"Do not use Asian names if you aren't Asian, you racist!" Well, gee, I'll go and ask my Korean friends Eric and Kevin on what they think about all of this. I'll even include my Chinese friend, Brandon, as well for extra insight.

@Kat-mu8wq

2 жыл бұрын

I had a Korean ex who went by the name Chris, ofc he had his Korean name too but many white folk (he lived in USA) couldn't pronounce it, so he got a white name for them.

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@boodledemic6430

2 жыл бұрын

@@pureteddybear_ they’d actually turn it around to go “yeah white people don’t know shit lol, poor you.”

@sae1083

2 жыл бұрын

IM LOVING THIS HAHAHA

@fandemanga3378

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kat-mu8wq lol make me think of how in west Africa, people have usually 2 name at least: an occidental one(or a common name) and one in their ethnic langage. It does make it easier when we meet stranger since they often have a hard Time pronoucing the ethnic one, even the surname sometimes

I got told I was “racist against Asians” due to the fact that my character wears a sailor uniform while I’m French…You guys DO realize sailor uniforms are European inspired, right?

@JMDAmigaMusic

2 жыл бұрын

That might be too much to handle for their two neurons and 1k RAM

@GoldnPea

2 жыл бұрын

@@JMDAmigaMusic 1k RAM is too generous, how about 1 bite of RAM?

@JMDAmigaMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoldnPea Less than an Atari 2600? Wow!!!

@GoldnPea

2 жыл бұрын

@@JMDAmigaMusic Yes

@dbzcupcake

2 жыл бұрын

They are brain dead I swear, school uniforms are a thing outside of Asia

When they say “asian name”, let’s be real here, they mean “japanese”. Their knowledge is so limited to pop culture politics that I’m not surprised they didn’t realized the “hei” in “hero hei” was chinese.

@magg0t_zz

2 жыл бұрын

They won't care about any middle eastern names being used, any indian or thai names, or fillipino names. As long as it's korean, japanese or chinese then they go full white knight warrior because appearently they're "woke"

@ManusiaBertopeng1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Asian names not only Japanese. It can be Chinese, Korean, Indian, Pakistani, Arabs, Indonesian, Vietnamese. And others in asian Damn these days

@satyakisil9711

2 жыл бұрын

"Pop culture politics" you can't get more precise.

@aimanazminovich3602

2 жыл бұрын

@@ManusiaBertopeng1 Don’t forget Malaysian and Singaporean. Neighbours of Indonesia

@ManusiaBertopeng1

2 жыл бұрын

@@aimanazminovich3602 thanks for including then

"you can't use asian names if you're not asian!" Asians who use western names: It's free real estate

@yeng1855

2 жыл бұрын

Me using Western names in my OC: O_o -_- _> well crap...

@nerdgeekcosplay909

2 жыл бұрын

Me with 14% Asian decent on my fathers side : um 😐

@hirumaiya

2 жыл бұрын

let me call my japanese friend bobby real quick

@setsu-chon

2 жыл бұрын

Korean kpop idols with Western stage names:

I’m Asian and I literally don’t care. In fact, I like when people do it because it means they can appreciate other cultures. I’m also using an Italian name and no one cares.

@Falacomo

2 жыл бұрын

Right, I also have an Italian name even tho I’m Brazilian

@moonleafx

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly tho, I’m an Asian too and I’m actually rlly happy when someone used a name inspired by my country bcs well, they recognize us:D

@01ASTRALICE

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen people use Spanish names in online video games and I don't even care at all, I'm Latino and I literally don't care if people use Spanish words in their in-game names or on the internet.

@bigbrainwooper

2 жыл бұрын

Dude same, i don’t really have a problems about anyone using an asian names Can twitter just be peaceful for at least 20 minutes

@bellogoat

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Asian and I am using an Irish name

being a japanese man i find this stuff funny especially when i get harrased on video games when i use my language for my username,then ridicule me for "wanting to become japanese" as if we dont exist?

@PepperPersonal

2 жыл бұрын

but you only exist in anime and you need to speak in subtitles.

@somefries3101

2 жыл бұрын

I can recognize when someone comes from a different country by looking at the ping

@bvdf84

2 жыл бұрын

Just start speaking Japanese and act like you don't know english at all Like scream at them in japanese for dying and shit (I think that would be funny)

@TheUltraGuy101

2 жыл бұрын

Americans think only Americans exist. They are, after all, "the centre of the world" /s

@adityairawan1843

2 жыл бұрын

I'd instantly rant in my own language if that ever happens.

People need to stop using "fetishization" as a basis to every single argument. As an Asian myself, I don't find any problem with someone just using an Asian name. So long as they are respectful.

@foxman105

2 жыл бұрын

They're projecting their own personal ideas. They find the name sexually charged so they think everybody else does. I knew Vanessa (we called her Vannie) who was from a Vietnamese immigrant family and never I even thought that her name is offensive or weird. She's Asian heritage... She has a western name... what about it? Etymology of names is a fascinating linguistic study and by tracking names you can see how different cultures start to mix together. Name gating is basically cultural segregation.

@forcomments7800

2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie I find it pretty cringe. Like we know the only reason why they do it is for the anime aesthetic. And The fact that they’re all like 13-year-olds....Lol it’s just my personal pet peeve

As someone who is Korean, I think it's really cool to see other people use Korean names...and what's even cooler is when people write their non-Korean names in Hangul (Korean characters) because it shows that there are foreigners who have taken interest in our culture and want to take time to learn the language :)

@justm4x979

2 жыл бұрын

@愛川蓮 There’s a video called ‘learn to read Korean in 5 minutes’ by Sam Gellman. It sounds like a scam, but it’s surprisingly good.

