Not okay (I WTFed): “How did the soldier that Gilligan found become Katherine Heigl’s sister? Does she still think it’s WWII?”
Context is everything, baby.
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Well, yeah - context, and content. Or maybe I mean intent. The one that made you laugh was a critical response, though it used sarcasm to make its point; the only purpose of the second was to be mean about three women’s appearance.
It also happens to help that the first example is a remark by an Asian who has obviously been exposed to the me-love-you-long-time horror that is Tila Tequila. (Take a spin round YouTube and see for yourself. We Asian women have enough problems with this stereotype without her helping it along.)
The second example merely expresses the author’s discomfort with Asians simply existing, and he evidently feels the need to take it out on a woman who is not even a celebrity. It’s a bit sad, really, on second reading.