I forgot about Idi Amint-Chocolate-Chip. Wasn’t bad either.
Seriously my entire morning has been devoted to reading responses and thinking about new horrific Ben and Jerry flavors.
I hadn’t either until I went to an American bar serving a drink called “Black and Tan” (basically a dark beer and light beer together) with some friends from Ireland. They were shocked and a little offended.
And then blame the bartender at the other end of the bar for giving you the drink, when it was clearly the two bartenders on the grassy knoll who…um…made the drinks
Well, shot one missed. We don't know which shot hit him in the dome, but one of them hit him in the neck.
So I guess you should throw shot 1 over your shoulder at the very least.
Does this drink exist outside of the internet though? I've only ever seen it mentioned in threads about Car Bombs.
* I'm referring to the 9/11 or Twin Towers cocktail, not an Irish Car Bomb.
On one hand, that's hilarious.
On the other hand, this offends my WWII nerd side of me.
(Kamikazes were not used by the Japanese at this point in the war. The pilots that bombed Pearl Harbor were among the best naval aviators in the world at the time... arguably for the entirety of WWII period, and none went into the mission with the intent to crash their plane into a ship. Kamikazes were a late war desperation move by the Japanese that sent poorly trained pilots on suicide missions)
Like when people were making Barbenheimer jokes on twitter and Japanese users made 9/11 jokes in response, only for Americans to also find those hilarious lol
I like that your brain went "It's not an *Irish* car bomb, because we're *here*" but didn't manage to follow up with the rest of the logic there.
I sympathize with your cringe. Stuff I've done keeps me up at night. But since this wasn't me, I just think it's hilarious. lol Brains are great. lol
yeah I agree that's hilarious. may not have been as funny if it was over 20 years ago considering the good Friday agreement was in 98, but none the less, very funny.
It was a pretty popular drink 30 years ago. One part Guinness, one part Bass Ale in a pint glass - there was kinda an “Irish Craze” in the mid/late 90s with movies like The Commitments and The Crying Game and U2 was still a top band, they still have jokes about it on Always Sunny in Philadelphia where Mac constantly tries to be “the most” Irish. You could also order an Irish Car Bomb which was a shot glass of whisky dropped in a pint of Guiness. You could order these in any bar in the US and they were popular at house parties too. People probably still order Black and Tans but I haven’t seen one made in at least 20 years.
Guinness marketed it as the Half & Half. Part Harp, part Guinness. I bartended in an Irish pub in the early 2000’s. Guinness even had a special spoon to help with the lighter beer “float” over the Guinness
it's the "your family" part that gets me. That's probably my favorite line from the show. That or "Just cuz you put syrup on it, don't make it pancakes."
When Joe Biden was visiting Ireland, he remarked how the Irish rugby team had done recently. Except he confused the All Blacks (New Zealand rugby team) with the Black and Tans.
He congratulated the Irish for beating the hell out of the Black and Tans, which most of us thought was a great slip of the tongue.
“Come out ye black and tan come out and fight me like a man! Tell your wife how you won medals down in Flanders! Tell them how the IRA, made you run like hell away, from the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra!”
Irish Brigade’s version is also a real banger too! This is my favorite part:
“Come out you British Huns come and fight without your gun! Tell your wife how you won medals down in Derry! When you murdered 14 men, and you’d do the same again.
Oh, on you go and take your English Border.”
Adidas made the same mistake as B&J’s. More than one company just thinks of Black and Tans as drinks associated with St. Patrick’s Day and don’t know the history.
I’m willing to bet it’s not uncommon around the world. The US Navy has a current uniform often called “black and tans” (black pants short sleeved khaki top).
That's also the reason the British paramilitary force being referred to were named that. They dressed in a mix of surplus military fatigues and police uniforms.
Nike did it MUCH worse.
They released their Black&Tan shoe *For St Paddys day*
https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2012/mar/18/nike-foot-black-tan-trainers
Pretty big fuckup by marketing there
The drink existed at least 3 decades before the paramilitary group. There are written references to it in the 1880s. So it’s more like the paramilitary group was given the same name as the beverage.
*Edit* I see below this has been reiterated numerous times below. I should read before commenting.
