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Category Archives: WTF
The Amazing (Indian) Spider-Man Faces Reality
Hasan Minhaj stars as the Indian Spider-Man in this YouTube Video, proving that there’s a reason why you don’t see that many Asian American caped superheroes out there. We’re either too practical about leaving our day jobs to save the … Continue reading
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Suwon, Korea Gets Theme Park For Toilets
The city of Suwon, Korea has a museum dedicated to the one place where even the Kaiser must sit down: the toilet. Yes, you read that correctly: there is a museum and public park dedicated to toilets in Korea. At … Continue reading
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Bizarre KKK Painting Shows Chinese Restaurant’s Hubris In Jakarta
I know a lot of restaurant owners pride themselves on distinguishing their menu selection from other establishments, but this photo I saw of one Chinese chain in a Jakarta shopping mall seems to take this a step further. In this … Continue reading
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Squid No Go: Korean Woman’s Mouth Gets Inseminated by a Squid
According to a paper published in the Journal of Parasitology, a 63 year old Korean woman’s tongue, cheek, and gums got inseminated by the cooked squid she had just eaten. This abstract explains further: We present a case of stinging … Continue reading
Nguyen Girls’ Yearbook Prank: No, We’re Not Related
I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the question. I happen to be with Asian American friends, whether in church or at a restaurant. An acquaintance, or even a perfect stranger will ask: Are you related? Once I was … Continue reading
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Tagged asian surname, Asian-American Identity, Family, yearbook pranks
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Is Ashton Kutcher’s Popchips Commercial Racist?
http://youtu.be/DLdobzj_9_I Brand ambassador Ashton Kutcher debuted a new video for Popchips where he dresses up in different characters for a dating service. And yes, one of those men is Indian. The Washington Post reports that the campaign directs people to … Continue reading
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VIRAL LIKE SARS: Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm Room
What do normal college freshmen do? Probably try to drink and sleep around as much as possible. What does Berkeley freshman Derek Low do? Build what is probably the most awesomest dorm room ever. Check out BRAD (Berkeley Ridiculously Automated … Continue reading
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VIRAL LIKE SARS: Karen X. Cheng’s Resignation Video To Microsoft
I saw this video blogged about last week on TechCrunch: Microsoftie Karen X. Cheng is leaving Microsoft for a San Francisco startup called Exec and gives an entertaining farewell to the group she used to work for, Microsoft Office’s Excel, … Continue reading
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LOLCats CEO Ben Huh To Get Bravo Reality Show
From Mashable: “Bravo Media announced Wednesday that one of its new reality series will focus on Ben Huh, [ICanHazCheezburger.com]’s CEO, and his “eclectic staff.” The show is tentatively called Huh?.”
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VIRAL LIKE SARS: How To Make 16,000 Honey Strings
So I’ve never eaten kkultarae (Korean court cake) before but this video of very charismatic street vendor showing German tourists how he makes it (by pulling a lump of honey into 16,000 honey strings) is adorable enough to make me … Continue reading
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VIRAL LIKE SARS: Meet Indonesia’s New Smoking Baby!
http://youtu.be/YywgjvhyHjs Indonesia’s first documented smoking baby, Ardi Rizal, may have quit smoking but there’s a new eight-year-old taking his place. ITN covered the story of Adi Ilham, who smokes 25 cigarettes a day in a country and has dropped out … Continue reading
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VIRAL LIKE SARS: Pendulum Anime Will Make You Sob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf9K6SXDkXU Make sure that tissue box is handy before you watch “Pendulum,” an anime by a Japanese comedian named Tekken. Yeah, Tekken. That’s not the point this post. The point of this post is to remind you that time is … Continue reading
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