Goddammit Jared : nonononoyes

[–] FlyingSquid 36 points 2 years ago

Now I want some boba. Damn it, Jared!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You had ONE job, Jared!

[–] Chickens 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

To lose weight at Subway and not be a perv?

[–] boeman 8 points 2 years ago

Their slogan was "eat fresh"

[–] Ambiorickx 5 points 2 years ago

That sounds like two jobs

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fun fact:

The word "boba" came from the Chinese word for "large breasts".

The boys were probably asking for those.

[+] [email protected] -15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

not true. please stop spreading misinformation. Boba (bôba) is originally a vietnamese word meaning 'eggs of man'

edit: this is a joke guys come on

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Context matters.

The "boba" in this post refers to the bubble tea drink, which originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s, and became popular worldwide eventually.

In bubble tea, the tapicoca balls were called 波霸 in Chinese, which is a slang term for "large breasts."

Please let me know how that is misinformation. Or how the Vietnamese word got used in a Taiwanese drink.

You can do some fact checking and educate yourself:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/taiwan-bubble-tea-origins/index.html

https://www.bubbleteaology.com/history-bubble-tea-who-invented-boba/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea

[–] FlyingSquid 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hey, in America we named a mountain 'big tit' and everyone is cool with it.

[–] notatoad 8 points 2 years ago

In Canada we named one “squaw’s tit” and that was somehow okay until like two years ago.

[–] JonVonBasslake 8 points 2 years ago

Also, there's the tit family of birds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

in australia theres an island called N_gger Head 💀 and 2 places named Chinamans Knob

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 2 years ago

Sadly, there's some places in the U.S. with that word in their name too. As far as the other one goes, here in Indiana, we have the town of Floyds Knobs.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Educate yourself just always sounds so douchey

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it was a reasonable response to someone wrongfully accusing me of spreading misinformation.

They could have said that my statement was incorrect/inaccurate. But they straight said I was spreading misinformation, as if I did it intentionally.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago

Still douchey

[–] S_204 10 points 2 years ago

Damn, The comment below really informed you how wrong you are. Are you going to edit your misinformation or just leave it?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It is true, but it also goes a little deeper than that. In the 1980s, Amy Yip, a Hong-Kong sexy actress, was extremely popular in Taiwan along with her nickname "波霸" (boba, or "the biggest balls" in Cantonese). Around the same time, people started to put tapioca pearls in drinks, and called the bigger tapioca pearls "boba."

In recent years, people do consider it's improper to use such a term and has been slowly moving to more SFW words as "大/小珍珠" (big/small pearls) in Taiwan, but "boba" has stuck too deep in the English speaking world.

Source: me, a Taiwanese in 30s that basically grows up with boba drinks

[–] panja 12 points 2 years ago

Green tea Boba 🤤

[–] Ryan213 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My friend doesn't understand...can someone help them?

[–] Hypersapien 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Woman thought car full of guys was going to say something lewd and juvenile.

Turned out they just wanted to know where she got the bubble tea she was drinking.

The guys had been arguing about where it was. The guy who spoke to her was right, Jared was wrong.

[–] Ryan213 4 points 2 years ago

My friend said that's what he thought but he wasn't sure because it seemed like there was something more.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I love boba

[–] danc4498 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My kids love some boba

[–] Saneless 1 points 2 years ago

Mine love it till they get it. Then it gets wasted. Another person's kid did the same and she wanted to try another flavor. Fuck that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Can't blame Jered. It's summer and I'm basically thinking of boba 24/7.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

and that's how i met your mother

[+] Hazdaz -8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Love how no one is calling her out for jumping to conclusions.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

By conclusion, you mean the more likely scenario. I feel any guy that would call her out would be doing it knowing full well how guys act sometimes....most of the time if we are in groups.

[–] TheEllimist 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She is likely basing this conclusion on prior experiences.

[–] Hazdaz -4 points 2 years ago

Or stereotypes.

[–] Syrc 8 points 2 years ago

Well as long as she keeps it in her head I don’t see the issue. Everyone has prejudices, the important thing is not to act with them as basis.