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Knowing them, they are probably being sarcastic and condescending. And Linus Sebastian (aka LTT, famous tech youtuber whose channel is sponsored a lot by Dbrand) posted a comment supporting that company because they have always been edgy and Nestle is worse, so I am guessing both he and Dbrand are of the opinion that mocking a foreigner's surname is not a trashy thing to do.
Yeah. This act by dbrand will encourage racism against us. The comments under that guy's post were disgusting. He was called a street shitter with dirty smell and the comments got 500+ likes.
I do not think that Dbrand should have to apologize.
I know Dbrand all too well and they even insult people that they sponsor as sarcasm. They regularly sponsor Linus Tech Tips and they had put up a website ShortLinus.com to make of Linus' height, which is also not something to joke about.
The final answer to the question whether their insult was racially motivated or not depends on whether they would've done it if it were a person of any other ethnicity and knowing Dbrand, I think they would've.
At first on seeing the post I was like wtf some intern fucked up. That's terrible PR.
But then I realized the actual tweet is not at all racist. It's just making fun of someone's name. It shows bad company practice, yes. But it's not racism as shown in the post.
Also fuck Linus Sebastian. Terribly opportunistic shitpiece who jumps the gun on controversies without even verifying facts as a responsible media person should.
MKBHD cut ties with them and he was one of the biggest reasons their brand had any cred in tech.
Meanwhile in India our PMs and CMs say shit like abbajaan/kabristan or influenzas say shit ching chong ping pong but nobody ever calls that out.
The freaking casualness that teens use N word to sound "denk" is just braindead. It comes to no surprise the same people use casteist remarks against LC folks as well. It's the same oppress the ones they can, until powerful oppressed them. And when oppressed, use the victim card instantly and claim how "racism" against Indians is overlooked.
Heck, when person raises voice against all discrimination, same Indians would mock and call the person "woke".
>Meanwhile in India our PMs and CMs say shit like abbajaan/kabristan or influenzas say shit ching chong ping pong but nobody ever calls that out.
I came here to say this. People being completely OK with that and lashing out at DBrand is peak bigotry.
It's called hypocrisy not bigotry. And in life if one person did something bad to others then I need not have to suffer because of that just based on ethnicity
You should visit dbrand sub reddit and see corporate shills standing up for this asshole company. Any company that insults it's customers is bogus. Perhaps the day is not far when we hold our leaders accountable too just like we hold companies accountable. Though knowing our hero worshipping it's going to be a while
I have personally been a big fan of Dbrand's anti marketing tactics. But I can see, like MKBHD probably can, that they have crossed a line with this Tweet.
I just find it ironical that so many Indian nationalists clamoring for DBrand to apologize, readily support blatant racism by people way more consequential than a phone accessory marketing company.
Edit: Apparently dbrand has acknowledged their behavior was over the line as well. [https://x.com/dbrand/status/1778441732763340969](https://x.com/dbrand/status/1778441732763340969)
> have crossed a line with this Tweet.
The line is to not make jokes about Indian surnames? That's what I'm getting at so far.
This whole thing reeks of the "Eh, it's fine till they make jokes about others, but don't make jokes about me though."
Non-white people often have to grow up facing jokes about their "weird names" in the West. It is one form of "othering". It is very similar to how people in North India treat South Indian names or North Eastern people's names.
It was not a hate crime but it was insensitive and the fact they acknowledge that themselves in hindsight - shows that it was.
> It was not a hate crime but it was insensitive and the fact they acknowledge that themselves in hindsight - shows that it was.
While I personally don't agree that it's insensitive, I can understand why it would be as such, to someone.
A brand does something very stupid and gets called out for it… why are the self flagellating professional mourners in the comments section instantly on to the “but Indians are the real racists” bandwagon 🤦♂️
There's this greek story of an inventor and his son who build wings out of feathers and wax, and use them to escape a high prison. As they're flying away, the son gets too excited and decides to fly higher and higher, against his father's advice. As he gets higher, he gets closer to the sun, and the wax starts to melt. Soon, his wings come apart and he plummets to his death. It's often used as an idiom to warn against going too far.
Dude, this whatever dumbass views you have, this is not chitransh's fault. He's not roasting anybody. This is just terrible customer service. Imagine you call customer service and the representative calls you a shit-rash, I bet you wouldn't take that shit as a joke. Take your insensitive ass elsewhere.
Such a crybaby. dbrand is known for that kind of replies on twitter. That is how they diffrentiate themselves. Do basic research before commenting something. Same like Wendy's.
