tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795012833336216960.post1271714402737987896..comments2023-10-22T03:05:39.492-07:00Comments on The Pains of an Overactive Mind: Go on, share a Coke with yourselfJessica Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680894454167044249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795012833336216960.post-86552662854262846892013-06-18T16:27:51.126-07:002013-06-18T16:27:51.126-07:00Ha!
I agree with this totally - half the my offi...Ha! <br /><br />I agree with this totally - half the my office (James x 2, Kelly, Tom, Jon and Richard...we're a common bunch!) has bought Coke for themselves with their name on. I just want a sodding Coke (and I have no intention of sharing. Fuckers can buy their own fizz.)<br /><br />Re the traditional Asian names, I can see why people who don't have a strong Asian presence in their community might find it odd than Manpreet is in there but not seemingly common British names like Douglas. I went to an all-girls school in Bucks where the overwhelming majority of students were white. We weren't racist, but names like that would have been unusual to us. In our whole Sixth Form I don't believe we had a single black student, and just a handful of Asian kids. Now that I live in London, which of course is much more multicultural, Sandeep is as regular to me as Robert, but I don't think many of the people complaining their names aren't on the bottle are being intentionally racist. A Lizzy may well complain her name isn't on a bottle but Amber, Lorna and Faisal got on, as her name seems more common (at least to her).<br /><br />Admittedly, some people are just dicks though.<br /><br />Great post!Curious Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02107309646677745360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795012833336216960.post-63976637728049691602013-06-03T09:10:54.326-07:002013-06-03T09:10:54.326-07:00Oh I know, there was so many of that kind of react...Oh I know, there was so many of that kind of reaction I found just scrolling through Twitter - it was unbelievable! It was a disgrace they couldn't find their name, but even more so when they saw names that aren't traditionally British. Amazing!Jessica Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15680894454167044249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795012833336216960.post-31113887120274850372013-06-03T08:12:03.000-07:002013-06-03T08:12:03.000-07:00I got a bottle saying Kerry to give to my friend w...I got a bottle saying Kerry to give to my friend who I haven't seen in *ages*, but then I lost it in the car on the way to her house :(<br /><br />Am I the only one sensing some racist sentiments in the way people are reacting to some of the names? Like the two last tweets that you have posted, with people expressing some sort of shock that the bottles bear the names Manpreet and Sandeep. And I heard someone in a shop jeering at the bottle that said share a Coke with Abdul. These names are not funny or strange, they are normal names and clearly some of the most popular. To have a reaction that boils down to LOL THAT NAMES SOUNDS ASIAN AND SILLY is really quite ignorant. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com