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[–]Burns_Cacti 63 points64 points ago

If I remember correctly EA actually paid people to do this, yes? Stand outside their HQ and protest for media attention that is.

[–]ICantKnowThat 20 points21 points ago

[–]praisecarcinoma 55 points56 points ago

"The fake religious protesters passed out pamphlets and held up picket signs with messages such as "Hell is not a Video Game" and "Trade in Your PlayStation for a PrayStation.""

Just in case no one decides to actually click the link.

[–]hi_in_Humboldt 2 points3 points ago

Thank you for that. You're glate!

[–]Dustin_00 0 points1 point ago

I'm upvoting you without verifying your quote.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

You know me too well.

[–]Paux 7 points8 points ago

TIL that online news article speculation with no comments = factual information.

[–]Paux 9 points10 points ago

That's a bit better. I don't like bad sources.

[–]Sirandrew56 2 points3 points ago

Yeah, I completely understand and agree, it was a bit of a fishy source.

[–]whoami9 -1 points0 points ago

Seriously? You only learned that today?

[–]Rare303 0 points1 point ago

today. it's a different day in an alternate universe.

[–]kiefstone 3 points4 points ago

Was about to say, what's with the EA logo on the protest sign?

[–]fallen55 13 points14 points ago

Pretty scumbag thing to do for publicity

[–]StallordD[!] 34 points35 points ago

EA

[–]fallen55 14 points15 points ago

Who else but EA. Well maybe Activision

[–]Lamcia 3 points4 points ago

And maybe ubisoft.

[–]LaheyShitStorm 0 points1 point ago

Refer to ME3 Ending

[–]FireAndSunshine -5 points-4 points ago

You're mixing your circlejerks again.

[–]a_hundred_boners 2 points3 points ago

not really.

[–]fallen55 0 points1 point ago

I guess it isnt that bad, but still not something I would resort to to sell my product. It lacks creativity in my opinion and doesnt really bring positive awareness (especially since they got caught pulling this stunt).

[–]bemanijunkie 119 points120 points ago

Asian atheist dilemma: not sure if should upvote or be offended..

[–]lawliet89 16 points17 points ago

Same here. I do remember a certain thread a while back that was supposedly aimed at the whites and some got ruffled up by that. Now it's our turn and we have to sit down and laugh with them and are not allowed to feel anything. What kind of hypocrisy is this?

EDIT: Some clarification.

[–]riemannman 62 points63 points ago

How dare you tell all these white people that racist jokes can be offensive. You're oppressing them man.

[–]Evesore 3 points4 points ago

I'm also having a wee bit of a dilemma. Not sure if I should post this, or this.

[–]IArgueWithIdiots 5 points6 points ago

Do you get all your life wisdom from comedians?

[–]ProfessorHoneycutt 10 points11 points ago

I'm sorry that all of the responses to your comment have been from people suffering of Asperger's. Apparently jokes about being offended are somehow offensive. How's that for delicious fucking irony?

Edit: I commented when all of the responses were along the subject of how bemanijunkie was wrong to be offended, despite him not even fucking saying he was offended.

[–]riemannman 4 points5 points ago

Ironically, your comment is pretty ableist.

[–]thisisj3w 1 point2 points ago

rofl, that made me lol. I guess you are right as well because of the downvotes.

[–]rasputine 6 points7 points ago

Are accents racist?

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[–]Philile 34 points35 points ago

TIL All Asian people have Japanese as their natural language, and no Japanese speaker ever learns to make the "L" sound.

Still racist. Still unoriginal and unfunny.

[–]Seahenry -4 points-3 points ago

As someone who goes to a school that is 60% East Asian, almost all native Asian speakers pronounce the "L" sound with an "R" sound until they live here in the US for a while.

[–]Spraypainthero965 3 points4 points ago

Actually, neither the l sound or r sound exist in the Japanese langauge. What they have is somewhere between the two.

[–]Vulpis 2 points3 points ago

Yeah, it isn't exactly the "R" sound, but it is written as "r" in romaji.

[–]kiefstone 0 points1 point ago

More accurately, their "R" sort of hovers between our "R" and "L" in the vocal spectrum. With some accents, if you listen you can hear it even on regular "R"s. "Terrible" would sound more like "Tearlubull."