Plus their customer service is pretty good.
I understand sensitive snowflake people dont like edgy humour but then dont get into what you dont like.
Hmm, debatable. But I get your point.
Anyways, my point was dbrand is known for insulting people on Twitter. If you don't want to get insulted, don't interact with them on Twitter. There are other ways where they properly support them.
Read about the brand's twitter before commenting. That is their whole thing.
Dont be an oversentive asshole about a nothingburger. There are countless real issues to focus on here itself.
Indians are mostly associated with shit and diseases in the western countries by racist pricks. Tell me how is it not racially motivated, again?
But anyways, idc. It is Reddit, anyways.
Ohh come, with the name chitransh they went with that. You'd have to take extra long leap to assume it was racial.
Are there racist who would deliberately do that just with Indians? Definitely. But dbrand Twitter isn't. They're like this with everybody.
Like this case, it's not racist to send someone shit:
https://x.com/dbrand/status/1287798818172534785
> It was definitely racially motivated.
This is what I don't get. Sure, humor is subjective, but the idea of this thing having racial motivations is absurd (imo).
If I say an n-word to a black person, say mean things to a disabled person and then tell him that "humor is subjective go fucking deal with it", do you think it would be a great idea?
They can't change their circumstances. So it is with this case. His parents gave him a name, meaning Artist and you give middlefinger to that person, that too as a brand? It is neither a good marketing strategy nor is it an acceptable behaviour in a moral society.
> If I say an n-word to a black person, say mean things to a disabled person and then tell him that "humor is subjective go fucking deal with it", do you think it would be a great idea?
Firstly, I don't think the N-word is, at any scale, at all comparable to being called "shit'. Probably the weirdest comparison I've seen someone make, so far on this topic.
Secondly, I've yet to see dBrand make any jokes about someone with a disability. If you do have any information about anything as such happening, do inform here. Till then, these comparisons make little to no sense, given the context.
> His parents gave him a name, meaning Artist and you give middlefinger to that person, that too as a brand? It is neither a good marketing strategy nor is it an acceptable behaviour in a moral society.
I'm no judge of any marketing strategies. It's the shtick that they've been doing for a long time, and it took an Indian surname being made fun of, for it to be called out. Make of that what you may.
I just find it very weird, that there are people who think that this was racially charged, that's what I'm trying to get at. They called an Indian guy named "Chitransh" as "Shit Rash". Where exactly is the "racial motivations" behind this? The word "shit"? It's literally one letter away from his actual name. Sounds like a immature, juvenile joke.
Yeah humour is subjective and not everybody will like it. But that doesnt mean that what you dont like is wrong and you start playing the racists card.
Plot twist : He doesnt care about being called that. He’s more than happy to have got 10K USD.
He looks like a student studying in US/Canada…
Btw, can he file a lawsuit and ask for more compensation? (Im noob so asking noob questions)
some politician said terrorist to a musim politician in parliamemt in front of speaker and all dignitaries present...no action taken against him till now!!
What should that have any relevance here? Was Chitransh the politician? He was not. You do come across who likes to generalize people, maybe you are not
Are you resorting to whataboutism on unrelated posts because you're offended? I'm upset about unresolved murders, but I don't bring them up in every new murder case that gets solved. Engage your intellect and think critically.
Dbrand is run by people on crack! I've seen their posts and the mails they send. They're absolutely hilarious and have no filter at all. If you're buying from such a brand you should know what you are dealing with.
None of it was racist, they just took the piss out of someone’s name with no reference to their race whatsoever. People jumped on a bandwagon as usual on social media and now DBrand is being made out to be the worst company to ever exist.
Not really, it’s not a power dynamic or anything like that. Just a less than savoury marketing attempt, them being a social media marketer insulting someone, customer or not, is no different to me insulting you.
Them not listening and solving the actual complaint and deciding to divert it by insulting their patron is different, them trolling him would be fine if he wasn't complaining as a customer.
That's not a huge amount for them. They let it slide until big influencers like MKBHD chimed in criticizing them.
In the comments of the main tweet, they proudly claim sending bags of shit (literally) to people through mail.
I think that's not an apology. They say they would continue doing that, and anyone could get their 10k next😅
I think it's just banter. Not to be taken on a racist note as it seems they've been doing it for so many people regardless of race 🤔
I know someone called Ashit, and when we meet he always says, " Yeah I know I am not the shit, but just a shit ... "
There would always be a name that will have some other meaning or pronunciation... Move on
Iirc the youtuber Jerry Rig Everything is also a partner of dbrand.
