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I have a friend named Aryan who was not allowed to sign up for a Microsoft account with that name. Support even refused to make the exception when asked, sugges
by somebodythere 7y ago
I have a friend named Aryan who was not allowed to sign up for a Microsoft account with that name. Support even refused to make the exception when asked, suggesting that he sign up with the name "Ryan" instead.
To this day, emails from that account have "Ryan <lastname>" in the header.
- winrid 7y agoHow do people find that offensive?
- big_chungus 7y agoIt is probably best known as part of nazi ideology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan This is no the only use, of course, but that doesn't matter. Good luck being a Hindu and displaying a swastika.
- saagarjha 7y agoOr being ethnically Aryan :/
- wizzwizz4 7y ago> Scholars point out that, even in ancient times, the idea of being an "Aryan" was religious, cultural and linguistic, not racial. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan
- saagarjha 7y agoRight, it's an ethnic concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples