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Taco Tuesday, huh?

PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321
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Someone at DAZ is just asking for grief.

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  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,491

    Um...something about Taco Tuesday I don't know about?  

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321
    Cris Palomino said:

    Um...something about Taco Tuesday I don't know about?  

    Some people find it offensive. I dunno, my wife was Mexican, and she would have thought the sale was funny.

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,491

    My ancestry is Mexican, I found it funny, too.  

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    Well... I wasn't expecting a hot dog stand...
    laugh

    For some reason, I was expecting to see, you know, tacos. Tacos, burritos, little packets of hot sauce... sounds like something from Maclean: Everyday Tacos.

    Instead, I've got Everyday Tea in my cart. (Along with a few older items at 90% off! Thank you, DAZ. I've had my eye on Via Serena for a long time.)
    yes yes

  • HorusRaHorusRa Posts: 1,664
    Petercat said:

    Someone at DAZ is just asking for grief.

    LOL! yes

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,844
    Petercat said:
    Cris Palomino said:

    Um...something about Taco Tuesday I don't know about?  

    Some people find it offensive. I dunno, my wife was Mexican, and she would have thought the sale was funny.

    Some people find everything offensive, LOL

    I really like the neon sign image on the banner

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    I was hoping for some tacos. You can never get enough food items. =-)

  • grinch2901grinch2901 Posts: 1,247

    Somehow ethnic food is now offensive to some. I am not sure what the offense is but it's been reported that certain universities were forced to stop mexican and asian food theme nights at the cageterias because they were deemed racist. I don't get it. But then I'm of irish descent and the only big irish day is dedicated to getting drunk and I don't find that offensive so maybe I'm dense.

  • caravellecaravelle Posts: 2,655
    Serene Night said:

    I was hoping for some tacos. You can never get enough food items. =-)

    Maybe Daz found that we are all way too fat. But then why did they give us hot dogs? ;-) – Taco or Burrito: I found a nice pose set by DogZ and released the amazing 'Total Bazaar Bundle' from my wishlist, together with two wonderful RDNA/Traveler sets.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    Ah, well, at least we can have a nice tea set! That looks really great too!

  • RadioactiveLilyRadioactiveLily Posts: 359

    How in the world is "Taco Tuesday" offensive?  It runs on radio ads here for fast food chains like Taco Time.  I just thought it was weird there was nothing taco-related in the new releases. *shrugs*

    Now I'm craving tacos.

  • macleanmaclean Posts: 2,438
    Serene Night said:

    Ah, well, at least we can have a nice tea set! That looks really great too!

    And for those who prefer coffee..... hang on a day or two.

    mac

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,844
    edited May 2016

    Well I couldn't resist a chance to offend someone with tacos, LOL Luckily Iray kinda makes up for my quick, crappy modeling.

     

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  • goose_chasegoose_chase Posts: 84

    It's a Simpsons reference, isn't it?

    Via Monty Python-ish because all of the tacos sold out before you got there.

  • thistledownsnamethistledownsname Posts: 1,336

    I thought it was a reference to the Lego Movie...

  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899

    First thought I had when I saw Taco Tuesday, same as a few others, was, "Oh boy, some crazy is gonna have a problem with this."

    I don't think most people who throw around the 'racism' card actually know what racism is...

    Still, I love tacos!  I could have them every Tuesday.  laugh yes

     

     

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085
    edited May 2016

    Excluded middle is such a fun thing. ;)

    Some stuff is offensive. Some stuff isn't. People will always disagree on details. Doesn't mean nothing is offensive or everything is.

     

    And nobody here has stated any objection to Taco Tuesday.

    But, yeah, weird that there's no actual tacos. Heh.

     

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  • riftwitchriftwitch Posts: 1,439
    I don't think people would be offended because they find it racist, but because taco is a slang term for the female anatomical elements.
  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,770

    The whole concept of politically correct is beyond idiotic.  People are offended because they choose to be offended.  Its beyond me how someone can be offended by the concept of calling food Asian when it originated on the continent of Asia.   People clearly have far too much time on their hands.  How about they get offended about something important, like animal abuse or or bullying in our schools or the fact that so many of our children are still going hungry ever single day when they live in a country that throws away food by the millions of pounds.  Be offended by that and stop trying to find offense over silly things that no one ever intended offense with in the first place.

    Although I was hoping for tacos as well...FSMCDesigns those look pretty darn good!

  • goose_chasegoose_chase Posts: 84

    I guess we'll find out tomorrow on Wall Wednesday.

  • hphoenixhphoenix Posts: 1,335
    FSMCDesigns said:

    Well I couldn't resist a chance to offend someone with tacos, LOL Luckily Iray kinda makes up for my quick, crappy modeling.

     

    This should be a freebie for Taco Tuesday.  Looks good, despite being just 'thrown together'.

