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  • Appaloosa
    +7

    I'm glad she's keeping the name and if I ever find myself close to one, I'll go eat there.

    • Gozzin (edited 6 years ago)
      +8

      The restaurant, which serves bowls of rice, noodles, or salad with various toppings and sauces

      I won't..Cheap,overpriced rice noodles with sauces,no thanks. And i don't care for the name either.

    • WhoNeedszZz
      +7

      Why are you glad that someone wants to keep their restaurant with a name that refers to a serious illness?

      • Appaloosa
        +6

        Because that was never their intention and I, as a paying customer, would never have thought about it in the same way you did. Diversity, just as long as it conforms to your diversity right?

        • WhoNeedszZz
          +4

          You're barking up the wrong tree here. I don't know where your hostility is coming from. I never mentioned diversity in my comment or any comments in this thread.

          • Appaloosa (edited 6 years ago)
            +5

            No hostility here, sorry if it came across that way! You got swept up in my Royal We, and your objection was specific.

    • AdelleChattre
      +5

      Understandable. You can't get a reservation at Necrotizing Fasciitis or Dengue Fever for love, nor money .

    • drunkenninja
      +4

      Agreed. People are way too touchy nowadays, it's essentially the age of outrage... and worst of all, people think this unhealthy behaviour is cool.

      • AdelleChattre
        +5

        I know, right? People these days take such a jaundiced view of the world. Delightful, refreshing Summertime beverages like Poon Tang, Jungle Fever, Mandingo and Marburg Virus never even had a chance in the marketplace.

        • drunkenninja
          +4

          Whatever you say!

          • AdelleChattre
            +4

            I'll tell you one thing for free, the thought police can have my Gookinade when they pry it from my cool, refreshed fingers.

            • drunkenninja
              +4

              That was a hilarious share. Thanks for that! :D

            • Appaloosa
              +5
              @drunkenninja -

              Where can I get that Jaundiced view of the World soup? I need some cheering up!

            • drunkenninja
              +3
              @Appaloosa -

              Yellow Fever is a safe bet, you might have to make a special request though! It's on the secret menu :D

  • NotWearingPants
    +6

    People enjoy being offended, and have the mistaken belief that their being offended is important and meaningful.

    • WhoNeedszZz
      +7

      I agree, but at the same time the name is offensive to a population of people because it refers to a serious illness that afflicted and killed people. I wouldn't say it is as offensive as the SJWs are making it out to be, but it certainly is a really distasteful and poor choice of name. I wouldn't want to be eating at a place that refers to liver damage...

    • AdelleChattre
      +5

      He said, the irony still ringing.

      • Appaloosa (edited 6 years ago)
        +6

        The irony is thick here. As it usually is!

        • AdelleChattre
          +7

          It's everywhere else they've got the irony deficiencies.

          • Appaloosa
            +10

            It may be the laughing at irony we lack, not the lack of irony.

  • WhoNeedszZz
    +6

    I believe people have lost the meaning of "racist". I would agree that it isn't racist, but it is a phrase that carries not one, but two quite negative meanings to two different cultures. What I'm tired of is people trying to take a word or phrase that has a long history of a deeply negative meaning (not just connotation) and try to make it into positive. This includes changing a letter or two and then claiming it is a different word.

    • AdelleChattre
      +3

      If you haven't tried their cirrhosis tots with parsnips and Hep. C aioli, you haven't lived!

  • StarFlower
    +5

    I don't think it's intended to be a racist name. However, I question the name for other reasons. I would not want to eat at a restaurant whose name happens to be the same as that of a disease. I'd have exactly the same reaction if the restaurant was called "Small Pox" for example. So, I'm not planning on eating there, but that's because I feel it's poor branding (to have a restaurant with the name of a communicable disease).

    • WhoNeedszZz
      +7

      Agreed! Nice timing btw. My last comment follows what you said.

      • StarFlower
        +6

        Yeah! I totally agree with all your comments on this particular article. Looks like the article got several comments all at the same time, I hadn't kept up with the threads until now.

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