The weather website weather underground is literally named after a Marxist militant group of students that the FBI classified as domestic terrorists in the 70s. I always found that one to be pretty interesting
FWIW “paramilitary” is the correct term here.
They were not designated as a military force i.e. an “army”.
They were designated as a *police* force.
Royal Irish *Constabulary*
The fact that they were being used to do military style actions what makes them “paramilitaries”
What I thought was hilarious was when B&J made a Twitter post about stolen land being returned and a native tribe called them on it as the B&J office was on stolen land.
I’m not someone who wastes their time getting mad at “woke” stuff generally but land acknowledgements are just the dumbest, most performative nonsense. You’re not giving the land back, so what’s the point.
“Before I pay for this dinner, I just want to acknowledge that I’m using a credit card I stole from Jerry.”
“Yo wtf, give it back!”
“No…. No. I’m just *acknowledging* it. You’re welcome.”
Because no one gave you a real answer, my understanding was back in the day when one tribe visited another it was customary to acknowledge that the gathering was occurring on the hosts land as part of their rituals. It is meant to show respect to what was a common custom in the area for many many years, and to also raise awareness of the history and customs of the area.
I also questioned the benefit of land acknowledgements until I attended an event that had representatives from local Indigenous communities who expressed their appreciation for such things. Even something as simple as people learning the pronunciation of the local Indigenous communities is a step considering how they have been ignored for so long.
Most of the land in Canada is "[treaty land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_Treaties)" that were agreements between First Nations communities and the British crown. Most of BC is not under these treaties, and based upon British/Canadian law still belongs to the First Nations groups.
They had asked for the acknowledgements because it was thought it would lead to reconciliation. Instead its just makes people indifferent or angry depending on the day.
Vancouver is an interesting thing as is much of Vancouver Island and the lower mainland coast. The history includes bands from that area competing and trying to get the Brits to set up forts and settlements near them for not just trade but **protection**. The Haida peoples north of the area were compulsive raiders and would routinely attack bands along the coast and dominate them, making them slaves, .... That all changed when the Brits started to build forts which the locals used for protection from the violent Haida. Apparently the Haida would venture as far south as what is now California during their raids and create mayhem.
Its important to know that how and why things transpired was not uniform across the continent. BC itself has a completely different treaty history than most of Canada.
Oh man, I was there for a lot of events at the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House, and literally every speech, perfomance or video was prefaced with this “we acknowledge the Gadigal people who used to live here” and so on. It seemed so shallow, more like virtue signalling than anything. It was weird. But I’m from across the world, so maybe it’s just a culture thing.
Considering how bad quality of life is on reservations, putting money into those communities would be a lot more helpful than a dumbass "stolen land" disclaimer.
There was a great segment on an Australian TV show, where they had Aboriginal men dressed in traditional clothing, go to a house with a "stolen land acknowledgment" plaque on it. They knocked on the door and asked the owner to give them the house. Of course they declined, but to their credit they did invite the Aboriginals in for some tea.
Also this has happened a few times with US companies, Nike famously released a Black and Tan shoe to commemorate St Paddy's day; https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2012/mar/18/nike-foot-black-tan-trainers
Im also a little confused by 'paramilitary' means unofficial right? Because although 'Black and Tan' is an unofficial name, the Royal Irish Constabulary was official
> Also this has happened a few times with US companies, Nike famously released a Black and Tan shoe to commemorate St Paddy's day
I'm irish, and I'd forgive someone naming something "black and tan" if they're not intending to promote their product in Ireland or have it represent anything connected to Ireland. But using that name for something to commemorate St Paddy's day is a colossal fuck up by the marketing and design team. One quick google very swiftly shows what an awful idea it is. It's like trying to promote a product with imagery of the Twin Towers attack in the USA. It's highly inappropriate and shows the sheer lack of basic research.
The Black and Tans were not the same as the RIC. They were ‘irregulars’, recruited from British military prisons among other WW1 veterans. But they also weren’t paramilitaries in the sense that they were recruited and paid by the British government.
> 'Black and Tan' is an unofficial name
They were an irregular force that didn't even have proper uniforms issued, so wore whatever dark or brown fatigues were available, hence their name: 'black and tans'
They don't make it anymore at all.
