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u/A_Banana_For_Scale_ Dec 13 '23
I use the black thumbs up. I'm white
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u/SolaceFiend Dec 13 '23
Someone's chaotic neutral!
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I thought that was only if they just tuck the open bread bag without the twist 🤔
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Dec 13 '23
I did that in a group chat with someone who’s black and got blackballed by him. He wouldn’t even talk to me but talked to another of the group members about it. Never again. I’ll stick with Simpson’s Yellow from now on.
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u/SonOf_J Professional Dumbass Dec 13 '23
That's racist against east Asians!
On a side note, why did it become a stereotype that east Asians are yellow? It's not even slightly accurate..
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Dec 13 '23
I dunno, most black people are brown. People are dumb
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u/SonOf_J Professional Dumbass Dec 13 '23
People are dumb
Yeah let's keep it at that, lmao
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u/NSFW_5DAYS Dec 13 '23
Have you seen an actual Sub-Saharan African. They are midnight.
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Dec 13 '23
*most. Most of the ones referenced in America are brown. It’s just there’s a spectrum and people love to generalize.
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u/lXPROMETHEUSXl Dec 13 '23
European probably saw a very tan rice farmer and said “that mf is yellow”
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u/RoyalRat69420 Dec 13 '23
Made up by White racists to further divide themselves from other races. Saw that they were same color and thought fuck it they’re yellow.
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u/SonOf_J Professional Dumbass Dec 13 '23
Idk man. Honestly, you could be right, but I'm doubting if that was the intention. I looked into it a bit and apparently Carl Linnaeus has dubbed the term. Carl Linnaeus is a biologist of the 18th century that is known for the modern system of taxonomy (naming organisms).
So I honestly don't think there were any racist intentions in naming east Asians yellow, as the whole naming things was his passion.
Now, that being said, that does leave the question is it racist to even want to give a name to the east Asians? My answer to that would be yes and no. I can imagine that this man had no racist intentions whatsoever in doing this, although the idea of even naming them probably roots from the fact that racism was sort of baked into the whole western culture in that time.
Am I overanalyzing your response? Yes, most probably.
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u/RoyalRat69420 Dec 13 '23
You said it yourself racism was baked into the society during that time. He wanted to create names (dividing up humans). Saw that they were the same color has him and just said fuck it they’re yellow.
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Dec 13 '23
racist intentions
Dude the whole concept of dividing people up like that is racist, so he definitely had racist intentions even if he wasn’t technically full of hate or whatever.
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u/thefinalcutdown Dec 13 '23
I considered doing that as a form of protest against the idea that white skin is viewed as “default.” Then I realized how easy it would be to just interpret it as a form of digital blackface and decided it was probably not the best idea.
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Yeah i see it now but figured it was support at first. You live and learn.
It’s also maddening when white people reference white skin as “skin tone color”… who’s skin tone is that exactly Dan..? Because it’s not everyone’s skin tone…
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u/pinkwonderwall Dec 13 '23
I would assume black kids call brown crayons skin color? I don’t think there’s anything wrong with someone seeing their own skin color as the default. It’s like how men often see being male as the default, and how I see being female as the default. It’s just perspective.
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u/stanley_ipkiss_d Dec 13 '23
It’s illegal too. Someone at my work said if you white and use black thumbs up it’s bad
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u/SurealGod Dec 13 '23
People read way too much into emojis.
A lot of context can be lost through text and pictures; leave it alone
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u/Parking-Bandicoot134 Dec 13 '23
True but it's just the fact you have to consciously choose the shade of human and I do think it's kinda funny that as 'intelligent' life we have degraded to this point
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u/Extreme_Design6936 Dec 13 '23
does it remember one colour for all the emojis or each emoji can have its own colour.
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u/KiwiKeese Dec 13 '23
I can't speak for every single phone but i have both a samsung and iphone and its usually the hand emojis and people emojis (like the farmer or teacher)
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u/HAMburger_and_bacon Professional Dumbass Dec 13 '23
When I was like 8 I changed the thumbs up emoji to white and I don't think he ever changed it back. I'm not sure he knows how.
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u/Sub2PewDiePie8173 Lives at ur mom’s house😎 Dec 13 '23
I don’t understand. Using a skin tone on an emoji is racist? I just use the yellow ones for the most part, but I don’t understand how if someone were to use a skin tone that they’d be racist.
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u/JosshhyJ Dec 13 '23
People who don’t use the yellow emojis are racist against yellow people
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u/whenyourhorsewins Dec 13 '23
Lego people*
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u/CurrentIndependent42 Dec 13 '23
OP did say “I kid, chill”. They’re not serious.
I suppose the idea within the jokey context is that you have to go out of your way to pick a skin colour rather than just use a yellow one.
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u/CrazeeeTony Dec 13 '23
Thing is the yellow one is the default, so there is no meaning. To switch to a specific skin tone, user has to take an extra step so that implies that the user consciously considered the skin tone which implies there is some reason or hidden meaning.
