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This entire time I thought "Pajeet" and "Jeet" were just a derogatory meme. Turns out those are actual Indian names and that just makes it funnier.

@ObviousRises The worst criticism imaginable of Indians and India is just the plain truth and reality.

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@ObviousRises No idea how they managed to develop the single most revolting sounding names on historical record. Even Polish style Consonant Soup is better 😑

@ObviousRises Wait until you find out about Pooja and Akshit. https://x.com/foundring1/statu...

@ObviousRises It’s even funnier when you know “Jeet” actually means “winner”. And “pajeet” means “winner bro”. White racists just handed themselves an L.

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@ObviousRises That’s how it came to be lol

@ObviousRises And yet we’ll still get in trouble for saying it on the free speech app

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@ObviousRises You should try Mandeep. Canadian govt helped an Indian buy out my dentist and take over his practice. I refused to return and told them I did not want a Mandeep in my mouth.

@ObviousRises Wait until you hear about the name Manmeet…

@ObviousRises It's like using "John" as a derogatory term. "You have been Johnned"

@ObviousRises It's so ironic

@ObviousRises @grok are they actual names

@ObviousRises Pajeet is not an Indian name. Some names do end with jeet though. If you’re going to make fun of them, you should atleast have your story straight. Lol.

@ObviousRises Used to call them Patels because everyone Indian in our area seemed to share that name

@ObviousRises Sukdeep has entered the chat.

@ObviousRises You have no idea how deep it does

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@ObviousRises Akshit is the one that made me laugh forever when I learned it's an actual name

@ObviousRises Calling someone "Whitey" sounds like a derogatory term but it is just a fairly common British last name. "Paddy" for the Irish is the same.

@ObviousRises So why do I get suspended for using that term? 🤔

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@ObviousRises Lol same, I only later realized they’re actual names makes the whole thing way funnier.

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@ObviousRises Anytime I post variations of that word I get an instant check from X making sure I am a real person, followed by a near instantaneous message in my email that my post has been blocked for hate violations. Tell me this free speech platform isn't hardwired to protect the H-1B

@ObviousRises Indian slurs are literally just their names, they're that repulsive 😁

@ObviousRises It's a derogatory term on X.

@ObviousRises What’s crazy is that they are actual names and considered banned words on X, under “slurs”. Could you imagine “John” being a slur?

@ObviousRises Makes you wonder why some of us get violations for saying it. It's obviously mass-reporting, but still.

@ObviousRises The term “Pajeet” likely originates from “Paaji”, which in Punjabi is a respectful and friendly way to refer to someone as “brother.” It’s commonly used in everyday greetings, similar to saying “Hi mate, what’s up?” in English. For example, in Punjab, people might say: “Aur

@ObviousRises Jeet means win 🤷🏿 And we are winning

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@ObviousRises There are regions of people sharing surnames, like the one you mentioned and additionally Patel, those have meaning like ways to go around the caste system.

@ObviousRises also HardShit etc

@ObviousRises We should change to calling them Dalits instead, I'm sure it's much more insulting to them than Pajeet.

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@ObviousRises Here is the etymology back to Proto Indo European. Brehter > Frater, Fraternity, Brata, Brother Brehter > Bhrata (Sanskrit) > Pra (Punjabi) Pra with Ji added for respect is older brother. Pra-Ji or Pa-jee is how it sounds to you and from that you got Paj33t and J33t. It means

@ObviousRises One of my posts got limited yesterday for calling some dude "Pajeet". I deleted the post, and changed it to "Poopjeet", and it was fine 😂

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