[–]Mewshimyo 57 points58 points ago

Yes, because telling kids 'Those things you enjoy that there's nothing wrong with at all are EVIL BECAUSE WE ARE SCARED OF NEW THINGS' is exactly how you get kids to convert -_-

[–]awesomedan24 38 points39 points ago

It's fake. EA's marketing scheme for Dante's Inferno.

[–]Tukfssr 10 points11 points ago

Atheists are so tolerant and progressive that they made this one of their favourites!

[–]tim_the_ted 5 points6 points ago

is /r/atheism the place for this?

[–]MiniMacker 15 points16 points ago

I don't always downvote stuff, but when I do, it's because of annoying stuff that isn't connected to r/atheism.

[–]dpiston 9 points10 points ago

As an avid /r/atheism subscriber, this is just plain childish and stupid.

[–]Scimi 11 points12 points ago

This joke is getting kind of old. Just saying...

[–]weedroid 17 points18 points ago

I'd really rather you didn't leave that there ):

[–]HugeJackass 11 points12 points ago

Asians talk funny HURR.

[–]MeowmixOlot 10 points11 points ago

Combating Christian extremism with... Racial generalization? What?

[–]awhitesuit 12 points13 points ago

this is /r/atheism not /r/gaming. let's be a little more mature.

[–]JustAMereRedditor 8 points9 points ago

More offended how unfunny this frontpage post was than how slightly racist it is

[–]w_lves 15 points16 points ago

People really find this shit funny?

[–]flippingarefun 8 points9 points ago

Subtle racism is a sure fire way to show how forward thinking we are.

[–]Resresres 1 point2 points ago

but reddit is so progressive and open minded

lol azns don't know how to L lmfao XD

[–]Barmazuz 2 points3 points ago

ಠ_ಠ

[–]--frymaster-- 21 points22 points ago

  1. the protest was actually staged by ea (the source is here).

  2. this isn't 'clever'. it's racist. and if you don't think it is, then you seriously need to do some thinking about the issue. you can start here.

[–]ianp622 15 points16 points ago

Joking about the inability to produce certain phones due to the way our brains learn language during critical periods in response to the environment we grow up in is not really at the same level of institutionalized racism, which was the focus of the link you provided.

[–]selfloathingredditor 2 points3 points ago

nah it isn't, get off your liberal circlerjerk high horse.

[–]awhitesuit 1 point2 points ago

that book looks really interesting. i will be checking that out, thank you.

[–]Spraypainthero965 -1 points0 points ago

There's nothing racist about this. The Japanese langauge simply does not have distinct 'l' and 'r' sounds. They have a sound that's sort of inbetween.

[–]rjcarr -3 points-2 points ago

Racist? When benign, pointing out the differences in cultures is called humor. We should be less sensitive.

[–]HugeJackass 1 point2 points ago

"I'm just pointing out cultural differences humorously when I mock other people based on their speech patterns and cultural differences."

You're just an asshole, how about that? It's funny how the "Enlightened" /r/atheists just seem like a bunch of self-righteous sheltered white bitches.

[–]Andreer 0 points1 point ago

In that case, saying that british's accent is cheesy is also racist.

Don't. Fucking. Exaggerate.

[–]weedroid 2 points3 points ago

British people aren't normally the subject of racial slurs though!

[–]Andreer -3 points-2 points ago

According to "HugeJackass" (very appropriate username, I must say), joking about accents is racist. Therefore, British people ARE subject of racial slurs.

So in theory, acknowledging that people have differences is being racist. We are all the same, yepee.

Internet is becoming a place where white people accuse other white people of being racist, while the "racial abused" secretly laugh about how pathetic they are being.

THERE IS racism in this world, however, nowadays people tend to overreact even to a single insinuation/joke/opinion, just because they want to look good.

[–]weedroid 2 points3 points ago

Jokes are not the same thing as racial slurs! Nothing you say to a British person could be as hurtful as the types of slurs directed towards people of Asian descent.

[–]ArthBH -3 points-2 points ago

It's people like you that are the reason why I hate going on /r/atheism. Boring anally retentive killjoys.

[–]Krylancello 2 points3 points ago

I would consider it, but the graphics friggin' suck.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Hand in your honey for some cow shit.

[–]ozpunk 1 point2 points ago

I thought of this.

[–]keith_weaver 1 point2 points ago

Ha. Just because you are a godless heathen doesnt mean you cant be a racist.

Besides. How the fk am I supposed to play Diablo on a praystation?

[–]Vaylemn 1 point2 points ago

It's funny because of the improper east Asian pronunciation.

