It can't be worse than listening to a Japanese song, thinking it has a great beat then reading the translation of the lyrics to realise it's about suicide, cannibalism and other dark subjects.

Or the lyrics of songs girls dance to in clubs as most of those are about using them as whores as they dance along because of the beat..

Still nothing compared to the creepiness of I'll Be Watching You by The Police

They need to add "in retrospect" to this.

Morons just looking for something to be offended by. Call them stupid, and move on.

“Sadly, the ‘turning Japanese’ refrain didn’t refer to singer David Fenton studying the ancient Kanji writing system, adopting Buddhism, or indeed mastering a revered martial art,” Alex Hoban wrote in the Guardian in 2008. Instead, it apparently refers to a very private bedroom moment during which a man might “tighten [his] eyes and ‘turn Japanese.'”

Was looking for this so I could ignore the entire article. This is a long, long discredited boomer meme. If this guy still believes it, he's got all the credibility of a 14 year old who's friends with a guy whose uncle totally works for Warner Music Group.

I avoid this problem by listening to songs that are overtly racist.

An alternate title to this article is: You’ll never guess how big of a stick is stuck up my ass.

Oh, yeah, I didn't know "Your Squaw is on the Warpath" is a touch racist. Pardon me, boy, is this a stupid fucking listicle.