@Pikmin_.

2 жыл бұрын

Ye but me as a japanese really hate when people who watch anime thini they are japanese and find out they are 0.0023 percent japanese so they can just name them selves "牛糞" or something

@raccoon_kun

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pikmin_. that's a bit different from what I'm talking about, but yes that does sound annoying

@yuki97kira

2 жыл бұрын

As a non korean, yes i've used korean hangul in my notebooks. Most of it is just spelling of my name

@yuki97kira

2 жыл бұрын

@愛川蓮 i used to learn how to write in korea woth my friends by writing notes to each other. It was in our native language, but spelled using hangul so we are used to it. I can still read it now (super slowly tho) 10 years later lol

I’m asian yet nobody has ever told me that using an English name is “offensive”. Just shows how one sided these people are.

@robbieaulia6462

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@PostUltra

2 жыл бұрын

That's what people get for sympathy-farming/parading & fanB*TCHING over AN AXIS-POWER COUNTRY. Over a product of all things lmmfao

@piakrut3476

2 жыл бұрын

They’ll reply either with ‘oh but english names aren’t made fun of’ or ‘english names dont have sacred meanings’ When xenophobia exists and literally two days ago i saw a tiktok of a chinese girl living in china having an english name (Elizabeth) and she got bullied so hard in china (cause everyone had a chinese name except her) that now she’s ashamed of her real name and had to change it. Plus all cultures have at least some sacred meaning; like Dante is a very important italian name yet i saw hispanics and black people having that name. I also saw plenty of chinese people in china having italian names like Stella, fabio and Alice. And the fact that they think all asian names are all sacred with mystical meanings when some of them just mean ‘flower’ and ‘beautiful’ it’s really embarrassing tbh. And im saying this as someone who is half thai. They just want segregation and tribalism. They don’t want to live peacefully with people🤣🤣

@biancapanico7041

2 жыл бұрын

@@piakrut3476 true, they can only respect a culture if it's segregated, otherwise they can be as disrespectful as they wish. Besides using foreign names isn't necessarily disrespectful, the idea that all asian names are mystical is literally a stereotype lmao

@mxexx3395

2 жыл бұрын

As a Arab named a English name kinda shitty how people would freak out if it was the other way around.

"Having an Asian name when you're not Asian is racist." I wonder what their take on the millions of Asians with European names is.

@helloimskip

2 жыл бұрын

Like me

@adityairawan1843

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you better don't have any curiosity towards Indonesians, otherwise you'll find someone with name as bizzare as "Pajero Sport."

@delix

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not an issue since they likely believe that every white person in existence is inherently an oppressor, therefore anything that would target white people is fine because it's "punching up" against their oppressor. Something like that I'm guessing.

@chickennuggiechan4851

2 жыл бұрын

I once met an Asian dude named Bruce, I called him batman ✋😭 Turns out he was a rude dude but Im not gonna explain the things he was rumored for.

@AFordFlex2377

2 жыл бұрын

@@adityairawan1843 For some reason that makes me think of a Mitsubishi. Lol

I have a feeling they only react to this when they see someone with the name "Hikari" "Aru" or any Japanese, korean or chinese name. But what about Udin, Bambang, Yanto?

Me an Asian who’s name is non-Asian: *Sweating* Can’t wait for Twitter to come after us lol

I never understood this weird "Cultural Justice" Twitter does. Like im Indian and if someone wants to wear a Sari I get super prideful cause like "Hey, dope. You're wearing a dress style of my home country. I hope it suites you great" Like there is no harm in that nor should there be any harm in the first place

@RueBean

2 жыл бұрын

imma stop you there, dont try to figure out twitter. It will save you all the headaches X"DDD

@npcimknot958

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry about it. That's what makes u sane.

@jakekgfn

2 жыл бұрын

We used to call it celebrating another culture in the before time, now the cesspool infects all

@chaincat33

2 жыл бұрын

Twitter thinks culture should be put in a box and not enjoyed by anyone who isn't part of that culture. It's at odds with the concept of culture itself, which is to spread, the same as any meme. And I use meme in the academic sense, a mental gene. Successful cultures are ones that spread their ideas far and wide. Twitter is ironically not only stifling this, but also often enforcing western culture.

@Darth_Bateman

2 жыл бұрын

Well yeah but people normally respect your culture and your people and don’t treat your people badly, then take parts and pieces of their culture and sell it as product to other white people.

I've interacted with dozens of Asians online, including those from Japan. Literally the only people that have had a problem with me being named "Otaking Mikohani" are native English speakers, and even then they weren't offended, just trying to put me down for using the word "otaku" unironically.

@waddledoo2you13

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic the white people are policing anti racism huh?

@PP-lv3iv

2 жыл бұрын

Your name is hard to read.

@adityairawan1843

2 жыл бұрын

@@PP-lv3iv Wait, is "Otaking Mikohani" really that hard to read? I thought it's easy, way easier than names like "Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi."

@danielwilson7193

2 жыл бұрын

"Otaking". I love it.

@PP-lv3iv

2 жыл бұрын

@@adityairawan1843 i think it's because it mix english and japanese.

