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Quick community update: This weekend we received a video from an anonymous source with a protest on behalf of the Mexicans. What was weird about the whole thing was that they didn't want to discuss it with us, hear a counterpoint, or note or recognize our various public apologies via email, youtube comments, and on our site. My dad always said that if you have a problem with somebody, you talk to them.  Think this person was raised to launch a PR campaign and hide from people that offended them? My ass.

Something was up.

The YouTube profile had been recently set up and the video also contained instructions to stop visiting Destructoid. For these reasons, it seemed to be an opportunistic slander campaign more than a real concern. So!  To flush the person out I claimed that we made the video to diffuse the video as a fake promo for the show. We said there was no protest and were responsible, and laughed it off as us being idiots and waited two days. Still no complaint or response. Hmmm. Yeah she's really concerned about Mexicans, I'm sure.

Obviously, nobody came forward. Meanwhile, on another Podtoid I almost convinced Nex that I made a brief cameo in Scarface on the Mariel Cuban boat  flotilla. Yeah, huge racists here. What's more true is that we laugh at our differences and we're a big international family here with and gave Yobs to writers from India, France, and Germany. Kevin Cortez and Teksuo are black. Hell, we even let women, colored people, and polar bears vote in our polls. My last name is Gonzalez, capisch? ¡Me cago frijoles colorados en la sangre de tu madre!* 

So in the end, we hope we drove away some uber-sensitive soccer moms and cowards. We really don't care. We do Destructoid for fun and we know we're not hurting anybody. Putting up that stupid hateful video did more damage and seperated more people than it did good. 

At Destructoid, we firmly believe in international insemination, and whomever Kimberly205 needs to come down to Miami for an overdue drink.

In other news, I'm glad we're not the only ones under fire. Here's the joke of the week: Have you seen the www.aoljoystiq.com redesign? It's NSFW!

*Translation: I shit pinto beans into your mother's veins


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Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 13:14
Snaileb
I thought I was lost.. but now I am found.

Thin mints are the best!! THey're fucking crack yo!
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 13:16
Snaileb
Fuck!

Im all out of fucking hater-aide!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 13:20
Mxyzptlk
Caramel Delites. The best EVAR!

bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 13:29
bhive01
They're called Samoas now. And, they suck me in every year. Damn you Gull Souts!

If you need some more hater-aide, I live at the source. Just lemme know.

And, welcome back Toneman
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 13:48
Niero
Dammit, my editor noticed my headline! :)
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:10
BluDesign
Samoas are a regional name. There's lots of cookies we never get to try because of them.

I'd pay good money for them to pull those nasty ass Trefoils off the market and replace them with the regional only lemon filled cookies. I haven't seen those since they were test marketed in Texas back in the 90's.
Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:13
Toneman
The only thing better than Thin Mints, is Thin Mint icecream. Has anybody had that? Because it's insanely good.
GodLen's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:13
GodLen
Racists at Dtoid? Ninja please!

that's what went through my head.

And you can't be racist, you run Japanator! But then again the Japanese are the worlds most racist people.
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:19
subnet6
Why did the headline change!?!?
Matthew Mac's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:23
Matthew Mac
I busted a gut a gut with the original headline, too bad it changed.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:26
Snaileb
Don't fuck with Niero's editor.

@ Toneman : Breyer's?
Danzuke's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:29
Danzuke
awww... well at least i saw the original headline :)
Moab Bomb's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:35
Moab Bomb
Thanks for that.Ah Ha Ha! Pinto Beans! One good-no, GREAT-foreign phrase deserves another:
"Ich bin nicht geliebt und Ich habe ein maschinegewehr." translates to "I am unloved and I have a machine gun." If I remember correctly.

Failed my German class. Can't begin to understand why.
tehuberone's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:36
tehuberone
I got yo back.