    Very nice work, FSMC!

     

  • Joe WebbJoe Webb Posts: 837

    It depends on how its presented. If its a bunch of WASPs dressed up in a caricature of a Mexican bandito, when the closest they have gotten to a hispanic is their invisible maids back in the stately manner, then it is offensive.

    Its offensive because it reduces a culture to a steriotype, and through long, hard experience, demonstrates there is no intention of ever learning more. Is it an unintentional offense? Yes, and that is a bigger problem than if it was intentional. Is this politically correct? Yes - being anti-politcally correct seems to have morphed, for some (and no one here, of course), into an excuse to be racist.

    So as long as there wasn't a cartoon sombrero and fake mustace in the sets offered, its all good.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,844
    Ice Dragon Art said:

    The whole concept of politically correct is beyond idiotic.  People are offended because they choose to be offended.  Its beyond me how someone can be offended by the concept of calling food Asian when it originated on the continent of Asia.   People clearly have far too much time on their hands.  How about they get offended about something important, like animal abuse or or bullying in our schools or the fact that so many of our children are still going hungry ever single day when they live in a country that throws away food by the millions of pounds.  Be offended by that and stop trying to find offense over silly things that no one ever intended offense with in the first place.

    Although I was hoping for tacos as well...FSMCDesigns those look pretty darn good!

    Thanks Sonja. Funny, I am a manager for a national retail company and every year at Christmas I tell all my employees to wish customers whatever they want depanding on what "they" celebrate (usually it's Christmas with the occasional Hanukkah) and if any nutjob customer gets offended tell them to come talk to me,,,,every year there is always one, LOL. Funny thing is, I get lots of other customers thanking me for not being overly PC, go figure.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,770
    Joe Webb said:

    It depends on how its presented. If its a bunch of WASPs dressed up in a caricature of a Mexican bandito, when the closest they have gotten to a hispanic is their invisible maids back in the stately manner, then it is offensive.

    Its offensive because it reduces a culture to a steriotype, and through long, hard experience, demonstrates there is no intention of ever learning more. Is it an unintentional offense? Yes, and that is a bigger problem than if it was intentional. Is this politically correct? Yes - being anti-politcally correct seems to have morphed, for some (and no one here, of course), into an excuse to be racist.

    So as long as there wasn't a cartoon sombrero and fake mustace in the sets offered, its all good.

    My point was just that most of the time, no offense is meant. There are certainly some instances where offense should be taken and one needs to speak out.  But most of the time recently, people have taken offense to things that really, were never intended to offend and someone had to work fairly hard to be offended. 

    I personally thinks its super cool that there is such diversity amongst human beings (and the food, good grief the food from different parts of the world are amazing!) and really, why wouldn't you be proud to have something as delicious as taco's attributed to your country?

  • goose_chasegoose_chase Posts: 84

    There'd better not be a Fish'n'Chips Friday or I'll be kicking off something rotten, and that's no bally lie.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    I love fish and chips, so why not have fish and chips on Friday.   Used to be quite traditional in the UK.  Back in the day Friday was normally payday, so poorer families could splash out on fisn and chips on Friday instead of poor mum having to slave away at the hot stove.

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,274
    edited May 2016
    Ice Dragon Art said:

    The whole concept of politically correct is beyond idiotic.  People are offended because they choose to be offended.  Its beyond me how someone can be offended by the concept of calling food Asian when it originated on the continent of Asia.   People clearly have far too much time on their hands...

    Or they choose to have some semblance of respect after their heritage and their individually was being being put down, undermined, or trivialized by hateful people. If you want to hate, go and hate, it's your right, but no one has to put up with it.

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  • goose_chasegoose_chase Posts: 84

    It's actually Jewish. The first fried fish shop was in the Goldsmith district of London. Originally you were supposed to eat the fish and discard the batter, like cornish pasties and the pastry.

    Fish on a Friday is Biblical.

    But that's not the point for the purposes of lampooning the thread, dammit. It's a disgusting anti-Britsh stereotype, and I'll throw my flat cap at my whippet if I see such insensitivity here on Daz!

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    goose_chase said:

    It's actually Jewish. The first fried fish shop was in the Goldsmith district of London. Originally you were supposed to eat the fish and discard the batter, like cornish pasties and the pastry.

    Fish on a Friday is Biblical.

    But that's not the point for the purposes of lampooning the thread, dammit. It's a disgusting anti-Britsh stereotype, and I'll throw my flat cap at my whippet if I see such insensitivity here on Daz!

    Hmmph,  I can see i shall have to send my ferrets round to run up your trouser leg if you mistreat your whippet.

  • goose_chasegoose_chase Posts: 84

    Ferret Friday....Ferret Friday???! That's bloomin' well it!

    - Offended of Tumbridge Wells

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