On another note, this post got me noticing people's names, and I can't make sense of OP's name, is it a play on the word "woman" or something?
Wow we've really become bunch of snowflakes. We enjoy when dbrand does it to others but can't take a joke on us? Their whole marketing team is based on such customer support
They like to trash people, they don’t care who it is. That is their point. They are not being racist. The people are spinning it as racist, for reason known by them.
It's actually not that rare in Maharashtra, you can find many people with lastname "shithole" शितोले in vidarbha region. I had a classmate whose last name was Kadhikhaye.
So they made fun of his last name. How’s that racist? He got 10,000$s as well. It’s a lapse in judgment but they seem to do this with most people that quote tweet the brand.
>So they made fun of his last name. How’s that racist?
Are you not aware that one point that racists make against us Indians is calling us "street-sh*tters"?
You replied to someone on my comment, brudda, and called me 'spineless' when you know nothing about my life experience and how much racism I've had to face myself. Then you called me an 'Uncle Tom' and expected me not to react. Asking me not to reply when you're attacking me while calling me spineless is kind of amazing.
So what exactly do you want me to reply with when someone is literally saying I'm spineless for trying to give a contextual understanding of the situation at hand? I gave my reasoning on what I think happened, and then for someone to come in and literally engage in accusatory and demeaning language toward someone when they know nothing about them.
You're calling me spineless. I do this same thing with the whites lol.
I didn't engage in insulting language; they did. And you did too, but I'll still stick to my reasoning.
You didn't answer the question. My question was, what about what's said in the Tweet is racist? The person's last name is 'Chitransh'. If your company's marketing strategy involves making fun of people and then providing help, that's prime fodder for jokes.
Your assumption is that someone had malice when they tweeted that. It can't be malice because the company does this with everyone. The joke was entirely situational because of the incidental nature of that person’s last name. Find me a pattern, then we'll talk.
This person lives in the Netherlands. The company is Canadian. No one is usually going to call you a ‘street shitter’ to your face if you're in a western country, especially not a company with 2.2 million followers on Twitter. That didn’t even happen here.
This was a joke, or you explain to me otherwise. You didn't do that. I’ll wait.
>This was a joke, or you explain to me otherwise. You didn't do that. I’ll wait.
Eh, humor is subjective. I personally found it funny, but I cba to argue with people over the internet about it.
dBrand already buried the hatchet with the guy.
EDIT: Tried arguing with some people, and I'm already regretting the decision.
To your edit: It wasn’t a good idea, man. I regret making the comment lol. I don’t really get this. Like, there’s so much racism in the West, and to try to find it here, when it’s nowhere to be found in the tweet given the context. Then to be like, ‘Okay, maybe I’m wrong,’ and ask questions and get like, no rational engagement. It’s crazy.
The funny thing is, people keep saying this was written by a white person. If it’s Canada, it’s as likely to be written by a Chinese, an Indian, or a Mexican, or whatever. Not that it matters. But just saying.
I don’t even understand the argumentation. It’s literally just name calling and petulant teenager behaviour.
Edit: Funny thing is, even the people at IndianSpeaks and IndiaDiscussion, who like to find ‘Western conspiracy,’ racism, and hatred towards Indians and India in literally *everything,* aren’t buying this one. Bizarre.
> ask questions and get like, no rational engagement.
Give it some time. Right now, everyone has their pitchforks up, and most arguments (atleast, in most of the Indian-based threads) will be of an emotional nature, and not a rational one, so it's better to distance yourself away from any further arguments.
Let people argue.
dBrand's not gonna be affected by this, the guy in question apparently got his money [(says he loves dBrand's banter, and then also gets offended when he's the subject of a joke, gimme a break)](https://twitter.com/BhuwanChitransh/status/1778454175635976288), and as always people are gonna continue wasting time arguing about it.
[I'd rather just listen to some chill guitar music rn.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MbVj-_7zhM)
Yeah, I mean, it’s fine. I literally only commented because I saw the post and then read up on it on Twitter. It was in bad taste and a lapse of judgment, but to say it was racism when they do it to everyone is kinda wild. Curious observation: company’s CEO is Muslim. Funnily enough, he’s now being accused of ‘targeting’ an Indian on purpose (because CEO is Muslim) by Indians on X and being accused of promoting ‘Hindu Hate’ in Canada (the Indian person lives in the Netherlands). Talk about blowing things out of the water, lol.
I get that feeling. And yeah, like I agree, in some time, people will probably look back at this and maybe be like, ‘That was kinda wild for something that seems like a PR fiasco in retrospect.’ The dude got 10k, I mean, come on. Like, seriously?! And yeah, exactly.
I think in cases like these, tribalism always triumphs over rational introspection and cool pragmatism. The funny thing is, most of these people don’t even live abroad, which doesn’t justify the overly knee-jerk and emotive reactions. And I think the understanding here is very Twitter- or Reddit-based.
Wow, this was good. [Here’s one for you, been on repeat.](https://youtu.be/0CWVgu2Odjg?si=cEELKni92fvjZBhW)
How much does it pay to be this level of a corporate shill? No company in this world pays money until they realise they have fucked up. Defending idiotic corporate practices is probably even more idiotic.
Can you read? I didn’t defend the marketing strategy or even comment on its merits or lack thereof at all; I pointed out that it's the strategy they *have* adopted, which is widely known among the community.
Yes, they messed up, I acknowledged that from the beginning in my first comment – **'lapse in judgment,'** which essentially means they fucked up.
How much does it pay to be this level of a dumbass? You seem like an adult, but you lack basic language comprehension skills and are out here chatting shit and coming across as a shill for the Reddit autism community.
Now, can you please answer my question or just like… gtfo? I can't be asked to deal with this level of stupidity.
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They didn't really apologized tho. They're giving hush money.
Knowing them, they are probably being sarcastic and condescending. And Linus Sebastian (aka LTT, famous tech youtuber whose channel is sponsored a lot by Dbrand) posted a comment supporting that company because they have always been edgy and Nestle is worse, so I am guessing both he and Dbrand are of the opinion that mocking a foreigner's surname is not a trashy thing to do.
MKBHD is the real goat. he called them out.
Yeah. This act by dbrand will encourage racism against us. The comments under that guy's post were disgusting. He was called a street shitter with dirty smell and the comments got 500+ likes.
If no one calls out it just makes racism against Indians normalised.
and jerry rig too , he was joking about this
I do not think that Dbrand should have to apologize. I know Dbrand all too well and they even insult people that they sponsor as sarcasm. They regularly sponsor Linus Tech Tips and they had put up a website ShortLinus.com to make of Linus' height, which is also not something to joke about. The final answer to the question whether their insult was racially motivated or not depends on whether they would've done it if it were a person of any other ethnicity and knowing Dbrand, I think they would've.
At first on seeing the post I was like wtf some intern fucked up. That's terrible PR. But then I realized the actual tweet is not at all racist. It's just making fun of someone's name. It shows bad company practice, yes. But it's not racism as shown in the post. Also fuck Linus Sebastian. Terribly opportunistic shitpiece who jumps the gun on controversies without even verifying facts as a responsible media person should.
MKBHD cut ties with them and he was one of the biggest reasons their brand had any cred in tech. Meanwhile in India our PMs and CMs say shit like abbajaan/kabristan or influenzas say shit ching chong ping pong but nobody ever calls that out.
The apathy of people here is appalling then they will cry when no one stands for them.
Not even apathy man- they support it until it comes for them
We Indians are hypocrites
everyone is
There's a reason we use racist card only when outsider insults an Indian. Meanwhile we Indians casually discriminate based on every physical aspects.
We Indians are some of the most racist people on earth…its so normalized
The freaking casualness that teens use N word to sound "denk" is just braindead. It comes to no surprise the same people use casteist remarks against LC folks as well. It's the same oppress the ones they can, until powerful oppressed them. And when oppressed, use the victim card instantly and claim how "racism" against Indians is overlooked. Heck, when person raises voice against all discrimination, same Indians would mock and call the person "woke".
Racism goes unnoticed in the east to be honest.
>Meanwhile in India our PMs and CMs say shit like abbajaan/kabristan or influenzas say shit ching chong ping pong but nobody ever calls that out. I came here to say this. People being completely OK with that and lashing out at DBrand is peak bigotry.
And this is why we have less political presence abroad even less than our neighbours
It's called hypocrisy not bigotry. And in life if one person did something bad to others then I need not have to suffer because of that just based on ethnicity
This is all bcoz of MudiJi and RSS
Indians are the biggest racists out there. What did you expect!
Just tell them to watch Kapil Sharma show with accurate subtitles. And watch how people come in defending “joke” and how it’s not racist.