[–]SpaceApe 5 points6 points ago

Hipster racism still = racism.

[–]puroresu 3 points4 points ago

This submission sucks, but so does that article.

[–]500cats 1 point2 points ago

This belongs in r/funny

[–]DiscountDoubleChoke 9 points10 points ago

Cool. So we're upvoting racist shit now?

[–]Able_Seacat_Simon 1 point2 points ago

Now?

[–]WishboneTheDog 11 points12 points ago

Joking about a structural language differential that causes Asian language speakers to slightly mispronounce their second language when they are first learning it is hardly racist. Maybe it's slightly offensive, but not really hate driven.

That being said, I agree. It's ridicurous.

[–]HugeJackass 5 points6 points ago

"I don't hate black people so none of the racist garbage that I shit out of my mouth is racist"

[–]chonglibloodsport 3 points4 points ago

There's a difference between political correctness and racism.

rac·ism [rey-siz-uhm]

noun

  1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

  2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.

  3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

Note the lack of any mention of use of specific words or slurs.

[–]wankd0rf 0 points1 point ago

oh shit this kid learned how to use a dictionary argument OVER

[–]bouchard 2 points3 points ago

My Japanese Logics professor often joked about his inability to pronounce corollary. Someone should tell him he's being racist.

[–]cheffernan -2 points-1 points ago

COMPRETERY RIDICUROUS!

[–]Bestpaperplaneever 0 points1 point ago

Wlong. Compretery Lidicurous.

[–]theawesomeone -2 points-1 points ago

TIL, all asians speak Japanese as a native language.

[–]Scriptonaut 2 points3 points ago

As somebody who studied Japanese for 6 years, the R and L thing is completely true. They only have one, and it's a weird mix between the two.

[–]I_slap_racist_faces -2 points-1 points ago

on reddit, it's not that uncommon

drew990 313 points 4 days ago* upvote if you hate niggers

http://www.reddit.com/user/drew990

[–]rcxdude 1 point2 points ago

That was an abuse of editing, looking at the context it's clear people were responding to a much more reasonable comment (some statistics) which then got edited and then removed. That guy's a racist douchbag, but you're misrepresenting reddit's response here.

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[–]DiscountDoubleChoke 4 points5 points ago

In what exact year did casual racism not be considered racist enough? I bet you're the same person who argues that black people being on welfare or black people loving watermelon jokes shouldn't be considered racist.

[–]wankd0rf 5 points6 points ago

FARRRRRRRRRRRRRT LETS UPVOTE STUPID RACIST SHIT TO THE TOP OF THE FRONT PAGE FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTT

-r/atheism

[–]Resresres 5 points6 points ago

why does r/atheism get sunch a bad rap??????????

[–]KCbizzy 1 point2 points ago

Photo is chopped. Those Asians aren't naked with their crotches blurred out. Nice try

[–]GuitarWizard90 1 point2 points ago

Scumbag atheists: Complains that they are mistreated by Christians...makes posts stereotyping and making fun of Asians.

I am atheist by the way...just not a racist one.

[–]electric_feel -2 points-1 points ago

For those that don't know why it's funny, in Japanese, the "r" and "l" consonants do not exist. When Japanese pronounce English words, the "r" and "l" sound the same because they can't/don't know distinct them. Why do I know this? One Piece, that's why.

[–]B12Mega 0 points1 point ago

I had a great computer class teacher who is from India, and he switched his V's and W's. So it was "Verld Vide Veb", and "Wisual Basic". Funny, but he was extremely intelligent and an excellent teacher.

[–]geesusreyes 0 points1 point ago

hahaha... publicity its %50 of the market... EA did what they thought would work! and probably did work! scumbag move? yes... but is business... i would love to be paid to be a fake protester! that would be hella awesome! xD

[–]JarrusMarker 0 points1 point ago

Repost from like a month ago. Come on, guys.

[–]mramaad 0 points1 point ago

yea, saw the little EA logo on the bottom of the sign...scumbag EA

[–]idunnothis 0 points1 point ago

reminds me of the time i traded my playstation for my fap sessions

[–]Vimaser 0 points1 point ago

That picture was from the EA protest IIRC, and it's been proven that those were hired actors to stir up drama for a game they were releasing. BUT, funny picture none-the-less.

[–]Shniggles 0 points1 point ago

Sorry, Xbox player here.