As an asian, I give you all permission to use asian names and to ignore people who tell you not to

I was in high school in the late 90's and everyone who took Japanese got to pick out their own Japanese name to use during class. Many of us incorporated elements of our Japanese names into our online handles. The "Tou" in "OmegaTou" is short for "Tousui". In fact, "OmegaTou" is a relic of when names were limited to 8 characters in parts of the internet in the late 90's.

Wait till they learn Asia isn't just CN, JP, and KR

@cheemslord9917

2 жыл бұрын

sad vietnam noise

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

Singapore

@moderndaycainn

2 жыл бұрын

r u s s i a

@mikumikuneshiteageru

2 жыл бұрын

@@Succubus_L0li mongolia

@npcimknot958

2 жыл бұрын

Shhhh they're not ready.. Don't tell them white isn't just America too

in my experience, just about every Asian and Hispanic culture is thrilled when you adopt their cultures. They love to share it with the world and view it as a form of flattery.

@CyFed_Republic_of_Kaltovar

2 жыл бұрын

IMAO it's the same in Turkey, France, and Italy. The only group of people that don't like seeing cultures get adopted is fucking weirdos mostly in the USA and UK who are mostly white people trying to speak on behalf of others or the handful of equally crazy nonwhite people they invited to their hatred cult to make them look legit.

@elrianarseid7398

2 жыл бұрын

That is true. Seeing this only anger me even more now.

@ErikPT

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed we love seeing our culture being promoted. But if you sell me a taco dry expect a sharp criticism from this Texan Mexican

@sureindubitably3771

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, most of us would storm the comment section over the mere mention of our country, the flag, the culture etc.

@haggard897

2 жыл бұрын

Can i say, i love it when they use some german? especially when they butcher the pronounciation, fischl from genshin being a good example, ja!

Reminder: The lead localizer (and partly a lore builder) for Final Fantasy XIV is an American named Michael-Christopher Koji Fox. His dad was stationed in Japan for a couple years and wanted to give his son a Japanese name, his family was, as he put it, "having NONE of that" so they snuck it in the middle name. Cut to now and everyone in the industry who knows about him calls him just Koji. And this is all public knowledge from the noclip documentary that came out just before Stormblood. And yes, I won't forget that he was brought on in the first place to localize FF11 and now also helps with 16 because literally everyone in 16's dev team is 14 alumni.

This reminds me of that video I saw where people were saying wearing a qi pao is cultural appropriation and the KZreadr went around asking Chinese people in China what they thought of it. Not one of them said "No, if you're not Chinese you can't wear our clothes!!" Cultural appropriation is a myth. No one really gets offended by it. I have a Japanese name on Twitter, I'm white, but I love Japan, will hopefully live there shortly. None of my Japanese friends told me to change my name to an English name lol. It's flattery, only American lefties care about "cultural appropriation". Every other culture in the world is like "wow, you think my culture is cool enough to use our names/wear our clothes?! COOL!"

I studied with Chinese students in college. They *all* used either slavic-sounding nicknames or european-sounding nicknames. This continues in my work years. A big Chinese linguistic provider has their managers who work with international contractors use nicknames. That seems to be part of their culture. I have never heard discontent about this custom.

@recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660

2 жыл бұрын

Slavic sounding nicknames? NICE!

@renno2679

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. A lot of them actually choose an English name when they're in an English speaking country. So that doesn't count as cultural fetishization? Lmao (Although to be fair, they do it to have an easier name for English speakers to use.)

@episode6691

2 жыл бұрын

@@renno2679 English names are chosen because it's easier to say and also can be due to potential discrimination. Not defending the tweet because they said it extremely poorly and was too extreme no surprise but the cultural fetishization is the sweaty coomer weebs who name themselves ren and kai or egirls naming themselves yuri or something because they wish they were asian.

@moistcrusader2026

2 жыл бұрын

@@episode6691 Even if the sweaty coomer brain weebs uses those names in that context, I don’t see too much of a problem with that. It’s not gonna affect the whole worlds’ view on Asians themselves, the only potential problem I see is those weebs are just gonna be made fun off for their behavior and grow to improve themselves or resent everyone

@Toporshik

2 жыл бұрын

@@recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660 that was because I studied in the Moscow university, and their courses focused on Russian language.

men and women of culture: as a pure-blood Chinese, you have my permission to use Asian names. just remember to research what that name means first before you accidentally call yourself cow dung or something

@icedriver2207

2 жыл бұрын

As an american we would never call ourself "cow dung" instead we would do the incredibly stupid thing and get it tattooed on our bodies and not find out what it means till later. Makes me glad I have 0 tattoos.

@natalienatz1903

2 жыл бұрын

LOL COW DUNG-

@af0163

2 жыл бұрын

Im asian but i made another name called Verr Reillen

@rayathewitch

2 жыл бұрын

Ah but what if we WANT to be called cow dung? lmao

@malokeytheallaround

2 жыл бұрын

Note taken! 😂

I must be a demon, I love using japanese and chinese names for my characters because not only are they beautiful but mean something when taken a part character by character. Guess I'll slowly evolve into a Deadly Sin since I won't be stopping anytime soon~

@yuri-sama.questionmark

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, and the word play part of those names is just *chef's kiss*.

"Do not use Asian names if you aren't Asian!" Alright, let me show this to Austin, Kevin, and 80% of my schoolmates. I should also share this with my Japanese friends, Robert and Jacob.

