Cuchulainn 3,040 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 4 hours ago, uo111 said: 6 pages of white people being offended.... because asian people were offended... because a pop star used their culture as decoration... and white people don’t see the irony. I mean you might as well call out all the people in Japan and China who wear shirts with English words on them without understanding what they mean. Don’t you see the irony? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adarsh Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 16 minutes ago, Cuchulainn said: I mean you might as well call out all the people in Japan and China who wear shirts with English words on them without understanding what they mean. Don’t you see the irony? She's an infuential celebrity, not some random person on the road. There's a difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 74,114 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 35 minutes ago, Adarsh Soni said: She's an infuential celebrity, not some random person on the road. There's a difference. what's your opinion on kpop? not trying to start drama lol just asking on your opinion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adarsh Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, neptugne said: what's your opinion on kpop? not trying to start drama lol just asking on your opinion I dont really care for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Bardot 3,990 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 du pur et dur n'importe quoi pooiota Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,265 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Cuchulainn said: I mean you might as well call out all the people in Japan and China who wear shirts with English words on them without understanding what they mean. Don’t you see the irony? Is there anyone alive who doesn't make fun of those people? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy scheisse 22,290 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 18 hours ago, TimisaMonster said: When what someone put on their palm affects people across the other side of the world... Have you ever met an Asian American? Asian Canadian? Biracial persons with Asian heritage of any nationality? Anyway .... Ari has been using Japanese text /culture as her aesthetic with 7 rings, she's gotten 3 tattoos related to Japanese culture in recent months, she's posting Japanese text as decoration next to her English words as an accent or something mysterious and cool. The point is that many Asian ppl are bullied by people who "other" them and think of their culture as something out of place, like it belongs across the other side of the world. i am not Asian so I can't be sure but I bet some of those people are bothered by a white chick taking their stuff that they have to risk judgment for liking, and so boldly using it as a vibe, style, look, etc whilest making millions of dollars & being America's lil donut licking princess. LOL Anyway love Ariana and she isn't perfect so it's cool, hopefully she can just learn to not borrow other cultures for an era/single/Instagram aesthetic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn 3,040 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 58 minutes ago, Adarsh Soni said: She's an infuential celebrity, not some random person on the road. There's a difference. She’s guilty of getting her words wrong... I’ve already said that, but is she really not ‘supposed’ to tattoo words from another language on her body? It’s actually quite common for Japanese people who don’t speak English to think having English words on their clothing is cool. Tattoos are just another form of expression. There’s nothing embarrassing or wrong about it on their end either. Flame her for mixing up Chinese and Japanese, sure. Or poke fun for getting a word wrong, but I don’t think there’s any harm in borrowing from another language. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imwoahvicky 4,248 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Regardless of her clowning herself, Ari's connection with Asian countries is huge and the famous idols, celebrities, etc. all covered her songs back during the days of her dating Big Sean (which was a huge deal cause they were ALL over their "true love" they harbored for eachother) and still cover her songs to this day, Greedy anybody? Spoiler Her presence is huge in these countries and she's highly successful, despite it being a mess she still could feel a certain connection with her fans and maybe wanted to show it? Santa Tell Me charts every year during the holidays in Korea Thank U Next was a hit Problem Bang Bang the list goes on ⚜ Roll Deep ⚜ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LM 4,067 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Why can't we all just let other people experience different cultures? What is the point of being offended by that? Japan is celebrating Christmas every year and it's not their tradition, it's not their culture but nobody is offended. But when somebody gets a tattoo written in Japenese some people perceive it as culture mocking, wtf Not checking what your tattoo means is a different story tho and it's incredibly stupid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromadica 636 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Lmao nobody on twitter was offended. They were all laughing at her, because it's embarrassing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNotHere1997 25,824 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 rightfully the sis should give up on this japenese gimmick (as also seen b4 in the covers of the TUN singles + album) it's not workin' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsches 17,436 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Ego Slayer said: Who decided that a tattoo has to be meaningful? I mean maybe to you and I but there are a lot of people who believe their body is a canvas for art. Who are we to decide that it has to be meaningful? Nobody! I was talking about how I feel about tattoos and why I don't like meaningless ones. But you do you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresco 1,688 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Big fan of those tiny bbq grills Scheisse! haus could be the plural of hau, which has several meanings: hibiscus, "sense of", polynesian wind God, or a fat Asian man with a small "p*nis". Or a german house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,899 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I know she feels embarrassed and understandably so but why on earth is she apologising? East Asians have been using English words for years in certain situations (most commonly on t-shirts and in song titles) because they think it's cool. I've never known one English speaker to take offence because we're not protective over our language and why would you be if someone merely wants to try referring to it? I remember reading a really funny story about a restaurant in Beijing that wanted to capitalise on the influx of international tourists when the 2008 Olympics were on and decided to translate their computerised sign bearing their company's title into English in the hopes of getting in customers who didn't know the local language. Unfortunately, they took the lazy route and just typed their company's name into a translation site and didn't bother cross-checking it because the end result was a computerised sign above a restaurant that read something like: "Cannot translate server error." Did I find that offensive? No, I found it hilarious! I don't get why anyone who speaks the language knows or cares about Ariana's tattoo, much less why they'd find it offensive. We've reach prime over-sensitivity, folks. People who complain about this stuff must have a whole new level of privilege and time on their hands. And this is coming from someone who has both these things and would never dream of complaining about something so pointless and irrelevant! But, all this aside, why doesn't Ariana just get it completely covered up with a new tattoo reading exactly what she wants to say? I mean, that Tattoo Fixers show is all about this very thing, right? How you don't have to add to a tattoo or get it painfully lasered when you could just tattoo right over it? I don't know what's with these tattoo stories, lately, from that Kelsey girl getting a Harry Styles tattoo on her face to Ariana getting a badly translated Japanese tattoo? Maybe it's all a plot to make young people think twice before making this classic juvenile mistake! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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