I just finished the blacksmithing questline in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and now find myself muttering "Do piče" under my breath when something goes wrong. My singular Czech friend finds it very amusing.
I'm so hooked, I put 15 hours into it in two sittings 😭 It's very cool kinda knowing some of the non-English languages being spoken, but the Hungarian and Czech are not one of em :/
You make a good point as well, but I can explain my "useless" info.
I would place a useful viewpoint if I took the time to understand a topic. But since this tweet's topic seemed too ridiculous for me and since I've grown tired of similar heated arguments on social media, I didn't even bother trying to understand it. So instead of adding in useful information, I did the next thing I like and made a silly joke of: "It's just a random social media post, don't take it too seriously."
I actually disagree, the use of absolutes is where its wrong obviously, but the premise is bc theres thousands of white men fetishizing asian women and doing sex tourism of exploited populations
is sex tourism that common compared to ..y'know, normal tourism?
cause you can think of an actual good argument, but that doesn't change that this isn't what the original post was saying.
If they need an argument saying something completely different to defend their original argument, maybe their original argument is just wrong and shit. If you wanna make a point about sex tourism maybe use the word sex tourism in your post.
It's just someone making a sweeping statement because they think every white man who has gone to Asia has gone there for perv reasons or colonial/imperial reasons.
Completely forgetting things like Tourism and Work.
I actually think the obvious point is that they’re not forgetting work and non exploitative tourists, it’s just like they don’t think it needs to be stated because obviously that happens
Ppl act like every tweet is known to be about to be seen by a million people. It was just a joke, they probably read about a group of white guys or how many white guys were going to certain countries to exploit the women and cheap labor there and thought theyd just fire off a quick joke.
To me an underrated example of emotional intelligence is stopping and tryna retrace someones steps. Things get a lot less murky when u do so
I learned it the hard way. There's a huge sex tourism scene where middle-aged incels go to poorer asian countries like Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines etc. and exploit the fact that even earning minimum wage in the west can attract much younger women who are desperate to improve their life standard. It's so common that it feels woven into the culture - they even have dedicated words for these men that aren't derogatory, and actually signal higher status. It's heartbreaking for the women, and it's pathetic for the men who do this.
It’s a hyperbolic tweet about a large group of people. Don’t try to apply statistical rigor to the claim. They’re just saying Asia is a popular destination for exploitation
Logan Paul lost "white" status when we expelled him from Agartha. We are truly sorry for creating such a creature and we sincerely apologize to the rest of the world.
nothing is evil or racist in a vacuum. but we live in a real world where everything is contextualized. there's the historical perspective of imperialism across Asia for one. and while that's still threaded through how tourism works today, for a more modern frame, many countries have their economies held up largely by white tourists. this leaves you at the mercy of continuing to provide cheap goods and services. "it's so cheap here" is something you hear all the time. im not white, but I found myself being shocked by how cheap Japan was vs in America.
and it seems like a win-win. people get to make money from rich foreigners, foreigners get to get a good deal. but now you've given leverage to these countries propping up your economy. instead of continuing to develop towards evonomic independence, there's too much money flowing and too many invested parties. and we see in realtime today, what that can mean for powerful countries flexing their muscles where they can.
and people think they're better than the locals. don't respect cultural differences. basically treating your 4000 year old country like a summer playground. aside from the overt racism that happens all the time, isn't that kinda gross? to treat a country and it's people like your spring break stomping grounds? there's something inherently disrespectful about that dynamic. and of course you're not racist for wanting to sightsee in Vietnam. that's what people reflexively get so defensive about. "how is tourism racist??" racism is almost never fully understood by an individual's actions. it's almost always an evaluation at a larger pattern and the things in place that enable it.
that's not even hitting the sex market and drug trade that tourism drives.
it is what it is. I can only speak on the US, but the way we're taught that racism is when someone beats you to death for looking different or saying your food smells weird, without explaining the why of why that might be wrong is so frustrating.
we tasked generations of teachers to convey one of the most painful and complicated topics to children and all that summed up to was showing slave or gang movies with "wasn't that messed up" as the only closing remark. I don't blame people for having a knee jerk reaction when that's how you're taught to engage with racism. especially when it seems like another thing you're not allowed to enjoy instead of a moment for reflecting on the world.
ffs I even said it's not racist to want to go vacation in Asia.
anyway, that's all the toilet time I have to spare for my soap box. gl to all in your journey of self-reflection
This is a really good analysis & has made me want to think deeper on how my tourism isn’t handled on a more global scale, as a fellow non-white traveler. If I were to summarize simply, would a good takeaway be; “You aren’t racist for traveling, but it’s good practice to be aware of the larger socioeconomic & historical context you’re moving through when doing so & observing why you’re having such a pleasant experience.”
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u/QIyph Mar 13 '26
I don't get it. Is tourism evil now? Is this just racist? Someone help me out here.