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Der Shovel posted:Despite many people complaining over and over again to the students' housing service nothing serious was ever done about these guys because can't hurt their feelings or something I guess. You can't say anything or it's racist
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Blistex posted:Ugh! Grandparent babysitters are probably the #1 killer of Chinese kids. My wife and mother in-law always assume my daughter is getting sick any time she sneezes. Like even right now at the start of allergy season. They treat her by putting on more layers of clothing, minimum of 5 layers when going out. When she legit got sick over the winter I had her in diapers with a 105 degree Fahrenheit fever, and they kept telling me to put more clothes on her even after I explained the reason why this was a bad idea. I suspect their dangerous levels of stupidity is due to brain damage suffered from overheating.
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Loqieu posted:My wife and mother in-law always assume my daughter is getting sick any time she sneezes. Like even right now at the start of allergy season. They treat her by putting on more layers of clothing, minimum of 5 layers when going out. When she legit got sick over the winter I had her in diapers with a 105 degree Fahrenheit fever, and they kept telling me to put more clothes on her even after I explained the reason why this was a bad idea. I suspect their dangerous levels of stupidity is due to brain damage suffered from overheating. Please tell me that you regularly toss the house looking for "mystery pills" to prevent them from playing doctor.
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Blistex posted:- Almost literally force feed them 20 times a day. When mom & dad come home 5 months later baby Li is 80 lbs One of my kid's friends is really small for his age because grandma literally crammed food down his throat when he was a baby. Now food gives him a Pavlovian terror reaction and he barely eats.
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P-Mack posted:One of my kid's friends is really small for his age because grandma literally crammed food down his throat when he was a baby. Now food gives him a Pavlovian terror reaction and he barely eats. Sounds like it worked.
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P-Mack posted:One of my kid's friends is really small for his age because grandma literally crammed food down his throat when he was a baby. Now food gives him a Pavlovian terror reaction and he barely eats. perhaps we have found the one thing americans can learn from the chinese
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Haier posted:I'm sure it will come up in their book, in the chapter "Unexpected business stuff that happens without knowing about it sometimes omg" Yeah these just seem like oblivious rich kids, more than anything else. They think their experience is unique because, well, it has to be, right?
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Fasdar posted:Yeah these just seem like oblivious rich kids, more than anything else. They think their experience is unique because, well, it has to be, right? I don't think its millenials, I think its whoever was in high school when cell phone-internet became a thing. My brothers and I are all millenials; none of us post poo poo on social media, because we graduated before twittering with your phone became a thing. Now my sister, who is 20-whatever, can't have a goddamn yogurt without telling the world about it.
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Fojar38 posted:perhaps we have found the one thing americans can learn from the chinese Sounds like an effective solution to the obesity epidemic. Let's be real, people won't just magically eat healthy
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Jumpingmanjim posted:http://needwant.com/p/visit-factories-china-entrepreneur/ quote:He explained that taxi’s aren’t allowed to drive to the China border — it’s a much more involved process. Luckily he knew a driver that had a special license that lets him drive between China and Hong Kong. The only catch? It will cost ~$200. Probably too much, but we were ok with the convenience. lmao my fuckin rube alarm is going off like crazy here, Haier is this real?
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Blistex posted:Please tell me that you regularly toss the house looking for "mystery pills" to prevent them from playing doctor. I've only ever found this: 
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Jumpingmanjim posted:http://needwant.com/p/visit-factories-china-entrepreneur/ "First, Jon pulled up a picture of a football on his phone and showed it to a taxi driver. We tried to explain that we wanted him to take us somewhere to buy one. He looked at the picture, looked at Jon, then shouted “I don’t like you!” and sped away. :-("
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"Wow, its like a whole other country over here!" I kind of wish the story had ended with them being self-aware enough to know they are being ripped off
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ElGroucho posted:"Wow, its like a whole other country over here!" After getting 1/2 way through it I was expecting a point where one of the guides tells them he needs their credit card info to proceed into the factory.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:http://needwant.com/p/visit-factories-china-entrepreneur/ I can't believe people like this make more money than me. 
