Comments on: Future Shops sells BlackBerry 8220 Pearl Flip for $49.99

By: ibis

ibis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:23:41 +0000

She won’t be offended because it’s racist, She’ll be offended that you tried to use a horrible pickup line on her…

By: CanisMinor

CanisMinor — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:04:33 +0000

Jeff,

Maybe in your mind it’s not racist. So, how about you do the following little test. Next time you’re out, and you see a cute asian lady in a club or bar with a flip phone, go up to her and say, “hey – I love your flip – you flip me long time” and see what reaction you get. By your view, she should crack up laughing because of your creative use of a movie quote.

It’s time to grow up Jeff. The age of using racist language is over.

By: Master Fu

Master Fu — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:51:14 +0000

Ah-sooooo….

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:28:07 +0000

if it was racist, it might say “you frip me”, oops, I guess I’m a racist now too.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:26:04 +0000

me think you funny

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:24:21 +0000

Are you guys really serious? It was a movie quote and if you are going to take offense to it you need to grow up a bit. Seriously, wtf is wrong with the added comments with the picture. It’s comical and meant to be taken that way. There have been many other quotes added to pictures in other posts. I didn’t see any of you complaining then. It is people like some of the commentors above who flip out and yell rasicm at any chance they get. Seriously, grow up.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:46:23 +0000

Seriously guys, it’s from a “Full Metal Jacket,” calm down. You have to take it as it is–a movie quote. It was not meant as an offensive quote, nor should it be taken as one. I for one thought it was witty. Why can’t you just take good humor?

And for the record, if you’re going to accuse him, accuse him correctly. The movie’s set in Vietnam, not China, so it’s not a Chinese racial slur. Look who’s the racially insensitive one now.

By: ibis

ibis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:31:01 +0000

Apples and oranges my friend. Would you be offended if he said “YO dawg”?

By: CanisMinor

CanisMinor — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:10:02 +0000

@Ibis:

“Easy guys…It’s a parody of a quote from a movie…”
If you want to set your values by what is said in a movie, well, movies often use the “n” word. If Michael had taken a parody of a movie with the “n” word, let’s say he’d written “what’s up, n***”, it would be just as offensive as this is.

This is just a sordid attempt to use slanderous racial humor for a quick laugh. It doesn’t belong on a site like this, in my opinion.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:01:28 +0000

The kiosks inside of Sam’s Club are selling these for $49.99 as well (T-Mobile)

By: ibis

ibis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:20:25 +0000

Easy guys…It’s a parody of a quote from a movie…

By: LiveCrunch

LiveCrunch — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:51:36 +0000

That’s all cool, but have you guys notice it’s 3 year agreement ? No wonder its only 49$ Canadian dollars.

By: doitall76

doitall76 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:47:56 +0000

I agree, what a crappy and needless thing to add to a post. Just because this is funny to one, doesn’t mean that everyone else will find humor in ignorance.

Doitall

By: CanisMinor

CanisMinor — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:31:15 +0000

“The only question left is whether or not some people at Future Shop are going to lose their job for the continuous stream of pre-announcement sales and leaks”

To, me, the only question left is whether or not some folks at the BGR are going to lose their job for the continual posting of racial slurs. Yes, Michael, a slur against Chinese is racism.

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:22:32 +0000

Tried the phone out at a TMO store. Not impressed at all.