Where's this Kimberly and why isn't she drunk?
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:40
Snaileb
Moab : Im sure Summa can help translate accordingly.
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:46
Kif
Damn, I got meatspun.
908peruvian's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:48
908peruvian
didn't this have another name in the morning ??
why was it changed?

(makes chicken noises)
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:54
bhive01
Yeah, Summa is German right?
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:56
Snaileb
Nazi?
plyr3005's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 14:57
plyr3005
ARRG!, my eyes!
plyr3005's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 15:03
plyr3005
also, that picture needs to be a t-shirt. now.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 15:13
Fronz
we change our headlines all the time, we like to reward the readers that are on the site the most with the satisfaction of reading bonus jokes. it's like our version of free microtransactions, they just don't stick around for long :)
John Master Lee's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 15:38
John Master Lee
So... why would someone want to come forward if they indicated that they aren't going to the dtoid site again? Not to mention, with all the folks here ready to slam this gal, why would someone even want to step forward? Not saying what happened was right or wrong, but if you really want to engage someone, you kinda have to make it feel like you really want to hear from them.

Me playing arbitrator.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 15:47
Hamza CTZ Aziz
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/366611

You racist fucks can make it up to the Mexican community by playing this game ^

Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 15:49
Snaileb
no thank you... (plays something with Zombies in it)

Salami Inferno's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 15:49
Salami Inferno
Oh, Neiro. The wretched scent of foul pussy now lingers on the once proud front page of Destructoid, marking where your clever headline met its untimely, and womanly, demise.


just fuckin' with you....sorta
BritiniMartini's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 15:55
BritiniMartini
I was the first person to say it was another website trying to ruin you guys or someone from your site doing it as a joke or to get attention.

There's NO way that some random mexican lady, who's NEVER had a youtube video before, would be able to compose some video like that. Granted, it's just pictures put together with audio... But it still probably took some work and wasn't composed by some amateur who's never made a video before.

Just my opinion.
elbartoqwertyuiop's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 16:00
elbartoqwertyuiop
I blame this on our recent AIDS outbreak.
BritiniMartini's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 16:08
BritiniMartini
>John Master Lee

She received plenty of comments and messages to her youtube account that were read and deleted. I know that Ron even sent her apologies and such.

Basically... the 'GIRL' wasn't real to begin with.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 16:13
deanhatescoffee
What happened to "nigga please"?
MadDecent's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 16:22
MadDecent
The thing that should be of concern is the overall lacking quality of the podcast...

Its boring
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 16:42
BluDesign
As I've said about other people openly criticizing other people's work...

MadDecent,

If you feel like you've got something far more entertaining, by all means create it. It takes a lot of work to prepare and implement an hours worth of material to discuss.

I'll criticize films because I've made films before. I'll be critical of writing because I've written shit people have read. I've created and produced TV shows too, so I'm pretty qualified to state that American Idol is horrid.

Get to crackin' on your podcast buddy.
Anthony Burch's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 16:55
Anthony Burch
"It takes a lot of work to prepare and implement an hours worth of material to discuss."

...Not necessarily.
MadDecent's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 16:55
MadDecent
Bite me.. its just a comment.

MadDecent's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 16:59
MadDecent
The Podcast is scatter brained... has no structure, no recurring topics/subjects, to many people, background noise, shitty Skype quality sound, and takes about 20 mins to get into anything really gaming related.


Have a nice day.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 17:00
deanhatescoffee
Jeez kids, simma donna.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 17:24
king3vbo
its an evil plot by joystiq!!!

and thanks for scarring me for life Neiro
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 17:26
Zero Iscariot
internet ain't nuthin' but ninjas and bitches.
pierce's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 17:40
pierce
Niero... you tricky bastard.
Lezbro's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 18:17
Lezbro
>> Kevin Cortez and Teksuo are black.

So is Condi Rice.

BFD.

Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin.

I guess we can add "soccer moms and cowards" to the list of tightass, bitch, cunt, and motherfucker.

