Mexico is like the shy kid in high school who is rumored to be a satanist but is secretly cool AF. Everyone thinks he’s super weird, and, even though you’ve never actually talked to him, you don’t want to invite him to throw eggs at people in the street. Then one day, he shows up at prom with special brownies, becomes the most popular dude at the party and you’re like “Aw, man! I should’ve been cool to that kid!”
Well, Mexican airline Aeromexico is well aware that our neighbors down South have an image problem with the American public. Therefore, they are set to bring more American tourists to Mexico.
So they went to a typical American town in Texas and asked typical white Texan-Americans why they didn’t consider Mexico as an option for travel? “No way,” said Betsy. “It’s not my cup of tea”, said a lady on the counter. “Let me stay here in peace and let those folks stay on their side of the border”, said the whitest man you’ll ever meet.
But Aeromexico knows something many Americans in Southern United States don’t: Mexican immigration goes as far back as the 1800’s, and these immigrants mostly settled in the South (available information from the department of Homeland Security). This in turn means a lot of Southerners, even if they are as white as ghosts, could be Mexican and not even be aware of it.
And what Aeromexico did to prove this claim was to have their interviewees’ DNA tested so as to give them discounts based on the percentage of Mexican they had in their blood: “The more Mexican you are, the more discount you get.”
So the results were in, read out loud and the reactions are priceless.
Interviewer: Joshua, you are 18% Mexican.
Joshua: Oh, wow.
Interviewer: So you get 18% off to fly to Mexico.
Joshua: (Giggles)
A balding man with a badass goatee, dressed in a vest, inside a warehouse or workshop of some sort, was the highest with 22% Mexican inside of him. “That’s bullshit! That is bullshit!” he answers.
@klc_seattleBut when they tell him he’s entitled to a 22% off to fly to Mexico he says, “Oh, come on now. Seriously? Ok. Is that for real? So, what if I want to bring my wife?”
Smiling Betsy, on the other hand, finds out she’s only 3% Mexican and is furious about it. Her face changes very quickly; she shakes her head. Baffled, she stares at the results unable to swallow these terrible, terrible news.
Out of all of the people tested, says the ad, 54.4% came out with Mexican DNA on them!
So, now it’s not only that the weird kid is the coolest in town. Now he’s also related to you and making YOU cool by association (it’s when people think you’re cool because you said ‘hi’ to him). Also, in college you get extra points for having a super diverse family. Yay.
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