{"id":51654,"date":"2026-11-05T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=51654"},"modified":"2026-11-06T14:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T19:08:57","slug":"the-jokes-just-write-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=51654","title":{"rendered":"The jokes just write themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know that I was disappointed that the Atlanta Dream lost in the WNBA Finals, but I came across this observation recently, and it was like the layup of topics that got the \u2018ol dad brain firing and wanting to get some words out onto doc, and here we are.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was tangentially aware of the existence of Kaitlyn Chen, as a fellow Asian, these kinds of things are typically spoon-fed to us via The Algorithm, and it\u2019s cool to see any sort of Asian representation, even in an oft-criticized league such as the WNBA.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know of her history, where she went to college(s), but I saw a pretty tall girl who was playing on a WNBA team, and wasn\u2019t just like some Yuki Kawamura-like Asian mascot meant to move merchandise in Asian communities, but a more actual contributor for the Golden State Valkyries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thought of her didn\u2019t cross my mind again until more recently when I saw her name in headlines when the Valkyries took game 4 or game 5 of the WNBA Finals, from some Asian community wanting to talk about how an Asian person was on a team vying for a championship, and I was all like ohhh yeah, that chick is on the Golden State team<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But after the Valkyries had won the championship, I saw this (above) fascinating factoid about the history of Kaitlyn Chen, proclaiming her to be the \u201cPerfect Asian Daughter\u201d and the gears immediately began churning, and the jokes began to write themselves unconsciously, because if you\u2019re going to proclaim something like perfect Asian daughter, you better believe that there\u2019s going to be a tremendous amount of return fire.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s best if you can imagine all of these quips being spoken in the angry, aggressive broken Engrish that of a stereotypical overbearing Asian parent:<\/span><\/p>\n