[–]Thaneofsaveon 0 points1 point ago

I wish i could shake ur hand.

[–]Bestpaperplaneever 0 points1 point ago

It should be "We arleady have Praystation".

[–]Glad_Hander 0 points1 point ago

Hate to admit, I lol'ed.

[–]ChadwickHenryWard 0 points1 point ago

And this is posted under the supposition that racism is okay if it's... what exactly?

[–]Coolio1293 0 points1 point ago

Does that mean I trade in my Xbox for a sex box?

[–]jakeshdaddy -2 points-1 points ago

Objection! Your honor, extremely racist!

[–]WhipIash 0 points1 point ago

I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think OP is using a Mac...

[–]horsepuncher 0 points1 point ago

EA praystation?

its like that sign was begging for reddits hate

[–]karbon_4 0 points1 point ago

I'm just gunna leave this here...

http://www.notracistbut.com/

[–]Venomous_Soul 0 points1 point ago

Why you want beef and brockery now?

[–]Cleanbeats 0 points1 point ago

that is a prausable praystation

[–]archaeo-nemesis -5 points-4 points ago

To all those claiming this post is racist and offensive, do you mind explaining how? It comments on a phonetic trait of the Japanese language -- the "l" sound doesn't exist in Japanese and is instead pronounced as an "r" -- nothing more and nothing less. I fail to see how that's racist.

[–]GuitarWizard90 1 point2 points ago

If they are using the joke as an insult to Asian people, then yes it is racist and very offensive. If it is used to make fun of Asian people, then it is also offensive and racist.

Simply pointing out how there is no "L" sound in Asian languages is not racist...but that is not what jokes such as this one does, is it? It makes fun of them.

[–]fuckingwhiteys 0 points1 point ago

Goddamn, thank you!

Simply pointing out how there is no "L" sound in Asian languages is not racist...but that is not what jokes such as this one does, is it? It makes fun of them.

It's mindboggling how many people in this thread cannot or will not comprehend this little tidbit. "Praystation ror!" is just mean spirited juvenile racist dogshit they never grew out of.

Half these kids are acting like this was some serious discourse on linguistic differences or something higher. Keep patting yourselves on the backs and justifying the behavior.

[–]GuitarWizard90 1 point2 points ago

Perhaps I am a bit more sensitive to such things because I am engaged to an Asian girl, but I still find it very offensive. Asians have every right to be pissed off at this sort of thing.

[–]archaeo-nemesis -1 points0 points ago

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think it is an insult to Asian people. It really just seems to me like a goofy pun that happens to incorporate an aspect of Japanese pronunciation.

[–]IsThisAboutAtheism -1 points0 points ago

No

[–]JimGill -3 points-2 points ago

ROR!!!!!!

[–]illmtK -2 points-1 points ago

You're going to hell for this, oh wait.

[–]Ooblah21 -3 points-2 points ago

I shouldn't browse Reddit in class. I just almost got caught because I laughed so hard at this.

[–]LAR0311 -3 points-2 points ago

TIL how sensitive some people can be.

[–]TangoEliminated -2 points-1 points ago

Reminds me of the Korean optometrist. He drives a cataract.

[–]LAR0311 -1 points0 points ago

I found it funny

[–]feckineejit -1 points0 points ago

So if I pray to god and hate all the right people I get to go to heaven and hang out with those crazy shitbags? I'll take my chances being atheist.

[–]Metatron_1 -1 points0 points ago

The cool thing about this is that I'm writing this from my PSVITA. YAY!

[–]Enceladus_Salad -1 points0 points ago

I hate the title as well as the purposeful spelling error.

[–]codyjake -1 points0 points ago

bigabelly987 needs to see this!

[–]abhorson -1 points0 points ago

Copyright EA. They would come up with something like that.

[–]TheCode555 -1 points0 points ago

That is fucked up. And I still laughed =(

[–]jmike3543 -1 points0 points ago

repost

[–]aazav -1 points0 points ago

I'm*

[–]BATuba15 -1 points0 points ago

Reeeeepost

[–]therealpaulyd -4 points-3 points ago

First time reddit made me laugh out loud in a long time.

I guess you can downvote this, simple minded fucks.

[–]Nethius -1 points0 points ago

Lost it, lol

[–]rikker_ -4 points-3 points ago

Nearly choked to death on my own spittle from all the chortling.

[–]Shadowglove -3 points-2 points ago

ROR!! ^