>> I don't often see anyone writing 'gaijin' in italics <<
I decided to use romaji instead of digging up the kanji for the sake of general readability. And used italics because that is what I understand as one standard typographical convention for foreign words. I don't think it's become a loan word like "sushi" or "kimono" yet.
>> very earnest white people who read James Clavell <<
White people, yes. Also guilty as charged for Shogun, just like a whole lotta folks around then. And watched the miniseries. And recognized that it was all a bunch of white-guy fiction that really didn't line up too well with how things were then, let alone now. As for "very earnest", I read that as your wondering whether I was pretending to be more knowledgeable about Japanese culture than I actually am. Instead, I was trying to acknowledge my standing with respect to that culture, and the difficulty it will pose in improving my understanding.
I went over and took a look. It reads like the local equivalent of The Onion.
>> Any insights I may have are probably more based on being a highly privileged immigrant than otherness or Japan, but I'm very happy to share! <<
Interesting status. I may find out more about that as I find out more about you.
>> Apologies if this is irrelevant or eye roll-inducing, but have you been following the Contrapoints drama? <<
I heard some things about it, but hadn't taken much of a look. Found the article posted by Jesse Singal on Medium to refresh my memory. It is indeed relevant, and any eye-rolling is because of the idiocy of progressives using purity tests to tear their movement apart.
There were a bunch of interesting and valid points in the article. Plus further confirmation that Twitter is indeed a Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy. I could go on at further length, but this doesn't strike me as the right spot. Please let me know if you'd like me to PM you my opinions.
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I decided to use romaji instead of digging up the kanji for the sake of general readability. And used italics because that is what I understand as one standard typographical convention for foreign words. I don't think it's become a loan word like "sushi" or "kimono" yet.
>> very earnest white people who read James Clavell <<
White people, yes. Also guilty as charged for Shogun, just like a whole lotta folks around then. And watched the miniseries. And recognized that it was all a bunch of white-guy fiction that really didn't line up too well with how things were then, let alone now. As for "very earnest", I read that as your wondering whether I was pretending to be more knowledgeable about Japanese culture than I actually am. Instead, I was trying to acknowledge my standing with respect to that culture, and the difficulty it will pose in improving my understanding.
>> anything on the site https://www.therisingwasabi.com/ <<
I went over and took a look. It reads like the local equivalent of The Onion.
>> Any insights I may have are probably more based on being a highly privileged immigrant than otherness or Japan, but I'm very happy to share! <<
Interesting status. I may find out more about that as I find out more about you.
>> Apologies if this is irrelevant or eye roll-inducing, but have you been following the Contrapoints drama? <<
I heard some things about it, but hadn't taken much of a look. Found the article posted by Jesse Singal on Medium to refresh my memory. It is indeed relevant, and any eye-rolling is because of the idiocy of progressives using purity tests to tear their movement apart.
There were a bunch of interesting and valid points in the article. Plus further confirmation that Twitter is indeed a Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy. I could go on at further length, but this doesn't strike me as the right spot. Please let me know if you'd like me to PM you my opinions.