# This website is fake, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599 "2004-05-05T07:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/1 "2004-05-05T07:10:29Z")
[http://www.i-am-asian.com/](http://www.i-am-asian.com/) No, really. McDonalds would not _really_ make this… Right? Please? ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/2 "2004-05-05T07:38:37Z")
Running a whois search on the url you give returns: > [@](#): > > Registrant: > McDonalds (SIIYFOIVSD) > One McDonald’s Plaza > Oak Brook, IL 60523 > US > > Domain Name: [I-AM-ASIAN.COM](http://I-AM-ASIAN.COM) > > Administrative Contact: > McDONALD’s CORPORATION (36293080O) [dns.manager@mcd.com](mailto:dns.manager@mcd.com) > One McDonald’s Plaza > Oak Brook, IL 60523 > US > 630 623 6957 fax: 630 623 5033 So, yeah, it appears that it’s real. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/3 "2004-05-05T09:54:57Z")
What’s wrong with it? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/4 "2004-05-05T10:47:37Z")
Well, nothing much other than trying to exploit cultural heritage to sell Big Macs. But seeing as you think Big Corporations can do no wrong, I’m not suprised you had to ask. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/5 "2004-05-05T10:55:54Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > What’s wrong with it? It’s totally shit? ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/6 "2004-05-05T11:01:33Z")
Imagine the Media Frenzy if it said “I am White.” And the lawsuits . . . And the boycots. . . ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/7 "2004-05-05T11:05:29Z")
May is Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month here in the US, so Mickey D’s is just making a corporate tie-in to a legitimate event–what’s the big deal? Today is Cinco de Mayo, and lots of Mexican restaurants are going to be having drink specials to commemorate it–is that also corporate exploitation of ethnic heritage? Would you rather that US corporations _not_ celebrate our nation’s ethnic diversity? Or is it that corporations are not allowed to make money at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/8 "2004-05-05T11:45:59Z")
I don’t particularly like the “I am Asian, but I’m also American, and Americans eat McDonalds!” crap that the website is trying to push. I have no problem with Mexican restaurants celebrating Cinco de Mayo, or people noting and respecting ethnic holidays. I just don’t like people trying to insert their product into a culture as if it was part of the culture all along, Or that the people who identify themselves as that culture are now hip hop loving Asian Americans who just love to eat McDonalds. > [@](#): > > We’re Asian and Pacific Islander Americans “living on the rim,” where our diverse cultures and the everyday American lifestyle become one. We’re hanging on to our great traditions while we move to the beat of the times. We honor our heritage - but we love being Americans. From high fashion to high tech, from Asian Pacific American hip hop to haute cuisine, we’re weaving the threads of our culture into the fabric of everyday American life. Whether we’re sipping green tea or enjoying a Big Mac® sandwich, we’re helping make the magic mix called America become even richer. And McDonald’s is right there with us, everyday! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/9 "2004-05-05T13:12:06Z")
What’s wrong with it? Mainly, what’s wrong is that I’d expect a company with the advertising budget that McDonald’s has to come up with something that doesn’t sound like a complete piece of hack work. I write ads for a living, and I’d be embarrassed to submit something of this quality. It reads like a Simpsons parody of company execs trying to use teen slang. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/10 "2004-05-05T14:04:03Z")
I’m hatin’ it. Just another example of a multinational co-opting a culture to sell their crap. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/11 "2004-05-06T02:11:35Z")
I’m with **Sublight** , it seems more clueless and ham handed rather than outright offensive. I’m not of Asian ancestry, though, so maybe I’m not qualified to say. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/12 "2004-05-06T02:26:59Z")
> [@Futile Gesture](#): > > Just another example of a multinational co-opting a culture to sell their crap. Well, the thing that bothers me is that I can’t see how “Asian and Pacific Islander” is a culture. I recon, though, that McD has nothing to do with this classification. Do Americans of “Asian and Pacific Islands” heritage really identify with each other? It’s an awfully big and varied area. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/13 "2004-05-06T03:18:04Z")
As others have said; it’s not offensive, it’s just lame. The whole “I’m Lovin’ It” campaign is incredibly lame. It’s painfully lame. I have nothing to do with McDonald’s and I cringe everytime I see those commercials because they’re so lame they literally embarass me! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/14 "2004-05-06T06:05:09Z")
Egregiously lame. Gawd, I hate McD’s. Everything they make looks like somebody sat on it. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/15 "2004-05-06T06:19:16Z")
Given that to date the two most embraced American food products by Asians of Pacific Island and Japanese descent respectively, are SPAM and beek jerky, my cultural insensitivity meter is not pegging . If McDonalds can woo Asian’s over to hamburgers God bless them. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/16 "2004-05-06T06:25:47Z")
Any site design that: A) Includes random chatroom abbreviations thrown in as background graphics… > [@](#): > > CUL8R@MCDS > LOLROF :DDDDD > GMTA :)))))) > TTFN > BBL…Going to McD B) _isn’t_ made by an 11-year-old and hosted on Geocities, and… C) \*Isn’\*t being intentionally ironic… …should guarantee that _anyone_ attached to the project in _any_ capacity finds themselves on the dole and eating shitty McDonald’s food in short order. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/17 "2004-05-06T07:50:10Z")
Come on, you are a bunch of bright people - of course you think it’s crap. This campaign is being marketed at brain-dead asian\* bozos - they are the ones who will fall for it. Note the nice little meme McD for mobile messaging. \*not that being asian means one is brain-dead or a bozo, just that this is the market in this particular example…other campaigns are marketed at brain-dead Australians…phew ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/18 "2004-05-06T16:43:26Z")
> [@Sami41](#): > > Imagine the Media Frenzy if it said “I am White.” > > And the lawsuits . . . > > And the boycots. . . That’s true of lots of things now. Its as if you are not allowed to celebrate your heritage if you’re white, it will always been seen as racist. The double standard applies big time here. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/19 "2004-05-06T16:45:00Z")
dude, every freaking day is white heritage day. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599/20 "2004-05-06T16:51:10Z")
What is it if you’re white and you trademark the phrase “I Am Asian?” Maybe not racist-- but really, really, _stupid_. ([And can you _be_ any whiter?](http://www.theregister.co.uk/media/1130.jpg)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-fake-right/243599.md?page=2)