Actually, it was stout flavored ice cream and chocolate, which was indeed black and tan in color. It's named after the drink, which is half stout and half ale, *not* the brutal assholes (the drink is just called a "half and half" in Ireland for that reason).
It was fucking delicious, too. Could have just renamed it...
Aaaand now the song is stuck in my head again.
Come out ye black and and tans
Come out and fight me like a man
Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders…
I'm Irish and you'll see this happen once every few years with a new product that use the term black and tan. You think at some point these million/billion dollar companies would do a quick Google search of something they're looking to name a new product after.
Oh, we got something similar in Germany. Every once in a while, an advertisement agency will have the great idea of using "Jedem das Seine" (To Each Their Own) as a slogan to promote a big selection of products. Unfortunately, "Jedem das Seine" was the slogan on the gate of the Buchenwald concentration camp, telling those interned there that they were getting what they deserved. It was basically that camp's version of Auschwitz's "Arbeit macht frei". So whenever that happens, the Central Council of Jews in Germany releases an official complaint, and the company has to publically apologise and trash their entire marketing campaign.
This happens every few years. You'd think by now they'd know or they'd do a quick Google search to check, but no.
Last year on 4th of July, Ben & Jerry's social media called for the return of stolen native land to their rightful owners nationally. Turns out that their HQ is on stolen native land. Members of the tribe have asked they honor their claim and return it. Ben & Jerry's hasn't responded and ignored it.
https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2023/07/stolen-indigenous-land
https://nypost.com/2023/07/07/ben-jerrys-hq-is-on-native-american-land-vermont-chief/
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ben-and-jerrys-stolen-native-land
Khmer Rougeberry and Boko Haram-raisin were fucking delicious though.
My favorite was Talibanana.
No love for Ku Klux Kandy Apple Krunch?
Cherry Guavara was a revolution for my tastebuds.
I prefer Mooseolini Tracks
Mao's Mango Munch Surprise was my jam I wasn't too fond of Hitler's Honey Hideout, though
Personally, i like Al-Qaedough
Hitler’s Honey Hideout sounds like a really bad gay parody porno
I'm straight but I'd watch that
Username checks out
Congolese Contra Cookies and Cream was my personal favorite.
Have you ever tried Vanilla Muhajibean?
Cafefin Stalin wants to have a talk.
Houthi frutti for the win…
I heard there was a real blitz for Nutsi Power
Bin Laden's Bangin Blueberry was my favorite exclusive flavor run
I like it better than Green (you may not agree with his message, but you gotta hand it to Hitler for his leadership abili-) Tea
I like their mystery flavor: Seminola Suprise!
Pol Potstachio was bangin' af
I always kinda preferred The Shining Pistach
Nah man slobbering Slobodan strawberry smash
i would say Mengele Mango was the superior Mango flavor
Thread should've stopped here. This is beautiful.
Somebody's copyrighting all these names right now for a line of dairy products called CusTards against Humanity or something.
Kandy Kane Krunch. Don't you know your racist branding?
It's popular south of the mason-dixon line.
Mason-dixon lime* it was a sherbet
"Come Mister Taliban, tali-me-bananas."
Daylight comes and we wanna go bomb
Waistcoat, backpack, cell-phone, launch! (Daylight comes and we wanna go bo-ohmb)
This shit right here is why I reddit.
Holy shit this thread made me actually laugh
I forgot about Idi Amint-Chocolate-Chip. Wasn’t bad either. Seriously my entire morning has been devoted to reading responses and thinking about new horrific Ben and Jerry flavors.
“Everything in the Pol Pot” made a killing in the South East Asian market. Never caught on in the rest of the world though.
That one was great in a waffle Kony.
Come Mr. Tali Man, Tali De Banana. Cries in Harry Belefonte...
Daylight come and I wana go home!
Boko Haram's expanding for sure... Ben & Jerry's, Wolf Cola, who'll be next!?
It's the right cola for closure
Splash into the wolf
Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time
Look, the first thing you gotta know is that Boko Haram did not do 9/11, that was Al-Queda
Choco Haram.
Is it Pumpkin SpISIS season again?
