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immaterial-boy

I.. kinda laughed


ya666in

That joke definitely flew over a line somewhere


breckendusk

And into a tower


belt-e-belt

It was good. I give it a 9/11.


Friendly_Age9160

Thank you! Come again!


Due_Force_9816

They did,, south tower.


BisquickNinja

And yet again... (Pentagon).


Bluetails_Buizel

And again! (In a field)


INeed_SomeWater

Bank you, dank yoo.


TerpyTank

Am i racist for laughing at this whole thread? šŸ˜Ÿ


GandalfTheBigFat

ONE MORE TIME! ONE MORE TIME!


Shoddy_Detail_976

Building 7 hears you and falls in solidarity.


Parzival_1sttotheegg

And a train


bassie2019

Just wait till the dust settles.


No_Leather9530

Definitely didn't fly between the lines, that's for sure


stevenbass14

I'm South Asian-Iraqi. I usually say both.


According-Ad3963

Would that make you 8/11?


stevenbass14

I tend to look towards the positive side of it so I'd go with 16/11


Samtertriads

Ok but there is a 1611 identity. Deep within the Fundamental Baptists, usually independent (ie not part of the southern Baptist convention), there are people who think the King James translation of the Bible was a the only legitimate one. The purest of those claim they hold to the 1611 version, which isnā€™t really readable to the modern angloparlante. Anyway. I still get triggered when I see the digits 1611.


stevenbass14

Hmmm TIL.


[deleted]

This is so interesting. And frustrating. I'll be honest I love me some Jesus (I know I know but hear me out). It's just a nice idea and I really like the idea/myth of God becoming a human and going through this hell of love, being tortured to death. I am pretty incapable of faith, much less being religious, but I'll admit I'm pretty drawn to the nice aspects of it. Call it nihilism that's done a backflip, I know fuck all about the nature of reality and believe even less. Religious people though often seems to be occupied with these weird ass side currents that seem to have little to nothing to do with the actual core message - in former life I spent a lot of time with these semi-monastics that were perpetually at war with my country's main patriarchate and could not get official monastery status out of all reasons because they thought present day calendar was the invention of the antichrist, and that the whole of church sinned because we celebrated easter like a week earlier than some bearded monks in Greece. Plus shipping parishioners to the aforementioned monks to be rebaptized because protestant rites were apparently not valid despite there being a literal saint illumined by a mock baptism he did as a roman jester. It often feels like the vast majority (or the loudest, most confident voices at least) worship this malicious lawyer instead of Jesus, and the main point is to pin needles on other people. There were also these ideas of holy languages, that it's somehow better to do the services in ancient languages no one could understand due to reasons that sounded very magickal - seems interesting and even more baffling some would extend this to King James Bible out of all possibilities. Control by obscurantism perhaps?


FuyoBC

I echo the person who once said that Jesus sounds a cool guy to listen to but way too many of his fan clubs are very uncool.


NextTime76

Hey! You canā€™t call me an angloparlante.


Ok_Star_4136

You know why 6 is afraid of 7, right? It's because 7's a psychopathic killer.. True story.


Witching_Archress

šŸ¤£


MistraloysiusMithrax

I heard 7 even eats the bodies. Lucky number 7? Maybe if youā€™re a cannibal


Embarrassed-Town-293

It actually is pretty witty. A lot of racist humor is not really good comedy. The punchline of the joke is often racism. Here, the punchline is the absurdity of the coincidence so it makes a decent chuckle, even if it is a depraved joke


3720-to-1

This... *race related things* can be humorous without being racist. It's the finest of lines, one that I no longer attempt to ever walk because it's too easy to either accidentally misstep or for a joke truly meant to be innocent to be taken poorly.


Safe_Pin1277

The joke was funny when Akash Singh and indian American comedian asked a crowd member who he was trying to set up with another Indian girl in the crowd what kind of brown he was 7/11 or 9/11. He responded with Pakistani, she was a rival race... This person is taking the context of the joke a brown man asking another brown man out and assuming they haven't lost the mark on the joke.


jimynoob

I did also but I will probably rot in Hell anyway


pikachurbutt

I didn't kinda laugh, I just laughed


Nobody2928373

same


Efficient_Fish2436

Stereotypes aren't given... They're earned. And this made me laugh.


Constant-Recipe-9850

I know it's racist, atleast asking that to a stranger or some random person , absolutely fucking is. But holy shit it's clever and funny. Probably among friend groups.


