Glad the laughter cheered you up! Right now, my head is about to explode and I needed the laugh myself.
The thing is, it's a very, very small subset of Italians who think "guido" is at all acceptable.
95% of Italians just about everywhere else? Nooooot so much.
I don't even want to talk about what happened on an message board when the issue of Jersey Shore Came up and a bunch of us with Italian ethnicity in our background were all, "This is not okay" and we were roundly ignored or told to get a sense of humor. *roll eyes*
The good news is, sooner or later these mooks will disappear off the radar (or be killed if MTV actually renews the show and send them to Revere) and the word "guido" will return to its rightful place as an ethnic slur. Until then, I get to endure all the explanations in the world why it really isn't an ethnic slur and why it's perfectly okay to call me and Italians in general a bunch of guidos because those people on Jersey Shore do it all the time and they're Italian, too, right?
NO! NO IT IS NOT OKAY! THOSE PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS! YOU DO NOT GET TO CALL ME A GUIDO! EVER!
*pant, pant, pant*
I may need to write that rant someday after all. Maybe if MTV actually does renew the series or actually starts to film it. Until then, I just want it all to go away.
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The thing is, it's a very, very small subset of Italians who think "guido" is at all acceptable.
95% of Italians just about everywhere else? Nooooot so much.
I don't even want to talk about what happened on an message board when the issue of Jersey Shore Came up and a bunch of us with Italian ethnicity in our background were all, "This is not okay" and we were roundly ignored or told to get a sense of humor. *roll eyes*
The good news is, sooner or later these mooks will disappear off the radar (or be killed if MTV actually renews the show and send them to Revere) and the word "guido" will return to its rightful place as an ethnic slur. Until then, I get to endure all the explanations in the world why it really isn't an ethnic slur and why it's perfectly okay to call me and Italians in general a bunch of guidos because those people on Jersey Shore do it all the time and they're Italian, too, right?
NO! NO IT IS NOT OKAY! THOSE PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS! YOU DO NOT GET TO CALL ME A GUIDO! EVER!
*pant, pant, pant*
I may need to write that rant someday after all. Maybe if MTV actually does renew the series or actually starts to film it. Until then, I just want it all to go away.