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Someone explain this t-shirt to me (save Darfur)
Replies: 15 — Last Post Aug. 12, 2008 7:06pm by airemaye
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http://www.bustedtees.com/savedarfur

The description says "Don't people know Australia when they see it?" but why shouldn't the rest of Africa save Darfur? And why Australia specifically?  

Soz but I need the social context of this explained to me.

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Save fur? don't kill animals?

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It's funny because most people have no idea where Darfur is.

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Quote: from Its Bearsy Bitch at 6:51 pm on Aug. 12, 2008
http://www.bustedtees.com/savedarfur

The description says "Don't people know Australia when they see it?" but why shouldn't the rest of Africa save Darfur? And why Australia specifically?  

Soz but I need the social context of this explained to me.

Uh that is South America on that shirt, I think it is being funny, like al ot of people are like "SAVE DARFUR", when the don't even know wtf Darfur looks like on the map.

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what is darfur?


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Cause its a picture of south america, saying save darfur, obviously in africa, so it adds to the supposed hilarity by asking about australia
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Why do they have a map of south america? WTF?!

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it's implying that people are being ignorant and aren't aware of politics [which is depressingly true. nobody in the US knows what Tibet actually wants, but they go on about free tibet and get themselves arrested in china.] the picture of south america on the shirt? They're trying to shame us into being more aware. Good strategy, actually. And if you're just going to say that someone else should do all the work it will never get done. i wonder why it's south america when sudan is in africa, though...that's why i thought it was africa at first. I looked at a map, though, and that's definitely south america....
double entendre, perhaps?

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well i don't get it either and i don't get why they have a picture of all of Africa when Darfur is just one area

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Quote: from missmadejavu at 6:53 pm on Aug. 12, 2008
Quote: from Its Bearsy Bitch at 6:51 pm on Aug. 12, 2008
http://www.bustedtees.com/savedarfur  

 The description says "Don't people know Australia when they see it?" but why shouldn't the rest of Africa save Darfur? And why Australia specifically?    

 Soz but I need the social context of this explained to me.

Uh that is South America on that shirt, I think it is being funny, like al ot of people are like "SAVE DARFUR", when the don't even know wtf Darfur looks like on the map.


Oh lol. It looked like Africa to me and I guarantee that's what 90% of people who see that shirt will see if they don't know it's supposed to be funny, because your brain auto corrects images if they don't fit the context.

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Quote: from silenced at 6:55 pm on Aug. 12, 2008
well i don't get it either and i don't get why they have a picture of all of Africa when Darfur is just one area

dude.... thats a pic of south america

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i looked at the shirt and was like... wait, doesnt darfur = africa.

then i read the replies and was like, duh.

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That picture is of South America...

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Quote: from citigurl3 at 7:57 pm on Aug. 12, 2008
Quote: from silenced at 6:55 pm on Aug. 12, 2008
well i don't get it either and i don't get why they have a picture of all of Africa when Darfur is just one area

dude.... thats a pic of south america

oh i didnt really look at it Xp

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I think it's implying that people would like to seem like they're helpful and whatnot, when they actually don't know what's going on.
Which is why they said, "Don't people know Australia when they see it?", and have a picture of South America instead of Africa.  

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