I’m a Hindu? Where’s my dot? Isn’t that like a Hindu door prize?
Mostly, they’re worn by women…
That’s what I was going to point out, the way they worded that part you can almost see the “;)” next to it.
One of the other ones is that it’s the religion of the Indians. Hinduism is so tied up with Indian identity, the idea of a non-Indian converting to Hinduism wouldn’t make sense to most Hindus.
Maybe I should get one that kind of protrudes out like a horn – you know, a forehead penis.
That was some razor sharp satire, and clearly so close to the edge that most of the YouTube proletariat miss the point. Total win. Loved the indoor sunglasses too.
ETA: I want a God-nipple on my forehead too.
Oh, good, I thought I was going to have to line up a sponsor, either for this lifetime or the next. But Lordy (Ganeshy?) there’s a lot of godings and manifestations to keep straight. Fortunately I get all my idolatry supplies at the Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild.
Not so. Hindus are familiar with the concept of evangelism (to Indians and non-Indians alike) but there are very few sects which actually practice it- perhaps because, as I noted above, everyone who believes in god(s) is already a Hindu, in a sense.
The blurb on this link is brilliant:
“Shiva the Destroyer… as a doll! 11” tall although he can technically take any form." 
As someone who grew up christian (no longer, though), surrounded by other young christians, I have no problem believing that’s real.
We’re told from a very young age that we should try to convert anybody we can. If my sheltered existence had allowed me to be near someone of another faith at that age, after I stopped hyperventilating I’d probably start laying on the jesus schtick.
Yeah, it’s an American usage. In U.S. English, “Asian” generally refers to people from China, Japan, Korea, Laos, etc., to the exclusion of people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc. (Our “Asian” is what people in other English-speaking countries still refer to, IIRC, as “Oriental,” but that’s considered a non-PC term here now.)
Yeah, even if it’s not real, it’s still not great satire, in my opinion. It was way too boring to watch either way.
I posit that people/girls that age wouldn’t even know what satire is, much less be aware of the necessary stereotypes being satire’d.
Well clearly from the video, they do. Conversely, someone of your age/gender and with an awareness of the necessary stereotypes wouldn’t recognise it if it whanged you round the head with a piece of 2x4.
Yes it’s not great satire if you hold it up to Chris Morris, but compared to most YouTube content, it was. The fact that people can’t even recognise it as such, despite some not altogether subtle clues, just proves that fact.
Well, I for one think they are geniuses. I also thought the video was hilarious.
“One regular one, and one Indian one.”
“…But we are part of Asia.”
“Okay, whatever.”
They are true comedians. I also love their “Showing off some of the best jokes ever” video. That was great.
“I got a couple of [comments from] Christians who were like, ‘Oh, you make us Christians look bad,’ so I thought that was good 'cause that means like if I was a good Christian, like that made other Christians look bad.”
“Yeah, like they can’t kind of compare.”
But now it;s the 21st century and we don’t try and classify people using 19th century standards
I have to agree. If it was satire, I really didn’t find it funny.
As soon as you classify people racially at all, that’s exactly what you’re doing, to a greater or lesser extent. Race is a social construct, but according to those socially established sets of criteria, Indians are Caucasian.
wtf is RO?
Recreational outrage: getting upset over something that has little to no relevance at all to you personally.