Comments on: I assume in your perfect world, everyone will speak Mexican and we’ll all be happy when illegal immigration causes the economy to collapse. http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/ Dedicated to bringing you the best of the worst. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Midweeker http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Chris Midweeker Wed, 07 May 2008 18:19:37 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-519 @BitterCupOJoe The guy was Irish, rather than British, which doesn't really surprise me. Without wishing to be racist meself, I've met more than a few Irish guys (not girls, weirdly) who are outrageously racist, particularly when it comes to immigrants. Possibly as a result of the horrific way the English treated them over the last few centuries. I don't think this particular guy is as bad as some I've met, just a bit thick more than anything else. @BitterCupOJoe
The guy was Irish, rather than British, which doesn’t really surprise me. Without wishing to be racist meself, I’ve met more than a few Irish guys (not girls, weirdly) who are outrageously racist, particularly when it comes to immigrants. Possibly as a result of the horrific way the English treated them over the last few centuries.
I don’t think this particular guy is as bad as some I’ve met, just a bit thick more than anything else.

]]> By: BitterCupOJoe http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-517 BitterCupOJoe Wed, 07 May 2008 16:08:27 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-517 Todd: Right, but the thing is that you actually spent time in Europe. There are anime fans that spent time in Japan, and use terms appropriately. Then there's the otaku-tards that have never been outside of their own hometown, and they mix up terms, use them inappropriately, and generally make a mess of the language they're attempting to borrow. I think this guy is the anglophile equivalent. I met a few like this before, back in college, that utterly adored the UK without ever having been there, and got all of their slang usage from Britcoms and (later) Guy Ritchie movies. Todd: Right, but the thing is that you actually spent time in Europe. There are anime fans that spent time in Japan, and use terms appropriately. Then there’s the otaku-tards that have never been outside of their own hometown, and they mix up terms, use them inappropriately, and generally make a mess of the language they’re attempting to borrow. I think this guy is the anglophile equivalent. I met a few like this before, back in college, that utterly adored the UK without ever having been there, and got all of their slang usage from Britcoms and (later) Guy Ritchie movies.

]]> By: Pere Ubu http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Pere Ubu Wed, 07 May 2008 12:59:44 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-515 Wow. Just... wow. I certainly hope "Dave" has never seen a copy of "Love & Rockets" - his head would explode. Then again... Wow. Just… wow.

I certainly hope “Dave” has never seen a copy of “Love & Rockets” – his head would explode.

Then again…

]]> By: Todd VerBeek http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Todd VerBeek Wed, 07 May 2008 02:09:24 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-513 BCOJ: I don't buy the anglophile explanation. See, after getting back from a semester in Scotland, *I* did that kind of thing, using Brit expressions as a way of enriching my writing beyond my bland native Midwestern vernacular. But even the most retarded anglophile knows that a "quid" is always a Pound Sterling, not a bleedin' Yankee Dollar. I hope. And for someone so strident about national identity to affect another nationality like that would be just too pathetic to bear. JG: There's a printout of the dialog - in all English - at the back of the book. (I assume the extra pages are why this issue is $3.50 instead of $2.99.) They don't make a big deal about the fact that the family reunion is in Mexico rather than Texas; you'd have to pay close attention to the dialog and/or know that Juarez is on one side of the border and El Paso is on the other to catch that. And if Dave did notice, it probably gave him a stroke, because that means that Jaime and his girlfriend presumably crossed the border without going through Customs and Immigration. BCOJ: I don’t buy the anglophile explanation. See, after getting back from a semester in Scotland, *I* did that kind of thing, using Brit expressions as a way of enriching my writing beyond my bland native Midwestern vernacular. But even the most retarded anglophile knows that a “quid” is always a Pound Sterling, not a bleedin’ Yankee Dollar. I hope. And for someone so strident about national identity to affect another nationality like that would be just too pathetic to bear.

