"We can't read or understand Chinese, we don't know any of the people who do this in real life and have no idea of the context- how dare you not accept our made-up interpretation of this video as equally valid as a local one".
https://twitter.com/incalcolabili/status/1625467631456161793
Literally offended that someone well-connected to all this took the time to explain what was going on.
"What are you? Simultaneously some kind of Chinese technology AND content production "expert" huh? Look, I'll have you know I am a very, very white guy".
"What are you? Simultaneously some kind of Chinese technology AND content production "expert" huh? Look, I'll have you know I am a very, very white guy".
If you'd care to look at the thread many of the "non-local points of view" presented were "women are lazy whores going through life on easy mode and these are stupid whores because it's so easy to spoof locations". Excuuuuuuuse me for wanting to add a little nuance to that take.
Really good counterpoints offered you may have missed (that I agreed with)-
If apps over-incentivize location this way it quickly becomes environmentally harmful- or at least wasteful, and ablest. Not everyone can get around easily. It could also distort the housing market.
If apps over-incentivize location this way it quickly becomes environmentally harmful- or at least wasteful, and ablest. Not everyone can get around easily. It could also distort the housing market.
The use of these apps with simply bizarre levels of filtration/morphing enforces colorism and related issues. It's gotten to the point where even the most beautiful Chinese women cannot meet current standards without extensive post-processing to the point of cartoonishness.
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