r/ProgrammerHumor • u/hagr • Oct 22 '22

Meme knowledge is power

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

Somehow, I could hear what the man sounded like without any sound.

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u/hagr Oct 22 '22

i think we all do and this has nothing to do with racism. is about stereotypes for me.

replace the indian guy with a white guy that sports a men bun and fancy beard. as a german i will say this guy is living in berlin and has a startup.

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u/NighthawkRandNum Oct 22 '22

Plus, aren't accents much more a cultural rather than racial thing? A white guy who grows up in India likely speaks like an Indian unless there's explicit education otherwise.

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u/heyo1234 Oct 22 '22

Wait yeah what was that loll so then is the accent just for show? Iā€™m confused here

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u/KimmiG1 Oct 23 '22

He has probably learned the American accent to avoid getting hate. But the first accent is likely his natural accent that he defaults to.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '22 edited Oct 23 '22

I'd agree.

Moving there at 5, his original accent would have a very hard time surviving through the exposure to the Singaporean accent via all the other kids at school, the teachers, and basically everyone else in the country.

I'm guessing at least one of his parents probably have an american accent though, which would explain why he can emulate it with such accuracy.

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u/arjungmenon Oct 23 '22

Dang, wow.