I had blessedly never even heard of this Richard Hanania guy until reading this, but this is a good investigative piece on his wildly racist prior writings. This is a guy who's guest lecturing at Stanford this fall and has been embraced by Thiel et al.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 5 August 2023 23:06 (one year ago) link
lol here's Hanania's explanation/quasi-apology — you'll never guess, it's all the liberals' fault.
First, there was the desire to just adopt a posture that was the polar opposite of those I considered political enemies. So if liberals lied a lot about race, I needed to speak “harsh truths,” without much careful thinking about whether I was actually getting at truth or simply being similarly dogmatic.
(not linking to the full thing but easy to find if you're so inclined)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 7 August 2023 03:09 (one year ago) link
Is it racist to wear Under Armour?
vibes seem weird on that brand
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:20 (one year ago) link
I thought there was some Trump/Under Armour connection, so ... probably.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:22 (one year ago) link
You want weird vibes, Lululemon oozes weird vibes. Some sort of Ayn Rand shit going on with them. (Though if you google it, every result seems to be from 2011.)
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Kevin_Plank_headshot_2018.png
― Left, Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:25 (one year ago) link
His father was a prominent Maryland land developer. His mother is a former mayor of Kensington, who went on to direct the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Department of State under President Ronald Reagan.
Plank sat on Trump's American Manufacturing Council. He stepped down from the council following Trump's comments on violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, saying Under Armour "engages in innovation and sports, not politics"
― Left, Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
Wilson created the name to have many 'L's so that it would sound western to Japanese buyers, who often have difficulty pronouncing the letter, and that the name otherwise "means nothing". He later remarked that he found it "funny to watch [Japanese speakers] try and say it"
― Left, Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:29 (one year ago) link
In the book titled Little Black Stretchy Pants, Wilson wrote that he is not necessarily opposed to child labor, as "working young is excellent training for life."
― Left, Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:32 (one year ago) link
ums it looks like Underarmour may have made an aboutface, CEO left recently but also apologized 6 years ago
https://www.yahoo.com/video/misty-copeland-hard-balance-to-retain-ties-with-company-whose-ceo-supports-trump-121144433.html
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
he seems like a playing both sides type who would have been happy with trump going full hitler if it didn't affect his bottom line
― Left, Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
no fan of woke capitalism but if we can knock some more of these polo shirts off their perches that would be something
― Left, Thursday, 21 September 2023 22:41 (one year ago) link
Lululemon's founder Chip Wilson is a piece of garbage (but left the company around 10 years ago I think)
― symsymsym, Friday, 22 September 2023 03:26 (one year ago) link
My wife was born in Colombia, but her father's family is Sicilian. She looks racially/ethnically ambiguous enough that throughout our life together she's been ID'd by strangers as Latin (other Latin folks used to speak Spanish to her before English, or come up and ask her to translate/help with a situation with a non-Spanish-speaking cashier or postal clerk), Asian, and even Inuit. Sometimes, if she feels like fucking with people who speak to her in Spanish, she'll respond in Italian or German. Anyway, several times since we've moved to Montana she's been presumed to be Native, including by actual Natives who have given her a surprised look at seeing her with me, or just offered a nod of solidarity in the grocery store. Today, I was picking up burgers from a bar in town and when I got back to the car, she told me that while she was waiting for me, two white girls walked past and one of them said to the other, "That Native lady's listening to Judas Priest!" This cracked my wife up, both because she didn't realize the music was so clearly audible outside the car and because of the shock in the white girl's voice.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 25 November 2023 20:10 (ten months ago) link
i have to say i don't love the increasingly common term "street tacos" for....actual tacos
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:34 (seven months ago) link
Start making "corporate tacos" stick
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:37 (seven months ago) link
do you mean calling tacos that are cooked and sold on the street “street tacos” instead of “tacos”
― bae (sic), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:40 (seven months ago) link
street food is a huge culture in mexico/so cal
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:42 (seven months ago) link
cultural thing*
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/apparel/rcxgs/tile._CB483369110_.gif
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:43 (seven months ago) link
I just encountered this yesterday. It's absolutely trying to be a signifier of authenticity.
If the tacos are served out of a truck parked on a street, then it is a street taco. Otherwise, probably not.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:43 (seven months ago) link
Old El Paso and Mission are selling "Street Taco" shells and tortillas
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:44 (seven months ago) link
it's one of those things to hook people who would never try anything approximating an authentic street taco, but will enjoy the fuck out of whatever bastardized version a chain puts out so they can claim "I've totally had street tacos before" and sound cool and adventurous to their friends.
