# If you don't like oriental-flavored ramen noodles, does that make you racist? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 28, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857 "2013-09-28T06:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/21 "2013-09-28T18:03:55Z")
I can’t stand ramen noodles at all, in any flavor! What does that make me??? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/22 "2013-09-28T18:29:55Z")
In this house we call them African American angus steaks son. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/23 "2013-09-28T18:31:41Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > Ahh… Soy sauce + MSG = Oriental Flavor. Of course. > > ETA: I realize that the list of ingredients on all flavors of Ramen noodles are probably mostly the same. I figured ‘oriental’ was a flavor in the same sense that ‘purple’ is. Now if it had been in the same same sense as Soylent Green . . . ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/24 "2013-09-28T18:50:04Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I can’t stand ramen noodles at all, in any flavor! What does that make me??? [Antipastatic](http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster). > [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > You are only racist if you are not sexually attracted to ramen noodles. Be careful with Rule 34, ok? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/25 "2013-09-28T19:19:07Z")
I kinda assumed all ramen was “oriental flavor” by definition. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/26 "2013-09-28T20:42:54Z")
Sorry, but I’m moving this thread to the Pit anyway because, for one, it seems to be pitting two other topics. For two, if that’s not the intent, then it seems to be a parody of those two other threads and parody’s go in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/27 "2013-09-28T20:46:48Z")
I say I don’t like them, but if pressed I’ll admit I’ve never tried them based on my own conformation bias of the bad driving stereotype. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/28 "2013-09-28T21:11:36Z")
I will certainly admit that it puts a different slant on things, but I like to sharpen my appetite with a little nip before dinner. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/29 "2013-09-28T21:51:15Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Sorry, but I’m moving this thread to the Pit anyway because, for one, it seems to be pitting two other topics. For two, if that’s not the intent, then it seems to be a parody of those two other threads and parody’s go in the Pit. I believe this is the first poll I’ve seen in the Pit-ostensibly because polls are not normally allowed there, but since this was a transfer the poll carried over. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/30 "2013-09-28T22:15:48Z")
My tastes are so exalted that the only noodles I will eat are flavoured with Tom Yum and served with grated baby carrot and homegrown cherry tomatos. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/31 "2013-09-28T22:41:53Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I believe this is the first poll I’ve seen in the Pit-ostensibly because polls are not normally allowed there, but since this was a transfer the poll carried over. Can poll dancing be far behind? I do not favor such a development, but am willing to keep an open mind. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/32 "2013-09-28T23:28:19Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I will certainly admit that it puts a different slant on things, but I like to sharpen my appetite with a little nip before dinner. You know the best way to talk an Asian woman into bed? a slippery slope argument ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/33 "2013-09-29T00:12:26Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > … and parody’s go in the Pit. PARODIES, for God’s sake! How did you ever allowed to stay on this board, much less become a mod? And to be a parody, does it not need to be funny? For counter examples I offer **elucidator** ’s and **Slithy Tove** ’s “jokes.” :mad: Because of this thread, and because I’m going to the Mexican grocer’s in a few minutes, I will need to get some of that fascinating-sounding Chili Ramen. Some thinly-sliced veggies and an egg whisked in and you could have something. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/34 "2013-09-29T00:16:34Z")
Well I am vegetarian so it does narrow my choices (oh and I am Australian so they are called two minute noodles) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/35 "2013-09-29T00:34:46Z")
I like it so much I never eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/36 "2013-09-29T00:37:54Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Some thinly-sliced veggies and an egg whisked in and you could have something. Something incredibly gassy by that description. Haven’t you vented your spleen enough for one day?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/37 "2013-09-29T01:30:01Z")
Well, I for one am glad that “parody’s” go in the Pit, because I just got to vote in a Pit Poll. Besides, everyone knows that vegetarians are racist against meat, so obviously Oriental (vegetarian) Ramen is totally racist in and of itself. So… NOT liking racist ramin makes you… not a racist. I think. Dammit, this is too hard. I need some egg-drop soup. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/38 "2013-09-29T02:26:32Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Something incredibly gassy by that description. Haven’t you vented your spleen enough for one day?🙂 I’d nit-pick that gas is produced in another part of your body, but I think I will watch a show about Doctor Who instead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/39 "2013-09-29T02:49:39Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I’ve never tasted an Oriental. I have performed extensive taste tests on a Philippine and a Japanese…does that count? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/40 "2013-09-29T03:13:46Z")
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