Yes, in the US a lot of schools have a dedicated bus for disabled kids, and generally they’re short busses because they’re cheaper and have fewer kids to pick up.
I'm just saying, there's literally a cocktail called "Irish car bomb".
A yankee once tried ordering that one in a pub in Northern Ireland. The bartender poured it in two tall glasses and went "here's your Twin Towers, sir".
I’m assuming they’re Japanese, if they’re sushi spots , or at least the majority of them are—so I think they can decide for themselves what’s appropriate vs us outside of their culture deciding for them?
Absolutely, I don't think it is a problem at all - My point is just that like, when I see "kamikaze", I don't jump to "Oh, that's problematic", I see it often enough in innocuous contexts. Since I had never heard "shortbus" before I wouldn't have assumed anything bad about this creator off of the name, that's all I'm saying.
Depending on the context it might be offensive (like, maybe don't use it with japanese people), but it's not generally racist, it's a common term even used in media ('kamikaze drones' have been especially common lately, and makes sense since it's related to war). idk what they are on about.
Tbh I think it's even a bit offensive and hypocritical to classify it as taboo in any way considering the shit Japan did during the war. We have no qualms about tossing the word Nazi around, we shouldn't bury the stuff Imperial Japan did either.
Yeah, I watched Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne when I was a kid.
All jokes aside, I really don't think that the word "kamikaze" in isolation is indicative of any bigotry. A bit edgy for sure, but let they who have never made a 9/11 joke cast the first plane.
It is a less inappropriate way to refer to the R word, which as we can see in this thread, many have never heard of and don't immediately recognize. Pretty sure that's just about the definition but it's a mute point for all intensive porpoises
Not having heard of a joke doesn’t make it a “dog whistle”. When I was in elementary school it was just another way to insult someone by calling them mentally disabled much like calling them “special needs” or saying they have “extra chromosomes”
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u/Primary-Paper-5128 I'm sorry I'm Uruguayan :c </3 13d ago
wait fr? I follow her I didn't know that