely remarkable person.
Muphry was a prefectionist|9.9.08 @ 12:06PM|#
John,
Please pardon my sensitivity, but "[immaculate] looking dark
skinned black man" sounds an awful lot like "articulate black man".
Take that for what you will.
|9.9.08 @ 12:14PM|#
"Please pardon my sensitivity, but "[immaculate] looking dark
skinned black man" sounds an awful lot like "articulate black man".
Take that for what you will."
Oh get out of here. Are black people supposed to be ugly? I don't
get it. I think most people would consider West Africans quite
striking looking. It is an amazing book about an amazing guy. A
dark skinned West African running around Greenland is just as out
of the ordinary as some six foot blond sweed running around the
central african jungles in full tribal geer would be. Would it be
racist to call that guy immaculate?
jtuf|9.9.08 @ 12:31PM|#
So is the artilce compaining that mixed race marriages and male hair dressers result from global warming? Hey, environments change, and young adults change to fit into the new environments. I think this story is a great example of people's resilience when faced with new situations.
Rhywun|9.9.08 @ 12:46PM|#
Wait'll these guys find out what being a male hairdresser implies in the West.
an actual six foot Swede|9.9.08 @ 12:49PM|#
"as some six foot blond sweed running"
As non blond (damn!) I resent that. Most of us are actually dirty
blondes. And the women are not called Inga usually btw. Sterotyping
hurts us all!
|9.9.08 @ 12:54PM|#
Yeah, but did he have to get a lisence from the government to braid hair? Now who lives in a backward country?
|9.9.08 @ 12:54PM|#
Wait'll these guys find out what being a male hairdresser
implies in the West.
Homophobe! My aunt married a male hairdresser and he...was gay.
Good haircuts, though!
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 12:56PM|#
SugarFree,
At least I'm not the only one who conducts mini anthropological
studies in Craigslist when I'm bored.
The whole race/attraction thing is tricky. While I personally
appreciate all sexy, well-dressed men, most people I know
have a definite preference. And, as the article shows, there's a
myriad of specific preferences; it's not like everyone's looking
for a white girl, etc. That makes it tough to draw a straight line
to racism, I think.
What creeps me out a little more is when people have a specific
"no-fly list." I was chilling on the beach this summer with a
friend-of-a-friend, and out of boredom I was looking for hot men
for her. I saw a guy with a great body, trendy clothes, and cute
friends and pointed him out to her. Her response? "Oh, I should
have told you. I don't like black men." WTF?
|9.9.08 @ 1:08PM|#
For many:
Fowl of like plumage congregate therein.
Preference for someone in your same general gene pool has a
biological basis, that doesn't make it racist.
I, for one, am glad to see more and more people cross party lines.
I think it will ultimately make humans more interesting.
As J. Bullworth said, "everybody keep fuckin' everybody else till
we all look the same".
Abdul|9.9.08 @ 1:25PM|#
Hey, the Spartans did their hair before battle, and it's not
like they were into little boys.
Oh, wait...
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 1:31PM|#
Lies are bad, mm'kay?
It was an act of charity/recreational scoping. I have good taste
& *ahem* don't really need charity myself, so it was the least
I could do.
Never again, though. Too scared of outing more weird racial
ticks.
|9.9.08 @ 1:48PM|#
It was an act of charity/recreational scoping
I completely understand. I do the same thing myself. Purely for
charity.
Too scared of outing more weird racial ticks.
Why? It's what's interesting.
|9.9.08 @ 1:59PM|#
(A)ttractive is (A)ttractive. Who cares what color people are?
I'd discriminate on pitch of voice or lack of sense of humor, but
never rule out an entire group of people.
Now, having a type is a little bit different. Having had a
crippling red-head problem in my youth, I'll never deny that. I
still feel the tug; I just squash it. (Imprinting is a helluva
drug.)
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 2:01PM|#
I do the same thing myself. Purely for charity.
I thought men were lacking this generous gene. Somehow I think
fighting over who gives a fake eulogy is more likely.
Why? It's what's interesting.
It's all in the name of research until someone cops to a gay zombie
fantasy.
|9.9.08 @ 2:13PM|#
It's all in the name of research until someone cops to a gay
zombie fantasy.
Making offhand remarks about NutraSweet isn't very nice, Dagny.
Besides, he's a furry.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 2:14PM|#
(A)ttractive is (A)ttractive.
So that's what Aristotle/Rand were going on about.