I'm Chinese American and I think it is awesome when non-Asians take up Asian names. It shows an acceptance and appreciation of the various Asian cultures to the point that they are willing to make it a part of their lives. These people trying to bar non-Asians from Asian culture are basically practicing a modern form segregation to discourage understanding and acceptance of Asian Cultures.

@npcimknot958

2 жыл бұрын

It's funny cause thebexact opposite happens when people like really like Asian stuff. Especially elderly.. they'll treat you like kings and queens lol. N u get a bunch of free stuff and praise lok

@romeunleashed2

2 жыл бұрын

I mean Asians take up english white names normally so why can't white people take Asian names? I mean wouldnt be easier for both sides to do that instead of excepting only 1 side to do it?

@Mehdi69420

2 жыл бұрын

Well Twitter said otherwise as usual

@kyub3y467

2 жыл бұрын

@@npcimknot958 My parents and their friends get super excited when a non-Asian can speak Chinese. Then start treating them like bros and just start chatting away.

@kyub3y467

2 жыл бұрын

@@romeunleashed2 This! All of this!

I always feel like these kinda cases are always some form of Projection. Like, who in their right mind would think an Asian name is fethishistic unless you yourself fethishize Asian names? Calling themselves out if you ask me.

@RueBean

2 жыл бұрын

any normal person wouldnt care less what a person's name is. So yes it is a projection

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

Self expose

@zerop4110

2 жыл бұрын

*cough cough* kpop fans *cough cough*

@Kat-mu8wq

2 жыл бұрын

I have met many people over the years, I have yet to meet one that masturbates over a name. 🤷‍♀️

@kalystagutierrez1607

2 жыл бұрын

That's how all of these types of people are, they plant skeletons in other people's closets to hide their own. Anytime they go after something absurd all you have to do is check their tweets/likes to see that they're the monster they claim to hate.

I'm also pretty sure that while certain names are from specific cultures/nationalities it's not illegal to give your children Asiatic names of any kind even when not being Asiatic. I live in Italy and there's this Manga shop near my house, the owner had a kid with his wife and they called him Akira, they can't complain about it being a Japanese name because any name isn't exclusive to the place it was "created" as far as I know.

So apparently, one can't use an asian name if they're not asian "Hi, I'm Michael, I'm from China! :)" So, is anyone gonna attack those kinda people?

The whole thing with Kiryu Coco was like watching a bunch of guys with sharp sticks try to kill a dragon and the dragon just fucks off out of boredom

@aster4879

2 жыл бұрын

This is the best representation I've seen

@LokiToxtrocity

2 жыл бұрын

So basically Monster Hunter, but hunting Espinas

@neko281

2 жыл бұрын

@@LokiToxtrocity basically the kulve tarroth siege (HR ver)

@LokiToxtrocity

2 жыл бұрын

@@neko281 XD

@aoyagicest

2 жыл бұрын

what does this got to d with Kiryu coco

I've been a weeb longer than gen z has been alive. The "Tenchy" in my username is a derivative of Tenchi[天地] because of the influence of Tenchi Muyo in my early teens. *NOT ONCE* has any Japanese speaker, Japanese national or otherwise, *ever* told me it was offensive or upsetting in any way in over 20 years of using it. *Not. Even, Once.* Tweetards can bathe in lava in Minecraft but also in real life.

@JMDAmigaMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I pity the lava

@OverseerMoti

2 жыл бұрын

I live around 16 km (or 10 miles if you can't read metric) south of a currently active volcano. Will be happy to see those dumped there.

@lahar2412

2 жыл бұрын

don't insult the lava

@jackieChannel.

2 жыл бұрын

@@OverseerMoti hey man Spit inside of the volcano for me sometime I’ll feel it happen. Thank you.

@Phiigost

2 жыл бұрын

@@lahar2412 your reply is quite funny because your username means "lava" in my mother tongue lmao

I am a Brazilian with a Japanese name, as many of my family members. Guess we all will have to change our names then. XD

I really like when outsiders explain to others that they are not offended enough. Adds a whole new layer to claiming ownership and self-realisation.

The most hilarious part about that is, that many of the english (western) names only show the meaning of the name in a different language like Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, etc. Astra? Greek for Star. Michael? Hebrew for "Who is like God?" George? Taken from the Greek word for farmer. And the list goes on. If they truly believed what they are saying, they would have to automatically dislike like half of the population of many countries.

@suburbanbanshee

2 жыл бұрын

They do dislike everyone, including themselves.

As an asian, this person doesn't represent all asians so I hope no one takes it to heart. By all means use asian names, wear our clothes, eat our food. Just experience our cultures, we love that stuff!

@gabrielandradeferraz386

2 жыл бұрын

bro that person is most likely a white 14yo who has never seen an asian in their entire life we know you guys are chill

@hanadunn7297

2 жыл бұрын

I wore a Chinese dress to my prom and I enjoy ethnic foods especially Indian, Japanese, and Thai, even if it’s milder than actual Thai food.

@Pikmin_.

2 жыл бұрын

Ye but me as a japanese really hate when people who watch anime thini they are japanese and find out they are 0.0023 percent japanese so they can just name them selves "牛糞" or something

@brianthao102

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pikmin_. Now that's just cringe lol

@Pikmin_.

2 жыл бұрын

@@ComedyCre bro what culture eating dogs💀

"if you're not asian don't use asian names" Filipino : *confused screaming*

Fun fact: hei also means "hi" or "hello" in finnish

@piakrut3476

2 жыл бұрын

same in italy

It is funny because my Chinese teacher had all of her students use Chinese names to refer to each other to get in touch with the language we were learning

@kingkazuma2239

2 жыл бұрын

Spanish teacher did the same

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

Bold of you to assume these twitter-tards got schooled or even learned anything from school.

