NEWS: Mexicans Stealing Our Jobs, Starting From the Top Down

ignisfatuus said:

your general tone is one of american superiority. while i realise your intention was to be jocular, it doesn't come across that way to me. your editorial just wasn't funny. largely based on your attempt at a humorous premise that another job has been taken from an american by a mexican, when in fact it hasn't. illegal immigration and illegal employment is a serious issue that doesn't work well being juxtaposed with such a triviality as world's richest person. the comparison is terrible.

furthermore, you're neglecting the fact that bill gates has endowed his charitable organization, the bill and melinda gates foundation, with roughly 40bn dollars of his personal wealth. contrast that with slim's 10bn to his own foundation.

one last thing that really bothered me was your discounting of a mexican financial publication's findings simply because it's mexican. it reeks of a sense that mexicans and all that mexicans are capable of is inferior. just because mexico has a lot of internal problems, doesn't mean they're not intelligent and capable of coming to defendable conclusions.

ignisfatuus said:

i challenge you to support your position with something more than an insult.

TheCoolerKing said:
Ok, you're saying I chose to mock a subject that you feel is too serious to joke about. NO SUBJECT is too serious to joke about. But, more to the point, you still haven't shown how this makes me ignorant of anything.

I'm having a hard time understanding how you can guess that I'm being "tongue in cheek," but at the same time, take things I wrote at face value. To the point where my, um "American superiority," offends you...

I'm being totally serious. Maybe critiquing comedic pieces isn't something you're ready for. I'm not even trying to be condescending, I think you should practice on essays you find that you can guarantee are 100% straightforward. Find something that says, for example, "Up is down!" Then, you can jump in (again, make sure you get the author's intent, this part is crucial) and say, "hold on a sec, Up is up! It's not down!"

Also, everyone knows that any and all publications originating in Mexico are written, produced and distributed by children. Poor illiterate children. All the adults are too busy getting drunk to help out. They're the guys you should be mad at. And the only thing they're capable of "defending" is chupacabra attacks.

TheCoolerKing said:

Careful... You're not really up to laying down challenges yet... baby steps.

Cigarette said:

TheCoolerKing said:
Ok, you're saying I chose to mock a subject that you feel is too serious to mock. NO SUBJECT is too serious to mock. But, more to the point, you still haven't shown how this makes me ignorant of anything.

I'm having a hard time understanding how you can guess that I'm being "tongue in cheek," but at the same time, take things I wrote at face value. To the point where my, um "American superiority," offends you...

I'm being totally serious, here. Maybe critiquing comedic pieces isn't something you're ready for. I'm not even trying to be condescending, I think you should practice on essays you find that you can guarantee are 100% straightforward. Find something that says, for example, "Up is down!" Then you can jump in (again, make sure you get the author's intent, this part is crucial) and say, "Hold on a sec, Up is up! It's not down!"

Also, everyone knows that any and all publications originating in Mexico are written, produced and distributed by Mexican children. Poor illiterate children. All the adults are too busy getting drunk to help out. They're the guys you should be mad at. And the only thing they're capable of "defending" is chupacabra attacks. U...S...A...! USA! USA!

ignisfatuus said:
try your shtick in a night club and see how it flies. your jokes and delivery just aren't humorous.

ignisfatuus said:
furthermore, i think the lack of comments on your piece speaks for the idiocy of it.

ignisfatuus said:
i will give you credit for that last paragraph, however. i was amused. the sarcastic amplification of stereotypes and, ultimately, the absurdity of chupacabra attacks strike as humor because it's clear that you're simply mocking my seriousness. which is funny. i'm really not a serious person. but i am serious about your editorial because it's not funny. and when something fails at being funny, it's capable of being offensive. and i took offense to your piece and decided to let you know that.

TheCoolerKing said:

I have. Hundreds of times. It goes quite well.

Brilliant logic.

Stop being a weird robot. It's not my fault you can't experience human emotions. Go find a scientist to build you a program for humor or love or something.

ignisfatuus said:

TheCoolerKing said:

I have. Hundreds of times. It goes quite well.

Brilliant logic.

Stop being a weird robot. It's not my fault you can't experience human emotions. Go find a scientist to build you a program for humor or love or something.

ignisfatuus said:
while i assume your intention is tongue-in-cheek, your commentary mostly comes off as being ignorant. try thinking before you type.