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[Amon37]

I received this email from a popular sushi place

Title: Robert, no JUAN parties like RA!

Body:

There is more than one reason to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the RA! Tacos, margaritas, and ice cold beer... only you can decide.

Get ready, grab your sombreros and let's fiesta like there's no mañana

I received a follow up email:

This morning you received our email promoting our Cinco de Mayo specials. After the email was sent, we realized we used poor judgement in some of the language that was used in the email. We are very sorry for our lack of sensitivity and assure you that we will be much more attentive in the future. Thank you.

I asked my mexican co worker if he was offended by any of it and he wasn't but obviously he doesn't speak for an entire race.For the record I didn't find it offensive either.

 

[Jack Scofield]

I'm part Mexican and I see nothing offensive about this.

 

[inky]

I'm full Mexican and everything I see here is offensive, especially the hard shell tacos.

 

[boiled goose]

The only questionable thing is the mustache (because it might be a stereotype), but it's not that bad.

I'm full Mexican and everything I see here is offensive, especially the hard shell tacos.

Agree here.

 

[Ferrio]

That's really tame, especially for what I was expecting from the title.

 

[ReAxion]

the mustache is a bit much.

 

[msdstc]

Cmon

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

You can argue about mustaches if you want, but I will defend sombreros as the great and colorful cultural icon they are.

 

[Kite]

OP is soft.

 

[Alebrije]

La Araña Zapatista says No.

 

[ghostofsparta]

The only crime here is still using "no Juan". Get it?! Like no one?!

Bruhhhhhhhhh I don't even know old this is

 

[Soulfang]

The most offensive thing about this is that apparently a sushi place is serving tacos.

 

[HammerOfThor]

La Araña Zapatista says No.

jajajaja @ that gif

 

[BocoDragon]

Is it offensive? No way José.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Companies gotta stop using the Juan pun

 

[Ac30]

I'm full Mexican and everything I see here is offensive, especially the hard shell tacos.

Are hard tacos not authentically Mexican / South American?

Thank god!

 

[EBE]

is the 'emperor's margarita' a jab at Maximilian I?

and no, it isnt.

 

[PorygonVandal]

I really think that using stereotypes for thematic parties or costumes is not offensive at all...

I'm Mexican, I live in Mexico and I find this funny, that's all

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I'm just latino, but I guess the title is just barely off-color? The rest is meh.

 

[Maxim726X]

Jesus Christ.

Am I in a satirical thread?

 

[Htown]

"no Juan" is a little questionable, maybe

 

[SDCowboy]

Uh, no. What would be offensive about that?

 

[yanipheonu]

I mean, it'd be naive to make a holiday and expect it to not be used to sell shit to people.

 

[styl3s]

This seems like something you would have to go out of your way to be offended about unless you are overly sensitive to shitty puns.

 

[Fury451]

the mustache is a bit much.

Sorta, but the way they have it with the minimal aesthetic is fine imo . The Juan pun in the text itself for the email is pretty dad joke level or below, but personally it doesn't strike me as offensive so much as corny

 

[Dosia]

No way Jose

 

[El_Mau]

Asahi? That's a japanese beer, as Mexican I feel deeply offended...not really.

 

[Majmun]

que?

 

[Struct09]

I'm offended that the tacos seem so expensive

 

[Zoe]

$12 tacos is pretty offensive

 

[Myzer]

Theonly offensive thing I see is the shit Japanese beer with the $10 tacos

 

[Einchy]

Nope.

 

[boiled goose]

You can argue about mustaches if you want, but I will defend sombreros as the great and colorful cultural icon they are.

Yeah, I have 0 issues with the sombrero. It's a festive icon. I don't think anyone actually thinks it is some form of daily or typical Mexican wear.

 

[-Eddman-]

I'm a mexican living in Mexico and hard shell tacos are not only offensive, those aberrations are a crime against humanity.

Everything else is fine. Kirin Beer is good.

 

[wenis]

those tacos are about $9.50 too expensive. that's offensive.

 

[Fat4all]

NNNNGGGHHHAAAAA

 

[EatinOlives]

Full Mexican.

Maybe the mustache? I don't fucking know.

The hard shell taco IS offensive but I doubt that's what they were thinking about

something something PC culture

 

[LaNaranja]

No mames guey.

 

[Seesaw15]

It's America every holiday will be stripped of its meaning and bastardized to sell something.

 

[kittenbreath]

Nah. Tacky as hell, but not offensive.

I asked my mexican co worker if he was offended by any of it and he wasn't but obviously he doesn't speak for an entire race.For the record I didn't find it offensive either.

Please don't do this again in the future. It's really uncomfortable to put someone on the spot like that.

 

[Dart]

Mexican in the US here, only thing offensive is the price, for hard shelled tacos nonetheless.

 

[Mindlog]

La Araña Zapatista says No.

wth lol.
I stand by an occasional hard shell as being OK.

 

[Alcotholic]

I find Cinco de Mayo to be increasingly dumb and pointless. The whole affair is pretty offensive in the same way that St. Patrick's day is.

 

[msdstc]

those tacos are about $9.50 too expensive. that's offensive.

Theonly offensive thing I see is the shit Japanese beer with the $10 tacos

$12 tacos is pretty offensive

I'm offended that the tacos seem so expensive

This generic ass dad joke being posted 4 times is offensive.

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

Hey, hard shells are ok, sometimes...

It's like self-contained nachos.

But yeah soft are always superior if, and only if, whoever is cooking them toasts the tortilla correctly.

 

[super-famicom]

Tacos with Japanese beer? Nah, that's fine.

 

[Snowybreak]

Nah. Tacky as hell, but not offensive.



Please don't do this again in the future. It's really uncomfortable to put someone on the spot like that.

Tacky! That's the word I was looking for.

 

[shiftplusone]

12 dollar hard shell tacos is pretty fucked up imo

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Kirin? Asahi?? Burn it all down.

Also nothing wrong with a taco dorado.

 

[boiled goose]

Hey, hard shells are ok, sometimes...

It's like self-contained nachos.

But yeah soft are always superior if, and only if, whoever is cooking them toasts the tortilla correctly.

You can use toasted or fried tortillas (tostadas, fried tacos, etc) in tasty ways.

The typical brittle thin horrible hard taco shell used in American Border food is garbage. If it was never a tortilla, it should not be used in a taco. It's like a fucking corn chip. That's a mediocre snack. Not food.