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THE PWNER posted:I have a Chinese girlfriend and that was a joke. The entire post is a joke. I just want to know what the signs say. Just had to clear that up. I unironically want China to win the cold war with the US. when china rules the world virile laowai will be made to plunge against their will
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Oct 22, 2016 03:14
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I have a girlfriend with chinese characteristics
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Oct 22, 2016 03:16
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THE PWNER posted:I have a Chinese girlfriend and that was a joke. The entire post is a joke. I just want to know what the signs say. Just had to clear that up. I unironically want China to win the cold war with the US. They couldn't even win a hot war with Vietnam.
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Oct 22, 2016 03:17
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Third World Reggin posted:I have a girlfriend with chinese characteristics You should probably get tested.
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Oct 22, 2016 03:19
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THE PWNER posted:I have a Chinese girlfriend and that was a joke. The entire post is a joke. I just want to know what the signs say. Just had to clear that up. I unironically want China to win the cold war with the US. If you seriously think that China is even close to being better than the US, well then, I'm sorry to break it to you, but you're a right loving dumbass. Also, you should try to live in China for some time, get some perspective.
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Oct 22, 2016 03:33
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Baronjutter posted:and any fears of sub-standard quality was based purely on racism and protectionism. It doesn't matter if someone has lived there for many years, speaks the language, have made hundreds of friends or contacts, maybe gone to a school there, married someone from there, traveled around there, learned many facets of the culture, done business there, read books, etc., etc. There's just no way someone could pick up on something while living somewhere (or studying about, or having connection to, or doing business with, etc.) where people look so different and speak so funny. That person must be prejudice or racist. There's no way it's not like this Western culture and society I imagine it to be. Why, no, I've never traveled or lived there or had any connection to China in business or life, but I really enjoy Jackie Chan movies and one time there was a nice girl working in our office and I think she was from China. She looked like it. Her name was May. I think she was from Beige-ing.
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Oct 22, 2016 03:38
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From what I can make out and understand, they are advertising 6 tins of milk formula for $30. The electronic sign repeats the deal, and says they will send your purchase to any part of the country. Country in this case being China.
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Oct 22, 2016 03:50
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Deceitful Penguin posted:No, that's the thing, in Thailand that is normal, and while historically China was way more cool than the west about homosexuality (that is, male homosexuality of course, lesbian erasure was just as hip there as in Europe) modern reality is completely different. They decriminalized homosexuality what, 2001 or something? Yeah... To expand for anyone who doesn't know, the anti-gay stuff in China (and Korea and Japan) is actually a western import. Historically being gay was entirely acceptable as long as you did a few things. As a man, your responsibility to the family was to have a male child. You had to get married and produce a boy. As long as you did this, anything you did in your private life was your own business and completely irrelevant. So if you were a gay man, you could have an actual loving relationship with another man so long as you also produced the required male child for your family. The couples in China today where two gays and lesbians get straight married and have a kid to make the families shut the gently caress up and then have their actual relationships outside the legal ones? That's a long tradition here. In Korea the anti-gay stuff mainly came with Christianity, since Korea's heavily Christian and a lot of those are crazy evangelicals.
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Oct 22, 2016 04:09
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Grand Fromage posted:To expand for anyone who doesn't know, the anti-gay stuff in China (and Korea and Japan) is actually a western import. Historically being gay was entirely acceptable as long as you did a few things. As a man, your responsibility to the family was to have a male child. You had to get married and produce a boy. As long as you did this, anything you did in your private life was your own business and completely irrelevant. So if you were a gay man, you could have an actual loving relationship with another man so long as you also produced the required male child for your family. The couples in China today where two gays and lesbians get straight married and have a kid to make the families shut the gently caress up and then have their actual relationships outside the legal ones? That's a long tradition here. This is called homophobic apologia in case you are wondering.
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Oct 22, 2016 04:14
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:This is called homophobic apologia in case you are wondering. I googled that and I don't understand the results, and a tumblr blog was result #3 (probably won't learn anything useful with that). Please explain what you mean.
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Oct 22, 2016 04:18
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I googled that and I don't understand the results, and a tumblr blog was result #3 (probably won't learn anything useful with that). Please explain what you mean. Are you not literate? Apologia is a word that one can look up the definition of.
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Oct 22, 2016 04:21
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The idiot is baiting and yall are biting. Isn't the sect of Christianity that's dominant in Korea a really weird cargo cult of christianity? Like if a televangelist became some rough approximation of a pope over a country and created the shittiest version of faith possible
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Oct 22, 2016 04:26
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I thought evangelism was a lovely facsimile of Christianity? Edgy.
