Category Archives: Awkard homages

Snoop Dogg Drops Banda Single ‘Qué Maldición,’ Because it’s 2020 and Everything’s Weird

Posted on May 1, 2020 by

I don’t know what to think, really, but why not? Snoop Dogg and Banda Ms on Friday released Qué Maldición, a long awaited collaboration between America’s famed pothead and the Sinaloa insanely popular band. It’s by far the weirdest Anglo-Latin … Continue reading →

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Cinco de Mayo in the Time of Coronavirus Is Just as Dumb as Regular Cinco de Mayo

Posted on April 28, 2020 by

No access to the outside world? No problemo! District Taco, a so-called taquería based in I-don’t-know-where-but-not-Mexico wants you to know that you can “take back your right to fiesta” by ordering the coronavirus-special sheltering in place combo: Delicioso steak fajitas, … Continue reading →

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If 2020 Was a Kitchen Gadget, it Would Be this ‘Taco Toaster’

Posted on April 25, 2020 by

Move over $30-dollar Taco Toaster, here comes a less expensive, even more outrageous contraption to make what Americans think is a taco. I give you the … $22-dollar Made in California Taco Toaster, a plastic/metal mold thingy to hold your … Continue reading →

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A ‘Latin-Style Fiesta Pet-Parade’ Is Just What 2020 Was Missing

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

What would you do to raise funds to help cute little furry friends in these times of crisis? Well, how about hosting a “Latin-style” pet parade and livestream it to the millions of suckers stuck at home trying to avoid … Continue reading →

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Ever Wondered How UberEats Works in Mexico?

Posted on April 22, 2020 by

Yes, according to the Internet my very well-informed sources, this is a real UberEats delivery girl roaming the streets of Metepec, Estado de México delivering her wares in these times of quarantine. I can’t see her face or her hands … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s Top Health Official Is Now an Official Piñata, Because Mexico

Posted on April 15, 2020 by

It is official: Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, the Mexican deputy health minister in the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 has been immortalized in a piñata from the famed Piñatería Ramírez in northern Mexico. The López-Gatell piñata comes with –what else– … Continue reading →

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Here’s The Star-Spangled Banner in Spanish Honoring Hispanics Fighting COVID-19

Posted on April 14, 2020 by

Ever wondered what The Star-Spangled Banner sounds like in Spanish? Well, look no further than El Pendón Estrellado, the “only official Spanish-language translation” of the national anthem allowed to be sung, according to The Smithsonian. The translation into Spanish of the … Continue reading →

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The Brits Want you to Think this ‘Thing’ Is Mexican Food

Posted on April 5, 2020 by

England, the country that gave us the Hey Ho to Mexico tortillas and El Mexicana is back at it again with a typically Mexican dish: paella –or as George Costanza would call it, pie-yay-yah. Go home, Joe Gledhill, you’re drunk. … Continue reading →

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Baby Tiger Born in Veracruz Named Covid, Because Mexico

Posted on March 29, 2020 by

Today, in the always popular section “Mexico in the time of coronavirus,” I give you Covid, a baby Bengal tiger born March 14 in a small zoo in Córdoba, Veracruz. “Covid was born to an 8-year-old tigress that had been … Continue reading →

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Inspired by Mexico, a Chicago Bakery Is Now Making its Own Conchavirus

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

Well, that didn’t take long. Barely a couple of days after this VERY INFLUENTIAL BLOG first reported on the Iztapalapa conchavirus, a small bakery in Chicago is now making their own version. “We wanted to turn a negative into a … Continue reading →

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Quintana Roo’s Police Force Is Ready to Fight Coronavirus … to the Tune of ‘Mariachi Loco’

Posted on March 25, 2020 by

The Mexican police force in Quintana Roo (yes, that’s the state where Cancún is located) has come with an awesome PSA to let the community know that the deadly coronavirus is not going to get them. Watch as police men … Continue reading →

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Mexican Bakery Introduces the Conchavirus, because Mexico

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

Speaking of Mexico and the seriousness of COVID-19, a bakery in Iztapalapa, Mexico has come up with a coronavirus-like sweet bread, which they’re calling –what else?– the conchavirus. According to a very reliable source (i.e. a commenter on my Instagram … Continue reading →

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Mexican Entrepreneurship Knows no Limits #Coronavirus Edition

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

Via: Mexicans of Late Capitalism

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The Coronavirus Piñata Is Here –and I Can’t Even

Posted on March 10, 2020 by

Mexico’s Piñatería Ramirez has done it my friends. And yes, this is racist and so Mexican at the same time. Hat tip: @lechancle

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Speaking of Mexicans and the Coronavirus…

Posted on March 6, 2020 by

Here are some adorable school children in an undisclosed location dancing to the tune of the Coronavirus cumbia, because Mexico. Italy, Iran, China: Schools across the country closed for Coronavirus. Mexico: 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/Bp7wYOhZxd — Laura Martínez® (@miblogestublog) March 6, 2020 … Continue reading →

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