why did i study computer science? well i have a dream of becoming a white tech guy’s 3rd consecutive asian girlfriend and smiling quietly on his arm at san francisco parties while he pretends his yellow fever is actually an interest in japanese urbanism
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Replying to @isosteph
I can empathize. After living in Japan for years and starting a family w/ someone from there, some tech guys probe me for my “fetish” or share their own about Asians. This is worse than people thinking I named my daughter Aria after the GOT character.
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Jesus. Thirty seconds ago I had no idea this could even be a thing and now I’m more strongly committed to never setting foot in tech territory than I am to anything else in my life
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Is this really a tech thing? I feel like the stereotype of middle aged white guys traveling to Asia and marrying there isn't particularly a new/tech specific idea
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Not pointing any fingers, but I took
@isosteph's perspective to be from *inside* one of these relationships. In my experience, making dumb assumptions about total strangers' marriages/families based on the couples' ethnicity is a largely Western thing, and it's fucking gross2 replies 1 retweet 20 likes
yeah no not my thing, more founded on extensive direct interactions with people for whom this is an obvious & shitty trend and who are the reason that other people’s perfectly normal relationships get stereotyped
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