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Where's the slur? It's clearly a joke, and there's a link included if you didn't get the reference. I think it's absurd that Kazakhs would need to be protected
by Y_Y 8y ago
Where's the slur? It's clearly a joke, and there's a link included if you didn't get the reference. I think it's absurd that Kazakhs would need to be protected from this, or that anyone would read my post as trying to elevate my country (which I never mention) over theirs.
You're the boss, but I'd like if you set a different tone.
- dang 8y agoYou say "clearly", but intent doesn't translate clearly online. Often it doesn't come across at all. I believe you that your joke wasn't coming from any mean place. But I do wonder how it would land with HN readers in (or from) Kazakhstan, running across a comment like that on this site. Probably some wouldn't mind, but it's easy to see how some might, especially if they already feel a little bit like outsiders here. And the whole Borat thing did have a demeaning edge to it.
- Y_Y 8y agoFair point. I apologise.