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And millions of sticks of butter simultaneously cried out in joy...

Jun 21, 2013#1

Charlie Don't Surf

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/dining/paula-deen-is-a-no-show-on-today.html?_r=0

CRY MORE CROCODILE TEARS ON YOUTUBE YOU RACIST PIECE OF SHIT

TAKE YOUR SHITTY FOOD BACK TO GEORGIA

somewhere in Asia, Anthony Bourdain is smashing a mountain with his boner

Jun 21, 2013#2

Officer_Charon

We don't want that self-centered bitch back, kthxby.

I think I've mentioned on here that I've met her in person, working a security detail. Never have I wanted to strangle a public figure more than on that day. (Since, my priorities have shifted somewhat, but this ain't the political thread)

Jun 21, 2013#3

Charlie Don't Surf

Officer_Charon said:
We don't want that self-centered bitch back, kthxby.

I think I've mentioned on here that I've met her in person, working a security detail. Never have I wanted to strangle a public figure more than on that day. (Since, my priorities have shifted somewhat, but this ain't the political thread)

Man, I'm glad Paula Deen can unite us in agreement, since wow she is awful in a myriad of ways

also I don't usually call out stupid "Needs a lock" but what up DarkAudit???

Jun 21, 2013#4

Dave

So what exatly did she say? I have heard nothing more about this than, "OMG RACIST!!"

Jun 21, 2013#5

Officer_Charon

Went by her house in Thunderbolt whilst fishing with a buddy one day.... was tempted to dump the leftover bait on her porch.

Waste of bait.[DOUBLEPOST=1371852854][/DOUBLEPOST]@Dave, here appears to be a report with a transcript of the offending remarks...

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/06/paula-deen-racial.php[DOUBLEPOST=1371852900][/DOUBLEPOST]Specifically:

“Well what I would really like is a bunch of little niggers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties, you know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around,” the lawsuit claims Deen said. “Now that would be a true southern wedding, wouldn’t it? But we can’t do that because the media would be on me about that.”

Jun 21, 2013#6

Tress

Dave said:
So what exatly did she say? I have heard nothing more about this than, "OMG RACIST!!"

Here you go.

Jun 21, 2013#7

Gusto

Well I guess she was right about the media.

Jun 21, 2013#8

Dave

Okay, I just read a bit about it. From what I'd been hearing I thought this was something from the wayback machine, but apparently this incident was in 2007 so....

I mean, I'll admit that I used racial slurs - and yes, the n-word - when I was a kid, but it was more because of the place and time than because of any real hatred. I had never met a black person, but everyone in my family (older generation) were fairly racist so I went with the jokes because it's what I knew. Then I joined the military and actually met some guys...and they were actual, by God people, not murdering ne'er-do-wells! Imagine my surprise!

So no pass here, Paula![DOUBLEPOST=1371853070][/DOUBLEPOST]

Tress said:
Here you go.

Smartass.

Jun 21, 2013#9

GasBandit

Jun 21, 2013#10

Silent Bob

Jun 21, 2013#11

Gilgamesh

I'm sure she's crying all the way home in millions of dollars of endorsement deals she's gotten over the years.

Jun 21, 2013#12

ThatNickGuy

Officer_Charon said:
Went by her house in Thunderbolt whilst fisting a buddy one day...

Jun 21, 2013#13

GasBandit

Gilgamesh said:
I'm sure she's crying all the way home in millions of dollars of endorsement deals she's gotten over the years.

She better have invested it well, and not squandered it on living high on the hog, cause I have a feeling work's going to be hard to come by going forward.

Jun 21, 2013#14

figmentPez

My sister and I have been anti-Paula Deen for years. On a Food Network special, Deen pushed a pregnant Giada DeLaurentis, and that just does not fly. You can playfully push other, healthy, adults, but not someone who is carrying a child. After seeing that my sister found out she's a bit of a bully and not easy to work for.

Jun 21, 2013#15

GasBandit

Only the constant supply of butter keeps the beast in check, when the supply dwindles, the blood sugar drops, the gloves come off, and Paula turns into a monster.

Jun 21, 2013#16

PatrThom

So now we can put her on a pedestal, right...next to Mel Gibson?

--Patrick

Jun 21, 2013#17

HCGLNS

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/english-peas-recipe/index.html

Jun 21, 2013#18

Cajungal

HCGLNS said:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/english-peas-recipe/index.html

Fuckin' really?

Okay then I know a recipe for pho.

Ingredients: your car and your phone

1. Order pho from your local noodle house.

2. Pick up your order.

3. Put in a bowl and serve.

Jun 21, 2013#19

Ravenpoe

Cajungal said:
Fuckin' really?