@JB_2317

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

@SinisterLeviathan

2 жыл бұрын

My Russian teacher did the same thing

@parnmurasake

2 жыл бұрын

My German teacher too.

But guess what: we’re still gonna. Names are universal so they can stay mad

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

Seethe

I mean , John Lee is literally one of the funniest things I’ve ever fucking heard. I’m using that now

Twitter just invented a concept of gatekeeping names. What a time we live in :D

It always makes laugh when Twitter police are failing of being police. They should be called Twitter circus at this point.

@bahamutknight5783

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you are right, they are not a police, they are not a clowns either, they are an entire circus full of clowns.

@kalystagutierrez1607

2 жыл бұрын

They're lesser than mall cops tbh

@selarom2018

2 жыл бұрын

@@kalystagutierrez1607 :echtroll:

@spectralight8412

2 жыл бұрын

They're Twitvengers

@lkmusc

2 жыл бұрын

@@spectralight8412 twatvengers would be better

Of course the Chinese have nothing wrong with 'appropriating' names. Why do you think so many Chinese you see in the west use western names? Like Steven or Andy.

@avisdunrandom

2 жыл бұрын

Me, have my Chinese name cause my dad misunderstood the administration and give my Chinese for my only name.

@cheverny6260

2 жыл бұрын

What point are you trying to make

@an0nym0us_slash35

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly we don't care

@mysryuza

2 жыл бұрын

While I would prefer them to use their original names, I understand that depending on the language the name is based from, it can get confusing when you use the wrong pronunciation. But I still want to call them by their REAL names. Them teaching me how to pronounce it would be even better out of respect.

@ErikPT

2 жыл бұрын

Or Kelly or Ivy or Phoebe or Summer or Sonny or you get the idea

I didn't expect to get teary-eyed reading the comments. I'm glad to hear most people don't seem offended. I love learning about cultures, especially Japanese culture and as an anxious person with a guilt complex, I'm always concerned that my appreciation could be seen as offensive. Such as using the name Kei online. I have talked with Japanese people who, so far, I'm happy to say haven't gotten angry at my name. I'm learning Japanese and hope to be fluent and a citizen one day.

@ticklemebreathless1394

2 жыл бұрын

Also anxiety and guilt ridden, also learning Japanese, and adore learning about nearly every culture I find! I hear you, I was smiling big reading through the comments. It's beautiful to see that most want to share their culture.

Yahello! CEOofKlein, here! Was pleasantly surprised that you did cover the topic (was worried that the user did block you before you had a chance to); glad you were able to see it! Keep up the great work! 😊💪🏻

I used my asian name on Quora and when I voiced my disappointments about certain topics like the anti-asian sentiments in Hollywood and the discrimination in college admissions, the wokies harassed me, questioned if i was really asian and straight up cyberstalked me. 😶

@cxtex

2 жыл бұрын

Man wtf lol

@JMDAmigaMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Not surprised, certain part of quora are darn wokie

@jeanneann3545

2 жыл бұрын

How dare you talk about discrimination against asians when you are not asian! On behalf of asians, us, who are not asians, will harass you till death! Them probably.

@rabbitdrink

2 жыл бұрын

quora is full of wumaos, dont bother with that dump of a site. they are paid on the ccps dime to make sure the chinese government owns all asian people.

@chesscomsupport8689

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently some people think the only people who have an issue with race-based affirmative action are white.

Bruh I'm Asian with an English first name and a surname that happens to be the name of a Spanish city. Now fight me. This reminds me of when Filipino-Americans complained about an American restaurant named Barkada in Washington DC back in 2020 which forced the owners to change its name but gladly it never happened. Their reasons are well, they think it's "white privilege" and "cultural appropriation" which is a typical white reasoning. These are also the same people who thinks that getting a tattoo from Whang-od makes them more Filipino. As a Filipino who actually grew up in the Philippines, anyone can use the word barkada as it simply means a group of friends and not something only exclusive to us here. You and the bois? It's a barkada. All the online friends that kept you sane throughout the pandemic? Again, it's a barkada. To be honest this is where I started to have a disdain towards Filipino-Americans.

@JMDAmigaMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Whoa, fil-am seem salty in the east coast! Did not met anyone like that in Los Angeles, thank God

@AtarahDerek

2 жыл бұрын

I do wonder why, when Filipinos move here, they choose the deep freeze of America to settle in (also known as the northern Midwest and the Rocky Mountains). Landlocked, colder than Mars sometimes, blizzards with the windspeeds of typhoons, vortices of death descending from the heavens by the dozens for three months straight every year, literal blocks of ice punching through roofs every spring and summer, an utter lack of oxygen in late summer because of all the wildfires started by the desert-like heat...and they CHOSE this. This place is about as opposite the Philippines as it's possible to get, climate-wise, and yet it's a magnet to Filipinos. I'm not saying I don't want them here (they're perfectly welcome), but I'm baffled as to their motives and incentives.

@jang_prism9066

2 жыл бұрын

@@AtarahDerek it's just they go to the place where opportunity wait for them, be it a farmer or a very simple job, it's that they are more needed in that area.