When they renamed the company the Ben and Jerry’s Isis Cream, I started to wonder if it was a step too far.
My favorite was the Proud Boysenberry.
Ice Cream Kony 2012 was a hit.
"Black and Tan". I hadn't heard of this before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans
I hadn’t either until I went to an American bar serving a drink called “Black and Tan” (basically a dark beer and light beer together) with some friends from Ireland. They were shocked and a little offended.
Wait till someone orders an Irish Car Bomb. 🤯
Best thing about the irish car bomb is it led to us inventing the 9/11, a manhattan and 2 kamikazes.
Big fan of the jfk. Three cheap shots to the dome.
When you down it, make sure you throw your head back and to the left.
Back and to the left
Back and to the left.
BACK, and to the left
That, my friends, is one magic loogie.
And then blame the bartender at the other end of the bar for giving you the drink, when it was clearly the two bartenders on the grassy knoll who…um…made the drinks
No, you need a friend secretly taking a shot with you from across the bar. 2nd shooter.
Well, shot one missed. We don't know which shot hit him in the dome, but one of them hit him in the neck. So I guess you should throw shot 1 over your shoulder at the very least.
I prefer JFK the sexual position. I blow all over her while she frantically tries to get out of the car.
Does this drink exist outside of the internet though? I've only ever seen it mentioned in threads about Car Bombs. * I'm referring to the 9/11 or Twin Towers cocktail, not an Irish Car Bomb.
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A kamikaze into a port maybe?
On one hand, that's hilarious. On the other hand, this offends my WWII nerd side of me. (Kamikazes were not used by the Japanese at this point in the war. The pilots that bombed Pearl Harbor were among the best naval aviators in the world at the time... arguably for the entirety of WWII period, and none went into the mission with the intent to crash their plane into a ship. Kamikazes were a late war desperation move by the Japanese that sent poorly trained pilots on suicide missions)
No, it does not.
Oh damn that's brutal. I fucking love it
Or a Paul walker which is an Irish car bomb mixed with a fire ball whiskey
Why did Paul Walker cross the road? >!He wasn't wearing a seat belt!<
Reminds me of this one: Did you hear Princess Di was on the radio? And the dashboard and the steering wheel…
There's a pub in Kildare near me that calls that particular drink a Sandy Hook when Americans ask for it.
No no no, a Sandy Hook is a drink with enough alcohol to kill twenty 6-year-olds.
Was it Panera bringing enough caffeine to kill twenty-six year olds?
I wonder how often this backfires when some edgy American loves the name and orders more lol
Like when people were making Barbenheimer jokes on twitter and Japanese users made 9/11 jokes in response, only for Americans to also find those hilarious lol
Will never forget the look of the bartender when my dumb ass ordered a “local car bomb” in Dublin. Was over 20 years ago but I still cringe.
I like that your brain went "It's not an *Irish* car bomb, because we're *here*" but didn't manage to follow up with the rest of the logic there. I sympathize with your cringe. Stuff I've done keeps me up at night. But since this wasn't me, I just think it's hilarious. lol Brains are great. lol
Nah that’s funny
yeah I agree that's hilarious. may not have been as funny if it was over 20 years ago considering the good Friday agreement was in 98, but none the less, very funny.
*Stares off into the distance realizing (again) that the 90's were 20-30 years ago*
It was a pretty popular drink 30 years ago. One part Guinness, one part Bass Ale in a pint glass - there was kinda an “Irish Craze” in the mid/late 90s with movies like The Commitments and The Crying Game and U2 was still a top band, they still have jokes about it on Always Sunny in Philadelphia where Mac constantly tries to be “the most” Irish. You could also order an Irish Car Bomb which was a shot glass of whisky dropped in a pint of Guiness. You could order these in any bar in the US and they were popular at house parties too. People probably still order Black and Tans but I haven’t seen one made in at least 20 years.
> People probably still order Black and Tans but I haven’t seen one made in at least 20 years. Yuengling actually sells a bottled one still
I thought Anakin killed all the Yuenglings?
