Also, Saimin sounds delicious… never seen it before, maybe I’ll find it here on the mainland now that I know it exists. Thanks Butters!
Nope. You’ll see “Live aloha” or “Got Aloha?” or maybe a shaka sign (that hand gesture with the pinky and thumb extended). There might be some fringe pro-sovereignty folks with “kingdom of Hawaii”-type stickers to go with their not-legal custom license plates, but no one proclaims their native-born status like that.
I have seen a sticker that said “Native Hawaiian”, but it was referring to the ethnicity, not a resident/tourist distinction.
jz78817
October 21, 2012, 12:46am
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I was hoping this signaled a personality change in Butters. Guess not.
BigT
October 21, 2012, 9:19am
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I think having them early on in the episode, looking at them like they were idiots, worked just as well.
Plus Kyle wasn’t there to learn something that day.
For the record, trey has a house on Kauai in wailua which is near coco palms. He making fun and exaggerations of stuff he most likely experienced here. Damn haole.
AlohaBear32:
Ya know, I’ve lurked Straight Dope for several years now (haven’t joined for various reaons) and it’s funny that THIS is the post that would make me put asunder all reservations and actually sign up lol
So before I start, I’ll just say that not only do I live in Hawaii currently but on the actual Island the show was about (Kauai) I figure Trey and Matt must have taken a vacation here once or twice because they did a pretty spot on representation of the island and its locations with a few missteps probably for the sake of animation.
As far as the “Mahalo Card” that is fictional, but several local grocery stores have cards like that, for example Foodland has a “Maika’i Card” program where you earn points based on spending and get discounts on food (2 for 1 deals,ect) It’s supposed to be for LOCAL residents only, however timeshare owners proudly put down their p.o. box or. Westin Resort addresses to receive one.
Which brings to the bulk of the episodes jokes…I realize for people who have never been to Hawaii the joke was one note and flat/stupid. But for us living here it was spot on Satire. To be honest I’m suprised there wasin’t backlash against it from “Native Hawaiian” (aka Timeshare owners from the mainland) whom the episode was mocking. Because the parody was spot on…if you come to Kauai or Maui, indeed there are a large number of “Timeshare Hawaiians” who have claimed a co-op on the culture, some even calling themselves “Kumu’s” in Hula is a huge offense to actual Hawaiian people (of which my wife is)…and several of them try to “Out local the locals” which is analougous to blackface IMO. it’s almost the equivalent of calling yourself a 5th degree black belt after watcing a few Bruce Lee movies and taking 2 classes of Tae Kwon Do at the Y…but I Digress..
Anyway I’ll be around if anyone wants to ask questions…but overall a great episode…my only dissapointment is that they didn’t have an ACTUAL local person call them out on their “native” b.s. …going too far I guess??
I am a native Hawaiian. I love south park. Too bad trey had to make fun of us too. Just gonna have to scrap him next time I see him.