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White House Asked for the USS John McCain To Be Out of Sight During Japan Visit Because Trump Is a Petty Maniac
Before Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) died, he made a list of people who couldn’t attend his funeral. That list only had two names on it: 1. Scar from The Lion King 2. President Donald Trump It’s safe to say that if your dying wish is not to have the president of the United States at…
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Japanese Company Learns That, Despite Its Best Efforts, Naomi Osaka Is Not a White Anime Character
Japanese noodle company Nissin has pulled an ad egregiously whitewashing Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka. In the animated ad, the tennis star—who has proudly and repeatedly claimed both sides of her mixed-race heritage—essentially had her skin bleached of all its melanin. Osaka’s nose has also been narrowed, and her hair reduced to a short, wavy…
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6 Jobs I Might Have to Look Into Now That I Know You Can Get a W-4 for Being a Real Ninja
On the list of things I’ve always wanted to be in life, placing “ninja” on LinkedIn is definitely high on the list. Of course, that desire ebbs and flows because who the hell ever thinks they’re going to be an actual, real-live ninja? But as it turns out, that shit is legit a real job.…
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For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Japan
If Hollywood is to be believed, then gap years are the sole domain of white folks “finding themselves” in foreign lands. From Sean Penn’s accidental comedy Into the Wild, in which a diary entry that keeps threatening like a storm cloud to be a meaningful anecdote is reduced to an absurd cautionary tale about the…
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Mile-High Fight Breaks Out on Flight From Tokyo to Los Angeles
Remember back in the day when “mile-high club” referred to getting busy in an airplane bathroom? Well, now it seems to have taken on a whole new meaning. Mile-high fights are all the rage, and two passengers on a flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles came to blows Monday night on All Nippon Airways. According…