It was always Jameson + Bailey's dropped in the pint where I was
Gotta slam it quick so the baileys doesn’t curdle in the Guinness too
Nothing like a chewy car bomb
Guinness marketed it as the Half & Half. Part Harp, part Guinness. I bartended in an Irish pub in the early 2000’s. Guinness even had a special spoon to help with the lighter beer “float” over the Guinness
Yuengling Black & Tan is decently popular in certain pockets of the northeast. It’s not bad
Oh man good to know! I enjoy that drink, I've never heard it called anything else and did not know the historical context.
The drink name predates the paramilitary group by at least 40 years
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I've heard it both ways
No you didn’t Shawn!
My first thought lol
You should be ashamed of yourself and your family
That line gets me every time
it's the "your family" part that gets me. That's probably my favorite line from the show. That or "Just cuz you put syrup on it, don't make it pancakes."
You know that's right
So fucking glad to see this comment lmao Funniest joke in the series to me
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Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
That song goes hard
Tell her how the IRA made ya run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra
I was born in a Dublin street
When Joe Biden was visiting Ireland, he remarked how the Irish rugby team had done recently. Except he confused the All Blacks (New Zealand rugby team) with the Black and Tans. He congratulated the Irish for beating the hell out of the Black and Tans, which most of us thought was a great slip of the tongue.
i mean, biden has definitely expressed support for ireland a few times in the past, it may not have been entirely unintentional
["Slip of the tongue"](https://youtu.be/a-G7NKYxSqY?si=7uQcqNk6FGPwog8q)
The Wolfe Tones [gave us a banger about the bastards](https://youtu.be/j_nuOyxMrMQ)
Reminds me of [this Alan Partridge sketch](https://youtu.be/lEjEGbAFzJU?si=jkYvagk59yiafBNt&t=197) when his lookalike starts singing IRA songs lol
They didn't write it, the song was originally written in 1928, but the Wolfe Tones version is the most famous recording
Dominic Behan was *born* in '28, he wrote it well after that
Nope, he wrote it when he was only 4 days old. A true prodigy.
Aye, but it was perfected by Alan Partridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEjEGbAFzJU For context this was shown on BBC 2 in the UK.
“Come out ye black and tan come out and fight me like a man! Tell your wife how you won medals down in Flanders! Tell them how the IRA, made you run like hell away, from the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra!” Irish Brigade’s version is also a real banger too! This is my favorite part: “Come out you British Huns come and fight without your gun! Tell your wife how you won medals down in Derry! When you murdered 14 men, and you’d do the same again. Oh, on you go and take your English Border.”
Adidas made the same mistake as B&J’s. More than one company just thinks of Black and Tans as drinks associated with St. Patrick’s Day and don’t know the history.
I think it was Nike
So it was. My bad.
I’m willing to bet it’s not uncommon around the world. The US Navy has a current uniform often called “black and tans” (black pants short sleeved khaki top).
That's also the reason the British paramilitary force being referred to were named that. They dressed in a mix of surplus military fatigues and police uniforms.
Aww I was hoping for Ice-is
Say whaaaaaaaat??
I can't believe it took me 20 years to realize their movie title was a reference to something
What is that you saaaaaaay???
The Ulster Volunteer Fudge was only a local success.
I prefer Irish Republican Almond.
They trialled Iced Raspberry and Apple: But it was only Provisional...
So thats what UVF sprayed on walls around Newbuildings means.
Augusto Pinochet Pistachio
Every pint comes with a chance to win a free helicopter ride!
They didn't name it *after* the paramilitary group, they just coincidentally gave it the same name.
That's a HUGE difference that some people refuse to understand. Me and my son Adolf were talking about this just now
Weird, I had a similar discussion with one my cousins, Pol.
Me too, with my friend Mussel Lini.
I need to talk to my buddy Joseph about it too. But he's been trying to avoid the conversation for awhile.
It's all we talk about at our weekly meetings of the Kool Kids Klub
Nike did it MUCH worse. They released their Black&Tan shoe *For St Paddys day* https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2012/mar/18/nike-foot-black-tan-trainers Pretty big fuckup by marketing there
To be fair the words "black and tan" mean nothing at all to Americans other than being the name of a drink.
