Weird-Ass Craigslist Posting, Part 22: "Secrets of the Orient"

"Young, gay, Asian waiters to help out on an over-the-top gay, costume party."



Oh, hell. You've got to be kidding me. Another weird, racist gem posted to Craigslist. This one comes from the Portland area, where a guy named John recently put the call out for "2 young, gay, Asian waiters" to help out with his upcoming Asian-themed gay soiree, "The Secrets of the Orient: The Year of the Snake." Yeah. John promises "it will be awesome!" I have a strong feeling it will not be awesome:

Because every photo shoot needs some exotic human props...

Oh, hell. More of this... If you enjoyed all the exotic human props in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, here's some more of that in the same spirit, this time from a luxury retailer: Vietnam And Its 'Exotic People' Are The New Black, According To Absurd Luxury Retailer Campaign.

A new campaign by Americana Manhasset, a Long Island luxury shopping outlet, features pretty, well-groomed white ladies photographed in front of the "exotic" locales of Vietnam, including lots of laboring Asian people wearing their requisite pointy hats. From the Spring 2013 Lookbook:

You know what this Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition needs? Some exotic human props.

Each year, we turn to the annual arbiter of good taste and hot bodies, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, to tell us what's fashionable in swimwear. Yeah. This year, they've traveled to "exotic" locales around the world, inexplicably using human props for the issue's half-nekkid photo shoots: In the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, Chinese people are exotic props.

Hey you, with the funny hat and the beard, let us put our blonde beauty on your raft. No, stay there. You'll help add that extra mysticism flava to the shot. Oh, and you girls with the beads and sparkly hats. Adorable. Stand right there and smile. Why didn't we think of this before? Humans as exotic props! Here are some more photos: