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wide stance: Jan 28, 2011; If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then he will do it that way.

hemophilia posted:

I always heard australians were the worst tourists of the anglosphere. They have a real bad reputation in the baja area.

They're not so much loud as able to run their mouth in a continuous stream.

They also call Americans "sepos" as textbook projecting to seal the deal.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 21:45

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# ? May 13, 2024 22:04

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

The most amazing thing about australian tourists is that they think they're actually regarded better than americans.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 21:49

Riot Bimbo: Dec 28, 2006

Well since Aus media has their tongue planted firmly on Beijing's butthole that follows.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 21:50

Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

Baronjutter posted:

The most amazing thing about australian tourists is that they think they're actually regarded better than americans.

Australia is seen as better than America.

Australian tourists are only seen as better than American tourists when the locals haven't had much exposure to them.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 21:54

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

hemophilia posted:

Well since Aus media has their tongue planted firmly on Beijing's butthole that follows.

Canada might have them beat on that. Do Australian politicians raise the communist flag while wearing red scarves to praise 5000 years of glorious culture? Then want to sign extradition treaties with them which are totally ok because China promised they won't use it for political reasons and you can trust them that all evidence is totally not fabricated. Our PM even says china is the country he most admires in the whole world!

Canada is trash.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 21:55

MyronMulch: Nov 12, 2006

Sheep-Goats posted:

There was some food noise in Taiwan but in general they were considerate when they ate. Thai people have the best overall table manners of anyone on earth.

It's the goddamn mainlanders every time.

Taiwan is Japan with Chinese characteristics.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 23:50

Falun Bong Refugee: Dec 14, 2015; by FactsAreUseless

MyronMulch posted:

Taiwan is Japan with Chinese characteristics.

It's Japan but actually cool and fun.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 00:08

Kharnifex: Sep 11, 2001; The Banter is better in AusGBS

Yeah Nah.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 00:34

Riot Bimbo: Dec 28, 2006

Baronjutter posted:

Canada might have them beat on that. Do Australian politicians raise the communist flag while wearing red scarves to praise 5000 years of glorious culture? Then want to sign extradition treaties with them which are totally ok because China promised they won't use it for political reasons and you can trust them that all evidence is totally not fabricated. Our PM even says china is the country he most admires in the whole world!

Canada is trash.

I like canada and I think the stuff happening lately is less idiotic/representative of the feelings of actual canadians that i'm pretty sure the aus media's rear end tonguing represents.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 00:52

nerdz: Oct 12, 2004; Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.; Grimey Drawer

My friend went on a trip to Thailand and today he was accosted by an angry local because he was drinking. How dare you drink when the king is dead? Now there's an alcohol ban and everything is shutting down.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/thailand/articles/what-the-death-of-the-king-of-thailand-means-for-travellers/

# ? Oct 14, 2016 01:19

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

Haier posted:

He was wearing Doc Martens with superduper-cuffed baggy jeans (like they were for someone 30cm taller than him and he thought rolling them into a big wad at the bottom was a good idea), and a button-down dress shirt that clashed as hard as possible with the rest of his outfit. He had the typical undercut, but had frosted the ends (I guess he had frosted tips before it grew out). Along with that, his waist/pelvis was very small for his age and height. Like a US size 24-25 pants size it looked like, but he was about 175cm tall. He was X shaped, to describe him properly. I know he can't control genetics and that's okay, but he wasn't doing himself any favors with the clothes and it made him look terribly goony. I would imagine seeing this guy near a store that sold Games Workshop stuff. The only thing missing was the fedora.

We get this visual poetry about some walking abortion, but the only thing we know about the plunge-worthy Mongol is "brown titties". For shame.

beep-beep car is go posted:

We're pretty drunk on vacation, but we can't hold a candle to Aussies and Brits. They're pro tier drunk.

Gotta go with "Scotsmen in Amsterdam" as the drunkest people I have seen that are not korean

# ? Oct 14, 2016 01:25

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

ladron posted:

We get this visual poetry about some walking abortion, but the only thing we know about the plunge-worthy Mongol is "brown titties". For shame.

