Gurpreet is your co-worker on the sister-team, over in India. He's hard-working, a family man, and takes care of his aging parents, all in their home village over the weekend. He spends nights in Bangalore, debugging and reviewing your code while you're asleep. His contributions to the project are pretty solid too, even though he's only been coding for four years. His management treats him and his team like garbage, but they don't let that stop them from showing up and doing a good job. If you ever came to visit, he'd roll out the red carpet along with his co-workers, and give you the kind of hospitality typically reserved for a minor god; doubly-so if it's a holiday.
Damn, son. I grew up in a mostly white town, but there was still a couple of Sikh kids in my school. OOP must live in a zip code that's only been written down like four times.
Huh, so presumably, they send out groups of names by an area's demographics. I could see them ending up with some very strange seeming names in some areas, either by smaller towns being grouped in with nearby cities, or due to supply chain changes, and stock for one area getting rerouted or mixed up.
Like there might be plenty of Sikhs in NYC, but go upstate and its possible someone's never heard the name, or met a Sikh.
Well, my intent wasn't racism. Of course the meme contains a racist aspect but the joke, to me, is that the creator of this meme is insular enough to assume that no one could ever be named Gurpreet.
I thought so. Too many people use it as a perjorative when it really is merely an absence of knowledge. Not a bad thing itself, but something to “cure” for sure. Thanks for the post!
Once one understands the hero's journey it becomes obvious why most of the steps exist. If they just go out and do everything successfully the first time with no hesitation they come across as boring. If they don't have the upside and downs then there isn't any opportunity for growth.
The ending often have a return and celebration instead of steps 11 and 12 which I think are story specific.
"Now that I'm done being baffled by an ordinary name, it's about time for me to go vote in a major election!"
Right? Insane!
Gurpreet is your co-worker on the sister-team, over in India. He's hard-working, a family man, and takes care of his aging parents, all in their home village over the weekend. He spends nights in Bangalore, debugging and reviewing your code while you're asleep. His contributions to the project are pretty solid too, even though he's only been coding for four years. His management treats him and his team like garbage, but they don't let that stop them from showing up and doing a good job. If you ever came to visit, he'd roll out the red carpet along with his co-workers, and give you the kind of hospitality typically reserved for a minor god; doubly-so if it's a holiday.
Gurpreet is awesome.
All my bros and sisters love Gurpreet
He does the needful and never ever has to revert.
A fiver says OOP has never left their suburb
The naivety of the person is what made me laugh.
Damn, son. I grew up in a mostly white town, but there was still a couple of Sikh kids in my school. OOP must live in a zip code that's only been written down like four times.
Gurpreet is obviously normal enough to be on a bottle of Coke where OOP is so I don't know
Huh, so presumably, they send out groups of names by an area's demographics. I could see them ending up with some very strange seeming names in some areas, either by smaller towns being grouped in with nearby cities, or due to supply chain changes, and stock for one area getting rerouted or mixed up.
Like there might be plenty of Sikhs in NYC, but go upstate and its possible someone's never heard the name, or met a Sikh.
The names are definitely somewhat geographical. They're different here in Sweden. No Gurpreet here
For anyone as uneducated as me: the name is Indian.
No, the name is Gurpreet.
No this is Patrick.
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
Hi is this the Krusty Krab?
This is Sparta!
Oh, I assumed they were introducing themselves.
Yeah. I think it's a pretty nice name tbh
I don't get this post, is it just racist?
Well, my intent wasn't racism. Of course the meme contains a racist aspect but the joke, to me, is that the creator of this meme is insular enough to assume that no one could ever be named Gurpreet.
That's what I got too.
Or, in this context, probably ignorance*.
*edit
Ignorance.
That's the word I was looking for!
I thought so. Too many people use it as a perjorative when it really is merely an absence of knowledge. Not a bad thing itself, but something to “cure” for sure. Thanks for the post!
I try not to judge ignorance as a moral failing, at least not of the ignorant person.
I did assume stupidity. Racism and stupidity go hand in hand.
The word you are looking for is ignorance.
that's the sound one makes when drink it
They never have a bottle that says Luci :((((
Edit: did I get a down vote because Coke hates my name? Good lord!
Is that short for Lucifer?
Sure
Me neither. I did find one which said Ragnhild.
Aren't all the names ObviouslyNotBanana?
Oh god I hope not
Ragnhild sounds like something from german folklore that sneaks into your house at night and torsions all your testicles
It's just a regular old name here. Not that common these days.
Our goddaughter I'd called Lucie, its really hard to find anything with her name on
You gotta install OpenWRT on the bottle to access that.
Gurpreet might be the mentor
Is this...the legend of zelda timeline?
Once one understands the hero's journey it becomes obvious why most of the steps exist. If they just go out and do everything successfully the first time with no hesitation they come across as boring. If they don't have the upside and downs then there isn't any opportunity for growth.
The ending often have a return and celebration instead of steps 11 and 12 which I think are story specific.
That fucking owl. Though it was worse by far in Majoras mask, since he kept. coming. back. And was wordy as fuck every time.
Thank you for taking the time to type up both of these.
We get it. You're a Lit major with ADHD.
I enjoyed working with Gurp.
I assume we'd all enjoy Gurp.
I'm pleased to report that in reality, I did work with a guy named Gurpreet many years ago, and yes, he was a pretty cool dude.
Good for Gurpreet, and good for his co-workers!
Gurrie gur the man.
G'preet *tips fedora*
My boi Ginny is who Gurpreet is!