'Whasssuuup?!' morphs to 'Wasssaaabi!'

[Taro Toporific]

"Whasssuuup?!" morphs into "Wasssaaabi!" WTF? Were they selling WASSABI Beer?

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Asian Cultural Icons -- Hot or Not?
THE 'ASIANIZATION' OF AMERICA[/SIZE]
Asian Nation, May 27, 2006
As recent books and newspaper and magazines articles have pointed out, elements of Asian culture are becoming more and more mainstream every day.... McDonalds' Happy Meals now come with Hello Kitty toys, Levi's uses karaoke to sell jeans, Budweiser modifies its "Whasssuuup?!" campaign into "Wasssaaabi!".....[/INDENT]

[Charles]

Jeez, that Bud ad is like 2 years old.

[Hanakuso]

Ill bet them reverse vampires are behind this... it may as well be called the "Reverse Vampirification" of America cuz thats what this is all really about... were through the hourglass here people....









(ok ive been watching too much simpsons)

[milQuetoast]

Jeez, that Bud ad is like 2 years old.

It's, like, five years old. And it's silly. Almost as silly as an article that states that Kelly Hu is "in high demand right now" when she's been mostly skating by on TV appearances since X2. (Not that we have anything against the Hu. Oh, no. We likes the Hu...)

it may as well be called the "Reverse Vampirification" of America cuz thats what this is all really about

Um, I swear I'm not looking for any flames ... but what the heck does this mean?

[Socratesabroad]

it may as well be called the "Reverse Vampirification" of America cuz thats what this is all really about

Um, I swear I'm not looking for any flames ... but what the heck does this mean?

milQue, it simply means that a 13-year-old has somehow gained unsupervised access to a computer and subsequently decided to grace us with his or her pithy "wisdom."

[Hanakuso]

If I was unsupervised as if i wouldnt be checking out porn! DAMN YOU MOTHER!

No really, I was just trying to make light of the paranoia that gets brought up at every single cultural or commercial success of Japan in America... Where up to like the 100th invasion by now... just the same news again and again...

[milQuetoast]

Aah, ok. Thanks!

Where up to like the 100th invasion by now...

LOL, I'm just old enough to have watched Amazon Women on the Moon back in the day and remember how "foreign" it was to suggest having sushi on a date back then. The "invasions" have apparently been working overtime since then...

[Hanakuso]

Yah, and in my opinion thats a lovely thing... So many people seem to have the idea that more diversity in their culture somehow subtracts from it.. I mean wasaaaap is still there... just now u got the option of wasaaabi... (if you were that much of a drone that youd actually walk round quoting commercials anyway)... hell now you have even got the 3rd option of wassssappabbaabi!

[cenic]

Yah, and in my opinion thats a lovely thing... So many people seem to have the idea that more diversity in their culture somehow subtracts from it.. I mean wasaaaap is still there... just now u got the option of wasaaabi... (if you were that much of a drone that youd actually walk round quoting commercials anyway)... hell now you have even got the 3rd option of wassssappabbaabi!

You're right, many would consider it to be a breakdown of "traditional values." I use quotes because much of what is considered traditional, such as enka, was merely popular culture 100 years ago. The defense of traditional values is merely the defense of nationalism, "we are unique Japanese people with a unique culture..." wonk wonk wonk.