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The act of columbusing refers to being the first (famous) white person to “discover” something or somewhere that non-white people (and some white people) have known for a while. Popularized in a CollegeHumor skit, it references how Columbus is credited for “discovering” the New World in 1492, although there were already ingenous people on there, and besides, vikings had already reached the Americas centuries before.
Twerking has been around since at least the 90s, but it only entered the public conscious after Miley Cyrus got away with columbusing it.
by the riverside August 11, 2023
Get the columbusingmug. Nobody would ever want to have a smartass TV that collects your data, shows you ads, and has a wiretap that goes straight to the government.
by the riverside November 15, 2023
Get the smartass TVmug. You know how Hollywood couldn’t find black actors to play black characters, and instead repainted white actors in that position? And how that’s called whitewashing and racial equality activists made a huge fuss about it?
What if Twitter “artists” took this month to celebrate black people, but they can’t find black characters to draw, so they repaint non-black characters to fill that position.
Blacktober is when they do that racist shit for the whole of October.
What if Twitter “artists” took this month to celebrate black people, but they can’t find black characters to draw, so they repaint non-black characters to fill that position.
Blacktober is when they do that racist shit for the whole of October.
by the riverside October 10, 2023
Get the Blacktobermug. a phenomenon where a creative work (e.g. a character or a song) is criticized to be stereotypical and degrading by white people, but beloved by the minority that they say they degrade
In the US, Avril Lavigne’s song “Hello Kitty” was slammed for racially stereotyping and sexualizing Japanese people, but it was received positively in Japan, since Lavigne has always publicly appreciated Japanese culture. The song is an instance of the Speedy Gonzales effect.
by the riverside September 8, 2023
Get the Speedy Gonzales effectmug. The 💢 symbol used in manga to signify anger by placing it on someone’s head, originally representing bulging veins. “Angerisk” is a portmanteau of “anger” and “asterisk”, which is the name of the * symbol.
Place an angerisk at the end of the message, so you can show you’re mad but not like in a serious ways
by the riverside April 23, 2025
Get the angeriskmug. Perverted and stupid. Originates from one Hololive stream where the Vtubers were rated on an alignment chart of how pure (seiso) they are and how smart they are.
by the riverside November 5, 2023
Get the bottom leftmug. Just as Affirmative Action intends to correct for racial inequality by advantageously treating racial minorities, Affirmative Racism intends to correct for racial inequality by discriminating against the majority race (i.e. white people in most environments where Affirmative Racism occurs). Affirmative Racism is often displayed by the same people saying that you can't be racist against white people.
"It seems like there's now a fair amount of vitriol, online and offline, towards anything that white people say, make, and do. Why's that?"
"It's called Affirmative Racism, and it's a signature move of identity politicians."
"It's called Affirmative Racism, and it's a signature move of identity politicians."
by the riverside September 19, 2023
Get the Affirmative Racismmug.