It’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.
Anon’s use of slurs is disgusting and absolutely should be condemned. But the underlying observation seems to track with my LinkedIn feed; there’s a lot of people in tech on the subcontinent whose dream ticket is to get their company acquired by a deca-billionaire and think that simping online is a good way to make it happen.
You probably don’t.
I looked it up after not hearing the term before.
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It’s a slur for South Asians. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pajeet
Sadly I assumed correctly
It’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.
According to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.
Ya gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!
Tell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!
From the wiki:
Doesn’t say it’s not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.
And what does it say right above that?
And from CubitOom’s link:
And from the sources cited on Wikipedia:
So is the implication that all Indians think Mush is a hero?
Anon’s use of slurs is disgusting and absolutely should be condemned. But the underlying observation seems to track with my LinkedIn feed; there’s a lot of people in tech on the subcontinent whose dream ticket is to get their company acquired by a deca-billionaire and think that simping online is a good way to make it happen.
(Not all people etc)