Red-heads are dangerous, SF. All the crazy Irish stereotypes are
true, if my sister is any indication.
|9.9.08 @ 2:18PM|#
I thought men were lacking this generous gene.
No, we have it, but it's usually self-interest. Being a guy who is
getting laid around another guy who isn't getting laid is extremely
annoying. It's all they talk about. Getting your friends laid is
more for your sanity than charity. (This doesn't apply to all men
not getting laid, just a rule of thumb. But you have to watch out
for the guys who aren't complaining as well. "No, I don't want to
go on a camping trip 'just the two of us.'")
Interesting, two guys together who both aren't getting laid usually
aren't as annoying to each other. They just sort of bring it up
occasionally with dispassion. "Man, I wish I had a girlfriend."
|9.9.08 @ 2:26PM|#
All the crazy Irish stereotypes are true, if my sister is
any indication.
My father almost named me Patrick. Combined with my hyper-Irish
last name I would have sounded like someone who was born drunk with
a potato in each hand. Only good think my mother ever did for me
was stopping him.
It was all imprinting. The first girl I ever swapped body fluids
with was a spit-fire curly red-head who cussed like a sailor. First
came to my attention when she punched a guy in the eye when he
slapped her ass during lunch. Summer camp love affair. Extremely
intense. She stole my Swatch. Ruined me for years.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 2:29PM|#
Being a guy who is getting laid around another guy who isn't
getting laid is extremely annoying.
I get it! They're like the fat friend! The Fat Friend is pretty
much the only one in your circle who can't find a man, and she is
extremely annoying as well. There is no cure for the FF.
|9.9.08 @ 2:32PM|#
All the crazy Irish stereotypes are true, if my sister is
any indication.
But not you?
First came to my attention when she punched a guy in the eye
when he slapped her ass during lunch
Be honest, the ass-slapper was you, right?
There is no cure for the FF
Fat friends also tend to operate as full-bore cockblockers. Very
annoying.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 2:34PM|#
Combined with my hyper-Irish last name I would have sounded
like someone who was born drunk with a potato in each
hand.
I escaped the hyper-Irish last name via my dad's boring English
one, and the red-hair by a fluke of genetics.
That cute little summer camp girl probably grew up to be the
hard-drinking, scrappy, bracingly sarcastic woman my sister is
today.
|9.9.08 @ 2:36PM|#
Be honest, the ass-slapper was you, right?
No, no. Never much went in for the harassment of women thing. I
always got them with my quick wit and dazzling beard.
|9.9.08 @ 2:37PM|#
That cute little summer camp girl probably grew up to be the
hard-drinking, scrappy, bracingly sarcastic woman my sister is
today.
Did she go to YMCA Youth Leadership camp in South Carolina in 1985?
I want my damn Swatch back.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 2:37PM|#
But not you?
Well, I can drink most people under the table with very few
ill-effects, but ended up a blonde with a pretty mellow temper, so
go figure.
Fat friends also tend to operate as full-bore cockblockers.
Very annoying.
True. This is because they think if no one is having sex, they will
all be available for endless chick flicks and chatter.
Unfortunately, someone always feels sorry enough for them to invite
them along.
Warty|9.9.08 @ 2:38PM|#
Mmmm, redheads. I lost the big V to a drunken flaming redhead
named Meghan. Life is beautiful sometimes.
*sigh*
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 2:45PM|#
Did she go to YMCA Youth Leadership camp in South Carolina
in 1985? I want my damn Swatch back.
Nope. But I'm sure she has someone's Swatch.
|9.9.08 @ 2:48PM|#
Well, I can drink most people under the table with very few
ill-effects
A valuable skill. Planning on opening a bar in Nepal, Miss
Ravenwood?
No, no. Never much went in for the harassment of women thing. I
always got them with my quick wit and dazzling beard
With your wit, wouldn't that count as harassment?
Unfortunately, someone always feels sorry enough for them to
invite them along
If you non-fatties would just develop hearts of stone lots more
hooking up could commence.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 2:55PM|#
If you non-fatties would just develop hearts of stone lots
more hooking up could commence.
I'll do my best to spread the word. God knows inviting the FF to
the gym never works.
|9.9.08 @ 2:56PM|#
If you non-fatties would just develop hearts of stone lots
more hooking up could commence.
It's a symbiotic relationship. Thin girls give fat girls something
resembling a normal social life and fat girls give thin girls
someone to look much better than. Fat girls also act as an object
lesson to the thin girls she is with, while functioning as a sexual
gate-keeper. They are around precisely to keep thin girls from
sleeping with men they will regret. (aka Epi.)