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Oct 22, 2016 04:38
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hemophilia posted:Isn't the sect of Christianity that's dominant in Korea a really weird cargo cult of christianity? Like if a televangelist became some rough approximation of a pope over a country and created the shittiest version of faith possible It's basically just American evangelicalism turned up to 11. There's also Catholics but they don't have power the way the evangelicals do.
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Oct 22, 2016 04:40
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The Great Autismo! posted:but in reality, its a problem for like seven other foreigners too, so i kinda have to do something because that's my job. You should start carrying a squirt bottle of water like the ones people use to train pets. Then the next time someone acts like an idiot, just squirt them until they stop.
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Oct 22, 2016 05:19
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and turned it down a bit and got up and put out his cig. because i'm a foreigner i don't give a poo poo about face, so did he lose it? did he ever have any? i have no idea
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Speaking of the Philippines - Australian government owned TV station SBS shows news programmes from around the world every day. From Greece, to Russia, to Brazil, to the Philippines. We often have it on at work, because you get to see what's going on around the world from a local perspective. Everyone calls the Philippine's news, "Filipino Action News" and it's just ridiculous how over the top it is. I've never seen a news report start with clips of one of the news anchors in military garb shooting guns and another one in martial arts clothes kicking people. The rest of the intro cycles between the female anchors batting their eyes at local celebrities and random things exploding. It's the most violent news intro in the world. And I can't help but feel it explains something about how Filipinos see the world. Darkman Fanpage posted:like he sincerely thinks stalin did nothing wrong We have one of those who occasionally posts in the AusPol thread and it's just loving tragic. I remember one of his arguments once started - and I poo poo you not, he literally typed this - with "The mere hundreds of thousands who were sent to the gulags..." when justifying Stalin's purges.
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Oct 22, 2016 05:20
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You guys honestly don't see Chinese people as equal humans to yourself. It's loving disgusting. You are all pathetic sacks,
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Oct 22, 2016 05:21
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:You guys honestly don't see Chinese people as equal humans to yourself. It's loving disgusting. You are all pathetic sacks, We get lots of practice in the thread somehow.
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Oct 22, 2016 05:33
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:You guys honestly don't see Chinese people as equal humans to yourself. It's loving disgusting. You are all pathetic sacks, No, you see, Chinese bodies are different, you wouldn't understand.
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Oct 22, 2016 05:35
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:You guys honestly don't see Chinese people as equal humans to yourself. holy poo poo we've become Mao when you stare too long into the abyss ...
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Oct 22, 2016 05:37
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I hreard some of their body parts are sideways. CAn anyone confirm or deny?
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Oct 22, 2016 05:42
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:You guys honestly don't see Chinese people as equal humans to yourself. It's loving disgusting. You are all pathetic sacks, Punctuation is hard for everyone sometimes, it's okay dude.
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Oct 22, 2016 05:44
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Grand Fromage posted:It's basically just American evangelicalism turned up to 11. There's also Catholics but they don't have power the way the evangelicals do. My first ever experience in Korea was an old man in the arrivals lounge of incheon airport whacking me in the back of the head with a giant foam cross on a stick
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Oct 22, 2016 05:45
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Thank god the GBS Morality Brigade is here to save us from our own good thread.
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Oct 22, 2016 05:55
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not only sideways, but the pubes are straight! I am pretty sure FBR is actually DaBongLord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QIlCC8_xMw My secret backstory for him is that he was a good Asian student in Australia however he was jokingly invited to a house party at school and the skater kids were amazed at his ability to imbibe marijuana due to his Chinese body being different to western bodies. Years of Marijuana has twisted his mind and he now vents and rants in GBS as an outlet for his frustration that he has in being a youtube celeb. Kharnifex fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Oct 22, 2016 |
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Oct 22, 2016 06:05
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Gorilla Salad posted:Speaking of the Philippines - Australian government owned TV station SBS shows news programmes from around the world every day. From Greece, to Russia, to Brazil, to the Philippines. I've been here in Manila for 3 weeks now and almost every night when I go for dinner, the restaurant has a TV blasting the news and yeah it's basically like this. Here's 20 minutes of bullet-riddled corpses lying in the street, followed by an update on Pinoy Boy Band Superstar!
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Oct 22, 2016 06:20
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Kharnifex posted:not only sideways, but the pubes are straight! Sounds like a hero of the IMPOTENT RAGE universe.