@biancapanico7041

2 жыл бұрын

I have this theory that America's air has sime kind of weird mind controlling air that goes into your brain when you breathe

@AtarahDerek

2 жыл бұрын

@@biancapanico7041 It's a parasite called Toxoplasma polisci.

"Hei" is also Finnish for "Hello". Funny how different words use similar sounds, it's almost as if our species has a limited number of sounds we can make. Not to mention how some names occur in different languages and cultures as well. "Ken" can be short for Kenneth, but it can also be short for Kentaro. "Lee" can just as easily be an East Asian name as it can be short for Leroy or Leonard. Or, someone can have an "Asian name" because their parents thought it was pretty. If you're offended by someone's name, then they best be named something truly awful, like Mucussius, Dumpy or Prolapsia, or you just come off as an insane person.

@gabrielandradeferraz386

2 жыл бұрын

also lee can be a southern surname

it all depends on their intention, the way someone can intend to do it would show if they are appreciating or appropriating.

The only time I’ve seen actually “hate” from an Asian about this was when it was combined with the people who use semi random characters and just use the whole culture as an aesthetic, wile seemingly not knowing a lot about it. Even then it wasn’t outrage or anything huge. As someone with a Irish first name and simple altered online name, I find no mind in using other names from different places. As long as it’s with good intentions (:

@bjornthefellhanded815

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the time they stay silent and snicker in the background

@kk28262484

2 жыл бұрын

@@bjornthefellhanded815 Most of the time they just laugh behind your back. Most Asians don't get angry or offended at ppl using nonsense word as their name. They just think you are dumb and laugh among themselves. Most likely someone would just screencap that name and go to their SNS and make a post "look at this dumbass LMAO"

"You can't use Asian names if you aren't Asian" Yet Asia is also a popular name and so Akira. There's a thing called appreciation. Asians also use English names

@rickcupola6262

2 жыл бұрын

Filipinos mostly use English first names with Spanish last names, for Pete's sake.

@blueaddiction6954

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Many black moms name their kids Asia and I've been friends with a girl named china

@lukasnikolic2923

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickcupola6262 I mean, i have a filipino friend whos name is Benjamin.

@Kat-mu8wq

2 жыл бұрын

@@blueaddiction6954 There was a girl at school called Afreika (pronounced Africa) ..She was black funnily enough.

@yourlocalmilkman916

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kat-mu8wq what are the odds

If Twitter has taught me one useful thing, it's that wrong opinions are very real.

As an Asian I allow y'all to name yourselves (an appropriate and respectful) Asian name.

A step by step guide on how to recover from a triggering event such as an encounter with a non Asian with an Asian name: 1: Find a brick 2:Repeatedly apply brick to the skull until it is mildly misshapen 3: once your skull is wet and has achieved its new shape, you’ll have raised your IQ and can now participate in a regular society

the real question is: does that person even know the meaning of fetishization? Because I don't think they do

I'm Chinese-Filipino, and us Filipinos have Spanish last names. I once got into an online argument here on KZread. This dude told me, "You're not even Asian. You don't know anything about how they feel." 😒

I know a black guy who named himself "Yasuke". Someone asked him why he has an "Asian" name. Turns out historically, Yasuke was the name of a black man brought to Japan against his will. He arrived there as a slave and left as a samurai. Apparently, his name wasn’t originally "Yasuke", but a Japanese warlord bestowed that name upon him.

People be afraid of Hei is very funny and being terminally twitter-pilled

@iamnerose1658

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. I imagine it would be similar to this. “*Against all the evil that Hell (Twitter) can conjure, all the wickedness that mankind can produce, we will send unto them... only you (Hero Hei)*”

Being german, I love when people use german names. Or anything german in anime, too. Even if it's often nonsensical stuff like in Fate. Makes me feel appreciated.

@GamerConnoisseurRei

2 жыл бұрын

GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD !

@BuruKyu

2 жыл бұрын

GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!

@hiunaut2833

2 жыл бұрын

What can I say man, German linguistic can just make anything nonsensical cool.

@clarelabellerose

2 жыл бұрын

Being French, same with French names/culture.

@windijihansalsabila1731

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I bet you would definitely love Attack on Titan then 😂✨✨

"if you have an Asian name and you're not Asian you're racist!!!" Ben Chu: *S w e a t i n g*

There is a perfect rebuttal in the post that tagged Hero Hei.

Boy I can't wait to tell my friends from Durban (The largest Indian community in the world outside of India, one of aforementioned Asian Countries) that their traditional Indian Names are cancelled because they where born in South Africa. Oh, right, I also know some ethnic Chinese who were born in Botswana and have Chinese Names, guess I gotta share the news with them too. This is quite frankly one of the most stupid tweets I've ever seen. Ever.

There's using a variant of John, Mark, George, and Mary---and then there's using a super deep, super long name that's embedded in ancient definitions that even modern people can't fully comprehend its meaning. It's the difference between "Hi, I'm May/Mei/Mae", "Hi, I'm Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch", and "Hi, my parents named my entire name after their favorite anime characters"

@halodragonmaster

2 жыл бұрын

There's actually a news reporter who pronounces Llanfair...

@luckypastel7314

2 жыл бұрын

my friend went through the length of learning how to spell llanfairpwll... she also went ahead and memorised the entire meaning we can both pronounce it since we went to a primary school in wales

@misterjeeves5253

2 жыл бұрын

Bro, i cannot explain my silly excitement every time i see any mention of anything welsh. just as an aside.

