Tell people you are canadian eh.
Curious: As a Chinese American, is it technically possible for me to just… pretend to be a Chinese National (I’m talking about after getting through borders and putting away the US passport), and fake a Chinese accent when speaking English… and like “conceal” my American identity? (I can speak basic Mandarin btw)
Is it actually better? Since I heard that Chinese Tourists sometimes get hated on too…
Or since I speak Cantonese too, I could pretend to be a Hong Konger…
Or I could pretend to be from Taiwan… most people probably can’t tell anyways, its just the same Mandarin to them
hmmm 🤔
FatVegan@leminal.space 22 hours ago
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
American and Chinese tourists are the two most hated tourists and it’s not even fucking close.
American because they are loud annoying impolite and destroy shit
Chinese because they are ignorant disgusting foul and destroy shit
Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I always introduce myself using my native birth country, never as an American. If prompted I’ll say I’m a New Yorker. I refuse to represent that stain on the planet
rbos@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
You’d be surprised how common it is to put toilet paper in provided bins instead of flushing! Lots of places in eastern Europe and South America, in my experience.
Witchfire@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I’m not really sure what this has to do with my comment
rbos@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
Oh, I think I just replied to the wrong comment by accident. My bad.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Depends where you are, but I’d advise against presenting as Chinese, chinese tourists have such a bad reputation sometimes you see signs like “no spitting in the dish sink” or “do not put toilet paper in dust bin” exclusively in chinese in hostels. Which indicates behavior expected of Chinese tourists
Across asia, I get curious looks rather than any hostility. I kinda winder what the american was doing that drew so much attention, if they weren’t making it up for content.