|
McGavin posted:I know a Korean girl who is around 6'4", but her dad was on one of Korea's Olympic basketball teams so I'm pretty sure it's genetic. Evidence of the superiority of corea
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 16:05
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 23:56 |
|
|
Grand Fromage posted:In Korea the superstition is jumping rope makes you taller, so you see parents/grandparents out forcing little kids to jump rope for hours at a time every night. I had a student whose parents tricked her like taking a dog to the vet by saying they were going shopping or something but really took her to some basement church* so a bunch of strangers could pray over her to make her taller. *If you've never been to Korea, I don't mean church basement. I mean a one floor church in the basement of some office building. They are everywhere, in about equal numbers with "barbershops" in office building basements....
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 16:09
|
|
|
Ayy Lmao at duterte
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 17:05
|
|
|
Lol for real. Philippines are going to love being China's red headed step daughter.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 17:22
|
|
|
Glenn Quebec posted:Lol for real. Philippines are going to love being China's red headed step daughter. I am really wondering how common Phillipino will react to this, I thought they loving hated the Chinese?
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 17:33
|
|
|
Listen you whore son of a bitch I don't care what they think.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 17:34
|
|
|
Captain Yossarian posted:I am really wondering how common Phillipino will react to this, I thought they loving hated the Chinese? They hate china but they love their murder president. If he says the US was treating them like a dog and china will help them murder all drugs faster they'll support it. Until reality sets in, then he'll be either voted out (if they're still a democracy) or killed.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 17:40
|
|
|
Glenn Quebec posted:Listen you whore son of a bitch I don't care what they think. Extra lol at this btw 
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 17:45
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 18:26
|
|
|
About crackdowns... I lived in China through most of the 80's. One of the overt effects of crackdowns at that time was the oscillation in clothing. Everyone still had their Mao suits and almost all non-Mao suit clothes would disappear during crackdowns. You could kind of read what was going on in the large cities from the clothing. Except for children who even in fairly rural areas were often elaborately and colorfully dressed. It was roughly the first generation of the one child policy. If you were a woman you had to register your menstrual cycles with your work unit. No internet or any such, so crackdowns were also accompanied by large billboards touting whatever values. They were kind of beautiful in that huge nationalistic/Maoist style... Brave warriors, rippling flags, resolute faces. I don't think that sort of overt social response would happen now. Once it became good to be rich cyclic crackdowns probably couldn't overtly effect the extreme materialist culture that arose. Even by Tian An Men that didn't really happen in the same way it had. Hard to imagine what would have to happen to stuff everyone obediently back into their Mao suits, or some equivalent. http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/10/20/497030334/chinas-internet-stars-embrace-lowbrow-and-aim-for-high-profits This was interesting to me relative to the contact lens conversation and how casually they talk about plastic surgery for the sake of being an "internet star".
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 18:36
|
|
|
Isn't the phillipines kind of a big deal strategically for the US? I give the Chinese stooge a few hoyrs after clinton is sworn in that a kill or coup order is given. Like lol if the Philippines thinks it has the ability to realign itself internationally
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:26
|
|
|
You son of a whore have the gall to condemn the Phillipines you are simply trying to atone for the guilt feelings over occupying countries in the past.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:30
|
|
|
hemophilia posted:Isn't the phillipines kind of a big deal strategically for the US? I give the Chinese stooge a few hoyrs after clinton is sworn in that a kill or coup order is given. Like lol if the Philippines thinks it has the ability to realign itself internationally The Philippines are strategically useful because they are part of the first island chain that stops China from being able to freely break out into the Western pacific and because they host US bases on the SCS. If Duterte goes full retard and tears up the treaty and kicks out the US bases it will be a strategic headache to be sure, but it won't fundamentally alter the balance of power in the region because the Guam-Okinawa-Taiwan defense triangle still exists, the Philippines are still wired with undersea sensors monitored by the US and Japan, and Vietnam is still aligning even more closely with the US. That's one of the reasons that Duterte is so stupid. Even if the sole thing he cared about more than anything in the world was ruining the US's day he still doesn't do that with this, all it is is one of the greatest self-owns in international history.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:33
|
|
|
hemophilia posted:Isn't the phillipines kind of a big deal strategically for the US? I give the Chinese stooge a few hoyrs after clinton is sworn in that a kill or coup order is given. Like lol if the Philippines thinks it has the ability to realign itself internationally PI has been a protectorate in one form or another of the US for a very long time.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:35
|
|
|
Fojar38 posted:The Philippines are strategically useful because they are part of the first island chain that stops China from being able to freely break out into the Western pacific and because they host US bases on the SCS. If Duterte goes full retard and tears up the treaty and kicks out the US bases it will be a strategic headache to be sure, but it won't fundamentally alter the balance of power in the region because the Guam-Okinawa-Taiwan defense triangle still exists, the Philippines are still wired with undersea sensors monitored by the US and Japan, and Vietnam is still aligning even more closely with the US. A good and interesting post. I didn't know about the defense triangle. Cool.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:37
|
|
|
Haier posted:Me: "What are your hobbies?" Look! Swimming fun! All enjoy! You enjoy too if you not dumb laowai! 
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:38
|
|
|
That...water color..is that indoors?
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:41
|
|
|
Glenn Quebec posted:A good and interesting post. I didn't know about the defense triangle. Cool. I should emphasize that I'm the armchair strategist and that I was just assuming that Guam/Okinawa/Taiwan could efficiently coordinate to cover almost the entire body of water between them
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:44
|
|
|
Glenn Quebec posted:That...water color..is that indoors? water?
