Anonymous asked: not japanese so maybe I'm outta line here but ... is saying smth is certainly japanese bc of the aura alone racist?

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

i was basing it on the fact japan has produced, among other things

square watermelons

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a long egg

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alcohol and tobacco vending machines

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a rabbit island created by secret government experiments 

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and for no conceivable reason, a penis festival. 

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if it was a white guy holding a glazed donut hamburger w/ a side of deep fried twinkies, i would take a wild guess and say that emits an ominously american aura 

i’m crying, it turns out the photo this ask was about

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is in fact japanese

called it.

Chindōgu (n.): The Japanese art of inventing gadgets that are seemingly useful but too absurd to actually use.

“for no conceivable reason, a penis festival”

I think you’ll find it’s for every conceivable reason :)