Okay then I know a recipe for pho.

Ingredients: your car and your phone

1. Order pho from your local noodle house.

2. Pick up your order.

3. Put in a bowl and serve.

Step 4: add a stick of butter.

Jun 21, 2013#20

Cheesy1

Dammit, you beat me to it!

Jun 21, 2013#21

HCGLNS

Cheesy1 said:
Dammit, you beat me to it! with a stick of butter

FTFY

Jun 21, 2013#22

Yoshimickster

Saw this on the Daily Show, freakin' hilarious.

Jun 22, 2013#23

Frank

UGH, canned peas?

Fucking seriously?

The apocalypse is the only reason to eat canned peas.

Jun 22, 2013#24

Silent Bob

Damn it! I had Facebook meme gold, and the person erased it.

Essentially someone on my Facebook feed was utterly confused why Paula Deen was fired. To paraphrase: "You can't have a big plantation style wedding without black men as servers. People can't just forget slavery did exist, and that's what a plantation wedding was like."

I tried to explain that racism is defined as one race thinking it's superior to another, and having "black houseboys" at a wedding is an extension of that very thing. It's wrong. Period.

She then goes on about why it would be ok for a white person to have a Mexican themed wedding fiesta, but not a plantation style wedding as she described it.

Uh...because you're not showcasing Mexicans tending your landscaping which would be analogous to having black slave servants at your plantation wedding.

She also made another attempt at a weak analogy comparing the Paula Deen's wedding idea to actors portraying slaves in Williamsburg, VA reenactments. There's a difference, I said, those actors are doing so for educational perpose; they're raising awareness about their people's plight. Having black servants exclusively as houseboy type servants for entertainment of white people - making them tapdance and serve you - is a form of degradation. It essentially makes fun of a horrible thing.

I was unfriended after that. WHAT THE FUCK!??!

Jun 22, 2013#25

GasBandit

Marlon Brando says to go get the butter, Paula.

Jun 22, 2013#26

Ravenpoe

Silent Bob said:
I was unfriended after that.

Sounds like it worked out for you in the end.

Jun 22, 2013#27

Tress

Paula Deen's fans are outraged.

:rolleyes:

Here's another one with some choice quotes.

“I get it, believe me,” Ms. Green said. “But what’s hard for people to understand is that she didn’t mean it as racist. It sounds bad, but that’s not what’s in her heart. She’s just from another time.”

What's so racist about racist slurs? Amirite?

The Food Network’s Facebook page swelled with Deen supporters who disagreed with the punishment meted out by network executives.
“Everybody in the South over 60 used the N-word at some time or the other in the past,” wrote Dick Jackson, a white man from Missouri.

"Yeah, most of us are racist assholes around here! How dare a private nationwide company not want to be associated with that!"

“I don’t understand why some people can use it and others can’t,” said Rebecca Beckerwerth, 55, a North Carolina native who lives in Arizona and had made reservations at the restaurant Friday.

I'm willing to bet there's a lot you don't understand, idiot.

Students of Southern culture say that people like Ms. Deen learned a quiet, crippling system of polite etiquette to smooth the edges of segregation. While overt shows of racism are rare, it still persists.
“You still hear people talk that way if people think they are in a group of like-minded people,” said Richard Hattaway, 56, who lives just outside Savannah.
He said his grandfather used the word often and without rancor in referring to African-Americans. But Mr. Hattaway’s own parents forbade its use. It is an evolution common to many white families in the South, he said.

Really, it was a term of affection. Every time he called a black person a dirty n*****, he really meant it as a compliment. :rolleyes:

Jun 22, 2013#28

PatrThom

I don't think this is what they meant by the South rising.
If it is, I look forward to it getting punched down reeeal quick.

--Patrick

Jun 22, 2013#29

Ravenpoe

PatrThom said:
I don't think this is what they meant by the South rising.
If it is, I look forward to it getting punched down reeeal quick.

--Patrick

Well if history is any indication...

Jun 22, 2013#30

Bowielee

Tress said:
Paula Deen's fans are outraged.

Here's another one with some choice quotes.

What's so racist about racist slurs? Amirite?

"Yeah, most of us are racist assholes around here! How dare a private nationwide company not want to be associated with that!"

I'm willing to bet there's a lot you don't understand, idiot.

Really, it was a term of affection. Every time he called a black person a dirty n*****, he really meant it as a compliment.

My brother floored me last time I went home by dropping the N-bomb, I believe he referred to walmart type stores as "n-word stores". My mouth literally dropped open. I sometimes forget how different sheltered small towns are.

