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E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires In Effort To Undermine ‘Right To Repair’ Laws (www.techdirt.com)
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Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and bolstering independent repair shops will turn states into “hacker meccas.” The car industry insists that making it easier and cheaper to repair modern cars will be a boon to sexual predators.

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[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Given that I understand yum Cha in a different context (drinking tea), isn't using this phrase to describe shitty Chinese parts a little... racist? Or at least, some form of cultural appropriation (I can't think of a better phrase to us right now).

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, is it more or less racist than just calling them shitty and Chinese? Or shitty because they're Chinese?

I dunno. It's been in at least semi-common use since the early '90's as far as I can tell.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Well, I was curious too, don't have an answer for you. I just feel a little uncomfortable with a phrase that I know (and have used when speaking to Cantonese people) being used in a negative fashion for a completely different thing. But maybe it's just a cultural clash, so I wanted to clarify.