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Probability of turning a different ethnicity


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Graph by Kayleigh R

Music – The Vapours – Turning Japanese

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  1. Mike says:

    caucasion? really?

  2. JT says:

    Chinese and Japanese are nationalities, not ethnicities.

    • Erin says:

      srsly man. does that even matter? If you’re only on this site to correct other people in meaningless ways that will probably never get anything accomplished, well, i think you need to re-think the meaning of the word ‘recreation’. <3 (i mean rly, that was /all/ you could think of to say?)

    • lunacite says:

      “An ethnic group is a group of human beings whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry.”

      Hmm…..sound like ethnicities to me

    • RolandSlinger says:

      “African American” isn’t an ethnicity either.

    • celeste says:

      it’s obvious that you are neither a chinese nor a japanese.

  3. Alan says:

    Caucasian should be bumped up just a little bit for Michael Jackson

  4. solo says:

    This could have been expressed better…like in a flowchart…..

  5. lucie says:

    good point.

  6. WeirdFish says:

    All I know is that I already am Japanese. So I guess the probability was spot on.

  7. Tudza says:

    How about the probability of, once becoming African American, a person switching back? Common wisdom places this figure at zero.

  8. Julia says:

    Hey, on a note related to the song, Does anybody know what a “Cyclone Ranger” actually is? Are they a power rangers ripoff?

  9. Mario. says:

    Being japanese is BOTH nationality, citizenship and ethnicity. Japanese DON’T differentiate between japanese nationality and ethnicity, nor they have separate words for that! So the joke is perfectly correct! [[at least for the people who turned into japanese even when they are unable to acquire citizenship]]

  10. Mettan says:

    I’d like to be able to understand Japanese! :3

  11. Crazy Emmersion says:

    Is this graph turning from Japanese to something else, or turning from something else into Japanese?

    Fail on clarity. :)

  12. Kayleigh says:

    Jesus h christ people, can you all be a little bit more morose ? It was a freaking joke, laugh! Thanks to those of you who defended it, and screw the rest of you, learn to lighten up a little bit..

  13. The Dude says:

    I’m I the only one who knows this graph is about the song Turning Japanese from The Vapors?

  14. Don says:

    To “The Dude” — no you are not the only one who knows it’s about the Vapours song. Guess it’s a little too old for the rest of the comments. Get a grip. Get a life. Get a dog. Get a clue

  15. NoAddedMSG says:

    I always thought the Vapours song is using “turning Japanese” as a euphemism for a particular solo activity, and not about being Japanese at all.

    • WeirdFish says:

      Which makes the song even dumber than it already is (and yes, I’ll still old enough to have heard it on the radio. And it didn’t make any sense back then either. And that euphemism didn’t gain any foothold UNTIL this song came out).

    • Kevin T. says:

      Solo activity? You mean like knitting? ;-)

      (jk, I know what you’re talking about)

    • Bubbles says:

      i dont get it. are you implying that you thought that cause you believe japanese people go “solo” more than others? lol

  16. imperialgirl says:

    You really think so?

  17. There's A Snake in Mai Boots says:

    … turning A different ethnicity? Is this like ‘Turn Undead’

  18. That There Weeze says:

    Is anyone else tempted to make a tribute graph for amount of:
    sex, drugs, wine, women, fun, sin, you, wonder it’s dark..?

    Just me then.

  19. SpaceMan says:

    I’m going to learn Japanese


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