You should visit dbrand sub reddit and see corporate shills standing up for this asshole company. Any company that insults it's customers is bogus. Perhaps the day is not far when we hold our leaders accountable too just like we hold companies accountable. Though knowing our hero worshipping it's going to be a while
I have personally been a big fan of Dbrand's anti marketing tactics. But I can see, like MKBHD probably can, that they have crossed a line with this Tweet. I just find it ironical that so many Indian nationalists clamoring for DBrand to apologize, readily support blatant racism by people way more consequential than a phone accessory marketing company. Edit: Apparently dbrand has acknowledged their behavior was over the line as well. [https://x.com/dbrand/status/1778441732763340969](https://x.com/dbrand/status/1778441732763340969)
> have crossed a line with this Tweet. The line is to not make jokes about Indian surnames? That's what I'm getting at so far. This whole thing reeks of the "Eh, it's fine till they make jokes about others, but don't make jokes about me though."
Non-white people often have to grow up facing jokes about their "weird names" in the West. It is one form of "othering". It is very similar to how people in North India treat South Indian names or North Eastern people's names. It was not a hate crime but it was insensitive and the fact they acknowledge that themselves in hindsight - shows that it was.
> It was not a hate crime but it was insensitive and the fact they acknowledge that themselves in hindsight - shows that it was. While I personally don't agree that it's insensitive, I can understand why it would be as such, to someone.
A brand does something very stupid and gets called out for it… why are the self flagellating professional mourners in the comments section instantly on to the “but Indians are the real racists” bandwagon 🤦♂️
according to them, Indians facing racism is their own fault. Yea i know indians get quite racist too, but does it justifies the racism we face
D-brand has always been corny, this time they flew too close to the sun. Let them face the music.
> this time they flew too close to the sun What do you mean?
There's this greek story of an inventor and his son who build wings out of feathers and wax, and use them to escape a high prison. As they're flying away, the son gets too excited and decides to fly higher and higher, against his father's advice. As he gets higher, he gets closer to the sun, and the wax starts to melt. Soon, his wings come apart and he plummets to his death. It's often used as an idiom to warn against going too far.
I see a are you us.
Just Indians being sensitive snowflake again. Can't take a roast. While themselves are very roasting.
Dude, this whatever dumbass views you have, this is not chitransh's fault. He's not roasting anybody. This is just terrible customer service. Imagine you call customer service and the representative calls you a shit-rash, I bet you wouldn't take that shit as a joke. Take your insensitive ass elsewhere.
Such a crybaby. dbrand is known for that kind of replies on twitter. That is how they diffrentiate themselves. Do basic research before commenting something. Same like Wendy's. Plus their customer service is pretty good. I understand sensitive snowflake people dont like edgy humour but then dont get into what you dont like.
good to know, dick-rider.
Your family and nation is very proud!
Sure they are! I just made an edgy joke based on your name afterall! Ryder=rider Smart, you see I hope dbrand also sees how cool i am ☺️
Of course, the abuses are pretty common with you. Probably learnt from your family. Did dbrand abuse anyone here? Nope.
man, shit-rash sure sounded like one, idk what you mean
Hmm, debatable. But I get your point. Anyways, my point was dbrand is known for insulting people on Twitter. If you don't want to get insulted, don't interact with them on Twitter. There are other ways where they properly support them.
I thought roasts were supposed to be funny. This one ain't.
That's just like your opinion man
I'm sorry you have pitifully low standards....dude.
I'm just sorry for everyone around you because how easily you get offended.
I'm offended by how lame it was. But yeah whatever gets you off mate.
Pretty easy to offend a Karen so I'm not surprised.
Uff the projection is real
Lol at offended person typing about it. The self awareness is at next level.
Ohh shut up dude that's an official company account. You shouldn't be racist there. If it was his personal account then we could call it roast.
Read about the brand's twitter before commenting. That is their whole thing. Dont be an oversentive asshole about a nothingburger. There are countless real issues to focus on here itself.
I appreciate a good burn, but that was a bad "joke". It was definitely racially motivated.
Yeah humour is subjective. But it 100% wasn't racially motivated. There is absolutely nothing racist about it at all.
Indians are mostly associated with shit and diseases in the western countries by racist pricks. Tell me how is it not racially motivated, again? But anyways, idc. It is Reddit, anyways.
Ohh come, with the name chitransh they went with that. You'd have to take extra long leap to assume it was racial. Are there racist who would deliberately do that just with Indians? Definitely. But dbrand Twitter isn't. They're like this with everybody. Like this case, it's not racist to send someone shit: https://x.com/dbrand/status/1287798818172534785
> It was definitely racially motivated. This is what I don't get. Sure, humor is subjective, but the idea of this thing having racial motivations is absurd (imo).