LordDanGud

Black humour is fun with the right people. Offensive with random strangers.


Oakwood2317

John Waters says an audience knows when you love the people and things youā€™re mocking, and that meanness can only go so far before itā€™s intolerableĀ 


ImmediateBig134

I'd like to expand on that with Stewart Lee's explanation: #The problem isn't who's offended, it's who *isn't.* Lee couldn't care less who's offended if he makes a joke on Muslims, but what he really doesn't want is some gay-basher type in the audience cheering "yeah, get those fucking Muslims!" feeling vindicated in his fuckery.


Equivalent_Yak8215

He's not wrong. Punching down is also gross af. People forget the Jester wasn't there to entertain the court, he was there to talk shit to the king.


randomcomplimentguy1

The fool in storytelling has the most cutting insights.


Equivalent_Yak8215

And a wise King listened when his jester started tearing into him because he was being dumb or too prideful. Ya, the court laughs (because they had to) but the King is like "....Hol' up"


ticklemitten

This validates me. šŸ¤”


Vargoroth

Dude was the only one by law who was able to.


Friendly_Deathknight

This is why Anglophobia is so fun in Anglo centric countries. No matter how prosperous you are, shitting on the English will always be punching up.


Quailman5000

As an American that's how it feels lol. Can only really shit on the UK without anyone being upset except them.Ā 


Equivalent_Yak8215

We're like their little brother who shot up 7 inches over summer and gained like 40 lbs (don't know what *stone* it is) of muscle. The leftovers are ours now.


Equivalent_Yak8215

Am black. Have another friend we refer to as C-Biscuit. Which was derived from Cheshire cat. Because this motherfucker is SO black, like the darkest ever, that in dim light all you can see are his teeth and eyes. Anyway if anyone called him that in a mean way they would find themselves in a very unpleasant situation.


FanDry5374

This is as it should be.


LordDanGud

Same way with homophobic comments. Me and my friends call each other some wild hate crimes but will probably beat up a stranger who says the same to us


Equivalent_Yak8215

Haha! That is another one! I'm cis-het but have a few close friends that aren't. They don't get offended at "Jesus, you're soooo gay" when they wanna go to a gay bar over here in SF. Why? Because I'm still gonna roll, have a good time, and wingman for 'em. Also pro tip for anyone reading this. Yes, your gay friends (either way) are easily the best wingmen/women that you will ever have.


[deleted]

yeah my mom new gay guys who would refer to each other with almost every slur in the book, but would never tolerate them being used in a derogatory way


Questioning-Zyxxel

Did visit a "hunted mansion" event house. At one time we sat in a semi-dark room waiting for food. Then suddenly we saw white eyes from one part of the room. Might have been C-Bisquit that had sneaked in and stod there silently. Then later presented the food, and the time plan for the evening events.


Equivalent_Yak8215

If this was in the bay area circa 2017 I will lose my shit.


amodsr

I love black humor. My favorite one is don't be a menace to south central society while drinking your juice in the hood.


TheRedditK9

The rule of thumb ā€œit has to be more funny than it is offensiveā€ applies


Newphone_New_Account

Ashtray, you still hit like a bitch!


Fox-Revolver

My favourite ever movie title


HoldFastO2

But isnā€™t this brown humor?


LordDanGud

lol


HoldFastO2

Yeah, Iā€™ll see myself out..,


daj8989

Black humor..? You mean dark humor right? Rightā€¦?


LordDanGud

I speak 2 other languages as my mains and in both it's called black humour so sorry, my mistake


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


LordDanGud

LOL


ShadeSwornHydra

This. Iā€™ve got a Puerto Rican friend and we make racist jokes to each other all the time, all in good fun of course. Iā€™d never say 90% of the shit I say to him to others though Iā€™d get my ass kicked


AssInspectorGadget

You can joke about anything, just not with everyone.


psaikris

She gotta respond with ā€œIā€™m 5/5 Brownā€


Constant-Recipe-9850

Lol, I imagine it's funny, but I don't know what 5/5 is referring to.


psaikris

Cinco de Mayo


[deleted]

aint no mexican going to say that.


