Saw this on r/fountainpens this morning. Pretty long winded so here is a TL;DR: calling cheap fountain pens possibly made in China “starter pens” is racist and offensive.

Luckily there is quite a bit of push back in the comments since there are highly regarded Japanese and European “starter pens.”

(Yes I like fountain pens and subscribe to a subreddit about them)

  • AliceMA
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    1 year ago

    Wow… you have got to be kidding me lol. And I thought I’ve already seen the worst of reddit. Jeeze laweez lol

    • grayOP
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      1 year ago

      It’s pretty funny how they keep equating bad pens with “Asia” I think they’re afraid to say the bad ones are Chinese.