Jun 22, 2013#31

Ravenpoe

Bowielee said:
My brother floored me last time I went home by dropping the N-bomb, I believe he referred to walmart type stores as "n-word stores". My mouth literally dropped open. I sometimes forget how different sheltered small towns are.

You just described every holiday, when I have to see my extended family.

Jun 22, 2013#32

Bowielee

My entire family, without a single hint of irony, still call brazil nuts and licorice babies by their insanely offensive monikers.

Jun 22, 2013#33

Chad Sexington

Bowielee said:
My entire family, without a single hint of irony, still call brazil nuts and licorice babies by their insanely offensive monikers.

Huh, I had to Google that. I had literally no idea there was an offensive name for brazil nuts, and I'd never even heard of licorice babies.

Jun 23, 2013#34

PatrThom

Knew the first, did not know the second.

--Patrick

Jun 23, 2013#35

Gilgamesh

Sounds alot like the bigoted/racist town I came from. The funny part? The Mexican/Latino community there were racist against Blacks. I always thought that was ironic and silly because in the South, alot of Mexicans were treated as low class as the Black community in many parts by the White community. Yet they gladly will Crab Bucket pull each other down to make the White community happy. It's pretty repulsive.

Jun 23, 2013#36

HCGLNS

Cajungal said:
Fuckin' really?

Okay then I know a recipe for pho.

Ingredients: your car and your phone

1. Order pho from your local noodle house.

2. Pick up your order.

3. Put in a bowl and serve.

I have no idea what pho is, so I went looking, looks good!

http://bachelorpan.com/2013/06/pho/

Jun 23, 2013#37

bhamv3

Pho's pretty awesome. I more or less ate nothing but pho on my last trip to Vietnam.

Jun 24, 2013#38

Dave

My favorite part about that English Peas recipe are a couple of the comments.

This recipe is awesome. I added a pound of bacon and left out the peas. Delicious!

I would've given it 5 stars but the recipe was too complicated. Incredible show of technique though. Maybe you could do a video tutorial on this one because I was so lost.

Jun 24, 2013#39

BananaHands

I, for one, welcome our new cooking network overlord.

Jun 24, 2013#40

fade

And her torso-sized cranium. Seriously. Giada is like one notch above Modok.

Jun 24, 2013#41

BananaHands

fade said:
And her torso-sized cranium. Seriously. Giada is like one notch above Modok.

Jun 24, 2013#42

GasBandit

At least she knows how to keep them happy.

Jun 24, 2013#43

BananaHands

GasBandit said:
At least she knows how to keep them happy.

That show was great. "Let's put Giada in tropical situations so she can let out the girls more."

Jun 24, 2013#44

Dave

You guys hate the fact that I have a job, don't you?

Jun 24, 2013#45

BananaHands

Dave said:
You guys hate the fact that I have a job, don't you?

What? I like how she pronounces Italian words.

Jun 24, 2013#46

bhamv3

I like this woman's breasts.

Jun 24, 2013#47

HCGLNS

So racism by some has resulted in more Giada for others?

Mmmmm, Giada.

Jun 24, 2013#48

GasBandit

It's a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake, indeed.

Jun 25, 2013#49

Bubble181

Gilgamesh said:
Yet they gladly will Crab Bucket pull each other down to make the White community happy. It's pretty repulsive.

"To make the white community happy"? Moroccan and Turkish people around here can be horribly racist to one another (I don't think a "white" person can get away with charging people extra in their restaurant because of the wrong nationality these days

), but I sincerely doubt making the "white" people happy has anything to do with it.

It's the poorest people who tend to be most judgmental and discriminating, because they have the most reason to look for "others" to blame misfortune on; combined with the lowest amount of education and most easily swayed by "arguments" that aren't, really*. Also, historical reasons.

*Poorest *in a community*. All things in comparison. People in Congo are poorer than poor people in Belgium but are still happier and so on, but that's because they don't feel poor in the strictest sense of the word.

Jun 25, 2013#50

Silent Bob

Bubble181 said:
"To make the white community happy"? Moroccan and Turkish people around here can be horribly racist to one another (I don't think a "white" person can get away with charging people extra in their restaurant because of the wrong nationality these days ), but I sincerely doubt making the "white" people happy has anything to do with it.

It's the poorest people who tend to be most judgmental and discriminating, because they have the most reason to look for "others" to blame misfortune on; combined with the lowest amount of education and most easily swayed by "arguments" that aren't, really*. Also, historical reasons.

*Poorest *in a community*. All things in comparison. People in Congo are poorer than poor people in Belgium but are still happier and so on, but that's because they don't feel poor in the strictest sense of the word.