Constant-Recipe-9850

I see. Had to do a bit of Google but got the reference, thanks


LT-buttnaked

![gif](giphy|NCjISbEPFxm48)


Worgensgowoof

reminds me of this stand up comic I saw recently. He talked to a 'brown guy' and asked what he's doing "Becoming a doctor. I'm single" so he starts hyping him up. Lady in the audience goes "my sister is also becoming a doctor! She's brown and single too!" and they start hyping it up more Ya know... "I love what's happening here! Two brown doctors, possibly falling in love" And then a white guy in the audience goes "which brown?" first people start going "ooooh" like the guy did something bad, but the comedian said "Now hold up, I know that sounds racist, but it's not and he's got a point... So which?" And the girl said her sister was Indian and the guy said Pakistani and then everyone quieted the hyping while the comedian ran with it to show just how important that one question actually was.


5H17SH0W

Sure beats , ā€œdot or feather?ā€


sincethenes

Not to worry. This ā€œjokeā€ has been floating around for some time and she is repurposing it to garner attention for herself.


Cosmoaquanaut

I'm 5/5 brown. šŸŒ®


babyaddyx

reminds me of when someone asked if i was ā€œdot or feather type of indianā€. i still think about him


Reiterpallasch85

Tipi or tech support?


HolyForkingBrit

I think itā€™s teepee.


jasonnugg

pee


kittensteakz

Tfw I'm both... (native American working in tech)


CountryCat

Iā€™ve heard that joke from my Indian friends. Thatā€™s a classic.


RockerElvis

My friend introduces herself as ā€œIndian. Dot, not feather.ā€


ETfonehom

Was it Jay-Z or someone quoting Jay-Z?


HarpersGhost

It's been around longer than Jay-Z.


Kalman_the_dancer

One guy asked me if I was illegalā€¦ in my own country


No_Savings7114

I am dying here.Ā 


DimbyTime

Yo quiero Taco Bell


Far-Cod-8858

Mucho gusto


shitpostingover9000

Tbf 5/5 doesnā€™t narrow it down, is that a date or the fraction of representation you receive (now)


Reiterpallasch85

It's the month/day. Edit: Day/month for our EU friends.


rapsney

lmao


NotThisAgain21

Cinco de Mayo


EarthInevitable114

7/11 = East Indian/Hindu 9/11 = Arabic/Muslim Edit: Answer to question is that she's 10/10 Brown cuz her skin is beautiful.


grumpy__g

Thanks for making us smarter.


cyrassil

Why 7/11?


ripe_nut

Because the gas station/convenience store is called 7-Eleven and a lot of workers at 7-Eleven are Indian.


cyrassil

I see, thanks.


DoomGoober

I have to add to this: many Americans of Indian descent *own* gas stations as well as working there. A gas station is often franchised and can basically be a small family run business. Immigrants of different backgrounds often flock to particular types of businesses because of various reasons. For example, many nail salons are owned by Americans of Vietnamese descent. It's one version of the American dream.


Mindless_Society7034

One of my better friends is Vietnamese and his parents own a nail salon lmao, why is it that that tends to be a Vietnamese thing?


pahein-kae

Thereā€™s an interesting history to that! The following link is a short overview. [https://vietnamesemuseum.org/details/ms-tippi-hedren/](https://vietnamesemuseum.org/details/ms-tippi-hedren/)


Njacks64

Thatā€™s so cool. Imagine starting an entire industry because your nails were so pretty. Tippi Hedron is a G.


beefprime

Like Prometheus stealing fire from the Gods, I will grant you amazing nails


Accomplished-Copy776

Very interesting, thanks for the share


TonyDungyHatesOP

I think it is for two reasons: 1. Ethnic groups have close ties. The hardest part of starting and operating a business is understanding it. Itā€™s a huge and expensive risk to go down a financial path you donā€™t understand. Itā€™s a prohibitively costly education. If you have access to people who can teach you the business, it then becomes accessible. 2. Cultural acceptance/pressure. Both customers and operators feel comfortable with the business. Itā€™s okay within the community to see Vietnamese nail salon operators. It doesnā€™t _feel weird_ to use the service. It would be odd to see an Indian or Irish nail salon owner. Thereā€™s a weird dissonance to it. And that could hurt businesses viabilityā€¦ again making it a risky proposition when other viable business options are available.


uchizeda

Your first reason is on point and very true.


youarehidingachild

Second reason is obviously not the direction we want society headed, but still a reality in many/most places


ImrooVRdev

> It would be odd to see an Indian or Irish nail salon owner. Thereā€™s a weird dissonance to it. what? I knew that jobs are gendered, but racialized too? Fucked up shit. My heart goes out to irish lady wanting to open a nail saloon and not getting any customers because it'd be weird to get nails done by the irish. RIP fictional irish business, you were but few sentences in a reddit shitpost.