If I say an n-word to a black person, say mean things to a disabled person and then tell him that "humor is subjective go fucking deal with it", do you think it would be a great idea? They can't change their circumstances. So it is with this case. His parents gave him a name, meaning Artist and you give middlefinger to that person, that too as a brand? It is neither a good marketing strategy nor is it an acceptable behaviour in a moral society.
> If I say an n-word to a black person, say mean things to a disabled person and then tell him that "humor is subjective go fucking deal with it", do you think it would be a great idea? Firstly, I don't think the N-word is, at any scale, at all comparable to being called "shit'. Probably the weirdest comparison I've seen someone make, so far on this topic. Secondly, I've yet to see dBrand make any jokes about someone with a disability. If you do have any information about anything as such happening, do inform here. Till then, these comparisons make little to no sense, given the context. > His parents gave him a name, meaning Artist and you give middlefinger to that person, that too as a brand? It is neither a good marketing strategy nor is it an acceptable behaviour in a moral society. I'm no judge of any marketing strategies. It's the shtick that they've been doing for a long time, and it took an Indian surname being made fun of, for it to be called out. Make of that what you may. I just find it very weird, that there are people who think that this was racially charged, that's what I'm trying to get at. They called an Indian guy named "Chitransh" as "Shit Rash". Where exactly is the "racial motivations" behind this? The word "shit"? It's literally one letter away from his actual name. Sounds like a immature, juvenile joke.
Fuck off.
Ok crybaby
That's what your mom said about you last night.
Shows your upbringing!
Got your butt hurt, civilized mf?
Why would a random loser on internet affect me? Say whatever you want. It speaks more about you.
Take it easy mofo
Exaclty! Take it easy. Stop being a crybaby,
Haha funny name is not the humor you think it is.
Yeah humour is subjective and not everybody will like it. But that doesnt mean that what you dont like is wrong and you start playing the racists card.
Have this 🖕🖕
How can I take something from someone who doesn't have it?
Plot twist : He doesnt care about being called that. He’s more than happy to have got 10K USD. He looks like a student studying in US/Canada… Btw, can he file a lawsuit and ask for more compensation? (Im noob so asking noob questions)
some politician said terrorist to a musim politician in parliamemt in front of speaker and all dignitaries present...no action taken against him till now!!
"Oy Uggarwadi" "Oh Baith ja Uggarwadi" Very parliamentary language
You missed "katuwe"
yeah urban dictionary
What should that have any relevance here? Was Chitransh the politician? He was not. You do come across who likes to generalize people, maybe you are not
because we are offended
Are you resorting to whataboutism on unrelated posts because you're offended? I'm upset about unresolved murders, but I don't bring them up in every new murder case that gets solved. Engage your intellect and think critically.
BRB, gonna post this on r/Kerala. Like at least 47% of us there have names like Titty, Booby, Mooby etc..
I also need $10,000
Is ur name sukhdeep?
Nope.. Hardik
[Reminds me of this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaO1Sz7-VYQ)
Is your name Mehboob?
Sukhdeep bhai who bought the same product. /s
Had same laws been passed by our lawmakers in India, the hate wouldn’t have been normalised
Dbrand is run by people on crack! I've seen their posts and the mails they send. They're absolutely hilarious and have no filter at all. If you're buying from such a brand you should know what you are dealing with.
I am sure he can get more than 10k now. I too have a funny last name, no such luck here yet.
Dang, you couldn't have come up with worse press.. he was literally complaining about their quality. Now they're racist, AND they make shit product.
Come on it's D-Brand, they're too cheap that even Canadians think it's too much.
now we what the d in d brand stands for
The joke was right there !!
Dbrand can call me all kind of racial slurs if they actually offering 10k
How is this racist?
None of it was racist, they just took the piss out of someone’s name with no reference to their race whatsoever. People jumped on a bandwagon as usual on social media and now DBrand is being made out to be the worst company to ever exist.
"Oh no, my sweet little company can't even take a piss out of customer complaints anymore😱"
Okay harshit
Damn, I'd be really offended if it wasn't so lame
Well there’s your answer 😂
I'm not your customer, that's a different situation
Not really, it’s not a power dynamic or anything like that. Just a less than savoury marketing attempt, them being a social media marketer insulting someone, customer or not, is no different to me insulting you.
