As you guys know, I love funny shirts. I’m a huge fan of Nerdy Shirts (I’m not linking to it, Google ‘em if you must) and spend a lot of my ready cash there. Until I saw this shirt, that is. If you guys can’t tell what it says, it is a Mii of what appears to be an Asian woman with a bubble that says, “Mii Love you long time.” (Seriously, Kubrick, when is this shit going to die?) Hey, when I first saw it, I thought it was funny. I’ve got a sense of humor. Or maybe it was surprised laughter that tumbled out of my mouth. Anyway, I can laugh at stupid shit. It was the little shirt description that really pissed me off. It says:
Some Mii’s play tennis… others make you think they love you and then take your money.
Way to perpetrate the stereotype that Asian women are money-grubbing whores, Nerdy Shirts! Shame on you. Who designed this shirt, a nerdy boy who got dumped by his hot Asian girlfriend ’cause he played with his Wii-Wii by himself too much? Anyway, I made a print screen of the ad. It really has to be seen to be believed. Here you go.
Oh, and if that’s not enough, here’s another. But that’s from Busted Tees, another store that’s off my “funny shirt” list.
[God, now I'm all riled up. Maybe if I had been working instead of reading Angry Asian Man, I wouldn't have this knot on my forehead now.]
And for no reason except Bitch is funny.
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May 7, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Stupid people come in all colors. EOE.
May 7, 2007 at 5:55 pm
One of my girlfriends is so pissed off about that movie she actually celebrated when Kubrick died. It amazing the crap guys would walk up to her and say. This is absolutely absurd.
May 7, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Okay, new t-shirt store for you. Threadless.
May 7, 2007 at 7:59 pm
I grew up on a steady diet of Polish jokes.
I.AM.IMMUNE.
May 7, 2007 at 8:30 pm
that guy is fuckin hot
May 7, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Yeah, but he’s wearing a racist shirt! My sister, ladies and gentlemen, she knows her priorities. *eye roll*
April, I checked out Threadless. DAMN YOU! Some good stuff there. Ugh. I need… like, a 12-book contract to feed my t-shirt addiction.
May 7, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Sheesh. It never ceases to amaze me, the stuff people still think is acceptable.
May 8, 2007 at 4:35 am
Well damn, I liked Full Metal Jacket.
I hate war movies in general, but that fucked up mess of a movie hated itself.
I would blame 2 Live Crew for making that one scene so predominate.
May 8, 2007 at 5:03 am
I’d make him turn it inside out if he wore it to my day job (a middle school). And then I’d write him an office referral for dress code violation. Then I’d toss him into the ELL core room and let all those brilliant, 4.0, clever Laotian, Vietnamese and Chinese girls rip him to shreds. Sorry Bam. We don’t have an Filipinas in the school this year. I could toss him to the Preps and Sportos if you want. Oh! I know….we’ll drop him into the staff room 5 minutes before school lets out on the last day of school and let him get trampled by exhausted teachers when the bell rings!
May 8, 2007 at 6:35 am
Teddy, here’s the thing: I liked Full Metal Jacket too. I thought it was a great movie. Vince D’Onofrio was brilliant as Gomer Pyle.
And I like 2LiveCrew as well. “Pop that Coochie” is a great song!
Damn, I am torn between my pop culture geekdom and my Filipina-American feminist leanings.
May 8, 2007 at 6:48 am
Honey, you’ll always be torn…’cause most of the time we can’t decide whether something is funny or racist. If it’s said or written the right way, or strikes the right note, it’s funny. If not…racist.
There’s never that bright line you’re looking for.
May 8, 2007 at 12:21 pm
What Shuzluva said.
I don’t mind peeps calling me chink. Whenever I’m in my hometown, howev, I am called Banana Girl – you know, yellow skin, inside’s white, indicating the influence of ‘white’ culture killing my soul. That hits me worse than strangers being racist to me.
Neways, I once dated a guy who asked me to say, ‘Mii love you long time.’ Dude’s got issues!!!
May 8, 2007 at 4:59 pm
And on the TMI front…
Babz, I dated this guy who was a Marine officer and he liked to… uh… role-play. Once he was all, “Okay, I’ll be a GI and you can be the rice paddy girl… pretend to resist me. You can even wear my dog tags!” and I was like, “um… I gotta go. I left the oven on in my car.” And changed my email address as well as my phone number.
May 8, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Your sister thinks scruffy, no-job guy is hot? I wouldn’t let that dude do my gardening.
May 8, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Don’t let that fool you, Ann. She’s engaged to the nicest, most stable, most go-getting young man I have ever met. They’re like Dharma and Greg… I can almost write a sitcom about them. Except my sister isn’t a raving idiot.
Dude… I just got a story idea. And no, it has nothing to do with Dharma and Greg.
May 8, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I’m super white, so I’ve never been the target of racism, but I’m amazed by what people will say. When we covered WWII, in highschool the teachers would always point out that I would’ve survived the holocaust. You know in case anyone was unclear on what blonde hair and blue eyes look like. One teacher even used my sister as an example of someone who would be in a baby factory.
May 8, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Yep, the t-shirts suck… but that comedienne just isn’t funny!
May 9, 2007 at 6:09 am
Bam, I am the kind of person who loves TMI. Bring it on!
Rice paddy girl? DUDE!! U have to admit that’s kinda funny. Someone asked me to do that I’d have laughed my ass off. I’d leave, yes, but I’d leave laughing. These people are disturbed!
And yeah, on the subject of TMI, that guy asked me to say the ‘Mii love u long time’ thingy.. in bed. Anyone could hang on to their hard on with that in the air? Urgh.
May 10, 2007 at 2:53 am
Damn, I am torn between my pop culture geekdom and my Filipina-American feminist leanings.
I always feel like that stuff can get a pass — on a case by case basis — because it was being used to make a point, or deliberately shock or provoke an audience they know they’re being judged and evaluated by. This is a huuuuuuuuge difference from the asshole who tries to make everyday people feel degraded or uncomfortable under the excuse of: “Hey, it’s famous line! I’m just quoting; get a sense of humor.”
GI roleplay story FTW! It beats my previous favorite “awkward sex that never was had” story, where a girl I know who liked rough play was seeing a boy who didn’t, and to get him into the mindset she suggested a game of “hunter and baby seal.”