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Published Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 10:00:00 AM - Single-page view
- A new addition to the "11 Photos Where Black People Were Awkwardly Photoshopped In or Out" list. Got this photo from three readers and two co-workers. Makes me happy that I'm starting to become the go-to guy for awkward corporate racial mistakes.
So Microsoft put up this great ad showing people of all races getting along in a happy business meeting in the U.S. Then, for their Polish version, they decided to awkwardly replace the black guy with a white guy. People noticed. A lot of people noticed.
--Courtesy of Christina in Seattle, Zohar and Callie
Microsoft apologized, and quickly pulled down the images. But I'm happy to report that it will now live here forever. And please keep sending me these photos. I have a strong feeling this isn't the last time a company's going to Photoshop a black person in or out of a photo. Because there's no diversity like fraudulently Photoshopped diversity! - 11 questions with 11 answers. I did a couple of these last week and I like 'em... when someone writes in with a nice list of 11 questions, the least I can do is answer them.
Sam,
1.) I could never get into "Futurama" and I'm not sure why. I've given it a lot of chances, both during its initial run and on Adult Swim. Here's my best guess: It looks like "The Simpsons"... it's from a lot of the same team that does "The Simpsons"... but it's just not "The Simpsons".
1.) I love the overall devotion to the Simpsons and especially to the older episodes (before they went 3 seasons with hackneyed storylines while putting together the movie), but with such Simpson envy, why is there such a lack of interest in Futurama?
2.) What's in spam and why is it so popular in Hawaii?
3.) Why are you fanatic about Mario Kart, but can't get into Smash Bros? The game is all crowd screaming carnage and epic losses between friends using most of the best from Nintendo’s beginnings. (With exception to characters like Sonic and Snake, but we let then slide because they, too, are awesome)
4.) I, like everyone else apparently, read all of the Harry Potter books and enjoyed the series. It seems though you may have better luck preparing a Potter list by beginning with the "11 things _______ _________ about twilight" list. (Hint: the blanks should probably resonate towards negativity)
5.) Are "break" and "cracked" related in some way aside from their focus on comical social commentary?
6.) What percentage of your ideas for lists are reached while sober?
7.) Have you ever thought (or possibly done and it's not coming to my mind presently) about doing a list based off what you encounter from participating in one of your list topics? (i.e. join DateCraft and see what happens)
8.) Being a fan, you HAD to have simpsonized yourself when the movie came out, can we see?
9.) Being a blogger, how could you not enlighten your audience on your first blog when you did your recent web post?!
10.) Where on earth IS Carmen San Diego????
11.) Forget all the complaints, what was your FAVORITE part of Transformers 2?
--Ryan
2.) I asked my co-worker Matty, a Hawaiian native, this question. "I think it's because it's so cheap," he said, "and people in Hawaii used to be really poor when they lived on plantations. We like all kinds of meats that are easy to preserve: Spam, Vienna sausages, corned beef."
3.) Really, I don't love Smash Bros. because I've never gotten into fighting games. I was never really a big Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat fan, and having the Nintendo characters involved in that genre doesn't really do it for me. I much prefer platform games (like the real Mario), sports games and puzzle games.
4.) I would do a "Twilight" list except that it would mean having to read the "Twilight" books. If I want to take in some Mormon propaganda I'll watch old episodes of "Donny & Marie" on Hulu, thank you very much.
5.) I don't think Break and Cracked are related, other than both being big time, funny websites. But I've worked at Break for quite a while now and helped grow its original content department from a tadpole into a full-fledged production company, which makes it pretty damn cool in my book.
6.) Believe it or not, I come up with all of my 11 Points ideas sober. Even ridiculous ones like 11 Occasions To Expose Your Breasts in Public, In Order of Classiness and 11 Things Julia Stiles Hates About Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You. When I'm drinkin', I'm not writin'. Or even brainstormin'. But I generally am flippin' and dancin'.
7.) I have thought about doing lists based off my experiences -- like joining a dating site or something like that. Just haven't come up with the right idea yet.
8.) My never-before-seen Simpsonized photo is to the right!
9.) I used to blog about my efforts to become a stand-up comedian when I first moved to L.A. I pulled the blog down a while back -- it was never very good, and, right now, I get more readers on any given day at 11 Points than I got during an entire year of my old blog.
I also burned out on stand-up comedy... I liked it but didn't love it, and I've found that to succeed in anything in the entertainment world, you MUST have an undying, inextinguishable passion for it.
10.) I'm not sure where Carmen Sandiego is, but if she tells you she'll have beef with you if you don't relish her clues, she's probably in Hamburg, Germany.
11.) My favorite part of "Transformers 2" was... well... nothing. I didn't see it. I also didn't see the first "Transformers". And this may be controversial, but I'm squarely in the camp that believes Megan Fox's unbelievably obnoxious and not-as-smart-as-she-thinks-she-is personality ruins her physical attractiveness. - Jackass? I liked this link as a follow-up to my 11 Hilarious (and Very Necessary) Newspaper Corrections list...
Hey Sam,
No way that's a coincidence. Half the country thinks Keith Olbermann is a jackass. That was the TV listings editor making his feelings known in the one tiny bit of the newspaper he controls. He probably got fired for it. Or, at the very least, locked in a room with his eyes held open "Clockwork Orange"-style watching an endless loop of "The Rachel Maddow Show".
The other day I stumbled upon your article about newspaper corrections and it occurred to me that I just seen a particularly hilarious one in the LA Times. The link is included below, and unfortunately I could not find the original article, but apparently someone managed to list one of the shows in their TV grid incorrectly. I, on the other hand, am not so sure that someone "accidentally" replaced Countdown with Keith Olbermann with MTV's Jackass. Mere coincidence? I think not.

(http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-a4-correx21-2009aug21,0,7452844.story)
--Tim - WAAAAALLLLLLTTT!
This sign appeared about a week ago in the women's restroom where I work. (I work at an airport.)
Just promise me you don't work at the Sydney airport and that sign's not in the terminal with planes that fly to Los Angeles.
--Macey - Twitter Avatar comparison, number two. Two people actually sent this in...
Actually, you look just like Edward Burns in your Twitter avatar. --Alice in Punderland and Jehad (@heharmjade)
So in the first Inbox-O-Rama, someone compared me to Austin Powers...

And today, it's Ed Burns...

I like that as an improvement! I got much handsomer in two weeks. At the rate this is going, about 22 Inbox-O-Ramas from now people will be comparing me to Zac Efron or Matt Lauer!
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