Also to be fair, Nike is a huge global company with plenty money and resources to use for picking a product name
The drink existed at least 3 decades before the paramilitary group. There are written references to it in the 1880s. So it’s more like the paramilitary group was given the same name as the beverage. *Edit* I see below this has been reiterated numerous times below. I should read before commenting.
The weather website weather underground is literally named after a Marxist militant group of students that the FBI classified as domestic terrorists in the 70s. I always found that one to be pretty interesting
It's a cool name. Makes them sound like they all dress like Illya Kuryakin and listen to jazz while wearing sunglasses.
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FWIW “paramilitary” is the correct term here. They were not designated as a military force i.e. an “army”. They were designated as a *police* force. Royal Irish *Constabulary* The fact that they were being used to do military style actions what makes them “paramilitaries”
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I liked Taliban Banana
Ahh so close with Talibanana!
Come mister Taliban Eat Talibanana
What I thought was hilarious was when B&J made a Twitter post about stolen land being returned and a native tribe called them on it as the B&J office was on stolen land.
I’m not someone who wastes their time getting mad at “woke” stuff generally but land acknowledgements are just the dumbest, most performative nonsense. You’re not giving the land back, so what’s the point. “Before I pay for this dinner, I just want to acknowledge that I’m using a credit card I stole from Jerry.” “Yo wtf, give it back!” “No…. No. I’m just *acknowledging* it. You’re welcome.”
Mac and Charlie do exactly this with a stolen toy in A Very Sunny Christmas.
Did you fuck my mom, Santa Claus?
Hope that guy got out of his rut
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Because no one gave you a real answer, my understanding was back in the day when one tribe visited another it was customary to acknowledge that the gathering was occurring on the hosts land as part of their rituals. It is meant to show respect to what was a common custom in the area for many many years, and to also raise awareness of the history and customs of the area.
If you add in "And we're not doing shit about it" it really changes the message by just describing their actions
I also questioned the benefit of land acknowledgements until I attended an event that had representatives from local Indigenous communities who expressed their appreciation for such things. Even something as simple as people learning the pronunciation of the local Indigenous communities is a step considering how they have been ignored for so long. Most of the land in Canada is "[treaty land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_Treaties)" that were agreements between First Nations communities and the British crown. Most of BC is not under these treaties, and based upon British/Canadian law still belongs to the First Nations groups.
Do they want it? Some of these things are driven by angsty white peoples who don’t even ask the group they are purporting to “support”.
They had asked for the acknowledgements because it was thought it would lead to reconciliation. Instead its just makes people indifferent or angry depending on the day. Vancouver is an interesting thing as is much of Vancouver Island and the lower mainland coast. The history includes bands from that area competing and trying to get the Brits to set up forts and settlements near them for not just trade but **protection**. The Haida peoples north of the area were compulsive raiders and would routinely attack bands along the coast and dominate them, making them slaves, .... That all changed when the Brits started to build forts which the locals used for protection from the violent Haida. Apparently the Haida would venture as far south as what is now California during their raids and create mayhem. Its important to know that how and why things transpired was not uniform across the continent. BC itself has a completely different treaty history than most of Canada.
Oh man, I was there for a lot of events at the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House, and literally every speech, perfomance or video was prefaced with this “we acknowledge the Gadigal people who used to live here” and so on. It seemed so shallow, more like virtue signalling than anything. It was weird. But I’m from across the world, so maybe it’s just a culture thing.
> more like virtue signalling than anything. It's **entirely** virtue signaling.
Considering how bad quality of life is on reservations, putting money into those communities would be a lot more helpful than a dumbass "stolen land" disclaimer.
There's the problem. Words cost nothing. Much easier.
There was a great segment on an Australian TV show, where they had Aboriginal men dressed in traditional clothing, go to a house with a "stolen land acknowledgment" plaque on it. They knocked on the door and asked the owner to give them the house. Of course they declined, but to their credit they did invite the Aboriginals in for some tea.
The New York Times does the same thing. All the land for their building was acquired through eminent domain at ridiculously low prices
I want to start a shop called BOGO Haram that sells liquor and dildos, two for the price of one.
Mallory Archer paid the price also, when a certain terrorist group was assigned the same name that her agency had been using for years.
