Mix Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 1) It shouldn't be racist, so why does it seem like it could be? 2) Is there any way this is an original idea? 3) Are the optics better or worse if you pay the rickshaw driver to yell it while he takes you somewhere? 4) Why did they not use dinosaurs to power the cars like they did every other thing on that show? 1 1
scoobdog Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 1) Because Fred Flintstone is an avatar of the mid century white juggernaut who disguised his profoundly racist and misogynistic attitudes behind a common man mystique. 2) This is absolutely a Mix original. 3) Better because you're sharing your immense white man wealth in a way that is both jovial and whimsical. 4) See Sponge's thread about the Dinosaurs reboot. 1 1
SwimModSponges Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 4) Not my thread I'm just posting about Dinosaurs in it.
bnmjy Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 yabba sounds like yabai, which means bad, meaning you're implying the rickshaw driver is bad due to stereotypes 😑
André Toulon Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 So I saw Scoob was the last reply, then I read the tile and assumed this was about Scooby Doo....it wasn't until reading the OP that I realized that was Yabba Dabba, not Scooby Doobie and I now no longer believe Hanna Barbera were creative geniuses. 2
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 17 hours ago, Mix said: 1) It shouldn't be racist, so why does it seem like it could be? 2) Is there any way this is an original idea? 3) Are the optics better or worse if you pay the rickshaw driver to yell it while he takes you somewhere? 4) Why did they not use dinosaurs to power the cars like they did every other thing on that show? 1. It could be racist because you'd be equating Asian culture (unfortunately I cannot remember which country and I don't feel like looking it up so I'm just generalizing it to Asian) with cartoon silliness. 2. Pretty sure you're the first, but not sure why, because this is fucking genius. 3. Better, because then they are a willing participant, as opposed to just listening to you do it with nothing they could do about it other than risk losing a fare. 4. You've stumped me.
scoobdog Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 18 hours ago, SwimModSponges said: 4) Not my thread I'm just posting about Dinosaurs in it. 4) That's good, because the thread would be even deader than it already is.
Seight Posted October 27, 2021 Posted October 27, 2021 I'm impressed at how many moving parts had to be in this joke to crash and burn, actually.
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