It's just scientific fact that they love being slaves to corporations unlike us, the proudly independent and individualistic Westerners 
Source: I was on a Discord with a Japanese dude
It's just scientific fact that they love being slaves to corporations unlike us, the proudly independent and individualistic Westerners
Source: I was on a Discord with a Japanese dude
it also just depends on the word for some reason, english is very vibes based and inconsistent in its rules and connotations.
sounds decently normal
seems fine
commonly said
This sounds weird and bad. Couldn't tell you why but it just sounds racist compared to the other ones.
I think any -ese demonym can't be turned into a noun without sounding off.
That feels like the correct take
Yeah, turns out the lingual patterns my grampa used to refer to Chinese and Japanese people is not great, in 2024.
edit: To be clear, he used different slurs, he wasn't so racist as to use the same slur for Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Laoceans, and island people.