- make the "Give me a Coffee name" button 5x larger
- place the button and generated name in the middle of the page, not at the bottom
- remove the pink border from the secondary title ("Create your own...") because it looks like a button.
As a foreigner I do not understand how those made up nonsensical words (common in coffee, car model names, appliances, websites), or that stereotypical "mamma mia i speak-a english-a language" intonation aren't considered on par with making fun of the Asian stereotypical pronunciation or making up words like "Ching Chong Pling Plong" to sell something.
Any native American can help me understand the difference between making fun of Asians/Blacks/other groups and italo-americans?
> Any native American can help me understand the difference between making fun of Asians/Blacks/other groups and italo-americans?
You know what "native american" means in (American) English, don't you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United...
To use your own words: I wrote native American and not Native American, didn't I? Do you know what "native" with a lowercase lettee means, don't you?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/native
As a side note, an unrequested advice: As you said, you probably didn't mean it this way but you sound detestable.
Cheers and thank you.
> Don't treat others in the ways you don't want to be treated.
How others treat us is irrelevant to how we should behave. There are many craps we get but it is not a excuse to unload the same craps back.
Italian Americans don't have to worry about this sort of institutional racism (at least not in generations), so it's easier to assume these jokes are honest attempts at humor vs bigotry.
Back in the US if you were to do similar to a Mexican, you’d be accused of racism for mimicking their accent or making fun of some part of their physiology they cannot change.
I don't mind these movies at all, but there do seem to be double standards.
See: https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/italian/...
This concept is basically a get out of jail free card people can use when they cross certain lines that is based on made up pretense that there exists a universal scale of power and weakness.
It’s a manipulative tool that some people thought up to control conversation.
Neither are Asian Americans? Despite what the media wants you to believe
If you're non-white and making fun of white people it can also be light mockery of your oppressors depending on the context. It has "court jester making fun of the king" energy.
Why it's almost always not kosher for white people to make fun of non-whites is because the default interpretation of jokes among non-equals is bullying and mockery. It can be done but it has to be done with extreme care.
The topical example of jokes among more complicated non-equals going extremely poorly is Chappelle's treatment of the trans community. It's not that trans folks are "off limits", you can find plenty of comedians and people on social media that make tasteful jokes at the expense of trans folks, but Chappelle's jokes just came off mean and weren't things that any trans person would react like, "haha that's so true!"
Edit: I expected it to automatically generate a coffee name. So when I first viewed the page, I assumed it was broken due to the HN "Hug of Death" and left. I only viewed it again because I was surprised about the number of upvotes.
My favorite coffee name so far is definitely Urino Decaffeinato
I think I was drinking that this morning.
100% worth the time. This was a wonderful way to start the day.
Reminded me of "Tech Names as a service" from Vincent Warmerdam on pyData 2017 (Berlin) [1].
The term "caffè Americano" specifically is Italian for "American coffee". There is a popular, but unconfirmed, belief that the name has its origins in World War II when American G.I.s in Italy would dilute espresso with hot water to approximate the coffee to which they were accustomed."
Especially the "Angered Italians (AI) Recurrent Neural Network" made me (and hopefully her) crack up.
The real joke is the fact that most Italians look at US coffee with a sense of either vague or specific disappointment. Does not matter what fancy name you come up with.
On the other hand you could try asking an Italian barista for a Latte and see what you end up with.
Many people work backwards from a domain name to build their business/project/whatever. That is, the domain is dreamed up first before the name, instead of having a name for a project and then looking for a corresponding domain.
(Lobster Butter Love is from Roos Roast in The People's Republic of Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Thank you, OP, for making this site, it made me laugh :)
Next one was Effusione Mortando, possibly available at the Pastaway Cafe over by the Piazza di Spagna.
Sure it's delish, very appealing.