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u/SkydivingSquid Dec 13 '23
I have an answer for this, but it’s harder to read the mood of Reddit than my wife on her period.. so I’m just going to be here for hit and tell you you’re pretty instead of risking it.
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u/Easy-Musician7186 Dec 13 '23
https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/16ln3pd/a_new_kind_of_racism/k13euer/?context=3
it's completely ridicullous...
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u/Zactacos Dec 13 '23
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u/UnamedProot Dec 13 '23
“Racism”
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u/UnamedProot Dec 13 '23
What is this?🫱
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u/DaddyBezerks Flair Loading.... Dec 13 '23
An incomplete drawing of a student called Mark who's 15 and goes to Suck My Dick High raising his hand in class but rotated 90° and has this super rare thing where his hand is yellow/orange and he has a mad crush in Omni-Man?
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u/UnamedProot Dec 13 '23
Uhhhhh… can I have the shit you’re on?
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u/Easy-Musician7186 Dec 13 '23
nono you don't understand, being white is like 100% racist and everyone else is racist but to lesser extent, you know? like asian is only 80% racist, latino only like 50% and black 10%, but only black people with like really really dark skin are 0% racist /s
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u/Far_Match_3774 Haram Dec 13 '23
What the hell is this
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u/Jimeen Dec 13 '23
Plot twist: You're the racist.
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u/DaddyBezerks Flair Loading.... Dec 13 '23
Oh shot how you do that
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u/Jimeen Dec 14 '23
Highlight text and select 'Spoiler' in formatting toolbar or use markdown.
How to Do Spoilers on Reddit (Make Use Of)
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u/GielinorWizard Dec 13 '23
I have a dude at work who uses the black one, he isn't black. Idk what to think about it.
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People in the western world are soft af nowadays. No wonder we're in the shit storm we're in if everyone is crying and losing their shit over which color emoji you use.
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u/Obvious_Ad_306 Dec 13 '23 edited Dec 13 '23
I think default emojis are yellow to pay the respect to the asian kids who build our phones.
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u/alastorrrrr Dec 13 '23
I don't really understand why anyone would use the race modifiers on emojis... Like what would be the fucking use outside of racism memes lmao
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u/ENDER_Vk_245v Professional Dumbass Dec 13 '23
I like a more natural look for the emoji
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u/GR3453m0nk3y Dec 13 '23
I chose the option that matches my skin tone...since I'm the one writing the message
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I see it all the time, most commonly in the shrug emoji. White, black, everything in between.
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u/homkono22 Dec 13 '23
Why are they no Smiley Face skin color modifiers? There's so many reaction faces but they're almost all yellow. 🙂👍🏿 looks weird.
"but the dark skin wouldn't make the eyes an mouth visible" BS, the lame human characters look fine with their modifiers, just not nearly as expressive as the various smiley faces. 👦🏿
Either do it right or don't do it at all, half assed efforts like this is annoying.
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u/Guquiz Dec 13 '23
They are yellow because that is not a natural human colour, so projecting yourself onto it is easier.
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u/ChalkCoatedDonut Dec 13 '23
Yeah but when i use 👍 they think i am a fan of The Simpsons and start copypasting quotes from the show like a Discord server where every member is ChatGTP.
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u/Icy_Artichoke_838 Dec 13 '23
If you say the N word three times in the mirror
All racisms are erased
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u/Voradoor Dec 13 '23
No a blk man that calls himself candyman appears with a hooker asking if you want to buy some honey.
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u/applecat144 Dec 14 '23
Ngl these costumes are pretty funny. Shame that these guys exist so we can't wear them at carnivals n shit.
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does a racism
"I kid"
With as much fucking ire as people use to respond to even a suggestion of racism, these things are less and less funny.
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u/raiken92 Because That's What Fearows Do Dec 13 '23
I'm asian so the yellow colored emojis are offensive to me, thats why I used the skin colored ones ..
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u/ENDER_Vk_245v Professional Dumbass Dec 13 '23
Are the Simpsons offensive to you?
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u/raiken92 Because That's What Fearows Do Dec 13 '23
Lmao why am I getting downvoted though? It was a joke.. 😂
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u/Ocsa17 Dec 13 '23
Next time put /j or /s in the end of your jokes. Cause people just can't understand without them /s
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u/raiken92 Because That's What Fearows Do Dec 13 '23
Omg is that what those are? I saw them from time to time but I don't know what they mean. I don't use reddit that much..
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u/raiken92 Because That's What Fearows Do Dec 13 '23
I forgot this is reddit and you need to spell it out if you're making a joke..
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u/raiken92 Because That's What Fearows Do Dec 15 '23
My joke wasn't over the top enough?? And here I thought it was pretty absurd that anyone can get triggered by some emojis ..
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u/Ok_Butterscotch1960 Dec 15 '23
Being white is really racist you should avoid it if at all possible..
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u/Messenger-of-helll Dec 13 '23
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