Eu amo Brasil!

OK, as someone who is fascinated by social computing, The Malcontent is a member of both friendster and orkut. Orkut, as several of my friends observed, has a massive number of members from Brazil. We don't know why, but it is true. (According to a Reuters article, 23.5 percent of the users are from the United States, while 41.2 percent are Brazilians.)

I thought this was cool (I mean, what's not to like about Brazilians?), but apparently a bunch of english speakers are unhappy with having to look at some posts and profiles in portuguese. One can only imagine how hard it must be for these poor english speakers...

Taking home the gold medal in "We Are Ignorant Jackasses from the Planet Closeminded" are the members at Orkut who formed "a group to discuss the influx of Brazilians on Orkut." Apparently, they feel there is "Way too much community clutter, countless postings in portuguese."

Pathetic is the word you're looking for, folks. I know it may amaze some of my fellow Orkutians, but the whole world doesn't have to speak english. And if you feel left out--well, learn another language, you lazy english-speaking bastards.