Gotta go with "Scotsmen in Amsterdam" as the drunkest people I have seen that are not korean

edit:

nerdz posted:

My friend went on a trip to Thailand and today he was accosted by an angry local because he was drinking. How dare you drink when the king is dead? Now there's an alcohol ban and everything is shutting down.

drat thais mourning their revered king and poo poo

# ? Oct 14, 2016 01:37

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

ladron posted:

drat thais mourning their revered king and poo poo

gently caress
sorry for the double no TRIPLE post...

# ? Oct 14, 2016 01:38

caberham: Mar 18, 2009; by Smythe; Grimey Drawer

I hate all lower class people. Especially when they are traveling and going to trashy areas doing trashy stuff.

Actually rich people can be just as obnoxious.

Honestly I think it's just more of a numbers game. Tour groups and cheaper places increases the odds. I still remember my first time going to the empty robuchon restaurant in Macau when it first opened. It was not as well known and years ago. There were 2 other tables of mainlanders but holy smokes they look refined. It was as if I was dining in Europe with old money high society.

Everyone else were too busy throwing their money in the VIP tables and eating fast food.

Nowadays people in china ... bah why bother I'm going to stick with the juicy stories

# ? Oct 14, 2016 02:08

nerdz: Oct 12, 2004; Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.; Grimey Drawer

ladron posted:

drat thais mourning their revered king and poo poo

Is this another "defending chewing with the mouth open as a culture thing" discussion? It's just ironic to me that only now they think "well, maybe we should shut down all the whorehouses in respect of the god king". I also love all the extra warnings about committing Les� Majest�. But the funniest thing here is my friend getting hosed over on his vacation due to bad timing

I'll just say, gently caress monarchies and gently caress all cults of personality even more. Hopefully the new king is so lovely it brings everything down with him.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 02:12

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

caberham posted:

I hate all lower class people. Especially when they are traveling and going to trashy areas doing trashy stuff.

Actually rich people can be just as obnoxious.

Honestly I think it's just more of a numbers game. Tour groups and cheaper places increases the odds. I still remember my first time going to the empty robuchon restaurant in Macau when it first opened. It was not as well known and years ago. There were 2 other tables of mainlanders but holy smokes they look refined. It was as if I was dining in Europe with old money high society.

Everyone else were too busy throwing their money in the VIP tables and eating fast food.

Nowadays people in china ... bah why bother I'm going to stick with the juicy stories

Old money vs new money.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 02:15

caberham: Mar 18, 2009; by Smythe; Grimey Drawer

nerdz posted:

Is this another "defending chewing with the mouth open as a culture thing" discussion? It's just ironic to me that only now they think "well, maybe we should shut down all the whorehouses in respect of the god king". I also love all the extra warnings about committing Les� Majest�. But the funniest thing here is my friend getting hosed over on his vacation due to bad timing

I'll just say, gently caress monarchies and gently caress all cults of personality even more. Hopefully the new king is so lovely it brings everything down with him.

TRUMP 2016

# ? Oct 14, 2016 02:20

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

hemophilia posted:

I always heard australians were the worst tourists of the anglosphere. They have a real bad reputation in the baja area.

Australian dudes are the most consistently terrible people I meet in Asia. Above mainlanders. Which is weird because in actual Australia everyone was cool and nice. Australian women are normal.

ladron posted:

Gotta go with "Scotsmen in Amsterdam" as the drunkest people I have seen that are not korean

Ooh drunk rankings, this is more fun than loud. This again is limited to groups I've been around enough to feel like I have an idea.

Koreans

UK/Australians
Russians

Japanese

Everyone else is in here somewhere
Sichuanese
Mormons

# ? Oct 14, 2016 02:30

fish and chips and dip: Feb 17, 2010

To the goons who where present in China in late 2012, early 2013, remember how Xi Jinping was lauded as the great reformer? Well he's reforming allright.

quote:

But this week, China�s top leader made clear to the chiefs of the country�s biggest companies that there is only one boss who matters. In an unusual meeting that ended on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping announced that the Chinese Communist Party had the ultimate say over state companies.

