yellowxperil: leatherwingsinc: Where’d You Find Thisthis isn’t funny. this is a real name. english-speaking perspectives imposed on asian names (passed down and given, full of their own history, cultural and familial significance) to make them silly, to make jokes out of them is xenophobic, orientalist, anglocentric humor. i know you know better, i can’t believe how many times i’ve seen this on my dash A) nothing about this is xenophobic. Finding a word from a different language funny because it sounds like another word in yours doesn’t express hate of any kind. B) no one is imposing anything onto this child or his language or his nationality. It’s just using pattern recognition that humans have been developing for millions of years to the point where it can’t be controlled to relate his name to similar sounding words in the English language. Go outside and actually experience the real world you fun hating twat.

yellowxperil:

leatherwingsinc:

Where’d You Find This

this isn’t funny. this is a real name. english-speaking perspectives imposed on asian names (passed down and given, full of their own history, cultural and familial significance) to make them silly, to make jokes out of them is xenophobic, orientalist, anglocentric humor. i know you know better, i can’t believe how many times i’ve seen this on my dash

A) nothing about this is xenophobic. Finding a word from a different language funny because it sounds like another word in yours doesn’t express hate of any kind. B) no one is imposing anything onto this child or his language or his nationality. It’s just using pattern recognition that humans have been developing for millions of years to the point where it can’t be controlled to relate his name to similar sounding words in the English language. Go outside and actually experience the real world you fun hating twat.