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Oct 22, 2016 06:26
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webmeister posted:I've been here in Manila for 3 weeks now and almost every night when I go for dinner, the restaurant has a TV blasting the news and yeah it's basically like this. Here's 20 minutes of bullet-riddled corpses lying in the street, followed by an update on Pinoy Boy Band Superstar! This is not especially out of the ordinary for Africa / Oceania / South America
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Oct 22, 2016 06:26
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Ceciltron posted:Thank god the GBS Morality Brigade is here to save us from our own good thread. *Farts* *Sits in underwear at his/her computer desk at 3am smirking about how stupid everyone else is for saying things* *LMAO* *Farts again* If anyone comes into this thread thinking it will be anything other than an ethnocentric circle jerk, they have to kidding themselves.
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Oct 22, 2016 06:34
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Haier posted:If anyone comes into this thread thinking it will be anything other than an ethnocentric circle jerk, they have to kidding themselves. I'm not sure what 'ethnocentric' means but other than that this sounds exactly like my kinda thread!
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Oct 22, 2016 07:00
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So I'm going to a Chinese food potluck tomorrow and I want to bring something good. Can one of the thread experts in tasty Chinese food recommend an 'authentic', easyish to cook dish that doesn't need any ingredients you couldn't find in a typical western supermarket? Gutter oil, heavy metals, pollution etc etc hah hah hah.
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Oct 22, 2016 07:41
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Outrail posted:So I'm going to a Chinese food potluck tomorrow and I want to bring something good. http://www.chinasichuanfood.com/dry-fried-cauliflower/ http://appetiteforchina.com/recipes/sichuan-dried-fried-green-beans/ These are fairly easy to make, the only ingredient you probably won't be able to get readily are the Sichuan peppercorns but it'll be okay.
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OK as I'm stuck at school open day, which nobody is attending because there was a typhoon yesterday so everyone is still enjoying their long weekend, here's a long effort post on the nightmare that is getting your kid into the Hong Kong education system. There are basically three tiers of Hong Kong schools: Aided (getting money from the government, usually) or "local" schools which are free, DSS (direct subsidy scheme, where schools can charge tuition but get government support and have to follow the Education Bureau's requirements), and private. Secondary schools traditionally got more attention than primary schools so the quality of early childhood education has had to make some strides in the past few decades. I work in the primary school system so this post will reflect that. Aided schools work on a lottery system based on geographical area. So, if you live in Area A, you can go to School A1, School A2, etc., though the chance of you getting into the school you want depends on the lottery. These schools are all run by different organisations. School A1 may be run by the government, School A2 by the Anglican church, and A3 by a hospital. This gets traced back to the British "hands off" policy where they did the bare minimum, so if schooling could be farmed out to the Chinese hospital board then why not. Since they're run by different organisations, they all have different styles and reputation, although they'll probably use the same textbooks. In general, their English is terrible because it's studied like a foreign language; lots of grammar and writing and not much communication. They do have the Native English Teacher (NET) scheme, which basically brings white people over to act as English teachers, but they get stuck teaching the government's official literacy programme. The NET at my local school sees each class once a week, and has the class's English teacher plus two teaching assistants helping him out. DSS schools are basically private schools for the middle class. They are rather free to create their own school-based curriculum as they see fit, as long as they stay within the Education Bureau's limits. If they step outside the boundaries, they lose government funding and shut down. They can range from relatively cheap tuition to a little bit expensive. They hire overseas English teachers, who are actually expected to do their job, although of course they feature as eye candy for prospective parents. DSS schools are more innovative than aided schools and generally have to compete to get students to fill their classrooms, and more students means more money for the school. However, because the quality is generally better, or perceived to be better than the aided schools, they usually have no problem doing this. To apply for a DSS school, your child has to go through an interview where they will be tested on general aptitude with English, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Maths and interpersonal behaviour. Finally, there are the private schools, ranging from "local" private schools to the international schools. They charge a hell of a lot and are not obligated to follow the Education Bureau's diktat, so they can ignore tests like the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA, to measure how well schools perform) or the HKAT (Hong Kong Attainment Test, to see what kind of secondary school you're going to). So, since I've got children, I have to decide what school to send them to. I opted for a DSS school, as I want a school with good English (which precludes almost all local schools) while my wife wants a school with good Chinese (which eliminates quite more schools than you'd think; the standard of Chinese in Hong Kong is actually not that good for various historical reasons), and my income level means there's no way in hell I can afford even the cheapest international school. So, time to apply for DSS schools! In applying for a DSS school, you have to print out and mail in the application form plus processing