�Party leadership and building the role of the party are the root and soul for state-owned enterprises,� said Mr. Xi, who is also the party�s general secretary, according to the state�s official news media. �The party�s leadership in state-owned enterprises is a major political principle, and that principle must be insisted on.�

Mr. Xi�s comments, made at a national meeting to discuss the role of the party, indicate that he is unwilling to relinquish too much control over China�s state companies. Those state-owned companies � which dominate industries as disparate as banking, telecommunications and resources � command nearly 40 percent of China�s industrial assets and contribute to the government�s tight control over the economy, the world�s second-largest.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/w...collection&_r=0

So, while the Chinese economy is slowing down, and questions about the efficiency and ability of innovate have been raised Xi dada want's to further tighten control and bureaucratize the lumbering giants that are Chinese state owned companies.

What I'm saying in short is, get your money out of China asap.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 02:36

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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fish and chips and dip posted:

To the goons who where present in China in late 2012, early 2013, remember how Xi Jinping was lauded as the great reformer? Well he's reforming allright.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/w...collection&_r=0

So, while the Chinese economy is slowing down, and questions about the efficiency and ability of innovate have been raised Xi dada want's to further tighten control and bureaucratize the lumbering giants that are Chinese state owned companies.

What I'm saying in short is, get your money out of China asap.

But my portfolio! A british banker told me it would be worth 790% more in ten years because When China Rules The World

# ? Oct 14, 2016 02:38

Falun Bong Refugee: Dec 14, 2015; by FactsAreUseless

Lol at the idea that any of you have a portfolio, much less micromanage it to the extent that you would actualize on this news.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 02:53

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

fish and chips and dip posted:

To the goons who where present in China in late 2012, early 2013, remember how Xi Jinping was lauded as the great reformer? Well he's reforming allright.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/w...collection&_r=0

So, while the Chinese economy is slowing down, and questions about the efficiency and ability of innovate have been raised Xi dada want's to further tighten control and bureaucratize the lumbering giants that are Chinese state owned companies.

What I'm saying in short is, get your money out of China asap.

How can a man with no personality have a cult of personality?

# ? Oct 14, 2016 03:03

Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

caberham posted:

I hate all lower class people. Especially when they are traveling and going to trashy areas doing trashy stuff.

Actually rich people can be just as obnoxious.

Honestly I think it's just more of a numbers game. Tour groups and cheaper places increases the odds. I still remember my first time going to the empty robuchon restaurant in Macau when it first opened. It was not as well known and years ago. There were 2 other tables of mainlanders but holy smokes they look refined. It was as if I was dining in Europe with old money high society.

Everyone else were too busy throwing their money in the VIP tables and eating fast food.

Nowadays people in china ... bah why bother I'm going to stick with the juicy stories

Can we get some stories about cool high class China? There must be a few of old money classy folk who escaped the purges. Serious post.

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I would blow Dane Cook posted:

How can a man with no personality have a cult of personality?

A black canvas is the painting you want to see.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 03:05

Blistex: Oct 30, 2003; Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

How can a man with no personality have a cult of personality?

It's sort of like pre-ordering Star Citizen. . . you're hoping something will eventually materialize.

Outrail posted:

Can we get some stories about cool high class China? There must be a few of old money classy folk who escaped the purges. Serious post.

You'd have to go to Vancouver to meet them.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 03:06

THE PWNER: Sep 7, 2006; by merry exmarx

wide stance posted:

They're not so much loud as able to run their mouth in a continuous stream.

They also call Americans "sepos" as textbook projecting to seal the deal.

Australian here, Americans are disgusting people but you've learned about the slang from internet memes. People who talk like that don't have the money to travel.

nerdz posted:

Is this another "defending chewing with the mouth open as a culture thing" discussion? It's just ironic to me that only now they think "well, maybe we should shut down all the whorehouses in respect of the god king". I also love all the extra warnings about committing Les� Majest�. But the funniest thing here is my friend getting hosed over on his vacation due to bad timing

I'll just say, gently caress monarchies and gently caress all cults of personality even more. Hopefully the new king is so lovely it brings everything down with him.

But mostly gently caress white tourists who think the ~exotic location~ they're holidaying in must stop for them.

