i think that phil should skype me so i can teach him about why romanticising japan and acting like it’s an aesthetic or a style and saying things like “if you’re feeling japanese” are inherently bad

for the record not just phil that does this either, dan has the same attitude and while i strongly believe that they don’t understand that it’s harmful or problematic they really need to be more clued up on the subject before spreading misinformation about the country or

acting like it’s some sort of magical paradise... particularly as people with a fanbase that has/had a lot of young and impressionable people in it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♀️" title="Woman shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging"> even the fact they have merch with japanese on it then dan saying he doesn’t know the difference between jpn/kor/chn characters

is ridiculous when that is SO bare minimum and i have barely seen anyone take any of this as being an issue