I'm all for friendly ribbing, just a bit tired of this particular one because I saw it used in unsavoury ways too many times (I'd probably argue the same about school shootings jabs, even if that's a bit different). Just spreading a bit of awareness about it, I could tell you weren't being mean or actually using this as a xenophobic argument, but others before you have.
Playing devil's advocate, chainsaws are used for cutting trees and other tasks, they are not inherently a weapon unlike a sword (these are similar arguments to the ones used about gun control). I do find it silly to ban weeb swords, but mostly because I don't think they're ever really used for crimes? Or did I miss some info about a wave of ninja murders in the UK?
This "joke" has been co-opted by xenophobic conservative Americans so often that I really struggle to appreciate it, even when you use it rather innocently like here. I'm not even a Brit and have grown quite tired of it. It comes from the same bag as cheese eating surrender monkeys for the French.
In case anyone's wondering, there's a few reasons for that. Firstly, of course the subject itself is badass. Secondly composition-wise we have what I call a "dynamic diagonal" which leads your eyes from the main subject to the background following the same line. The subject is back/side-lit with hard light giving an intense contrasty look. Finally, and that's probably the main one, the fog/smoke is lifting up the shadows as you move into the picture away from the camera, making the main subject much more contrasty and stand out from the background despite being overall the same colours/brightness.
It could indicate that investors don't like these moves and see it as a risk for the future of the company. Or it could indicate that line goes up or down randomly, who knows, not the folks on wall street that's for sure.
Fish&Chips and sushi might be a good start, at least that's how I started eating fish even though I hated anything coming out of the water for my first 25 years or so. Maybe shrimps? Especially fried. Basically fried battered stuff, they usually don't use the tasty fish in that stuff so the taste is mild.
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Next stop: banning folks just for looking/spending too much time on these posts.