The male equivilent is the loud douchebag. We keep him around
because he makes us that much more attractive to the ladies. Did
you think it was a coincidence that there almost always at least
one?
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 3:07PM|#
The male equivilent is the loud douchebag. We keep him
around because he makes us that much more attractive to the ladies.
Did you think it was a coincidence that there almost always at
least one?
I always figured he must, like, know a lot about sports or
something. The Loud Douchebag does tend to say something offensive,
providing you a perfect opportunity to appear sensitive, apologize
for the boor, and offer to purchase a drink.
It's really a much better plan than our version, wherein the FF
usually ends up drunk and crying.
|9.9.08 @ 3:13PM|#
wherein the FF usually ends up drunk and crying
The LD has a distressing tendency to not make it to the toilet
before vomiting.
Too bad the FF and the LD are such natural enemies. They would be
dysfunctionally perfect for each other.
Warty|9.9.08 @ 3:16PM|#
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Maybe the FFs would enjoy some Masai lovin' at bargain rates? We
could take up a collection or something.
|9.9.08 @ 3:18PM|#
providing you a perfect opportunity to appear sensitive,
apologize for the boor, and offer to purchase a drink
Such machinations. Isn't it better to forgo the Loud Douchebag
instead of such plans within plans?
|9.9.08 @ 3:20PM|#
Warty,
The common complaint of the the fatosphere / fat is a feminist
issue types is that in some areas of Africa, over-weight woman are
considered attractive. I've been suggesting your solution for
years.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 3:20PM|#
Too bad the FF and the LD are such natural enemies. They
would be dysfunctionally perfect for each other.
You know the grubby, obnoxious kid running around the restaurant
breaking things? I think that is the product of such a
hookup. Clearly something Nature never intended.
Warty|9.9.08 @ 3:26PM|#
The Loud Douchebag does tend to say something offensive,
providing you a perfect opportunity to appear sensitive, apologize
for the boor, and offer to purchase a drink.
Fuck that...if you're out with LDs, do as the LDs do. Being an
obnoxious asshole is a fucking blast.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 3:28PM|#
Isn't it better to forgo the Loud Douchebag instead of such
plans within plans?
Absolutely. We could all use a lot less Dane Cook in our
lives.
Like I said, I'll work on my demographic, you work on yours.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 3:31PM|#
The common complaint of the the fatosphere / fat is a
feminist issue types
In the few Feministing threads I've read, fat has definitely been
an issue. They are either fat themselves, or fat-enablers.
|9.9.08 @ 3:40PM|#
We could all use a lot less Dane Cook in our
lives.
Finally someone who agrees with me that Dane Cook is annoying,
overrated, and a loud douchebag. My cousins love him. I don't get
it.
Like I said, I'll work on my demographic, you work on
yours
Look, I can't do anything about NutraSweet over the internet.
Sorry.
Dagny T.|9.9.08 @ 3:59PM|#
Dane Cook is the raison d'etre for the term
'douchebag.'
And SF ain't so bad! Don't forget he provides the
amusing/horrifying Feministing links.
|9.9.08 @ 4:08PM|#
You get the idea from the Feministing and Jezebel communities
that most of them are quite over-weight. I know I did it to myself,
but I could have lived my whole life happily not knowing such as
thing as a 38KKK bra exists. Also, the extended Lane Bryant rants
are hilarious.
(Disclaimer: Not all feminists are fat, or hairy, or secretly
lesbians. Not all of them actively hate straight male sexuality
either. But you destroy stereotypes by not conforming so
closely too them, a task much of the feminist blogosphere
fails at utterly.)
Rhywun|9.9.08 @ 5:46PM|#
Finally someone who agrees with me that Dane Cook is annoying, overrated, and a loud douchebag.
You won't get any argument from me.
VM|9.10.08 @ 8:22AM|#
Dr Cox is in
agreement, too!
Episiarch | September 9, 2008, 11:56am | #
Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry
Must...resist...Blazing Saddles...reference...
ZOHAN!!!!
Anti-Globalism|9.10.08 @ 9:39AM|#
I saw a guy with a great body, trendy clothes, and cute
friends and pointed him out to her. Her response? "Oh, I should
have told you. I don't like black men." WTF?
Why should people be obligated to date outside their races?
We're not all equal, biologically or genetically or otherwise, and
many of us want to stay as what we are -- a product of ancestors
who didn't join the rest.
My god, you're the biggest internet bigot and racist I've met
today. A bigot for the mixed-race race.
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