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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 na
by wsxcde 9y ago
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.
- anodin3 9y agoMost 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?
- chillacy 9y agoI 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.
- vinay427 9y agoIt's funnier because of hypocrisy, partly a result of cultural norms. For example, a strange accent (to an American or many other English speakers) could be perceived as "funny" unless conditioned otherwise, even if this has nothing to do with a person's status or a country's level of development.
- chillacy 9y agoI didn't say it wouldn't be funny, just hinted that people were laughing at the OP on the other side of the world too :) For instance, this episode of Last Week Tonight on the french elections is just full of "ho ho the french eat snails and like pastries" jokes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZir1L7fSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZir1L7fSY I'm sure there's the equivalent jokes for americans.
- wsxcde 9y agoCows being sacred is no more funny than God killing his son to forgive humanity for the crime of some couple in ancient history eating an apple. Religions are weird. If you find some funny but not the others, you probably have blinkers on.