Chinese people and the concept of embarrassment? That's face culture.

Vladimir Putin doesn't like being couped? That's Stalinist mentality.

Kenyans and healthcare? That's the witch-doctor-zeitgeist, baby.

  • VILenin [he/him]
    hexagon
    ·
    1 year ago

    I’m just saying that writing a column about how some Chinese guy didn’t want to go into work this morning because he had a stain on his pants and thought it was embarrassing and acting like it’s some inscrutable eastern phenomenon is just orientalism.

    • FloridaBoi [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      “Chinese GenZ avoiding work with viral WeChat trend called staining”

    • JuneFall [none/use name]
      ·
      1 year ago

      I didn't go to work when I spilled sauce onto my shirt while quickly cleaning up, too. Am I becoming Chinese?

      • VILenin [he/him]
        hexagon
        ·
        1 year ago

        No that’s if you spill it on your pants. If you spill it on your shirt you’re North Korean and it’s part of the Stainless Worker ideology there.