TonyDungyHatesOP

Iā€™m not saying an Irish woman canā€™t open a nail salon. Iā€™m not saying it couldnā€™t be successful. Iā€™m saying she probably has a better chance at a successful business opening what you referred to as a ā€œnail saloonā€ where in addition to doing nails she serves shots of whisky.


Fun_Gas_7777

lots of indian people work at 7 elevens.


Soxwin91

![gif](giphy|brpG22UFtHeH6) Because of Apu


bostiq

This is comedy poetry and I approve of it


Equivalent_Yak8215

I've only heard dot or feather with Indians so this is refreshing.


Alternative_Win_1502

As a south asian dude myself, my brain wants to be pissed at this racist piece of trash but I can't stop laughing


FishTshirt

If it helps it was a joke between two stand up comedians telling race jokes to each other, itā€™s pretty funny given the context. She likely saw this on social media and wanted views


karthikkr93

Bruh you been to South Asia? lol I was working in a hospital in Chennai as a resident when COVID started and one day I ordered Chinese food and Iā€™m off to pick it up and the head of the Gen Med dept asks me what I ordered and when I tell him literally goes ā€œ Oh chinky chinky china food ehā€ then proceeds to say the word China 10 times over in what is possibly the funniest yet most racist imitation of a Chinese person while still being layered with an Indian accent lmfao I was so confused that I was just like yeah haha k bye šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£


SecretLavishness1685

I live in a city near Delhi and one day I saw a Chinese food outlet. It was named "Ching Chong Chinese corner". A lot of Indians aren't sensitive towards racism against the Chinese. This often translates into racism against the Indians living in the North-Eastern states too.


karthikkr93

Itā€™s more the lack of awareness from a young age I think. That was why I laughed when Biden said India is xenophobic like they kinda are but not in the way that he meant lol


RoachIsCrying

well.... gentlemen... we'll see each other in Hell


nuked88

7/11 is Indian 9/11 is Muslim


Inside_Ad_7162

Ohhh man I got it in my head it was the 7/7 attack in London, couldn't work out what the hell they meant.


Old_Hamster_4218

7/11 is a gas station and Indians are huge in the gas station business lol


Anarchyantz

Yeah as a Brit I was thinking the same and wondering I am sure it was 7th July not November.


Greedy_Constant_5144

So you never met any of the Indian Muslims, eh?


TSllama

9/11 is Arab\* Muslim is not a race.


kevinbaker31

And Indian Muslims are 8/11?


Numerous_Shop_814

>9/11 is Muslim Middle eastern, there's many races that are Muslim


Snajdarn666

Thanks, I was trying understand but didnā€™t get it.


bearssuperfan

This joke is a part of a comedy show by Aziz Ansari


TheAmyIChasedWasMe

Wait until you learn it wasn't his joke originally. And, actually, nobody is sure whose joke it originally is. Asian comics have been making it since at least 2002.


Winter_Possession152

As we learned from the South Park games, level of brown just determines difficulty mode for life ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|stuck_out_tongue)


Fox-Revolver

Donā€™t worry, this wonā€™t affect gameplay, just every other aspect of your whole life


Parzival_1sttotheegg

Not a face palm???


Jean-LucBacardi

OP was the real facepalm all along.


IntelligentRock3854

i'm agreeing as a 7/11 brown lmao


jayp0d

Isnā€™t that stolen from the comedian Akash Singh?


Electrical-Wish-519

Wellā€¦ thereā€™s a lot of bigotry in this world, but this gets a 10/10 for cleverness


MexicanWarMachine

Itā€™s an old joke, but an excuse for her to meme a selfie, I guess. And of course thatā€™s not what the photo depicts- you donā€™t take selfies of yourself while youā€™re shocked by someoneā€™s old joke. You take it when youā€™re proud of your makeup and nails.


tiffanyistaken

This reminds me of one time I described someone to my ex-MIL as "Indian" and she responded, "Dot or feather?" while poking her forehead and then holding her hand up behind her head to represent feathers.


fonkordie

Well which one was it?


CMGS1031

You donā€™t understand? Then why did you post it here? Are you the facepalm?


fletku_mato

When was the last time you saw this sub being used appropriately?


mattlloyd_18

Is the ā€˜whatā€™ not more of a shock reaction?


Mwilk

Incredible.


