Comment 5 for bug 1893706

The original issue raised seems to be for the answer, rather than the question.
I fail to understand that sentiment.
Invoking Indians in a joke seems above board.

"Particularly jarring" foregoes an explanation too.

"Asian flu" references the H2N2 virus pandemic of 1957–1958.
Up until the WHO attempted to name "coronavirus" (SARS-CoV-2) "2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease", only to fail again with "COVID-19", the prevailing paradigm was to name outbreaks affecting greater regions by the name of the place they were first found.

Sort of like how some software bugs have logos now, and imagery is OK for the time being.

Deflation of Ubuntu values fixed at #1996682 with nowhere to hide the jokes behind.