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Dude, rent-a-foreigner is not the preferred nomenclature. Models that serve, please. Edit: I guess I'm supposed to have a serious response to this. Uhm, I don'
by ianstallings 11y ago
Dude, rent-a-foreigner is not the preferred nomenclature. Models that serve, please.
Edit: I guess I'm supposed to have a serious response to this. Uhm, I don't have one. This is bat shit insane and should be mocked and laughed at. Not discussed and analyzed. Or better yet, how about we talk about how goddam offensive this is.
- clamprecht 11y agoHas the whole world gone crazy?
- kalleboo 11y agoWas it ever sane?
- tormeh 11y agoHow about hiring strippers for a funeral? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/04/24/china-to-citizens-stop-hiring-strippers-for-funerals/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/04/24... (the reason is that the funeral is regarded more as a goodbye party for the deceased than a mourning ceremony for the ones left behind)
- flockonus 11y agoAre you serious? It's just like "renting" a model for a day.
- cushychicken 11y ago(His original quote is a play on a line from "The Big Lebowski" - I don't think he means it.)
- corin_ 11y agoI haven't seen The Big Lebowski so you could well be right, but are you possibly thinking of Ocean's XX (can't remember which number) instead?
- cushychicken 11y agoI'm absolutely thinking of "The Big Lebowski". Source/clip of the scene in question below. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYOzUHnPJvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYOzUHnPJvU
- cushychicken 11y agoThese Chinese landlords are treating objects like women, man!
- bitwize 11y agoIndeed, my very first thought was "lol racism". There's no need for cultural sensitivity here -- shit is straight-up racist.
- tim333 11y agoIt's funny because it's inverted though in that the Chinese doing it think whites are better than Chinese, for business promotion at any rate. I'm not sure treating 'the other' well is the same type of problem as treating them crappily.
- lessthunk 11y agoI don't think that Chinese would think of racist here.
- bitwize 11y agoIt's the same as American companies hiring "token minorities" to look better and more diverse.
- neolefty 11y agoI disagree -- hiring a minority employee almost always means hiring a person who is qualified to do a job and who will work hard for a salary (sounds like hiring a non-minority). This is hiring a model temporarily. Anywhere in the world, hiring a model is explicitly hiring more for appearance and less for skills.