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Man what the gently caress they totally ripped off black man toothpaste's mascot.
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Magna Kaser posted:Man what the gently caress they totally ripped off black man toothpaste's mascot. No they didn't, look more closely... Fall Sick and Die fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 3, 2013 |
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Nov 3, 2013 18:59
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Well, Justin.TV totally failed, her parents must have an awful ISP. Still, my brother and sister both got to watch as did a ton of Aunts and Uncles so it was a big success. Thanks for all the help guys! And of course, she said yes.
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I have only had Justin.tv work once in four years in China for myself. It's all water under the bridge at this point, congrats mate! 
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Nov 3, 2013 20:32
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Magna Kaser posted:Man what the gently caress they totally ripped off black man toothpaste's mascot. This reminded me of the one tube of toothpaste I bought in China. The toothpaste was black. Seriously China, what the gently caress, at least throw some cancerous colouring in there or something.
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Jeoh posted:This reminded me of the one tube of toothpaste I bought in China. The toothpaste was black. Seriously China, what the gently caress, at least throw some cancerous colouring in there or something. In order to cut costs, the Chinese toothpaste companies are now expecting you to get your daily carcinogen allotment solely from China's water and air. It'll be an uphill battle for the government to meet the increased demand, but the Party claims it is equal to the task. 
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Jeoh posted:This reminded me of the one tube of toothpaste I bought in China. The toothpaste was black. Seriously China, what the gently caress, at least throw some cancerous colouring in there or something. Eh, they sell black toothpaste in America too but it's really expensive all natural stuff probably with charcoal or something in it. In China 
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Nov 4, 2013 01:53
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Magna Kaser posted:Long Sen Yuan (龙森园） is the best hot pot I've ever had, but it's also pretty expensive... If you don't want to go with that, I honestly feel most bigger hot pot places are about the same. That's the only hot pot place that has ever blown me away, though. Shu Jiu Xiang Hot Pot (蜀九香火锅) is a local favorite and has locations all over town, just throw that in to baidu maps and you'll find one... For non-hot pot, Gingko is the perennial fancy smancy restaurant. I've never been there but I've heard it's alright. I think Caberham went? Thank you very much for all this info, Magna. I'm going to try to find the ribs today, but failing that, I'll go for that chain hot-pot place you mentioned. The first place definitely sounds too pricey.
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Fall Sick and Die posted:No they didn't, look more closely... I now really want a T-shirt with Che in a top hat 
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Does anyone know anything about the ChinaX online course that HarvardX is doing? I signed up and might start on the readings soon, but I'm completely unfamiliar with the professors.
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truavatar posted:Thank you very much for all this info, Magna. I'm going to try to find the ribs today, but failing that, I'll go for that chain hot-pot place you mentioned. The first place definitely sounds too pricey. Shu Jiu Xiang Hot Pot (蜀九香火锅) was great! I had ribs and pig throats. Oily as hell, but I guess I'm never going to get away from that in China.
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Headed to Guangzhou Sunday for perhaps three days. Any tips guys?? Cool places to eat at or visit?
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Not the Peasant Revolutionary Training Institute. It's boring and the mannequins are creepy as gently caress.truavatar posted:Shu Jiu Xiang Hot Pot (蜀九香火锅) was great! I had ribs and pig throats. Oily as hell, but I guess I'm never going to get away from that in China. Edit: There still needs to be a Chengdu Rabbit Head Eating Goon Meet, goddamnit. Tom Smykowski fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Nov 5, 2013 |
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Nov 5, 2013 13:41
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I mean, sure? I'd rather do hot pot but that's only because I missed the last hot pot meet, but I'll do whatever.
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Start the night with hotpot, end the night with rabbit head. A Chengdu solution.
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I'm down for rabbit head on Friday night.
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Rental Sting posted:Headed to Guangzhou Sunday for perhaps three days. Any tips guys?? Cool places to eat at or visit? I like getting a coconut and walking along the river. 13 factories is a pretty good American restaurant, it's pretty close to the east rail station. Just try going to some local restaurants at random, they seem pretty good on average.
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Goonmeet for 干锅? I thought somebody was going to Chongqing. I could do dinner but not a trip, I really need to start studying for the GRE.
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I think I mentioned that I might go to Chongqing, but I've decided not to. Consider me penned in for any eating of things on Friday night.
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Let's eat food just pick a place TOM SKYRLOWSKI
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Rental Sting posted:Headed to Guangzhou Sunday for perhaps three days. Any tips guys?? Cool places to eat at or visit? 13 factories is pretty cool! Great pulled pork sandwiches. There are a few wonton noodle and dim sum places but I prefer Hong Kong  But there's a really nice store selling smoked soy sauce chicken, either whole/half/chunks near the peasant revolutionary institute. It's called zhou sheng ji tai ye ji (周生記太爺雞). There's a really nice smoky flavour and their eggs are great too. I bring one home for my mom from time to time. The yuexiu park is nice and vast. A few temples and walking streets in that area. And there's also the African quarter in xiaobei. Best Way African food is quite authentic. No utensils and just eat with your hands.
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caberham posted:And there's also the African quarter in xiaobei. Use the correct name. It's called Chocolate Town.
