Friday, December 28, 2001 |
16:41 - Little Cultural M&Ms
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You know, nothing is as weirdly comforting since 9/11 (to me, at least) as a Muslim-American who owns a Timmy plush from South Park. "TIMMAAAAHHH!"
You see all kinds of nervous ads on TV these days showing Muslims waving American flags to prove how not everyone who practices Islam hates the US. But somehow that doesn't quite ring as sincere as an offhand, inadvertent expression of appreciation for odd little details of American culture like South Park. It's a much more confident, self-assured statement of allegiance than any overtly patriotic TV ad could be. Not that I'm suggesting anybody is being deceptive, but you can fake your way through a flag-waving TV ad. You can't fake hours of giggles pulling the string on the plush Timmy.
Co-workers in Silicon Valley can have an unintended therapeutic effect.
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