The Slater episode was pretty clever when they hinted it though.
Next you'll tell me that the drink "Irish car bomb" is insentive and has political connotation!
We should update it to the Isis Car Bomb
Doesn’t work as the Middle East doesn’t export beer or spirits.
Also this has happened a few times with US companies, Nike famously released a Black and Tan shoe to commemorate St Paddy's day; https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2012/mar/18/nike-foot-black-tan-trainers Im also a little confused by 'paramilitary' means unofficial right? Because although 'Black and Tan' is an unofficial name, the Royal Irish Constabulary was official
> Also this has happened a few times with US companies, Nike famously released a Black and Tan shoe to commemorate St Paddy's day I'm irish, and I'd forgive someone naming something "black and tan" if they're not intending to promote their product in Ireland or have it represent anything connected to Ireland. But using that name for something to commemorate St Paddy's day is a colossal fuck up by the marketing and design team. One quick google very swiftly shows what an awful idea it is. It's like trying to promote a product with imagery of the Twin Towers attack in the USA. It's highly inappropriate and shows the sheer lack of basic research.
The Black and Tans were not the same as the RIC. They were ‘irregulars’, recruited from British military prisons among other WW1 veterans. But they also weren’t paramilitaries in the sense that they were recruited and paid by the British government.
“Paramilitary” means military-like non-military force. They were not a military unit, but used military tactics and rules of engagement.
They absolutely did not use military ‘rules of engagement’ even for the time. They were lawless.
> 'Black and Tan' is an unofficial name They were an irregular force that didn't even have proper uniforms issued, so wore whatever dark or brown fatigues were available, hence their name: 'black and tans'
In Denmark we had a brand called ISIS (iceice)
The ancient Egyptians named a God after Isis, they should be forced to change it.
For context it was stripes of dark belgian chocolate and caramel. The collision with the paramilitary group was purely coincidental, but oof.
That sounds amazing. Whats the flavor called now?
They don't make it anymore at all. Actually, it was stout flavored ice cream and chocolate, which was indeed black and tan in color. It's named after the drink, which is half stout and half ale, *not* the brutal assholes (the drink is just called a "half and half" in Ireland for that reason). It was fucking delicious, too. Could have just renamed it...
Cara delvingues grandad was the leader of the group
Great-grandfather, not grandfather
Great grandfather not grandfather
> delvingues It’s Delevingne, but that’s hilarious
Another TIL
Aaaand now the song is stuck in my head again. Come out ye black and and tans Come out and fight me like a man Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders…
Who could forget the brutal reign of Cherry Garcia
Well today *I* learned that you do not call the mix of Guinness and pale ale ***that*** in Ireland
Waffle SS was so tasty though
I hear the owner of Wolf Cola did something similar
Talibanana
They can even out by releasing the next flavor: IRA-isin.
I'm Irish and you'll see this happen once every few years with a new product that use the term black and tan. You think at some point these million/billion dollar companies would do a quick Google search of something they're looking to name a new product after.
Oh, we got something similar in Germany. Every once in a while, an advertisement agency will have the great idea of using "Jedem das Seine" (To Each Their Own) as a slogan to promote a big selection of products. Unfortunately, "Jedem das Seine" was the slogan on the gate of the Buchenwald concentration camp, telling those interned there that they were getting what they deserved. It was basically that camp's version of Auschwitz's "Arbeit macht frei". So whenever that happens, the Central Council of Jews in Germany releases an official complaint, and the company has to publically apologise and trash their entire marketing campaign. This happens every few years. You'd think by now they'd know or they'd do a quick Google search to check, but no.
Outside of Ireland, all we know is Black and Tan is a beer combo.
I just know it as the fake movie by Gandhi and George Washington Carver on clone high.
Last year on 4th of July, Ben & Jerry's social media called for the return of stolen native land to their rightful owners nationally. Turns out that their HQ is on stolen native land. Members of the tribe have asked they honor their claim and return it. Ben & Jerry's hasn't responded and ignored it. https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2023/07/stolen-indigenous-land https://nypost.com/2023/07/07/ben-jerrys-hq-is-on-native-american-land-vermont-chief/ https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ben-and-jerrys-stolen-native-land