56 points

Not sure this fits. The guy is clearly Korean.

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I agree that just because ProZD’s voice sounds like he even showers wearing a monocle and a top hat, doesn’t mean that he’s “white”. That said, I think the post fits because the people he’s referring to are probably white.

EDIT: Grammar edit

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Forget about the post fitting the community - the whole community itself doesn’t fit Lemmy. Why are we segregating tweets? I’ll bet the mods here don’t even know why /r/whitepeopletwitter existed in the first place because if they did, they’d know we don’t “need” it here. It’s arguably worse if they don’t know because they’re separating tweets by race for no fucking reason

Seriously just delete this community and use microblogmemes or whatever. Can’t believe this reddit shit got copied over here.

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The practical reason it exists is because a lot of Lemmy users are looking for a replacement to Reddit, so the first thing they do after signing up is try to find communities that match the subreddits they were subscribed to. If you create a community that shares a name with a popular subreddit, you’re more likely to get members to join.

I agree with you for the record, the racially segregated communities has always been a bit icky and there’s really no need for it on Lemmy.

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There was a gold rush to copy every single subreddit over here yet they didn’t copy the reasons they exist or anything that made them special. The fact that nostupidquestions is a general “ask anything” community is a great example.

So many communities on this site are just uncreative shells filled with archival posts from reddit. I find it both sad and annoying.

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at this point Twitter is so dead that the only good posts are archival anyways. maybe we could have c/TwitterArchives or something

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2 points

Just wanted to let you know that I hereby grant you a super like. My thoughts exactly. And well formulated.

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Shouldn’t you be on BlackPeopleTwitter, Justin?

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12 points

The community’s description plainly states that they allow tweets from anyone

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I’m the CEO of whiteness. By official decree, Korean people are now white, except for when they aren’t. Let it be known.

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My Korean wife will fight you IRL.

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What if the English name doesn’t stick, so you’ve gotten tired of having awkward pauses when you try to use it and have simply accepted you’re incapable of using the English-name of that show in a sentence?

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Do it anyway. There’s no way I’m remembering the Japanese name to look it up later, but I’ll have a much better chance of remembering the English name.

If there’s a distinct part of the show name (like Totoro), just call it that.

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5 points

The only exception to this rule is Tonari no Totoro. Everyone knows what movie that means in any language.

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17 points

What does it mean

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41 points

Fist of the North Star

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8 points

What? I thought it was a code word for tentacle porn??? 😰

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5 points

If you seriously asking this, it translates to ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ in english

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0 points

Mononoke Hime seems pretty obvious.

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14 points

Only if you already speak Japanese, or are a weeb who’s figured out that hime=princess

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3 points

Mononoke seems fairly distinct.

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Yea but then I‘d just call it Totoro because everyone will still get it. Same with Mononoke.

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Agreed, but it frustratingly makes the series Mononoke more difficult to talk about, because you always have to say “mononoke, not princess”

Good series btw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononoke_(TV_series)

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9 points

Agreed, if I wanted to be quizzed on my Japanese by the UI and posts I would load up Misskey.

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29 points

Just use what’s short and convenient. Totoro, Laputa, Naushikaåäö, Howl, Ponyo, Kiki.

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I must use Laputa just because it means “the whore” in Spanish.

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Isn’t it more ‘the bitch’? Santo tenedora camisapelotas.

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Nope. Same way bitch can be used for female dogs, perra, the female variation of perro, can also be used as whore. Puta however has no other translation and would be the more direct link to whore.

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2 points

The English version often includes the name, it’s a literary reference.

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Yeah, I know, it’s still funny whenever I read or hear it. You know, silly little moments.

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