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Kesper North posted:I can't believe people like this make more money than me. I can totally believe they already started with way more money than you'll ever have though
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ElGroucho posted:"Wow, its like a whole other country over here!" Nope! They shall continue to be fleeced!
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Jumpingmanjim posted:http://needwant.com/p/visit-factories-china-entrepreneur/ Man people have already ripped this to poo poo, but this stood out to me: Statistics with Chinese Characteristics posted:After that there’s a quick quality control check. One case out of every small batch is checked to make sure it fits perfectly and there are no defects. On the other hand those hotel rooms were pretty decent looking for $70 a night, not going to China decent though. Also lol at them eating a family style dinner and being confused and mystified by how "exotic" and "foreign" it is. On man the new board game simulator has really good graphics for Rush Hour!
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bring back old gbs posted:lmao my fuckin rube alarm is going off like crazy here, Haier is this real? Chinese charged those dumb guys a idiot tourist tax.
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Haier posted:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/asia/indonesia-south-china-sea-fishing-boat.html?_r=0 yeah. The government in China literally buys hillbillies boats and fishing equipment and sends them out fishing in contested waters to help their claim. Communism owns
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Could you imagine the US government wanting its citizens to help it make a territorial claim, and even providing them with the means for them and their families to provide for themselves or start an enterprise to further that claim?
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Modest Mao posted:Could you imagine the US government wanting its citizens to help it make a territorial claim, and even providing them with the means for them and their families to provide for themselves or start an enterprise to further that claim? why the gently caress wouldnt we just run in with guns like usual
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Modest Mao posted:Could you imagine the US government wanting its citizens to help it make a territorial claim, and even providing them with the means for them and their families to provide for themselves or start an enterprise to further that claim? Not sure if you're serious, but much of the settling of the western united states was done this way.
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Modest Mao posted:Could you imagine the US government wanting its citizens to help it make a territorial claim, and even providing them with the means for them and their families to provide for themselves or start an enterprise to further that claim? Could never happen. 
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bring back old gbs posted:lmao my fuckin rube alarm is going off like crazy here, Haier is this real? They were driven to the border checkpoint only, as far as I can tell. Taking a private van costs like 120 RMB per person or like 80 for the bus. If they really meant $200 USD and not $200 HKD, then they got scammed beyond belief and they deserve it. Everything in that story is proudly proclaiming "WE GOT RIPPED OFF"
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Moonshine Rhyme posted:Not sure if you're serious, but much of the settling of the western united states was done this way. That's exactly what he's trying to say. But it's stupid because this is the 21st century, not the 19th.
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Kesper North posted:I can't believe people like this make more money than me. nerdz posted:I can totally believe they already started with way more money than you'll ever have though it's this
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Modest Mao posted:Could you imagine the US government wanting its citizens to help it make a territorial claim, and even providing them with the means for them and their families to provide for themselves or start an enterprise to further that claim? lol, it's the new, "and you are lynching negros." but even better because it's instead, "you did a similar bad thing 100 years ago. please respect our right to relentless territorial expansion through intimidation and violence." I guess Chinar is just a young nation and we should accept them going through a nasty phase that a mature country like the US outgrew long ago in its glorious 250 years of unbroken history. how many posts itt have you reported today? EDIT: Nong, from the Chinese word nongmin 农民, meaning "farmer". Uneducated Chinese person, Chinese peasants, Chinese white trash. whew almost forgot the Modest Mao prayer akulanization fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Mar 22, 2016 |
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beefnoodle posted:Could never happen. No, you see, Thomas Jefferson found a Babylonian tablet from 5000 years ago that said the land to the west of the colonies belonged to Amerkkians, which came from the Akkadians, which turned into British which turned into Americans. See the similarities? It was already America's for the taking. It was just like this, too. 
