What does this joke mean? (this joke is from the book "BITTERSWEET SIXTEEN")?
I dont really understand this joke. This joke is from the book "Bittersweet Sixteen" by Carrie Karasyov & Jill Kargman. ------------------------------- "Better than without them," said Jake. Before I could ask him what the deal was with his MIA 'rents, he changed the subject. "Wow, so this is your fashion design center," he said, examining my piles of fabric, ribbons and sewing gear. "Yeah this is where it all happens, my very unglamourous sweatshop." "Where are all the Malaysian eleven-year-olds?" he asked. I had to laugh. But my smile was eclipsed by a full-force blush attach as Jake's eyes turned to peruse my walls, which were laden with huge, romantic black-and-white posters of couples kissing, running hand in hand on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the famous post-WWII soldier-nurse smooch in Times Square. --------------------------------------- So that was the joke. I am an Malaysian, so it is quite interesting to find out what the joke means. Especially when I don't even find it funny. Is it an insult to us malaysians?
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1 :
you know how the make kids in other countries work in factories well that is what it means
2 :
Ok, so Malaysians may not find it funny (or at least you don't), but other people may. I personally don't find it funny, but it makes sense, because it's like...true. You know?
3 :
its not funny
4 :
the "joke" is that in other countries they have factories aka sweatshops filled with people who work for very little pay and they used to (not sure if they still do) hire kids to work there too but yea i dont really find that funny
5 :
I don't find it funny either...it sounds like a racist joke to me...because in the olden days they always used foreigners for all of the hard work/labor...yeah, it is racist!!!
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