It’s just scientific fact that they love being slaves to corporations unlike us, the proudly independent and individualistic Westerners smuglord

Source: I was on a Discord with a Japanese dude

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]OP
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    161 year ago

    It’s technically correct as a noun for a Japanese person, like “a German” or “an Italian.” It just sounds weirdly antiquated and kinda racist in modern day.

    • Egon [they/them]
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      31 year ago

      What’s racist about it though? Like isn’t just because most people that would say “I met a japanese” are the same people who use the words “a female” when they talk about women? Is there anything actually racist in the phrasing itself, that makes it different from referring to other nationalities?

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        Like someone else said, the vibes are just off in a way I can’t quite articulate.

        “A German” sounds okay but “a Japanese” or “a Chinese” just don’t without a “person” or some other word after them

        • Egon [they/them]
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          41 year ago

          “A German” sounds okay but “a Japanese” or “a Chinese” just don’t without a “person” or some other word after them

          Oh well that’s easy. That’s because the chinese are people, while the germans aren’t