By Tourist - 26/03/2009 07:19 - United States

Today, while at the Golden Gate Bridge, I spotted a large group of Asians trying to take a picture. Trying to help, I slowly say, "You... want me... take picture?" while using hand motions. The man looks at me and says, "No thanks asshole, I got it," in plain English. FML
I agree, your life sucks 204
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krampus_fml 0

AHAHAHAHAHAHA I got a good laugh out of that one. I've had people do that to me, I'm Korean but adopted from infancy so English is the only language I speak fluently. Used to make me mad but now I'd just go along with it and be like HAI ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU.

lmaooo. Lay off the guy. He's a ******** but i mean come on.. he saw a big group of asians taking photos.. It's not like it was one asian just walking down the street or something. I would think they were tourists too.

Nezuri 5

Couldn't you hear them talking in English? If not, you should've asked in plain English and see how they would respond.

wow, that was terribly prejudice. I understand you had good intentions, however you may want to take another look at your ignorance before you help anyone else.

ziaxz 0

Yeah, that was just stupid. lol.

So having read these comments, i have picked up a few things. 1. If you try and do someone a favour, you get called an asshole by the person you were trying to help, not to mention about 250 people on the internet. 2. Yes, the OP gets it, he should first determine the level of English spoken first, before initiating rough hand gestures and slow talk. 3. That despite all the ****** up shit that America has done in the world, the real reason people from other nations hate you guys is because you offer to help to take photos, IN BROKEN ENGLISH!!!! Chill the **** out guys.

lemonsqeeze01 0

Are you serious... Damn, its the ignorant people like you that impose steriotypes. Just because we might look different from you doesn't mean we can't understand what your saying, asshole.

@ 289: "I'm here today to write this person's defense. Yes, we all know that what he/she did was pure prejudice, rudeness, and idiocy. It's the kind of thing that we don't tolerate among our self-respecting, morally superior, unprejudiced folk. Thank god we never have to be judged by millions of internet procrastinators. We can guilt-free click the "You Deserved It" button and smirk at our purer moral composition. Because amongst our class, prejudice doesn't exist and we operate in a judgment free world. Isn't it better to acknowledge those prejudices and do our best to mitigate them, rather than brush them aside and claim to have conquered them? This person's courage in posting is aptly refreshing. In a society where to exhibit the slightest bit of prejudice is cause to raise noses (and ironically, form judgments), to have the balls to admit fallacy in prejudice should be applauded, not condemned." Your desire to actually applaud this person is terribly flawed. It embodies the whole societal mindset of 'feel-good pat on the back-for everyones' so commonly seen in a society of "participation ribbons" and a billion "my child is an honor student!" stickers. All it does is inflate undeserving pride and complacency. It cheapens the notion of applaud and admiration by diluting it so and ensuring that it isn't given to those who actually merit, and second it is given in entire ignorance of the problem. The fact that people recognizing the OP's fail are not perfect is an irrelevant matter. It has nothing to do with the simple recognition of the OP's enormous blunder; after all in your own statement you recognize his stupidity; unless you wish to also criticize yourself in the double standard you've set, others then are easily justified in their condemnations. Also, to many other comments, people have tried to state "oh he's not at fault" or tried to criticize scorn by stating "he came with good intentions." So what? European imperialists/capitalists thought they were doing "good" for the indigenous peoples of North America, Africa, and Asia in enforcing their colonies and rule, in their slavery, as after all, they were "civilizing the savages." But their "good intentions" are obviously not worth jack - it did nothing to excuse the extreme ignorance that leads to actions of either such atrocity, or such stupidity.