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I've gotten some really weird gifts in China. A girl I was kinda dating gave me a pillow with my face on it as a gift. She had me open it and she spent the night that night and slept with it and I expected her to take it the next day but she left it on my bed, so that next night I was getting ready for bed and my pillow was just staring at me. It was really awkward. It became a joke and people started taking it to the expat hangout we go to when I didn't go out and everyone would tag me in their pictures as my pillow face was floating in the background at times
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akulanization posted:On the other hand those hotel rooms were pretty decent looking for $70 a night, not going to China decent though. The Rose Hotel in Shenyang charged us $85 a night for a "master suite" room that was absolutely beautiful (minus the view). Glass shower with a huge soaker tub, double sinks with a frosted/textured glass wall between it and the living room which had a 50" TV, a leather sofa and a loveseat. The next part was an office that had a nice desk and a lounge chair, with a bar-fridge and cabinets. The next was the balcony which overlooked "beautiful" Shenyang. In the living room were stairs that took you up to the bedroom which was a loft that overlooked the rest of the room and had a king-sized bed with a 1/2 bath, a 42" tv, and another smaller desk and some closet space. There was a really nice spa and gym in the basement and a restaurant somewhere in there as well. The whole place was very tasteful and coming back to Canada and paying $180 for a room that was last renovated in the 1970's was a rude awakening.
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beefnoodle posted:Could never happen. nice butts on those settlers
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Blistex posted:The Rose Hotel in Shenyang charged us $85 a night for a "master suite" room that was absolutely beautiful (minus the view). Glass shower with a huge soaker tub, double sinks with a frosted/textured glass wall between it and the living room which had a 50" TV, a leather sofa and a loveseat. The next part was an office that had a nice desk and a lounge chair, with a bar-fridge and cabinets. The next was the balcony which overlooked "beautiful" Shenyang. In the living room were stairs that took you up to the bedroom which was a loft that overlooked the rest of the room and had a king-sized bed with a 1/2 bath, a 42" tv, and another smaller desk and some closet space. There was a really nice spa and gym in the basement and a restaurant somewhere in there as well. Yeah those are really nice and spacious accommodations, you'd never find something like that in the US or Canada; excepting getting a reservation bumped up in quality because of a hotel error. I just worry that in the unfettered cyberpunk distopia that is China you'll wind up getting heavy metal poisoning because someone got a great deal on tainted piping.
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Tardcore posted:nice butts on those settlers They're pronounced buttes.
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Tupperwarez posted:We've finally done it. We've found the Ultimate Rubes. The kind of rubes that give conmen Viagra erections. I mean holy mother of pussy, the sudden Hainan vacation alone... They make a variety of products (that no one needs). http://needwant.com/ Their flagship product is Smart Bedding -- The top sheet attaches to the duvet cover with snaps, so you never need to make your bed. http://smartbedding.com/pages/design  Peel - a really thin iphone case that looks like you aren't using a case at all.  Minimums - an e-magazine about interesting people and their interesting possessions.  Mod Notebooks - a notebook that syncs to the cloud! Except it doesn't. It is a regular paper notebook. When it is full, you mail it back to these guys, and they will scan it and put it on the cloud for you. Emoji Masks - So you never need to bother making actual facial expressions ever again. Second - a smart assistant app. Appears to be Bonzi Buddy for iphones. Costs 42 cents a minute.
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akulanization posted:lol, it's the new, "and you are lynching negros." but even better because it's instead, "you did a similar bad thing 100 years ago. please respect our right to relentless territorial expansion through intimidation and violence." I guess Chinar is just a young nation and we should accept them going through a nasty phase that a mature country like the US outgrew long ago in its glorious 250 years of unbroken history. seek help
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Modest Mao posted:seek help tbf "but what about american westward expansion in the 19th century" is a constant refrain from dictator apologists the world over the appropriate response is "yes, both that and the thing that you are doing are bad. but what the us did was hundreds of years ago while you are doing it right now"
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