Pick a different example of a poor country. Maybe Nigeria. Congo is not a fun place to live.

Jun 25, 2013#51

Fun Size

Does this mean I'll no longer be subjected to her crazy-eyed stare on the front of some magazine in the checkout lane? Because if so, nothing would make me happier. That woman scared the hell out of me. "Look deeply into my eyes, and prepare for me to BUTTER YOUR SOUL!"

Jun 25, 2013#52

fade

Fun Size said:
Does this mean I'll no longer be subjected to her crazy-eyed stare on the front of some magazine in the checkout lane? Because if so, nothing would make me happier. That woman scared the hell out of me. "Look deeply into my eyes, and prepare for me to BUTTER YOUR SOUL!"

Jun 25, 2013#53

sixpackshaker

No...

Jun 25, 2013#54

GasBandit

sixpackshaker said:
No...

I see you shiver. With anticip...

...pation.

Jun 25, 2013#55

sixpackshaker

someone needs to photoshop blue eyes into that so it would look exactly like her.

Jun 26, 2013#56

BananaHands

Not enough pictures of the new Food Network queen in here.

Jun 26, 2013#57

Bubble181

Silent Bob said:
Pick a different example of a poor country. Maybe Nigeria. Congo is not a fun place to live.

I didn't pick a random example, I chose one I've been to and have seen people be way happier than us. Yes, in parts of the country there's regular rape raids and burning down of villages; people are dirt poor and often sleep outside because of "not having a roof". And obviously, I'm not saying everyone in the Kivu region is happy or happier than us - but go a bit further into the country to where most of the army/rebel/destruction things are "far away" (and that's 10 kilometers for some people) and, while still desperately poor, the people really are quite happy. By which I don't mean to imply "and we should let them rot there" or anything of the kind.

Jun 26, 2013#58

Ravenpoe

Bubble181 said:
Yes, in parts of the country there's regular rape raids and burning down of villages

This is where I stopped reading. "Well, yes, there area few rape raids here and there," is never something you should use in support of your argument.

Jun 26, 2013#59

Bubble181

Ravenpoe said:
This is where I stopped reading. "Well, yes, there area few rape raids here and there," is never something you should use in support of your argument.

I can't help the fact there are. I'm not saying living there is fun or that the situation is ok. I'm saying people are, despite rape being practically common in some areas, often still happier than us consumerwhoring, overinformed, etc etc Westerners. Also, if you had bothered to read on, you might've seen where I said I was talking about the parts where rape isn't that common. Heaven forbid there are regional differences in the 11th largest country in the world!

Jun 26, 2013#60

fade

Question:

Has anyone here read the quotes straight from the deposition? I just did. When they're not cut and pasted for a news broadcast, they're not quite as offensive. They read more like honest answers to me.

On the other hand, I also read Jackson's (the plantiff) accusations, and if they're true, then there is a lot to answer for. The media also seems to be ignoring the complaint in favor of the deposition.

Jun 26, 2013#61

Covar

I don't know about the Congo or others, but I'm pretty damn happy here, with my overinformed, consumerwhoring western self. Of course I know better than to be guilty for being born.

Jun 26, 2013#62

BananaHands

fade said:
Question:

Has anyone here read the quotes straight from the deposition? I just did. When they're not cut and pasted for a news broadcast, they're not quite as offensive. They read more like honest answers to me.

On the other hand, I also read Jackson's (the plantiff) accusations, and if they're true, then there is a lot to answer for. The media also seems to be ignoring the complaint in favor of the deposition.

I think wanting to have a wedding where they will have black waiters in white suits acting as slaves are what really did her in.

Jun 26, 2013#63

Ravenpoe

Covar said:
I don't know about the Congo or others, but I'm pretty damn happy here, with my overinformed, consumerwhoring western self. Of course I know better than to be guilty for being born.

I'm pretty happy also.

And how does one quantify happiness, anyway? Is there a measurable metric? Have studies been done? Am I unhappy due to being a western consumerwhore and I just don't know it?

Jun 26, 2013#64

BananaHands

Ravenpoe said:
I'm pretty happy also.

And how does one quantify happiness, anyway? Is there a measurable metric? Have studies been done? Am I unhappy due to being a western consumerwhore and I just don't know it?

I think it's like this, but on an emotional level.

Jun 26, 2013#65

sixpackshaker

hmmm..... sexist behavior in a racism thread.

I love Halforums.

Jun 26, 2013#66

BananaHands

sixpackshaker said:
hmmm..... sexist behavior in a racism thread.

I love Halforums.

Oh, fine. I'll show her cooking something.

