https://youtu.be/Jn0X0Z3UulkThe other day I decided to start exploring some JPniki clipfaggotry because I was curious what moments the JOP/ESLs base their impressions of our shark upon, and how they contrast with Gura's most well-known moments in the Anglophone world (also because I find goolag-translating their comments to be fascinating in its own right)
While doing so, it occurred to me that (at least to the best of my knowledge) we English speakers don't really have a single stereotypical name or nickname to refer to the Japanese as a whole anymore, pars pro toto. Say, Ivan/Boris for the Russians, Kraut for the Germans, Jacques for the French, Pajeet for Indians, Muhammed/Ahmed for Arabs, Ching-Chong for the Chinese, or - something that makes me smile ear-to-ear - the apparent Japanese use of "John" for me and my fellow Amerifats wwwwww
There was "Tojo" in World War 2, but that mostly referred to the Imperial army and government of Japan at the time and in any case has since fallen out of use
I wonder why that is? We interact so frequently it feels wrong not to have a representative nickname for them, maybe we should come up with one ourselves and start trying to popularize its use? I propose something like Takeshi, or Hayate, or Oda
