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There’s a long list of things that you should never call your lover. A slut is one. A racialized equivalent is another. For people that don’t know, a Yellow Cab is a stereotype ascribed to Asian or Japanese women by Western (White) men. It suggests that they’re sexually available and actively seek foreigners out of dissatisfaction with their local men. The direct meaning of the term implies that they can be “ridden anytime” and for a price just like a cab. Common sense dictates that it would be a very bad and very stupid idea for a boyfriend to call their ethnically sensitive girlfriend that. Mark, up there, didn’t read the memo. The moral of the story? Don’t date a girl because you’re desperately lonely and believe a certain stereotype. In turn, it’s an equally dumb idea for a girl to date someone of a particular nationality because they ascribe a lower degree of chauvinism and misogyny to their boyfriend’s birth place. And lastly, don’t publish your drama for the entire world to read. Facebook is growing lame enough as it is.
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You’d think that a Baby Cafe in Japan would be more perv. You, dressed up in a bib, baby clothing your size, a big breasted mamma serving up some different concoction of milk, a bonnet, a giant stroller, a huge crib, yes, you’re a perv if you thought this. Not us. But this is something more regular, it’s a cafe for the little ones that is designed for the little ones. It’s “legit” but not “legit” Akihabara. This one is in high rent area, Aoyama, where luxury stores live next to one another. It’s designed by Nendo and has a Tom Petty music video feel going on.. (Wired – Baby Cafe / Designboom – Baby Cafe)
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This view of the tsunami shows a moment in a small town at ground level. The locals are running and they probably have no idea how bad or large it really is. Imagine that it’s only water, you can swim in it and it’s rising. It won’t reach that high. It’s behind us, and the worst is over. Yet this one builds momentum as it gets pinched between buildings. There’s an older man who’s walking on the left side of the street. He’ll be fine, the water is still far behind. People know he’s there, but they’re moving as fast as they can. I watch thinking, I’d have maybe given him a lift since he could do no more than walk. At perhaps 120 lbs, could I have carried him up a hill? The video cuts at the exact moment where everything gets worse. Did the camera person think, “I could do something” and shut off the camera but then realized in seconds the opportunity disappeared? The people are frozen in their tracks as they watch the elderly man cling to a building. They can’t reach him. They should be running, but their humanity is telling them to wait and try. Maybe the debris of cars smashing into each other will subside and they could help. The buildings begin to get lifted off of their foundations, and alas there is nothing they could do except run. [youtube]BAuWa77vYDU[/youtube] Saw this one on Reddit.
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According to Gil Scott Heron, they put Whitey on the Moon, so we say, why not put some pizza there too? This is a website for Dominos Pizza Japan on the Moon, and there’s a video of a, um, man making a ridiculous announcement. His Japanese blows but the concept art everywhere if fun to see. What seemed too ridiculous to post, ends up being so bad it’s good. Surf around the site, it’s ridiculous. Imagine the waste of money here… marketing… (Dominos – moon)
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Wolverine movie is going to take place in Japan! He’s going to fall in love, fight crime and fight his own demons. Casting will be interesting in this picture. It’s scheduled to shoot in Canada and also Japan. I do wonder how he’s going to get there. Is it the X-Men plane? There is still customs to get through and with his record, there’s no way he’d be let in. (Collider – Wolverine)
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