What should RFD replace the "RFD girl" with?

[kinggori]

I mean no offense here and I totally respect the Asian culture, but isn�t redflagdeals supposed to be a Canadian website? Wouldn�t an image that represents the Canadian culture be more appropriate?

Once again I have nothing against Asians and I also believe they form a huge and positive part of our Canadian culture but they are not representative of the whole Canadian culture.

Wouldn�t a more generic symbol be more appropriate like say maple leafs, squirrels, Canadian flag, multi-culturism, etc.?
Maybe loonies and toonies? These symbolize Canada and reflect deals.

Wikipedia has a list of the National symbols of Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_Canada

Do you have any suggestions or ideas? post it here and hopefully Ryan and Derek will embrace one of the ideas

* * * Update - Ideas so far * * *

- Poutine -- Siefer999
- Beaver wearing a red & white touque with the maple leaf on it, grinning holding a few green 20's with the queen & number 20 slightly visible -- Allen84
- A duck -- Ojam
- Looney since it's on our $1 coin, and this site is about saving money -- MadCow

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[Siefer999]

i vote on some poutine... nothing says canada like poutine. [sarcastic]

i actually like the rfd girl, i think it adds life to the generic vbulletin forum. also reason why i found out about rfd after it stood out in the 24hrs newspaper (or was it a metro?)

i dont see why not to keep it. its not like its rfd's symbol or anything. its not in the rfd logo. shes hovering above a search ad for pricecanada (rfd affiliate). sorry but i dont see her anywhere on the MAIN page either.

the maple leaf is already the symbol and "canada's largest Bargain Hunitng comminity" is rfds catch phrase.

it seems to me like a lot of people are offended because it 'looks' asian. its NOT a big deal. just let it go...

[kinggori]

I�m not offended
and since it�s not RFD�s logo I guess it's not biggie.

maybe the girl should've been eating poutine though

[Siefer999]

I�m not offended

maybe the girl should've been eating poutine

oh, i dont want to seem like i was directing that at you. i was just saying that because theres some other posts with a lot of tension in it about the 'rfd girl'. it doesnt seem like a big deal to me.

maybe this thread shouldnt be called 'replace the 'rfd girl''

rfd girl can co-exsist with an Official mascot that the mods could do some sort of promotion thing for. who can design a new Official mascot.

i read my post again and it looks really negative sounding my bad, not my initial intention.

[Allen84]

a beaver wearing a red & white touque with the maple leaf on it, grinning holding a few green 20's with the queen & number 20 slightly visible.

im not no artist, someone will have to draw it lol

[Ojam]

a duck.

[want-a-C7]

2 beavers a la bell

[MizTEcK]

lame thread

[kinggori]

A girl working out wearing a garbage bag.

I hope that's not your impression of the Canadian culture

[B40]

Derek and Ryan with Canadian flag thongs on

[MadCow]

Why not something to do with a Looney since it's on our $1 coin, and this site is about saving money.

[deep]

I've always said this site could use a lot more beaver.

[teknoluv]

For those who are not in the know, the RFD girl is less of an Asian culture thingsy and more of the Anime sub-culture product. From Matrix (the movie trilogy) to Nintendo or Playstation (console games), the animation industry in North America has been so HEAVILY influenced by their Asian (Japanese) counterparts that almost every young animator grows up watching Dragon Ball Z.

And please, we do NOT need those beavers or ducks to reinforce the outdated, biased imagery that Canadians are slow and stupid. Check out the latest Metropolitan Flavour campaign (re: Toronto) for some new ideas instead.

[kinggori]

For those who are not in the know, the RFD girl is less of an Asian culture thingsy and more of the Anime sub-culture product. From Matrix (the movie trilogy) to Nintendo or Playstation (console games), the animation industry in North America has been so HEAVILY influenced by their Asian (Japanese) counterparts that almost every young animator grows up watching Dragon Ball Z.

And please, we do NOT need those beavers or ducks to reinforce the outdated, biased imagery that Canadians are slow and stupid. Check out the latest Metropolitan Flavour campaign (re: Toronto) for some new ideas instead.

Anime culture orginates from Asia

"Anime (�A�j��, Anime?) is a style of cartoon animation originating in Japan, with distinctive character and background aesthetics that visually set it apart from other forms of animation"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime

not that there is any thing wrong with that
I personally adore anime (I've watched loads of anime and they made me laugh and cry) but I don't think it's related to Canada in anyway.
I might be wrong though

If beavers or ducks are �outdated� what do you suggest?
Where did you get the impression that "Canadians are slow and stupid"?
Where can I get more info on the "Metropolitan Flavour campaign"?

[KsprayDad]

I just Ad Block the image with FF and move on!