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What about instant ramen? While it's not entirely a fair comparison to freshly made ones, the Japs have certainly pioneered and mastered the skill of churning o
by actcutemonster 11y ago
What about instant ramen? While it's not entirely a fair comparison to freshly made ones, the Japs have certainly pioneered and mastered the skill of churning out instant ramen that has "fresh" pork/seafood in it. Personally, I prefer the dry soba to the soupy ones.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago> the Japs In the United States, "Jap" is an ethnic slur. You might want to use another word.
- actcutemonster 11y agoWasn't aware of that, my bad. In Singapore (where I'm from) it doesn't have any negative connotation.
- tosseraccount 11y agoBut it's okay to call the English "Brits".
- Figs 11y agoIt's a legacy from WWII. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap
- beachstartup 11y agotry calling one a lobsterback and see what happens. different groups have different insults. welcome to reality.
- gcb0 11y agoonly in the usa because of war propaganda shame :( it's pretty common and non offensive elsewhere. not sure about uk... but other English speaking counties and latin countries use the term just fine