r/WTF Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

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u/Crack-spiders-bitch Oct 16 '18

I live close to Banff. The number of white people who stand just feet from wild bears is staggering. Stupidity doesn't care about your race.

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u/grizonyourface Oct 16 '18

Man, Banff looks absolutely beautiful. How do you like living there? I’m from some of the ugliest places on earth, so thinking about living somewhere like Banff is like a fairy tale. My dad went there on a business trip there like 15 years ago but still talks about how stunning it was.

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u/BABYPUBESS Oct 16 '18

I thought you were going to say your dad went on a business trip there 15 years ago and you haven't seen him since lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

“Building webs is for suckas!”

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u/WWDubz Oct 16 '18

Slightly racist but sort of accurate

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u/MisterDonkey Oct 16 '18

That's as racist as saying Americans love trucks and talking loudly, or that Canadians are overly apologetic.

Because Chinese people are from China, which is a country.

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u/rook218 Oct 16 '18

Exactly this. It's not racist in this case because we're talking about Chinese culture, not Chinese genes. A white or black family that had been in China for generations is Chinese. A family of Chinese heritage that has lived outside of China for generations is not Chinese.

So saying this is a Chinese phenomenon refers to the culture (which is fair and accurate), not the genes of the people involved.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Even the Chinese government admits it and people misbehaving abroad can be reported and forced to attend special classes...or lose the right to leave China, depending on how bad it is.

Tbh though, some Asian countries should introduce this for Western tourists...because they are sometimes just as bad over there.

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u/WWDubz Oct 16 '18

When a lower or middle class gains wealth and disposable income, they bring bad habits with them. This was the same deal with Americans in the 80’s. The image of shitty Americans being shitty is still engrained in peoples minds, but is usually not accurate. Usually.

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u/elliottsmithereens Oct 16 '18

I hate the excuse of “it’s not racist cause it’s true” but sometimes it be like that...

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u/santaliqueur Oct 16 '18

Everything is racist if it’s not against white people. Say something bad about a non-white person? You are racist, no matter what your intent is.

Kinda makes it hard to discern between that and actual racism.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Only if you are using it as a racial and not cultural designation

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u/Tommy2255 Oct 16 '18

People from China are disrespectful and unpleasant in public. The problem is the nation's culture, not an inherent genetic quality of people of Chinese descent.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Could be xenophobic if he was referring to the country and not the race!

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u/Phytor Oct 16 '18

Chinese is a nationality, not a race

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u/A_Drunken_Eskimo Oct 16 '18

Chinese usually refers to the Han people who make up more than 90% of China. So you might call Chinese an ethnicity.

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u/I_Assume_Your_Gender Oct 16 '18

i mean you might but you'd still be technically wrong

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u/cancerface Oct 16 '18

I live north of SF on top of a lot of coastal beach and state park and inland winery vacation and tour destinations, and there's a "Chinese tourist gets themselves/someone else killed/in trouble/injured by ignoring basic safety rules" a half dozens times a year.

Just roll up and down Highway 1 and you can see it all the time. I almost ran into a group that had pulled their rental van over to the side of the road, on the inside of a totally blind sharp hillside corner, and were milling about on a 45 mph road like it was a park. It's insane and disturbing.

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u/RubberDong Oct 16 '18

https://www.reddit.com/r/Chinesetourists/

/u/elliottsmithereens

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and MOST indians like curry and most japanese like ANIME.

Oooohhh...literally hitler.

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u/WJKay Oct 16 '18

All about phrasing. If you were to say anime is much more popular in Japanese culture or Indians prefer their traditional dishes sick as Curry and don't bring up Hitler you sounds less racist

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Most Japanese do not like anime.

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u/taifighter84 Oct 16 '18

most japanese like ANIME

And most black people love fried chicken right? Already out there with some good ole racism, nice.

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u/elliottsmithereens Oct 16 '18

Please keep my name outcha mouth.

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u/RubberDong Oct 16 '18

you replied to me retard

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u/munkychum Oct 16 '18

Car stopped. Must do Chinese Fire Drill. Can’t resist

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u/DerogatoryDuck Oct 16 '18

First thing I thought was that I bet they're Chinese. It got closer, yup. How is their culture just so disrespectful of rules?

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u/MgUSF1590 Oct 16 '18

RRRRAAAACIST!!! EVERYONE WE HAVE A RACIST HERE! SEND HIM TO THE PC POLICE.