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Would I be able to renew a tourist visa for the mainland from Hong Kong or is there a waiting period before you can renew tourist visas? Sorry to keep up the visa talk. EDIT: Also what is the indie comics scene like in china, specifically Chengdu. If it exists? Facepalm Ranger fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Nov 5, 2013 |
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Facepalm Ranger posted:Also what is the indie comics scene like in china, specifically Chengdu. If it exists? You will quickly learn that I am the last person out of every single goon to answer this but I am ridiculously curious about indie comic scene in China so someone please answer this
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@ Caberham - I'm in Wenchuan, dude. About 4 or so hours from Chengdu. Magna Kaser posted:How much to you want to spend? Long Sen Yuan (龙森园） is the best hot pot I've ever had, but it's also pretty expensive. I'm talking at least a few hundred RMB per person if you're going with less than 6. I think the soup itself starts at 200-300. With more people it becomes a bit more affordable. Their claim to fame is they spend a year developing their soups before putting them for sale. They're also pretty unique in that they only have one location, which means you will have to wait/make a reservation. It's pretty central and totally walk-able from line 2. you can check it out here. That must be the hot pot place I went to because it ruined all other hot pot places since. My girlfriend doesn't seem to notice the difference from one place to the next but I was markedly impressed by the flavor. I just wanted to keep eating and I certainly paid for it the next day. Out where I'm at now, the hot pot itself isn't very good but there are some buffet style places. You order a hot pot set of chicken/rabbit, potatoes, and other stuff and it's basically all you can eat. I'd still rather go to Chengdu for quality food but it's a good way to get a group out to do something. My last several trips to Chengdu had a lot of hot pot places closed and they reopened as Gan Guo places. It's not a soup, it's a giant stirfry and there seems to be a lot more edible food in that and a lot less oil consumption. The first one I went to was super delicious but too spicy even for the sichuan people I was with. The second one I went to was over near Hooters on Kehuabeilu and it was near perfect. There's a rice stand nearby as well so you can get white rice or egg fried rice to round out the meal.
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Yeah I'm gonna miss the food in Chengdu. Shanghai is better for other stuff, but Zhejiang/Suzhou/Shanghai cuisine is plain borin'Facepalm Ranger posted:Would I be able to renew a tourist visa for the mainland from Hong Kong or is there a waiting period before you can renew tourist visas? Sorry to keep up the visa talk. If you have a letter from your GF's family it should be simple. What happened to a student visa? Got no idea about comix. Chengdu's visible youth-based indie/counterculturey things are based on fixed gear bikes, skateboards, and music. There's a very large music school central in town and as a result a lot of neat smaller bands come out of it (Chinese rockabilly, a lot of punk bands, we even saw a chinese shoegaze band once). There are a lot of Chinese webcomics but they get posted almost exclusively on weibo. I'm not sure how much publishing happens.
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Magna Kaser posted:Yeah I'm gonna miss the food in Chengdu. Shanghai is better for other stuff, but Zhejiang/Suzhou/Shanghai cuisine is plain borin' It's true. The food in this province is freaking terrible.
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Magna Kaser posted:Yeah I'm gonna miss the food in Chengdu. Shanghai is better for other stuff, but Zhejiang/Suzhou/Shanghai cuisine is plain borin' blinkyzero posted:It's true. The food in this province is freaking terrible.   I booked a hotel room for you Blnky next Saturday for SHANGHAI GOON MEET, NOVEMBER 16 Magna can drown in his mystery gutter oil chilli sauce.Sunday brunch will mostly likely be Shanghai food. caberham fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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The meat is always cold and slimy and there's too much damned seafood and green things that I strongly suspect might be vegetables. I miss northern fare. I'll gladly take some yum cha, though.
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hah! That's Obama with Lincoln's beard and top hat. What an awesome logo. And yeah, it does look like the Black Man Toothpaste. My black friend finds that toothpaste offensive. He said that mascot on there is actually from an old Black Face actor. When the toothpaste first came out the mascot was black and then no one liked it so they inverted it and now it's everywhere.
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ZombieParts posted:hah! That's Obama with Lincoln's beard and top hat. Um
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ZombieParts posted:My black friend finds that toothpaste offensive. He said that mascot on there is actually from an old Black Face actor. When the toothpaste first came out the mascot was black and then no one liked it so they inverted it and now it's everywhere. It's Al Jolson, a famous black face actor and singer.
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Can someone comment on hot pot vs Japanese nabe vs Korean chige? VVV Come visit asap duder. peanut fucked around with this message at 09:20 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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Nov 6, 2013 09:11
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Yes, nabe rules. Better soup and stock. Chige is just usually spiced.
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As opposed to Shanghai/Zhejiang's mystery oil sauce without chili. What do you think those xiao long bao and sheng jian are filled with 
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Magna Kaser posted:Caberham's face turns red when he eats hot pot. It doesn't turn red when he eats the other things. It also turns red when he drinks beer 
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Still contemplating it, but I don't really want to spend up to £2,000 to go back into education, plus I don't really have that much to spare on something that feels like I'm basically choosing a swimming pool at random to jump into blind folded. We're still looking at visas as the embassy websites aren't 100% clear. EDIT: sigh, I can only find chengdu and Sichuan universities that do Chinese tuition, is there anywhere else I've missed out? Facepalm Ranger fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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