People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
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Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#2As an Indian, it bothers me how sensitive, insecure, and thin skinned India is as a country. Every time someone makes a comment on something controversial, or makes a joke on India millions of armchair warriors will get their pride hurt and be up in arms boycotting and protesting it on facebook, reddit, etc. (sometimes there are real life protests too). It's so silly really.
On the contrary, countries like the US, Australia, etc. are far more tolerant of public remarks like this. Had Evan said that the French are too stupid to use Snapchat (for example), no one would have even batted an eye.
Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#3As an Indian, it bothers me how sensitive, insecure, and thin skinned India is as a country. Every time someone makes a comment on something controversial, or makes a joke on India millions of armchair warriors will get their pride hurt and be up in arms boycotting and protesting it on facebook, reddit, etc. (sometimes there are real life protests too). It's so silly really. On the contrary, countries like the US, Au…
Honestly as an outsider I feel that India is in a position where it speaks the same language as the west(English) but is still mocked inside of the English speaking sphere as an outsider would be. If you can go on Reddit you can tell how much people jump at the opportunity to insult India whenever it's mentioned. This happens with a lot of other countries but India is the only English speaking one can notice.
Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#4As an Indian, it bothers me how sensitive, insecure, and thin skinned India is as a country. Every time someone makes a comment on something controversial, or makes a joke on India millions of armchair warriors will get their pride hurt and be up in arms boycotting and protesting it on facebook, reddit, etc. (sometimes there are real life protests too). It's so silly really. On the contrary, countries like the US, Au…
Honestly as an outsider I feel that India is in a position where it speaks the same language as the west(English) but is still mocked inside of the English speaking sphere as an outsider would be. If you can go on Reddit you can tell how much people jump at the opportunity to insult India whenever it's mentioned. This happens with a lot of other countries but India is the only English speaking one can notice.
You and the GP are both right.
We're terribly insecure, but that is in part fuelled by how much we get looked down upon. The Indian reaction to mockery and racism during the British era was pumping up nationalism and self-pride. That was a justified reaction to a truly evil empire, but unfortunately, that culture has not evolved after independence.
Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#5I find it somewhat amusing that anyone would even consider snapchat being for "rich people". I've never used it myself, but I get the impression it is just a kids app, and not a particularly interesting one at that. Perhaps they make their money from boring, bratty rich kids.
Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#6As an Indian, it bothers me how sensitive, insecure, and thin skinned India is as a country. Every time someone makes a comment on something controversial, or makes a joke on India millions of armchair warriors will get their pride hurt and be up in arms boycotting and protesting it on facebook, reddit, etc. (sometimes there are real life protests too). It's so silly really. On the contrary, countries like the US, Au…
You are probably right. In the same sentence as India he also mentioned Spain but nobody there seems to care.
I know nothing about Indian and Spanish culture so I can't speculate on the reason.
Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#7India is mocked because it's funny. The pics showing it as the third world country it is, the broken English, the poo in the loo thing, the accent, the cows, the bizarre nationalism akin to that of the movie Borat, the toddlers with malformations, the scam calls from Microsoft...
Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#8As an Indian, it bothers me how sensitive, insecure, and thin skinned India is as a country. Every time someone makes a comment on something controversial, or makes a joke on India millions of armchair warriors will get their pride hurt and be up in arms boycotting and protesting it on facebook, reddit, etc. (sometimes there are real life protests too). It's so silly really. On the contrary, countries like the US, Au…
You are probably right. In the same sentence as India he also mentioned Spain but nobody there seems to care. I know nothing about Indian and Spanish culture so I can't speculate on the reason.
I am not sure but I don't believe Snapchat is widely used in Spain.
Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#9India is mocked because it's funny. The pics showing it as the third world country it is, the broken English, the poo in the loo thing, the accent, the cows, the bizarre nationalism akin to that of the movie Borat, the toddlers with malformations, the scam calls from Microsoft...
India is a third-world country, there's no doubt about that whatsoever. And we are weirdly nationalistic, or at least there's a vocal minority who are overly nationalistic.
But making fun of the other things you mentioned is really just making fun of poor people. I have hard time seeing the funny side of it.
Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app
#10As an Indian, it bothers me how sensitive, insecure, and thin skinned India is as a country. Every time someone makes a comment on something controversial, or makes a joke on India millions of armchair warriors will get their pride hurt and be up in arms boycotting and protesting it on facebook, reddit, etc. (sometimes there are real life protests too). It's so silly really. On the contrary, countries like the US, Au…
Even in US people get pumped up and start boycotting at any issue. Recently, I have seen Boycott Target (transgender bathrooms?), Boycott Starbucks (hiring refugess?), Boycott Lowe Hardware (abortions?), Boycott some fast food chain (CEO said he opposes same-sex marriage?), and many more ...
Obviously, its always only a vocal minority which participates in #Boycott, but same is the case in India too! On the other hand, "as an Indian" you should not be so much affected by this #Protest. Please remember that India is a vast country and no single group represents can represent all of India. And this action is quite trivial (and non-violent!) and 0% (after rounding off) of the population participated in it.