Sometimes a blog post requires no words. This is one. The video does the talking (Hat Tip: MTV Iggy). The language is NSFW.
September 11, 2009
32 comments
on September 11, 2009 2:39 PM · Direct link
this makes me so happy.
Abhi thank you for starting friday evening with this Gem.
RAM
on September 11, 2009 2:48 PM · Direct link
Why is there a problem for Asian men to get a date that they need a promotion? Sounds silly.
on September 11, 2009 2:50 PM · Direct link
Sounds silly.
That's the point!
on September 11, 2009 2:54 PM · Direct link
Oh hells yes. That was fucking brilliant.
on September 11, 2009 3:01 PM · Direct link
wat? the langwij is nsfw! o_O
where do you work man?
on September 11, 2009 3:27 PM · Direct link
funny ... but seriously, don't date my dad. I'll cut you.
on September 11, 2009 3:30 PM · Direct link
Too bad they couldn't find some good looking Asians and Desis for the video.
on September 11, 2009 3:47 PM · Direct link
Rocked my socks. Especially the line that nil quoted.
on September 11, 2009 4:11 PM · Direct link
Abhi I was having the a really bad day till just now.....god this is awesome....too bad the Asian men in this video are not all that great looking.....but made my day-THANK YOU!
on September 11, 2009 5:10 PM · Direct link
If your going to be a Sikh and least dont represent with the lop sided turban.
on September 11, 2009 6:09 PM · Direct link
she had me at bubble tea! thanks, abhi...
on September 11, 2009 6:59 PM · Direct link
Could someone give the lyrics to the song or a link please? TIA.
on September 11, 2009 7:10 PM · Direct link
funny ... but seriously, don't date my dad. I'll cut you.haha. hadnt seen that part. thanks for linking 'nil'. and cant but help notice that Dad is dancing with a very talented desigirl. Go Daddy!
on September 11, 2009 8:36 PM · Direct link
cant but help notice that Dad is dancing with a very talented desigirl. Go Daddy!
to be fair Daddy seems to be in the middle of an East and South Asian love sandwhich there!!!
Can't help chuckling at those complaining about the lack of good-looking men in the video, don't think they absorbed the spirit of the song!
on September 11, 2009 10:14 PM · Direct link
First thing I thought of is the female "d*** in a box" ... love it! More than her though, the gay rapper RULES.
on September 12, 2009 8:55 AM · Direct link
Who gives a damn if the Sikh wears his turban lopsided or not. It's the turban-wearers choice.
on September 12, 2009 11:42 AM · Direct link
Can't help chuckling at those complaining about the lack of good-looking men in the video
it's not just the men. ;-)
I think the message "F{raternize with} Asian men" goes down better when a hot woman delivers it. Otherwise it sort of undermines itself.
on September 12, 2009 2:00 PM · Direct link
Ha!
on September 12, 2009 3:04 PM · Direct link
re: "asian men."
1) there isn't a sex imbalance in interracial marriage for south asians in the USA
2) the sex imbalance for east asians is sharply reduced when you limit your sample to native-born couples. that is, it seems a large proportion of the asian woman + white man couples are immigrant women with native born males.
also, some of this might have to do with average between group height differences. see Anthropometry of Love: Height and Gender Asymmetries in Interethnic Marriages. chix dig taller dudes. dudes don't dig taller chix. on average.
on September 12, 2009 3:56 PM · Direct link
Thank you for posting this! It's great to hear all these opinions. Of course we can't please everyone, but this song and vid came out of a place of love, so I'm just happy to see that people are enjoying it, sharing it and having fun with it!
on September 12, 2009 4:31 PM · Direct link
Jen, I just wanted to say I thought this video was amazing and hilarious. You're a rock star.
on September 12, 2009 7:43 PM · Direct link
Jen, you rocked my chuddies!
on September 12, 2009 8:12 PM · Direct link
Thanks for the good work Jen!
For those who asked, here are the lyrics:
http://www.dateanasian.net/lyrics/
on September 13, 2009 1:53 AM · Direct link
well, if everything on youtube were to come true:)
on September 13, 2009 6:41 AM · Direct link
@Razib,
The asian girl is the nerdy white man's dream..I've noticed that asian women (primarily FOBs) are more susceptible to the charms of a nerdy provider guy, provided he's caucasian
on September 13, 2009 10:38 AM · Direct link
I don't know what's funnier... the video or that some earnest Sepia Mutineer has used it to present some statistics on inter-racial couplings and extrapolated that out to link to a discussion on Height and Gender Asymmetries in Interethnic Marriages.
Razib, I salute your commitment to spreading intellectual pursuits.
on September 13, 2009 1:42 PM · Direct link
Can't help chuckling at those complaining about the lack of good-looking men in the video
it's not just the men. ;-)
The women in the video are attractive. IMO anyway.
on September 13, 2009 1:54 PM · Direct link
awesome.
the jewish rapper was pretty good too. but, see, i can't resist that anyway.
on September 13, 2009 6:32 PM · Direct link
wtf.
I thought there were plenty of sufficiently good looking folks in the video.
on September 14, 2009 2:01 AM · Direct link
he video or that some earnest Sepia Mutineer has used it to present some statistics on inter-racial couplings and extrapolated that out to link to a discussion on Height and Gender Asymmetries in Interethnic Marriages.
a lot of the discussion among asian americans and interracial/ethnic pairings has the subtext that there is a gender skew. the data surprised me, so i try to spread the world. as for the height, that was always to me a very plausible explanation, so it was nice to see it characterized rigorously.
on September 14, 2009 2:43 AM · Direct link
Too bad they couldn't find some good looking Asians and Desis for the video.
Right, because we totally need more fake and unattainable media images. Seriously, the fact that this is full of 'ordinary' people is part of what makes it so great. Am I the only one here old enough to remember when videos first came out in the early eighties, and they were full of dressed up but otherwise regular-looking folks? When you could actually imagine yourself as a rock star without tens of thousands of dollars of plastic surgery?
on September 14, 2009 2:44 PM · Direct link
huh, the people in the video were normal and pleasant looking.. made it a lot more believable. for 80s non-plastic beauty check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ-eisHzA84 no fake boobs
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