fee. On the application form you'll be expected to give a picture of your child so they can make sure that the correct kid shows up for the interview, plus copies of the birth certificate, and depending on the school's organising body, your marriage certificate as well as baptismal certificate. At most schools you are expected to put down your child's religion. Since there is zero guarantee that you'll actually get into the school because for every open spot you have a hundred applicants, many parents apply to several schools. I would advise you to apply to three schools at least, with ten at the absolute maximum. We've applied to seven, which I grumble about but my wife insists is necessary. See, our 5-year-old is, amazingly, shy around people he doesn't know and tends to clam up, which is a bit of a disadvantage during the interview process. So we're worried that he won't get into a school, not because he's not good enough, but because he won't say anything. You should expect to start researching schools you want to apply for and attending open days two years in advance. This causes a lot of stress at home because you lose a lot of your free time and you get to argue with your spouse as to whether a school is worth applying to or not. A lot of parents in Hong Kong, ourselves included, are stressed out with worry because of this system, but the head of the Education Bureau educates his kids overseas so no change will come from above. Parents are starting to protest the system; last year protesting parents successfully stopped the TSA examination for Grade 3 students. In the meantime, however, expect to travel from one end of Hong Kong to another (HK is metropolis-sized so you CAN spend two to three hours getting somewhere depending on bus routes, with kids in tow) on your weekends. So, you've received your interview date! Great! Oh, too bad, seems two of the schools you applied for have their interviews at the same time on the same day. Tough break, parents! Better choose which one you want to attend and hope your kid progresses to the second interview round. This means that if you choose wrong, you can agonise over whether you should have sent your kid to the other school for their interview ... After interviewing, you can now bite your nails for a few weeks until the results come out. We already got notice from two of the seven schools we applied for that our son won't be coming back for a second interview. Fortunately, they weren't our top choices, but we do have friends who were not accepted to these schools even though they WERE a top choice ... and other friends whose kids DID get accepted but won't go because they're holding out for a better school. If you actually make it through all the interviews, you might get two or three guaranteed spots at a school ... so you choose the one you like best, and the other two spots go to other waiting parents who now suddenly find out maybe they can go to the school of their choice after all, so they cancel the acceptance of the school their kid got into, which frees up a spot for another parents, etc etc. So even though you have hundreds of applicants for one spot in a Grade 1 classroom, very few will actually have that school as their top choice; think of it more like insurance. While your kid is doing the interview, you don't get to relax, of course! It's time for YOUR interview! Yes, the schools will interview the parents to see whether they are sane or not. The school that my son has a second interview at has kindly told parents in advance what they will be asking so we can prepare. Questions include: 1) Which schools have you applied for other than this one? 2) What attracted you to apply for this school? 3) What is your opinion on the Hong Kong education system? 4) What are your child's strengths and weaknesses? 5) What is the most important component in educating a child? 6) What do you think about the current culture of complaining in Hong Kong whenever problems arise? 7) What do you have in mind for your child's future career? That's right folks, the school wants to see whether I've started making preparations for my 5-year-old son's future vocation. And also whether I'm a complainer. So how about the kids, eh? What kind of stuff do they have to prepare for in the interview? Again, it depends on the school. For Chinese, character recognition seems to be big, while in English, activities include putting sentences together, e.g. circus / let's / at / fun / have / the. Oh, and general knowledge, like "sort these animals into vertebrates and invertebrates" (I am not kidding; that was the base of an interview question at a private school we applied to as "insurance"). In conclusion, education in Hong Kong is great if you're rich!
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Murray Mantoinette posted:I'm not sure what 'ethnocentric' means but other than that this sounds exactly like my kinda thread! Outrail posted:So I'm going to a Chinese food potluck tomorrow and I want to bring something good. Soybean oil Salt Soy sauce Some variety of Chinese vinegar More salt Heat 5 cups of soybean oil Throw the rest of the ingredients in the the hot oil Stir fry it together for about 5 minutes Dump into a BPA plastic container Leave the open container next to the toilet in your home for a few hours Flush the toilet repeatedly with the lid up, so a fine mist can coat the food Throw in a handful more of salt, for flavor Reheat in same oil you cooked with previously Serve warm
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Oct 22, 2016 08:05
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Haier posted:"Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture." Thanks but I was really more interested in the 'circle jerk' part. Anyone else?
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Murray Mantoinette posted:Thanks but I was really more interested in the 'circle jerk' part. Anyone else? That's just during goonmeets
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Oct 22, 2016 08:43
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Please remember that whipping your dick out without asking first is considered gauche.
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lol that shoddy chinese products are responsible for a massive botnet
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