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Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app

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Post by anodin3 »

wsxcde wrote: post #9
anodin3 wrote: post #7

India 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.

Most of the things I've mentioned are part of Indian culture, at least the way it's shown to the rest of the world. Or are you going to tell me cows being sacred has anything to do with being poor?

Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app

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Post by legolas2412 »

shouldbworking wrote: post #6
ultimoo wrote: post #2

As 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.

Snapchat is down to 1 star in spain too. Apparently, they care.

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Post by ashwinaj »

ultimoo wrote: post #2

As 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…

This is true for most countries and not isolated to India. The whole thing gets exemplified because of the population.

Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app

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Post by chillacy »

anodin3 wrote: post #11
wsxcde wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Most of the things I've mentioned are part of Indian culture, at least the way it's shown to the rest of the world. Or are you going to tell me cows being sacred has anything to do with being poor?

I don't really see why that's any funnier than any of the myriad of things we do here in our own countries that aren't practiced elsewhere.

Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app

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Post by JohnJamesRambo »

ultimoo wrote: post #2

As 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…

I think their anger is very justified. And honestly they aren't missing out on much by boycotting Snapchat. There are lots of other ways to send nudes now.

Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app

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Post by frozenport »

virtuabhi wrote: post #10
ultimoo wrote: post #2

As 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 han…

I live in the US and haven't heard of any of these, with the exception of Chick-fil-A.

Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app

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Post by charia »

frozenport wrote: post #17
virtuabhi wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 han…

I live in the US and haven't heard of any of these, with the exception of Chick-fil-A.

I guess either you place yourself in amongst company or in an area that is not significantly politically active.

Re: People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycotting a wrong app

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Post by pthreads »

JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #16
ultimoo wrote: post #2

As 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…

I think their anger is very justified. And honestly they aren't missing out on much by boycotting Snapchat. There are lots of other ways to send nudes now.

Ha ha. It is true there are a lot of ways to send nudes now. But it is nothing new. In ancient times they used to send it by literally carving intricate statues. People in that region of the globe were way ahead of the times.
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