@charlesentrekin140

2 жыл бұрын

@@misterjeeves5253 try being a Scott. We can't even agree with the rest of the world, the English speaking world on how to say Lake. When you hear people using Scottish terms.

@chibiwibi

2 жыл бұрын

"I'm not reading that keyboard spam..... what?! That's real??"

i know a vietnamese girl named athena. as someone who's greek,, that's very offensive. cancelled immediately for being greekist (this is a joke lmao i love her she's so sweet and nice she's the best)

@piakrut3476

2 жыл бұрын

CANCELLEEEEEEEED

unrelated but the editted user you gave them is kinda cute 😭

The fact people get salty and are coward enough to block him whenever he's tagged is so funny. This just shows even they know deep down that what they're doing is just bs and he'll just call them out for it.

When I was in high school, we had several exchange students. I became friends with "Sean" who definitely wasn't named that when he was born. I don't remember where he was from, but he could definitely read both simplified and non-simplified Chinese (Cantonese?), and when I pressed him for his real name because I wanted to know how to say it, he told me but insisted he actually preferred Sean because he liked the meaning of the English name more and that it was easier for others to say and remember.

@derajalen_the_fallout_modder

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Mandarin and Cantonese.

@caesarjergens

2 жыл бұрын

Simplified Chinese is used in mainland China and Singapore, traditional Chinese is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. So he may have spoken Cantonese but it could as well be (Taiwanese) Mandarin.

The more Twitter hate something, the more you should do it.

And what makes that person think she has any authority about Asian names and who gave her the authority to gatekeep them on behalf of several billion people?

Fun Fact: back in highschool my friends for some unknown reason (unknown to me, at any rate), started calling me "Reiji", which sounds somewhat close to my real name. After typing it in browser out of boredom one day, I surprisingly learnt it's an actual Japanese name... truly a fetishization, huh?

@efffegrhhdhddd2695

2 жыл бұрын

zamn you should call police on them that is clearly sexual harrassment

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, you should call Chris Hansen or something

@Zenbon111

2 жыл бұрын

Who tf asked

@livius0

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zenbon111 society when it learns a comment section is a public thing for you to comment..guess what, anything you want

@Aioba3846

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zenbon111 See, each of us has the right to that truly beautiful thing called [freedom of speech], which basically lets us say anything regardless of being asked or not. I mean, heck, have you seen all these comments under this video? Did anyone ask these people to post them?

I'm European, but i use Brazilian name. What you gonna do? Cancel me?

@gilang26060

2 жыл бұрын

Better try cancel these hands first

@bentairyukiba

2 жыл бұрын

Same I am European and my name is an Jewish name

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah? Well, I can f@p to L0lis perfectly fine as long as I remember they're non real and that their ages are fabrications, what's twitter gonna do? Cancel me?

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

Mine was a more extreme example though, I know 😅

One great way to sew division is to have absolutes in regards to ownership or superiority of specific cultural elements. We as humans require adaptation and integration of new thoughts and ideas in order to progress. Imagine thinking only one culture is allowed to use a specific technology or language. This line of thinking leads to and promotes all the phobias.

LOL. I often use the names for famous Katanas or Japanese deities as my user name for games and even have a personalized license plate on my car based on the name of one of my favorite game characters.

W videos as always. Btw, you should follow up on the Yamato situation. Twitter using recent OP chapters despite it being told to us for like 100 chapters that Yamato is actually female and kinning Oden 💀

@HeroHei

2 жыл бұрын

thank you for mentioning! re sending comment cause i actually saw another OP situation going on i forgot about and you reminded me of it haha ty, wasn't aware of the one you mentioned tho - will look into it too!

I have interacted with Asian people in my school and they had no problem with the fact that my preferred name is Koto. It’s always native English speakers that have an issue with it.

@pixxL_

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for being a little bit off-topic, but I went to the tweet and found a lot of replies mentioning "cultural appropriation". What does this mean? Is it good or bad?

@kotozaki-p

2 жыл бұрын

@@pixxL_”Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity. This can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from minority cultures.”

@pixxL_

2 жыл бұрын

@@kotozaki-p oh ok, thanks

I will do it specifically because of this.

Filipinos with English first names and Spanish Surnames: 😮😮😮

My Chinese professor has given me a Chinese name equivalent to my actual one. Does that mean I can't ever use it?

@moderndaycainn

2 жыл бұрын

no it's just a 14 year old white girl getting offended on behalf of others who don't care. use whatever name you want

@Succubus_L0li

2 жыл бұрын

You're taking THEM seriously?! Oh my god dude don't bother with these types of !di0ts, live your life and mind your own business, do not get dragged into these clowns' circus show.

@Kat-mu8wq

2 жыл бұрын

I want a Chinese name 😭 my current name is European.. Most commonly used in Scandinavia, Poland and Greece. It apparently means "pure" ..it's not a very accurate name, my mind is pure filth as is my vocabulary.

@seamonkey02

2 жыл бұрын

Yo! My Japanese teacher gave me a Japanese name too (Kanji and everything). One that sounds closest to my English/Thai name. I also have a Chinese name given by my grandfather, but I lost the paper that I wrote it down on and I'm gonna have to ask my dad again since he recorded mine and my siblings Chinese names just in case.

@jeanneann3545

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kat-mu8wq Just create one then. Im Malaysian (asian, but not chinese) but I created a chinese name for myself. Ah Yin, slightly changed from my original name, Ain. A chinese friend of mine told me it means music (the Yin one if im right).

