Comments on: The soft bigotry of fake license plates

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:01:59 +0000

Oh, come on. “Bort”?

By: sajbat

sajbat — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:36:43 +0000

While obviously a funny Onion article, this used to make me so sad growing up! Until I was almost 10 I’d always search the stands, to no avail. Both my kids have slightly unusual western names, and will sadly suffer from the same fate I did, though, for those of you who are taking this seriously, the vast jungle of the internet will yield many companies that will happily personalize cheap memorabilia with whatever name you wish.

By: Manju

Manju — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:27:26 +0000

ms. titmuss was complainig how she couldn’t find astronaut dolls named after her when she visits the nasa giftshop in houston. according to the clerk, as soon as they come in some dude crusies in and swoops them all up

By: Manju

Manju — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:32:25 +0000

what i want to know is why are all the pink elephants named “Raoul” always sold out when the “gujartis against modi but for youtube” convention is in town?

By: Manju

Manju — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:09:46 +0000

i knew abhi was jerking our chain as as soon as i read the name “dirk”

By: Rahul

Rahul — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:53:55 +0000

Until at least Fremont, Edison, Sugarland and other U.S. cities start carrying â€œDinesh, â€œRahul,â€ â€œRavi,â€ etc., we will never really be accepted.

My kanjoos Indian self rejoices that the lack of Indian names means one less piece of tourist kitsch to buy when visiting a new place.

By: katiekateQNS

katiekateQNS — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:29:34 +0000

The source of the article as The Onion wasn’t that obvious, I thought it was easy to miss that this was an ironical post. Guess it hits a little close to home for a lot of folks…

The Onion strikes again; it still rules for being a pub I can’t read at work for fear of bursting into involuntary chuckles and alerting co-workers & supervisors that perhaps I am not analyzing sales data as I ought.

By: Yoga Fire

Yoga Fire — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:27:47 +0000

Are this many people incapable of spotting a gag when they see it?

I guess satire really is dead.

By: pj

pj — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:50:12 +0000

This isn’t bigotry, its economics. If there is sufficient demand for “Dinesh”, they will make it. Don’t throw away your and sepiamutiny’s credibility by putting up such posts.

By: Pasquale

Pasquale — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:43:08 +0000

As an Italian in the US with the first name "Pasquale", I encountered the same problem growing up. I finally resolved it by going to Italy and buying a pen and a mug with my name on them.

I'm in my forties now, and I still feel left out.