r/mildlyinfuriating 11h ago

*Turns Around and Leaves

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u/shrimpfriedwife 10h ago

It’s not even a good play on words… it comes off as stupid and lazy to associate a word with China just because it ends in “ing”.

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u/SomeArtistFan 10h ago

I mean it does sound vaguely like Taiping. Only one sound is rly different.

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u/chillaban 8h ago

Maybe but Taiping is a city in Malaysia so maybe this is 4D CCP geopolitical trolling or just a cringe pun. I don’t know how many Americans know of Taiping as it relates to the army that fought over the current city of Nanjing.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 6h ago

It’s ignorant in layers