Everybody is to blame except the Dtoid all-caucasian crew who made the racist screed in the first place.

Sad, fellas.

And weak.
BritiniMartini's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 18:18
BritiniMartini
HAHAHAHAA You have to admit... the immigration one was hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_F2xwlrT_8

they cut off the funny part tho...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7114186134481534616&q=ouch+pablo
fast forward to 38:20


cloo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 20:33
cloo
no one tops destructoid at maintaining a thoroughly consistent lack of journalistic integrity. cheap shots ftl!
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 21:48
Im OK
*copy/pasted from the other thread, just for the hell of it*

Ok, I'm done.

But, really, when you guys came out and said it's fake, it wasn't that hard to believe it, since, as I pointed out above with the CTZ firing thing, you've done shit like this before.

And now you're saying it's NOT fake again. I don't know what to believe, and frankly, at this point, I don't care anymore one way or the other, aside from a feeling of vague annoyance directed at you guys and at kimberly025 (assuming of course, there actually is such a person).

Ok, whatever. If it was fake, ha ha ha. Joke's on us. If it's not fake, then whoever made it needs to get the stick surgically removed from their rectum. That is all.

But seriously, if you guys are resorting to this kind of bullshit to try to "smoke out" whoever it was that made the video or whatever... that's kind of lame and unnecessary. Who the fuck cares who made it? Welcome to the God Damn Internet, where anonymous cowards have free reign. Doing anything other than just ignoring their sorry, pathetic asses only makes them stronger. This was just a step up from your garden variety forum trolling, and hell if we didn't all fall for it hook, line, and sinker. At any rate, it's nice that you were able to take their attempts to drive traffic away from the site and twist it into something that has driven traffic to the site. I guess. Assuming, of course, that the video actually isn't fake and that this isn't yet another juke and jive on your guys' part. I don't know what the hell's going on anymore, honestly. *shrug*

It was fun and all, but I think I'll leave the quest for the fabled 600 to someone else.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 21:52
Im OK
Or, if this is just some competing site trying to start some shit, and actually isn't someone like Lezbro who has no sense of humor or you guys pulling the wool over everyone's eyes yet again, then that's even more lame.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 22:02
Im OK
Besides, if you guys were really trying to piss off illegal immigrants, you're not trying nearly hard enough.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 22:05
Im OK
Yeah, get that guy on your next podtoid and you'll really be cooking with gas.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 22:07
Im OK
Ah, yeah, I see that electro lemon has exposed us to that dipshit already.
Lezbro's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 22:19
Lezbro
Wow.

The Dtoid Caucasian Gang of Four gets caught on tape in a racist circlejerk and you loopy-ass fuckers actually believe it's a conspiracy by some competing site, myself, or some otherwise hidden and malicious commenter.

Did I somehow mind control Summa and friends into ripping on immigrants? Did Kotaku surreptitiously spike Workman's redbull with the tainted semen of a KKK Grand Wizard?

WTF is wrong with you people?

Have the balls to mea culpa.

Goddamn.

This is getting more pathetic by the minute.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 22:31
Im OK
No, seriously, why the hell are you still here?

If you are as offended by this site and those who frequent it as you claim to be, then really why are you still here?

Is this some kind of sociology experiment on your part? Are you just some kind of masochist or something? Superiority complex? Hypocrite? What? I'm honestly curious.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 22:38
Im OK
And, since you keep on insisting on a mea culpa...

Here. In case you missed it, let me repost it for you, since you apparently didn't read any of the preceding comments in that other thread before you kicked off your crusade:

Ron "Cool Nickname" Workman says:
03/03/2007 21:17

I am really sorry if anyone was turned off to the show or site because I am a fucking idiot. I really do agree that the "Mexicans arent people" thing went way to far. I actually thought it should have been pulled from the show because isnt wasnt funny at all, just a shocking comment. It took away from the humor.
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