Tijuana Flats had them for a little while, and they were bullshit. I had one. it was just like having one of their regular tacos on a corn tortilla, had way too much filling (I could have customized it to have less but I didn't sue me). I preferred to go to my local taqueria which has amazing tacos. (we don't have a lot of good taquerias in Orlando but there's one in question that is amazing)
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:45 (seven months ago) link
You can buy Gluten-Free Street Taco Beef Jerky
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:46 (seven months ago) link
I've also seen random snack food called "Street Mix"
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:47 (seven months ago) link
I'm sorry it's actually "Street Corn"
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de5c90_b30947400c774bb8ad101955fa9b14ad~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_420,h_420,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/de5c90_b30947400c774bb8ad101955fa9b14ad~mv2.png
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:49 (seven months ago) link
Technically, roadkill is street food
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:50 (seven months ago) link
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, February 21, 2024 11:44 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
seeing ortega "street taco" sauce in the grocery store is what prompted the revive actually
my corn didn't grow up in a fancy field, it came up on the streets
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:51 (seven months ago) link
street food is when you eat pieces of gravel
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:51 (seven months ago) link
An ear that grew from concrete
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:56 (seven months ago) link
There's a dude in my town who used to operate a truck, but recently took over a bar/restaurant, and his menu still advertises "street tacos." I'm inclined to grandfather him in because the tacos are exactly the same, but...
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:58 (seven months ago) link
street tacos are where you eat tacos with bits of grandfather in them
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 17:59 (seven months ago) link
Street Tacos are made from ground UK rapper meat
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 18:03 (seven months ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagia?wprov=sfla1
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 18:24 (seven months ago) link
the best eaten-while-using-a-stranger's-car-as-a-table tacos in my neighborhood moved from a stand inside a minimart to a storeroom that they cut a hole in the outside wall of, which I enjoy referring to as "window tacos" #ally #partoftheproblem
― bae (sic), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 18:24 (seven months ago) link
Sic, would you say the tacos are glorious?
If so...
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 18:31 (seven months ago) link
I was just at H-Mart, and they had a "Korean Street Food" section. I usually take it to mean a combination of "authentic" and "comfort food."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 18:42 (seven months ago) link
i welcome tacos of any origin
― c u (crüt), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 18:45 (seven months ago) link
Crut, are you familiar with "Cucaracho Taco," a supremely weird track. I vaguely remember that it was on the soundtrack of an 80s movie. Something like Blue Velvet or Yahoo Serious, I don't remember and don't have the time or energy to research it. Anyway, here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6hFjqrOQE4
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 19:38 (seven months ago) link
whither the street choco taco
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 19:54 (seven months ago) link
Funny you should mention it!! This was just announced a couple of days ago:
Big news - the Choco Taco is coming back. Taco Bell and ice cream maker Salt and Straw are teaming up to bring back a version of the discontinued dessert taco this summer. The new treat will feature a waffle cone filled with cinnamon ancho chile ice cream dipped in chocolate and topped with toasted brown rice. Choco Taco's owner Klondike says it's working up a plan to bring the original taco back, but good things take time.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 19:57 (seven months ago) link
I'm not sure 'street tacos' is racist, just opportunist... remember when everything was 'artisanal', even McDonald's buns? This is the same thing, hollow marketing bullshit
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 20:03 (seven months ago) link
lol McDonald's "chicken selects", aka chicken that tastes more like chicken
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 20:06 (seven months ago) link
Around here we have more Street Gyros
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 20:07 (seven months ago) link
'Street tacos' applied to corporate chain restaurant or supermarket products is just as irritating and nonsensical as you say it is, ums. But street food is so widespread in so many cultures that appropriating the 'street' descriptor alone as another piece of marketing bullshit can't be tagged as specifically racist against any one culture. As for cultural appropriation as applied specifically to tacos, it feels like that pony escaped from the barn at least 70 years ago and it's probably too late to think about closing the barn door now.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 20:30 (seven months ago) link
You know what they call street tacos on the street?Tacos.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 20:32 (seven months ago) link
Yup.. Every U.S. town over 10K now has a 'food truck Fridays' event, this is just the big corp food following trends.. they'll eventually move onto something else, or maybe circle back to 'dolphin safe'
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 20:34 (seven months ago) link
Dolphin Tacos
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 21:23 (seven months ago) link
Dolphin safe eord
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 21:27 (seven months ago) link
Dolphin safe word
Was what I meant to type
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 21:29 (seven months ago) link