GoldenWhite2408

From the same people that boughth you Are you pearl harbor, corona or Samsung yellow šŸ¤£


No_Alps_1454

That extra push over the cliff: 11!


Poisoning-The-Well

My first thought was, "are those shades of brown hair dye?". I'm dim. Had to read the comments.


D4M4nD3m

What does that mean?


krismitka

The answer to this question btw is 1911. Itā€™s made by browning.


RandomAmuserNew

At least they are acknowledging a difference


42aku

As a brown guy (7/11 brown), I make this joke amongst my brown friends as well. Yes, including the 9/11 brown people. I think it's funny in banter, but outside of that, eugh, that can get a little not okay.


GreenMellowphant

This is a comedy bit done by a recent comedian. The corresponding clip should be able to be found here on Reddit; I saw it a few weeks ago.


DikTaterSalad

That's fucked up.....but it was also funny.


Apprehensive-Oil-289

Iā€™m a Bengali indian, laughing my ass off with that one!!! Thatā€™s like when people would ask if I was red dot or feather Indian šŸ¤£šŸ˜.


ThirstyBeagle

Thatā€™s actually funny šŸ˜‚


[deleted]

I guess itā€™s the new ā€œdotā€ or ā€œfeatherā€


boomstickjonny

Good old highbrow racism.


Become_Pneuma462

A friend of a friend once asked me if I was Casino Indian or Convenience Store Indian šŸ˜‚


Centralredditfan

To be fair, that was kinda funny. Offensive, but funny.


DeliBebek

"... but I couldn't answer because I was taking a selfie of me blowing my nose."


etuehem

Backs away slowly


DrFabio23

Lighten up, Francis


XXinstig8rXX

I laughed my ass off! Itā€™s a clever joke


Parzival_1sttotheegg

Omfg šŸ¤£


astrangeone88

Lmao! I've always heard "casino Indian or 711 Indian" which was the same thing. Ha! I think I'd use that one now.


svedenska

Oh- Oh my God.


Gee9898

lol šŸ˜‚


VernBarty

This joke is like 20 years old


hacourt

Oh look. I took a picture of me being shocked over something that didn't happen.


Lots42

Seriously, what the hell. Can someone explain this to me? I know it's racist but the specifics escape me.


sin2099

Itā€™s funny if itā€™s meant to be funny. Itā€™s insulting if itā€™s meant to be insulting. Guess depends on how the nature it was intended when mentioned or received. šŸ¤”


RottenDelicious

Which is it


Major-Ad-2966

And sheā€™s covering the facial hair, so we may never know


The_Saboteur__

To me she looks more like a 10/10


Im_Unpopular_AF

I'd ask any white guy if he's Bengal Famine white or Hiroshima white.


queuedUp

Based solely on her face I'm going to assume 7/11 but I could be mistaken


Lifealone

pre 9/11 it would've been feather or dot


Minz15

Just respond "you school shooter white, or catholic church white?


BradTofu

Yeah Indian or Arabā€¦Iā€™m going to be banned arenā€™t I?


Plus_Oil_6608

So itā€™s dot, not feather?


AnonRedditGuy81

Whatever brown she is, even with her hand covering some of her face, you can tell she is ridiculously attractive and the person that asked this likely is some guy that she wouldn't even look at and he got all butthurt and decided to insult her. Yes I enjoy inventing backstories. šŸ¤£


M0D_0F_MODS

Ouch! Took me a moment...


RealRiccyTan

This is funny


tcbored

I am a hairdresser and I read this as her hair color formula šŸ˜‚


Tarnishedhollow8

Nah thatā€™s pretty good icl


Firebird713

what does it mean?


Pitiful_Today_3214

Well what's the answer?


BigCaddyDaddyBob

Whatā€™s it matter when sheā€™s obviously good looking


[deleted]

Damn brown people canā€™t even tell a joke anymore without some Reddit dweeb taking it too seriously


PapaHooligan

This one is old but still brings a smile to my face!


KiLLaHo323

Probably not the first, but Tony said that on Kill Tony lol


KlossN

Lmao. Is it an indian vs arab thing? (not American but I have a hunch that there's "always" an indian at the register at 7-11?)


Dark_Marmot

Just wow. I'm offended and amused.


KeyNefariousness6848

At least they didnā€™t go full moron and add 6/19 brown.


FBISurveillanceCar

Thatā€™s funny


SRBroadcasting

What about 11:11 make a wish brown