THE PWNER fucked around with this message at 03:12 on Oct 14, 2016

# ? Oct 14, 2016 03:09

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

THE PWNER posted:

Australian here, Americans are disgusting people but you've learned about the slang from internet memes. People who talk like that don't have the money to travel.

But mostly gently caress white tourists who think the ~exotic location~ they're holidaying in must stop for them.

Except to like Bali or Thailand.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 03:12

C-SPAN Caller: Apr 21, 2010

Falun Bong Refugee posted:

Lol at the idea that any of you have a portfolio, much less micromanage it to the extent that you would actualize on this news.

I have my 401k and HSA but they're both in low fee indexes because finance people suck unless you're a literal insider

# ? Oct 14, 2016 03:15

OctaviusBeaver: Apr 30, 2009; Say what now?

C-SPAN Caller posted:

I have my 401k and HSA but they're both in low fee indexes because finance people suck unless you're a literal insider

That's pretty risky. I have a balanced, conservative portfolio that is 50% Chinese stock and 50% betting on dog races.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 04:06

nerdz: Oct 12, 2004; Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.; Grimey Drawer

THE PWNER posted:

Australian here, Americans are disgusting people but you've learned about the slang from internet memes. People who talk like that don't have the money to travel.

But mostly gently caress white tourists who think the ~exotic location~ they're holidaying in must stop for them.

thus

nerdz posted:

the funniest thing here is my friend getting hosed over on his vacation

# ? Oct 14, 2016 04:10

Haier: Aug 10, 2007; by Lowtax

Since this thread is now a hodge podge:

# ? Oct 14, 2016 04:13

Blistex: Oct 30, 2003; Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

Haier posted:

Since this thread is now a hodge podge:

I have a feeling coup attempt #22 is in the works.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 04:33

Haier: Aug 10, 2007; by Lowtax

I wish China would have a new Coup 22.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 04:42

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Is Thailand ready for a ladyboy king?

# ? Oct 14, 2016 04:51

nerdz: Oct 12, 2004; Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.; Grimey Drawer

I'd rather have a Haier #5

A little bit of Mistress in my life
A little bit of Poop Girl by my side
A little bit of Mongol is all I need
A little bit of Giantess is all I see

# ? Oct 14, 2016 05:28

ocrumsprug: Sep 23, 2010; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

THE PWNER posted:

But mostly gently caress white tourists who think the ~exotic location~ they're holidaying in must stop for them.

They didn't get hit with another tsunami, their elderly king died. The country probably shouldn't stop.

When the Queen finally goes, no one in the Commonwealth is closing the pubs over it.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 05:36

Ceciltron: Jan 11, 2007; Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!; Pillbug

ocrumsprug posted:

They didn't get hit with another tsunami, their elderly king died. The country probably shouldn't stop.

When the Queen finally goes, no one in the Commonwealth is closing the pubs over it.

When steve jobs died there were people wailing and holding vigils outside of apple stores

# ? Oct 14, 2016 05:45

LentThem: Aug 31, 2004; 90% Retractible

Grand Fromage posted:

Nope. I've gotten to the point where I'm incapable of tuning out anyone speaking English because I hear it so rarely. There are loud Americans obviously but as a whole I would rank loudness:

China

The worst sound in China for me are the bicycles with deliberately squeaky brakes that are used as a substitute for a horn. People will hit their brake for whatever reason (likely they're trying to pass me on the sidewalk or something) and my ears immediately start ringing. It's such a loving dumb way for me to end up a deaf old man...

Haier posted:

Anyway, he goon-stared at every girl he walked by. Like, he would turn his head and then move it up while he scanned them from bottom to top. For some he would turn around and walk backwards for a few steps while staring, and then continue forward. He did his for every single drat girl he walked by. People were staring at him staring at girls, especially when we were going past the bus stop. It was embarrassing to be walking a bit behind him because I felt like people were going to assume I was going to do the same. It was just so drat goony.

Some girl on Wechat wanted to add me so I added her and she tried three times in about ten minutes to find out what my job is.

"Ew, hey look at this guy ogling every single woman he passes on the street"
*goes home and ogles every woman on Weixin LookAround (limit 100 per search) daily*

# ? Oct 14, 2016 05:46