Thanks for the update. I’ve put an edit in my post so I’ll stop spreading misinformation.

The only time a brand should really matter is for critical use. Unbranded defibrillator? No thanks. Going mountaineering? Don’t buy from temu. Motorbike helmet? Not from Shein.

Sad machine beeps

Hi there. Ha ha ha. Fooled you.

You’re talking to a machine, but don’t be shy, it’s OK.

Machines need love too.

Why does Machine Learning hate you?

Funnily enough I wondered about the whole “Jews have big noses” thing myself whilst reading and replying.

Interesting. I’m happy with that.

You also make the good point that tropes, stereotypes, generalisations etc often say more about the people who use them then the people they’re aimed at.

I’ve got no idea why German and English seem to have flipped the trope. I hope someone else can provide an answer here.

I knew about the whiteness, obesity (and body odour?) but the long noses is new to me. Kind of makes sense, there they are, sticking out of your face for everyone to see.

Sadly I can believe that.

Fascinating. The trope in the English speaking world seems to be:

Probably - make cheap, sell high is good business sense, at the end of the day; if you’re only concern is pure profit.

USian garment manufacturer who has sweat shops multiple employment opportunities for slave labour workers out in Asia; therefore their products will now be tariffed upon import.

Edit: They are Canadian, see below, but incorporated in the US.

That’s an excellent answer which I’m gonna take as factually correct until someone can prove otherwise.

I’m strangely very proud of my work alongside C+ and thank you for appreciating it. Just a word of warning though: I was a childless single man in my early thirties when I started. If you have a life that involves other people think long and hard before joining - not everyone makes it back; and those that do are often never the same again.

Is there any difference between the plus sign she wears and the plus sign with the guy hanging on? Do they both mean the same thing?

As an aside I sometimes work alongside the International Red Cross and Red Crescent - fantastic people on the whole. Our group is mind-blowingly diverse. The only thing we seem to have in common is that none of us are (particularly) religious. We refer to the ICRC as “Cee plus” from the crescent and cross motifs.

It’s worth pointing out that users of Apple Maps in different countries will get different answers…

They are different words with one “f” and two “ff”s Kafir isn’t offensive. The other word is.

I don’t know know if it works in your part of the world but I’ve always enjoyed variants on the old classic:

I know someone who’s Polish.

Who’s that?

Mr. Sheen

Hungry Jack’s using their best Aussie voice when telling Khamenei that they ain’t seen no Burger King around these parts…

Yeah, probably. Maybe they are the flames of hell, or symbolic of the MAGA movement scorching USian norms, or the fire of hate burning out of control etc.

It can mean what you want it to mean.

Or you can just look at it and go: “Ha ha. Funny.”

The image is what it is: Trump being spitroasted like a fat greasy pig.

It could be a play on “eat the rich” or a form of tortuous death wished upon him or even an overtly offensive depiction of him. Or even something else.

It’s art, one way or another, and art is for the consumer to wonder about and, hopefully, at.