Comments on: Jawbone’s viral videos: Ummm… OK http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:04:35 -0500 hourly 1 By: Emmanuel Mwangi http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/comment-page-1/#comment-585405 Emmanuel Mwangi Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:03:47 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/#comment-585405 Maybe your trolling but, I'll bite... It's offensive because shows flaunts one asian stereotype to defeat another asian stereotype. To say that someone is good at math because they are asian is still putting someone in a box because of their appearance rather than by who they really are even if you think you are giving someone a compliment. Saying black people can dance vs saying they are violent isn't any less of an assumption based off the color of their skin. And this ISNT EVEN A POSITIVE IMAGE OF ASIAN PEOPLE. They killed a man for insulting them. With their KUNG-FU? This is a silly racist ad that goes on the assumption that people will have the same outlook on it that you had, that somehow asian people kill offensive people with their martial arts skills. Maybe your trolling but, I’ll bite… It’s offensive because shows flaunts one asian stereotype to defeat another asian stereotype. To say that someone is good at math because they are asian is still putting someone in a box because of their appearance rather than by who they really are even if you think you are giving someone a compliment. Saying black people can dance vs saying they are violent isn’t any less of an assumption based off the color of their skin. And this ISNT EVEN A POSITIVE IMAGE OF ASIAN PEOPLE. They killed a man for insulting them. With their KUNG-FU? This is a silly racist ad that goes on the assumption that people will have the same outlook on it that you had, that somehow asian people kill offensive people with their martial arts skills.

]]> By: Ted http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/comment-page-1/#comment-584272 Ted Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:54:06 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/#comment-584272 What's offensive? They are championing the Asian community. Coming from Filipino descent myself(my parents are immigrants who speak little to no English) , I definitely think they are championing the Asian community. Jawbone took an offensive situation that has DEFINITELY occurred (where a patron to a dry cleaners was being racist or offensive for for whatever reason) and saying that they should be eliminated. All of those videos on jawbonefilms share the same theme: eliminating an offensive noise be it annoying frat guys, loud polish guy, or drunk rugby players. What’s offensive? They are championing the Asian community. Coming from Filipino descent myself(my parents are immigrants who speak little to no English) , I definitely think they are championing the Asian community. Jawbone took an offensive situation that has DEFINITELY occurred (where a patron to a dry cleaners was being racist or offensive for for whatever reason) and saying that they should be eliminated.

All of those videos on jawbonefilms share the same theme: eliminating an offensive noise be it annoying frat guys, loud polish guy, or drunk rugby players.

]]> By: Emmanuel http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/comment-page-1/#comment-583865 Emmanuel Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:51:34 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/#comment-583865 Give a guy a NSFW warning with that "hired this girl" link. Seriously. I don't know what the hell that was but, some man/woman naked from the waist up, shot to just above the nipples isn't exactly a link you just drop on somebody without a warning. Give a guy a NSFW warning with that “hired this girl” link. Seriously. I don’t know what the hell that was but, some man/woman naked from the waist up, shot to just above the nipples isn’t exactly a link you just drop on somebody without a warning.

]]> By: Alex http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/comment-page-1/#comment-583832 Alex Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:12:31 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/04/jawbones-viral-videos-ummm-ok/#comment-583832 Yeah...not funny. Yeah…not funny.

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