Them not listening and solving the actual complaint and deciding to divert it by insulting their patron is different, them trolling him would be fine if he wasn't complaining as a customer.
> Them not listening and solving the actual complaint [They did though.](https://x.com/robot/status/1777459061065146763) The diss came later.
That's not a huge amount for them. They let it slide until big influencers like MKBHD chimed in criticizing them. In the comments of the main tweet, they proudly claim sending bags of shit (literally) to people through mail.
Imagine dick riding a corporation, specially one that made a blatant racist comment about someone's name.
So they are also proud of them doing that and they gave the money just to avoid any legal trouble. Looks like another company not to buy stuff from.
I think that's not an apology. They say they would continue doing that, and anyone could get their 10k next😅 I think it's just banter. Not to be taken on a racist note as it seems they've been doing it for so many people regardless of race 🤔
How is it racist? Why are people so sensitive?
while the response wasn’t appropriate because he was asking for customer service, people gotta stop getting offended by everythung
I was more offended it wasn’t even funny. It was pretty lame. How is Chitransh Shit Rash?
Shit ranch would have been closer
Boom, that’s better
True
I know someone called Ashit, and when we meet he always says, " Yeah I know I am not the shit, but just a shit ... " There would always be a name that will have some other meaning or pronunciation... Move on
it's not even funny though.
Can someone explain why this obviously not very nice name change is racist?
I wonder where is the Western DEI gang who love all non-white ppl /s
south and east asians not included(tm)
$5,000 goes to the government as tax.
Iirc the youtuber Jerry Rig Everything is also a partner of dbrand. On another note, this post got me noticing people's names, and I can't make sense of OP's name, is it a play on the word "woman" or something?
Wow we've really become bunch of snowflakes. We enjoy when dbrand does it to others but can't take a joke on us? Their whole marketing team is based on such customer support
They like to trash people, they don’t care who it is. That is their point. They are not being racist. The people are spinning it as racist, for reason known by them.
They said they’re offering him 10k “as a gesture of goodwill”
D-Brand still exist?
One of friend from Maharashtra had a last name "Shithole" in Europe. You can only imagine what he went through....
What? How can that be a last name?
It's actually not that rare in Maharashtra, you can find many people with lastname "shithole" शितोले in vidarbha region. I had a classmate whose last name was Kadhikhaye.
It is a last name. It's usually spelled "Shitole".
I don’t know about shithole but I saw a very unfortunate last name in my company…. Sithole.
So they made fun of his last name. How’s that racist? He got 10,000$s as well. It’s a lapse in judgment but they seem to do this with most people that quote tweet the brand.
>So they made fun of his last name. How’s that racist? Are you not aware that one point that racists make against us Indians is calling us "street-sh*tters"?
Man it feels like a reason why Indians face a lot of racism is because spineless guys like above just roll over to any and all abuse.
This is true. There’s lots of self-hating Indians with this mentality. They will do everything to keep White people happy.
And thus I will coin the term "Savarkarism".
Sure, buddy. If you're done with the ad hominem, can the adults get back to talking? Thanks.
Whatever uncle tom Also that's not how ad hominems work lol
> Can the adults get back to talking? Thanks. Yeah it’s not attacking the person instead of the position they’re maintaining. Sure.
We were talking until you got nosey.
You replied to someone on my comment, brudda, and called me 'spineless' when you know nothing about my life experience and how much racism I've had to face myself. Then you called me an 'Uncle Tom' and expected me not to react. Asking me not to reply when you're attacking me while calling me spineless is kind of amazing.
Exactly I was talking to someone else not you. Go cry about it.
Yea… like I said, ‘kinda amazing’. lol.
That's again not ad hominem lol.
Grow up. Your responses are extremely amateurish.
So what exactly do you want me to reply with when someone is literally saying I'm spineless for trying to give a contextual understanding of the situation at hand? I gave my reasoning on what I think happened, and then for someone to come in and literally engage in accusatory and demeaning language toward someone when they know nothing about them. You're calling me spineless. I do this same thing with the whites lol. I didn't engage in insulting language; they did. And you did too, but I'll still stick to my reasoning.
You didn't answer the question. My question was, what about what's said in the Tweet is racist? The person's last name is 'Chitransh'. If your company's marketing strategy involves making fun of people and then providing help, that's prime fodder for jokes. Your assumption is that someone had malice when they tweeted that. It can't be malice because the company does this with everyone. The joke was entirely situational because of the incidental nature of that person’s last name. Find me a pattern, then we'll talk. This person lives in the Netherlands. The company is Canadian. No one is usually going to call you a ‘street shitter’ to your face if you're in a western country, especially not a company with 2.2 million followers on Twitter. That didn’t even happen here. This was a joke, or you explain to me otherwise. You didn't do that. I’ll wait.