I’m American and look at my username, it’s Japanese. Japanese is my second language although I’m not fluent so that’s why I’m using a Japanese name. How am I fetishizing Japanese people? I don’t understand this person’s logic.

@wizardbeard69

2 жыл бұрын

it's jsut some uncultured clown seeking attention...as their twitter handle implies.

@JMDAmigaMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I think is a case of "if i cannot have it (due to politics) neither do you"

I taught English in China for a while. My kids all requested to have English names they could use for our classes. And they officially gave me a Chinese name which they all strictly used with me from that point forward. The day they picked their names was like Christmas they were having so much fun. This was 25 years ago, however...

Me, a non asian with an asian name cause my parents thought it sounded cool: *Guess I'll die.*

In the name of all non-americanised Asians: You're allowed to use asian names.

I'm so tempted to use an Asian name for my username just to spite this person. How evil I am nyeheheh >:3

@gilang26060

2 жыл бұрын

*in palpatine kermit voice* do it

@bentairyukiba

2 жыл бұрын

Do it

@AgraelTheDemon

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@kr6productions

2 жыл бұрын

Nyo_Xuan:3

@seles2880

2 жыл бұрын

It'sike you read my mind

I'm European but I studied in Thailand for a few years and people gave me a thai name because my European name was difficult to pronounce Having a thai name made me feel super included and I actually really loved it

I genuinely can't understand how using a name from another culture is racist unless you're using it in a mocking way. But even so, who would call themselves something from a culture they hate? The mental gymnastics these people do just to get offended hurts my brain.

I saw some people in the comments mentioning that they don't mind if people use Asian names because it shows that those people appreciate the culture. This is exactly why I use an Asian name on Discord and etc. Even if I'm not Asian, I still appreciate the cultures and want to show my support.

@seamonkey02

2 жыл бұрын

As an Asian, I can confirm we like seeing non-Asians using Asian names. Seeing it makes us feel proud that someone like our culture enough to adopt it into your lifestyle.

@anodyne4670

2 жыл бұрын

@@seamonkey02 To add to it. Here in Thailand, people love to give you a Thai name if you're not Thai.

@seamonkey02

2 жыл бұрын

@@anodyne4670 Are you a fellow Thai?!

@aoyagicest

2 жыл бұрын

@@seamonkey02 as an Asian no one asked

@seamonkey02

2 жыл бұрын

@@aoyagicest As an Asian I'll do what I want

This is so ridiculous. My real name is Hebrew and my middle name is russian even though I'm European. My parents and brother gave me those names bc they liked the names. Basically they're saying i have to change my name. And on the internet I'm using the name "Tsuki" which is japanese and i just find it pretty especially considering it means moon. Liking something from another culture ≠ fetishizing. Thanks

Lmao that made me think of the fact my Chinese friend goes by the name ‘Helen’ like- does it work both ways for these ppl? Lmao

Twitards: "don't use Asian names if you are not Asian!" Asians who use Western names: 😶

As an asian, non asian people using asian names is no problem. I don't see how it's offensive

there's absolutely no fetishization on using an asian, or any other countries name whether you form part of it or not. Using it means you like their culture and finds stuff like their names cool. These people always have the need of feeling like heroes and saying stuff like this like if they were doing something, when in reality they're just saying a really dumb take

The fact that people already block you preemptively makes me feel like sooner or later people are gonna make up some weird Twitter drama involving you

The philippines is full Asian people with English first names and Spanish last names ... are we canceled now?

I'm not Greek, but ligma. Xanthippus was a cool dude.

As someone who's Japanese a shit ton of people call me a weeb when I'm using a Japanese username in a game💀

@jeanneann3545

2 жыл бұрын

your poor soul. And oh my god your username 💀

The title got me dying of laughter

i'm gonna be honest, and this is from an SEA perspective. if you want to have an asian name like "mei" or "soo bin" it's all good imo. idgaf. as long as you *don't* try to pull that "ching chong chiow" or "kim wong hanagawa" bs that ACTUALLY and actively pokes fun at asians and actively intends it,, i think it should be alright. we don't care. they don't care.

I’m Asian, and I find it completely bewildering why non-Asians would get offended on behalf of the Asian community. Such a bizarre thing to do lmao.

@Flora_Dawn

2 жыл бұрын

Because they are being a social justice worrier for an ethnicity that isn’t offended.

@jeanneann3545

2 жыл бұрын

@@Flora_Dawn True, they view us like weaklings that cant have our own opnion or speak for ourselves, they have to step up and go 'Shuuuuuushy honey, cant you see Im trying to talk for your right? Now shut up!'

@user-qk3sm5sz2x

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, I always find it very funny when they get offended and get worked up on our behalfs more than we even do in reality nor do we even care. But I have a theory that just because they are a mess and like to divide themselves so much and like to find and make trouble, they view everything as wrong or inappropriate just because of their own understanding of how things 'work' and or how they have first world complexity problems but as a matter of fact, we're almost resistant or are a bit much stronger flexible and invincible to such sensitivity matters or so. We rarely have any problems with anything and we're quite durable and I think that's half of all Asians, and base by my own observation, they really just do it to 'sympathize' or try to be "one of us" and or care for us just like the superiority complex thing because tbh I've never seen anyone be so agressive over something they're not part of and be confident. Just in Twatter.

As a wise person once said (paraphrasing) "Japanese don't care cultural appropriation. Feel free to use name, image, icon etc freely."

“What you gonna do about it” -Eraser