JG: There’s a printout of the dialog – in all English – at the back of the book. (I assume the extra pages are why this issue is $3.50 instead of $2.99.) They don’t make a big deal about the fact that the family reunion is in Mexico rather than Texas; you’d have to pay close attention to the dialog and/or know that Juarez is on one side of the border and El Paso is on the other to catch that. And if Dave did notice, it probably gave him a stroke, because that means that Jaime and his girlfriend presumably crossed the border without going through Customs and Immigration.

]]> By: BoozerX http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-511 BoozerX Tue, 06 May 2008 17:34:28 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-511 SO MANY FOOLS , SO LITTLE TIME SO MANY FOOLS , SO LITTLE TIME

]]> By: JG http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-510 JG Tue, 06 May 2008 17:31:45 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-510 What I don't really understand is that I'm assuming he can't speak Spanish. So, how could he possibly know what kind of commentary the comic is making if he can't even read it? Also, weren't they in Mexico? So shouldn't they be speaking Spanish in the comic? Either this guy is a complete moron, or he's a troll. Or maybe, just maybe, he's both. What I don’t really understand is that I’m assuming he can’t speak Spanish. So, how could he possibly know what kind of commentary the comic is making if he can’t even read it?

Also, weren’t they in Mexico? So shouldn’t they be speaking Spanish in the comic?

Either this guy is a complete moron, or he’s a troll. Or maybe, just maybe, he’s both.

]]> By: Dave http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Dave Tue, 06 May 2008 16:53:49 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-509 The trolls... don't feed them. The trolls… don’t feed them.

]]> By: BitterCupOJoe http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-508 BitterCupOJoe Tue, 06 May 2008 14:51:02 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-508 Todd, it's entirely possible that he is that rare (but not rare enough) type of asshole: the anglophile. Nothing against our friends across the sea; I love England, and visit when I get the chance. However, some folks take that love a bit too far, avoiding American English terms in favor of English... English ones. Hence, using quid (even where dollar would be more appropriate, as when talking about, say, American dollars), flat instead of apartment, etc. Basically, the English version of that otaku retard you see at the comic shop that insists on abusing Japanese words. Todd, it’s entirely possible that he is that rare (but not rare enough) type of asshole: the anglophile. Nothing against our friends across the sea; I love England, and visit when I get the chance. However, some folks take that love a bit too far, avoiding American English terms in favor of English… English ones. Hence, using quid (even where dollar would be more appropriate, as when talking about, say, American dollars), flat instead of apartment, etc. Basically, the English version of that otaku retard you see at the comic shop that insists on abusing Japanese words.

]]> By: Dave http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Dave Tue, 06 May 2008 13:12:41 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-507 See, like I told you at NYCC, this is the problem with posting in blog comments under the name "Dave": There's at least 4-5 guys doing it, and several of them are complete assholes. See, like I told you at NYCC, this is the problem with posting in blog comments under the name “Dave”: There’s at least 4-5 guys doing it, and several of them are complete assholes.

]]> By: Todd VerBeek http://www.getofftheinternet.org/assume-in-your-perfect-world-everyone-will-speak-mexican-and-we%e2%80%99ll-all-be-happy-when-illegal-immigration-causes-the-economy-to-collapse/2008/05/05/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Todd VerBeek Tue, 06 May 2008 12:45:42 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=132#comment-506 Part of the irony is that Dave is not American himself. He's British (the biggest give-aways are that he calls a unit of currency a "quid", and says "go on holiday" instead of "go on a trip/vacation"). Perhaps he's an immigrant from the UK, which would be fine, but <i>he hasn't learned the local dialect,</i> has he? Of course more irony comes from his general poor use of English (e.g. "intergrate" is incorrect even in Wales). Part of the irony is that Dave is not American himself. He’s British (the biggest give-aways are that he calls a unit of currency a “quid”, and says “go on holiday” instead of “go on a trip/vacation”). Perhaps he’s an immigrant from the UK, which would be fine, but he hasn’t learned the local dialect, has he?

Of course more irony comes from his general poor use of English (e.g. “intergrate” is incorrect even in Wales).

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