Jun 26, 2013#67

Bubble181

Plenty of them.
For example, there's http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/ (Congo scores slightly below Belgium and the US, Mexico turns out to be the highest in the world?!)

Tjat's sort of random - there are many different metrics out there to measure happiness, contentedness, perceived quality of life, life expectancy etc etc and try and measure them against one another.
And, I'm not saying the average Congolese person is essentially happier than the average Belgian. All I was saying was that happiness is linked much closer to perceived wealth in a culture than objective wealth compared worldwide. That is, a Congolese man who has 2 cows and a chicken may feel great about being fed, clothed, sheltered and have something to eat, while an American farmer who has two cows and a chicken would be less happy, I guess.

Jun 26, 2013#68

fade

Ravenpoe said:
I'm pretty happy also.

And how does one quantify happiness, anyway? Is there a measurable metric? Have studies been done? Am I unhappy due to being a western consumerwhore and I just don't know it?

MindDetective scroll of summoning.

Jun 26, 2013#69

Fun Size

Ravenpoe said:
And how does one quantify happiness, anyway?

Penis size. Duh.

EDIT

And before someone accuses me of being sexist, it is my understanding that female happiness is in fact also measured this way.

Dammit.

Jun 26, 2013#70

Chad Sexington

World Happiness Report 2013
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/Sachs Writing/2012/World Happiness Report.pdf

Bhutan measures their Gross National Happiness:
http://www.grossnationalhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Short-GNH-Index-edited.pdf

Jun 26, 2013#71

BananaHands

Fun Size said:
Penis size. Duh.

EDIT

And before someone accuses me of being sexist, it is my understanding that female happiness is in fact also measured this way.

Dammit.

What, it's not measured in amount of shoes?

ohgodpleaseforgiveme

Jun 26, 2013#72

fade

Fun Size said:
Penis size. Duh.

EDIT

And before someone accuses me of being sexist, it is my understanding that female happiness is in fact also measured this way.

Dammit.

I was led to believe that true metric was not the size of one's ship, but the motion of one's ocean.

Jun 26, 2013#73

Fun Size

And you go on believing that if it helps.

Jun 26, 2013#74

Covar

It does

Jun 26, 2013#75

Gilgamesh

fade said:
I was led to believe that true metric was not the size of one's ship, but the motion of one's ocean.

It's a combination of both. With only one, it's half as fulfilling. Which is enough for some.

Jun 26, 2013#76

HCGLNS

Jun 26, 2013#77

Charlie Don't Surf

Wal Mart has ended their relationship with her. When Wal Mart says you're racist, that's when you know it's bad...

Jun 26, 2013#78

bhamv3

BananaHands is my new favorite-est poster on Halforums.

Jun 26, 2013#79

filmfanatic

If I may chime in on the Giada love, she's good but I do enjoy a bit of British flavor.

Jun 27, 2013#80

Ravenpoe

filmfanatic said:
If I may chime in on the Giada love, she's good but I do enjoy a bit of British flavor.

I'm sorry, but I've eaten British 'cuisine' and they don't have flavor.

Jun 27, 2013#81

sixpackshaker

filmfanatic said:
If I may chime in on the Giada love, she's good but I do enjoy a bit of British flavor.

It is hard to say how much I hate her husband.

Jun 27, 2013#82

Frank

Ravenpoe said:
I'm sorry, but I've eaten British 'cuisine' and they don't have flavor.

Dislike. Cause it ain't true.

Jun 27, 2013#83

BananaHands

Hey, if we're listing 'em. Here's Aida.

All about 'dem chefs that actually make healthy food on the Food Network.

Jun 27, 2013#84

Officer_Charon

Ravenpoe said:
I'm sorry, but I've eaten British 'cuisine' and they don't have flavor.

Hi there. The British quarter of me would like to have a word.

Jun 27, 2013#85

MindDetective

"Come see the violence inherent in the system!"

Jun 27, 2013#86

Ravenpoe

Officer_Charon said:
Hi there. The British quarter of me would like to have a word.

The nerd in me would answer that word.

Jun 28, 2013#87

Frank

Charon's gear is so much cooler than mine. I have a wind breaker.

Jun 28, 2013#88

bhamv3

Officer_Charon said:
Hi there. The British quarter of me would like to have a word.

Source.

Jun 30, 2013#89

figmentPez

I love Alton Brown's tweets:

Jun 30, 2013#90

Bowielee

I loved Concerned so much.

Jul 1, 2013#91

fade

figmentPez said:
I love Alton Brown's tweets:

View attachment 11263

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks she looks like an orange on a toothpick.

HEAD! PANTS! NOW!

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