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 19:48
|
|
|
Apparently ecto cooler = good for healthy.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 20:55
|
|
|
ded posted:Look! Swimming fun! All enjoy! You enjoy too if you not dumb laowai! Algae or urine, you decide.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 21:48
|
|
|
JaucheCharly posted:Algae or urine, you decide. Please let it just be the colour of the tiles of the pool.  please
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 23:00
|
|
|
Duterte is going to be found dead with a mountain of cocaine in his house/office, maybe going out like Scarface.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2016 23:02
|
|
|
/\ He's going to be found dead of an apparent killing by drug dealers, while the Heads of the Philippines Navy, Army and Air Force give each other knowing sideways glances.Haier posted:Me: "What are your hobbies?" This is the point where you should have asked, "What kind of racquet do you have?" and watched her stumble. . . "uhhh, The North Face?".
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 00:13
|
|
|
Blistex posted:/\ He's going to be found dead of an apparent killing by drug dealers, while the Heads of the Philippines Navy, Army and Air Force give each other knowing sideways glances. On the off chance he wins I kinda figure the same will happen to trump a few months into his presidency. edit: An assassin waltzes into the white house wearing a spangled stars and stripes Elvis suit while the security detail waves him through. Outrail fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Oct 21, 2016 |
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 00:17
|
|
|
Outrail posted:On the off chance he wins I kinda figure the same will happen to trump a few months into his presidency. I think it's more likely that the entire US government re-enacts a "Hellban" while he just listens to his screams bounce off the walls.
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 00:18
|
|
|
UltraRed posted:Tallest Asians in Asia! (or so they claim). Must be working! Is that a thing? My friend's mom hosts Korean students all the time and I've noticed the majority of them were easily 6+ footers
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 01:02
|
|
|
Away all Goats posted:Is that a thing? My friend's mom hosts Korean students all the time and I've noticed the majority of them were easily 6+ footers I did business trips to Korea, Taiwan and Japan for a few years and always felt shortest in Korea FWIW. Disclaimer: I'm a short Korean dude.
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 01:05
|
|
|
UltraRed posted:Tallest Asians in Asia! (or so they claim). Must be working! Koreans are on average the tallest, yes. The average height in Korea is the same as the US. Quite noticeable difference going from there to Sichuan, where people are tiny. But  it's DNA
Grand Fromage fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Oct 21, 2016 |
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 02:10
|
|
|
Nutrition will eventually off set that though. If you go to old German castles in Europe the ceilings and doorways are super short and the average height was 150cm. After generations of farmers and better nutrition the average height got taller. With the westernization of diets and increased protein uptake everyone's going to grow
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 02:29
|
|
|
Oh man it's typhoon day. Yay I get time off but I can't buy a kale salad
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 02:30
|
|
|
caberham posted:Oh man it's typhoon day. Yay I get time off but I can't buy a kale salad Win-win?
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 02:45
|
|
|
My boss: "Hey, you remember (name, her TCM guru)?" Me: "Of course. He slept in the spare office for two weeks." My boss: "Did you know he was in jail for 12 years?" Me: "What? Why?" My boss: "He was working for some financial company and the boss stole a bunch of money. When the police came, the boss pointed at (TCM guru) and said he stole the money, and then he paid the police to take him away." Me: "Hory poo poo. No evidence? Just jail for 12 years?" My boss: "Yep."
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 02:53
|
|
|
cnut posted:Win-win? That's not a "thing" in China.
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 03:20
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 03:42
|
|
|
Duterte sure does dress a lot better than Xi. Xi seems to do Trump's thing of big, baggy clothes in unflattering cuts.
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 03:53
|
|
|
Ceciltron posted:Duterte sure does dress a lot better than Xi. Xi seems to do I'm not big into fashion, but the sheer amount of baggy, unflattering suits I see day to day in Shanghai is staggering.
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 04:13
|
|
|
fish and chips and dip posted:I'm not big into fashion, but the sheer amount of baggy, unflattering suits I see day to day in Shanghai is staggering. One night when my Mongolian (now M.I.A.) friend was staying over, she told me the reasons why she will never ever consider a Chinese man: 1) They are dirty - They are lazy and don't wash enough, keep clean clothes and houses, and their breath always smells bad. 2) They all smoke and drink, and this is bad behavior and obnoxious. 3) The main one - Oil bellies. "I don't care if he's poor or stupid, he can't have a round belly. Chinese men all get round bellies, even if they are slim. I cannot accept this." 4) They don't know how to dress - "Their clothes are so outdated and their fashion is so bad. Even men with money wear sloppy clothes. They look like children. I don't know how Chinese women allow this. Nobody teaches them to wear good clothes." 5) "Why are they so loud?" On top of this she thinks all Han Chinese are monsters and liars and cheaters, so she might have been a little bit biased.
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 04:25
|
|
|
ded posted:PI has been a protectorate in one form or another of the US for a very long time. Since 1898, I wonder how long it will take Duarte to declare martial law and become the dictator successor to Ferdinand Marcos the second most successfull Cold War Banana Republic Dictator! Jack2142 fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Oct 21, 2016 |
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 04:38
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 23:56 |
|
|
Haier posted:One night when my Mongolian (now M.I.A.) friend was staying over, she told me the reasons why she will never ever consider a Chinese man: i always think of Levon wei's "they are stealing our women" spiel when I am at the gym and there is one guy naked, smoking a cig and literally screaming to his buddy who just hawked a loogie on the floor and is blow drying his pubs or his butthole over by the mirror, and I'm like "yeah this is the foreigners fault for stealing the women away"
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2016 05:02
|
|