It’s sometimes said that Japanese people don’t know and don’t understand sarcasm but really they just have different ways to make you feel stupid that don’t (necessarily) register as sarcasm to Westerners, like being overly polite.
I guess Japanese really doesn’t have in-your-face sarcasm now that I think about it…
Now that you mentioned it, Japanese also has a rather interesting quirk of not having what most people would consider as “swear words”. Read it somewhere that Japanese does have swear words, but they tend to be quite tame, and the words themselves aren’t “taboo” (as compared to just about any swear word in English)
Ah, portrait mode, let’s watch that real qu**26 minutes**
No, 26 minutes is not egregiously long, of course, I just realised that portrait mode sends that “short video” signal to my brain and it confused me for a sec :)
Yep, certain words for example really just mean “you” if taken very literally but have taken on rude undertones (temee, kisama) to convey what Western languages would use taboo words for.
It’s sometimes said that Japanese people don’t know and don’t understand sarcasm but really they just have different ways to make you feel stupid that don’t (necessarily) register as sarcasm to Westerners, like being overly polite.
Oh noooo, don’t be polite to me
Like the Southern expression “Bless your heart.”
I guess Japanese really doesn’t have in-your-face sarcasm now that I think about it…
Now that you mentioned it, Japanese also has a rather interesting quirk of not having what most people would consider as “swear words”. Read it somewhere that Japanese does have swear words, but they tend to be quite tame, and the words themselves aren’t “taboo” (as compared to just about any swear word in English)
Relevant for anyone who cares about this sort of thing: https://youtu.be/GcjbwkBQeO8
Ah, portrait mode, let’s watch that real qu**26 minutes**
No, 26 minutes is not egregiously long, of course, I just realised that portrait mode sends that “short video” signal to my brain and it confused me for a sec :)
Lol, yeah. Most of his videos are a couple of minutes, but sometimes he wants a little bit more…
Yep, certain words for example really just mean “you” if taken very literally but have taken on rude undertones (temee, kisama) to convey what Western languages would use taboo words for.
I didn’t know that they used politeness that way. Interesting. Crazy enough I have not yet interacted with a Japanese person in my life.
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