Mar 18 2009
I hate you all.
Cut for hissy fit. Continue reading “I hate you all.”
I gave the kids a flying spaghetti monster coloring sheet today. I was a little worried that they might read His noodly appendages as something, you know, bad – being Japanese, and thus immersed in Japanese culture as they are. I showed it to my manager first:
Me: Do you think this coloring sheet’s okay? Is it scary or anything?
Manager: What? – what is that?
Me: The spaghetti monster.
Manager: A spaghetti monster! That’s cute!
Me: It’s big in America.
Manager: Is it a cartoon?
(I know from two past experiences that it can take upwards of twenty minutes to explain the concept of “creationism” to a Japanese person.)
Me: No… uh… it’s an internet joke.
Manager: What do you mean, “internet joke?”
Me: It’s kind of hard to explain…
Manager: No, no, somehow I understand.
Good to know that the essential internet-ness of the internet makes it across cultural barriers. “It’s from the internet” is a perfectly acceptable explanation for the spaghetti monster that is popular in America.
Of course, Jerky Kid looked at it and immediately said, “This looks like porn!”
Here’s that conversation in Japanese, for people who want to practice their mad translation skillz. Continue reading “Nantonaku wakarimasu.”
