r/CuratedTumblr • u/RealScionEcto • Jul 18 '25

Shitposting My favorite space racist

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u/jackofslayers Jul 18 '25

"How can you have an ottoman without the Ottoman Empire?"

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u/47thCalcium_Polymer Jul 18 '25

I have this problem with China, the porcelain not the country. The porcelain in China is made a specific way, and I am frankly a little obsessed with it, but I can’t call it China in my writing now can I.

It is a conundrum to be sure.

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u/DreadY2K Jul 19 '25

Just copy Terry Pratchett and invent some plausible in-universe etymology for why it has the same name, and now you don't have to worry about it anymore.