Joe Wheeler
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@old-samurai-jack said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@bones Eh? Hold on, I explained the point because you wrote, " I don't follow". Otherwise, I inferred something that was obvious. You want a senseless argument?
I was probably unclear - I mean when/how did you expect Wheeler to self reflect? If he makes a shit joke about the Japanese accent, does he have to immediately follow it with one about his own accent?
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@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@old-samurai-jack said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@bones Point was that everyone has an accent and it only sounds weird to people who aren't used to it.
I'm pretty surprised that's a point you feel needs to be made. It may be hard to believe (case in point) but we're actually all adults here. Do you really think there's large swathes of people that don't know that?
On a sociolinguistic level, people who take the piss out of someone's accent are usually unaware of their own.
Well there you go, that answers my question. If that's legit I'm genuinely astounded. I don't think I would know anyone that doesn't realise they have an accent, that's really bizarre.
I've met people who don't think they have accents, everybody else does. One did not think Manhattan was an island either (she was American).
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@bones Mmm, OK....., please explain Wheeler's joke and why he thought it was funny. The answer to your questions should be in your response.
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@old-samurai-jack said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@bones Mmm, OK....., please explain Wheeler's joke and why he thought it was funny. The answer to your questions should be in your response.
Wait... people who make jokes about people's fat bodies don't realise they have a body?
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@old-samurai-jack said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@bones Mmm, OK....., please explain Wheeler's joke and why he thought it was funny. The answer to your questions should be in your response.
I missed what Wheeler said, must of been when I left room for minute. And perhaps he needs to apologise, but did anyone have a go at Aussie commentators for say you lot over the dutch etc? Happens a lot, never worried me and like what Wheeler did, just in my opinion show the person struggles to be funny.
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He's just not funny. Wheeler is made out by many to be this hilarious larrikin but he's simply another bad example of the shallow talent pool in our small nation.
Racist though? Nah. Just a poor attempt at an accent mock, which is as common a joke as anything and pretty harmless in isolation.
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@old-samurai-jack said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@gt12 I don't mind Wheeler. As far from a racist as you'll ever get I reckon but jeez, keep that joke to take the piss out of your close Japanese friend(s) in the right context. Don't say it on TV and encourage arsewipes to do the same!
That's pretty much the hammer and the nail head. Wheeler comes across as someone that likes to take the piss and is actually mates with a lot of the players. Which makes for bad broadcasting, comms that constantly refer to players by nicknames and crack "in jokes" on air are cringe as as fuck, some of the NZ and Aussie cricket comms are a case in point. Keep that shit between you and your mates, when you're on air at least try to say something insightful (you know, what you got hired for) most people are not interested in your stupid jokes.
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@mn5 said in Joe Wheeler:
Crap joke but thank god he apologised publicly. I was ready to get up in arms and demand he did so on behalf of all offended asians everywhere
You're doing this all wrong. You're meant to now say that his apology didn't go far enough and that he needs to atone for his sins by "listening" and "educating himself", and that if he had any decency at all he'd step aside for a marginalized Japanese person to take his position.
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@no-quarter said in Joe Wheeler:
@mn5 said in Joe Wheeler:
Crap joke but thank god he apologised publicly. I was ready to get up in arms and demand he did so on behalf of all offended asians everywhere
You're doing this all wrong. You're meant to now say that his apology didn't go far enough and that he needs to atone for his sins by "listening" and "educating himself", and that if he had any decency at all he'd step aside for a marginalized Japanese person to take his position.
One can only hope. Has anyone approached Dame Susan Devoy for comment yet ?
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Didn't he do lots of dumb shit with Funaki the Japanese 9 that was at the highlanders, skits where Funaki was his pet or something?
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@taniwharugby said in Joe Wheeler:
Didn't he do lots of dumb shit with Funaki the Japanese 9 that was at the highlanders, skits where Funaki was his pet or something?
Fumiaki Tanaka?
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A lot of Japanese expats I've met have been good "lad" types, who are up for a crude laugh. I wouldn't do that to them on national TV though ...
Also, Wheeler is one of the stupidest sounding, backwards hicks in NZ, so he's in no position to take the piss out of anyone.
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