"long time, no see" offensive to Asians....somehow

[dead0man]

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[Santander]

While I don't think the phrase is offensive, how is it inexplicable that someone would find a pidgin-origin phrase offensive, dull0man?

[pikachu]

How do you even find this stuff?

[dead0man]

How do you even find this stuff?

I have a lot of free time at work.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

It's the literal translation of a Chinese phrase.

[Helsinkian]

It's interesting how in America "Asian" always means East Asian, while in Britain "Asian" basically means Pakistani.

And in neither countries no one calls Syrians or Iraqis or Iranians "Asian" even though those countries are also located in Asia.

[dead0man]

It's interesting how in America "Asian" always means East Asian, while in Britain "Asian" basically means Pakistani.

In North America, most "Asians" were historically Chinese.  In the UK, they were Indians and Pakistanis.

Yes, we did get the better end of that stick.

[Snipee356]

Yes, we did get the better end of that stick.

And what exactly do you mean by that?

[dead0man]

Yes, we did get the better end of that stick.

And what exactly do you mean by that?

Chinese build good railroads.

[RaphaelDLG]

sh**t I had no idea thats where that phrase came from

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Thanks for sharing. I’ll try to be more conscious of this moving forward.

[Devout Centrist]

Yes, we did get the better end of that stick.

And what exactly do you mean by that?

He's a racist, in the American Midwestern tradition

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Thanks for sharing. I’ll try to be more conscious of this moving forward.

Just pull your eyes slanted when you say it and nobody will notice.

[Badger]

Stupid overreach of PC culture, but also literally not in the top 100 things people should be worrying about in this country right now.

[Badger]

It's interesting how in America "Asian" always means East Asian, while in Britain "Asian" basically means Pakistani.

In North America, most "Asians" were historically Chinese.  In the UK, they were Indians and Pakistanis.

Yes, we did get the better end of that stick.

What a f*****-up racist post. I thought that was beneath you.

[Meclazine for Israel]

" the director of Diversity and Inclusion at Associated Students of Colorado State University"

Do you think she is overcompensating for something?

Actually, I am not sure that joke works on girls.