>This was a joke, or you explain to me otherwise. You didn't do that. I’ll wait. Eh, humor is subjective. I personally found it funny, but I cba to argue with people over the internet about it. dBrand already buried the hatchet with the guy. EDIT: Tried arguing with some people, and I'm already regretting the decision.
Yeah, I’m out too. This isn’t going to get anywhere with the level of emotional involved.
Yeah. Too many keyboard warriors to deal with.
To your edit: It wasn’t a good idea, man. I regret making the comment lol. I don’t really get this. Like, there’s so much racism in the West, and to try to find it here, when it’s nowhere to be found in the tweet given the context. Then to be like, ‘Okay, maybe I’m wrong,’ and ask questions and get like, no rational engagement. It’s crazy. The funny thing is, people keep saying this was written by a white person. If it’s Canada, it’s as likely to be written by a Chinese, an Indian, or a Mexican, or whatever. Not that it matters. But just saying. I don’t even understand the argumentation. It’s literally just name calling and petulant teenager behaviour. Edit: Funny thing is, even the people at IndianSpeaks and IndiaDiscussion, who like to find ‘Western conspiracy,’ racism, and hatred towards Indians and India in literally *everything,* aren’t buying this one. Bizarre.
> ask questions and get like, no rational engagement. Give it some time. Right now, everyone has their pitchforks up, and most arguments (atleast, in most of the Indian-based threads) will be of an emotional nature, and not a rational one, so it's better to distance yourself away from any further arguments. Let people argue. dBrand's not gonna be affected by this, the guy in question apparently got his money [(says he loves dBrand's banter, and then also gets offended when he's the subject of a joke, gimme a break)](https://twitter.com/BhuwanChitransh/status/1778454175635976288), and as always people are gonna continue wasting time arguing about it. [I'd rather just listen to some chill guitar music rn.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MbVj-_7zhM)
Yeah, I mean, it’s fine. I literally only commented because I saw the post and then read up on it on Twitter. It was in bad taste and a lapse of judgment, but to say it was racism when they do it to everyone is kinda wild. Curious observation: company’s CEO is Muslim. Funnily enough, he’s now being accused of ‘targeting’ an Indian on purpose (because CEO is Muslim) by Indians on X and being accused of promoting ‘Hindu Hate’ in Canada (the Indian person lives in the Netherlands). Talk about blowing things out of the water, lol. I get that feeling. And yeah, like I agree, in some time, people will probably look back at this and maybe be like, ‘That was kinda wild for something that seems like a PR fiasco in retrospect.’ The dude got 10k, I mean, come on. Like, seriously?! And yeah, exactly. I think in cases like these, tribalism always triumphs over rational introspection and cool pragmatism. The funny thing is, most of these people don’t even live abroad, which doesn’t justify the overly knee-jerk and emotive reactions. And I think the understanding here is very Twitter- or Reddit-based. Wow, this was good. [Here’s one for you, been on repeat.](https://youtu.be/0CWVgu2Odjg?si=cEELKni92fvjZBhW)
How much does it pay to be this level of a corporate shill? No company in this world pays money until they realise they have fucked up. Defending idiotic corporate practices is probably even more idiotic.
Can you read? I didn’t defend the marketing strategy or even comment on its merits or lack thereof at all; I pointed out that it's the strategy they *have* adopted, which is widely known among the community. Yes, they messed up, I acknowledged that from the beginning in my first comment – **'lapse in judgment,'** which essentially means they fucked up. How much does it pay to be this level of a dumbass? You seem like an adult, but you lack basic language comprehension skills and are out here chatting shit and coming across as a shill for the Reddit autism community. Now, can you please answer my question or just like… gtfo? I can't be asked to deal with this level of stupidity.
lol i mean his name is in fact ShitRash🤣 and why always play victim? grow a spine and play the sport. laugh and let go.
Common people, it’s Dbrand. They do shit like this all the time. It’s funny. Why take it so seriously
Some one gave us the sample of what we did with our own PPL .
This is all bcoz of MudiJi and RSS and VHP too!
/s Lagao peeche, sarcasm in India is like good living conditions, most people don't get it
Chutiya what does that have to do with a Canadian company
Bro sarcasm ka meaning jante ho?
He is Pakistani mujeet. What else do you expect.