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cnut
May 3, 2016

Jeoh posted:

the chinese are people???

Some say they are the ultimate examples of such.

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Darkman Fanpage
Jul 4, 2012
chinar

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010






cnut
May 3, 2016

8 fingers and toes?! That's the luckiest babby ever!!

Haier
Aug 10, 2007

by Lowtax
Can I get a red text that says:
THIS POSTER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST ARGUMENTS, DERAILS, CLOSED THREADS, ANGRY OR OFFENDED GOONS, AND PROBATIONS IN THE GBS CHINA THREADS!

Please?

For all the me haters; please just put me on ignore. I plan to get banned before the new year is upon us anyway. YOLO

Ceciltron
Jan 11, 2007

Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!
Pillbug
The Superhuman Breeding Ministry of the Middle Kingdom

simplefish
Mar 28, 2011

So long, and thanks for all the fish gallbladdΣrs!



i read that in the same voice.as Cairo!

https://youtu.be/iQDldgNPGFo

(Apparently the full sketch has been taken off youtube and thats sad)

simplefish
Mar 28, 2011

So long, and thanks for all the fish gallbladdΣrs!


Haier posted:

Can I get a red text that says:
THIS POSTER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST ARGUMENTS, DERAILS, CLOSED THREADS, ANGRY OR OFFENDED GOONS, AND PROBATIONS IN THE GBS CHINA THREADS!

Please?

For all the me haters; please just put me on ignore. I plan to get banned before the new year is upon us anyway. YOLO

I tried that by being exceedingly racist in one ofthe old China threads. I was playing a game trying to get a long probation but stopping short of a ban. Nothing happened. Major anticlimax.

Haier
Aug 10, 2007

by Lowtax

simplefish posted:

I tried that by being exceedingly racist in one ofthe old China threads. I was playing a game trying to get a long probation but stopping short of a ban. Nothing happened. Major anticlimax.
Those GBS 1.0 one-month-long bans a thing of the past. It's a bummer for those who really need it.
I just mean the next time (or the time after) one of those "Post in here to get banned" threads comes along I will posting in there. These forums have taken many (mostly) enjoyable hours away from my life, but after nine years I need a break. I'll keep posting the same tired dumb poo poo until I go, regardless of all the "How dare you"s from single virgin goons.

Brannock
Feb 9, 2006

by exmarx
Fallen Rib

fish and chips and dip posted:

Some pages ago there was a discussion about calling people out for their behavior in China, e.g. smoking in places you shouldn't smoke.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/world/asia/china-smoke-elevator-attack.html

quote:

Tobacco use divides strictly along gender lines in China, with about half of adult men smoking, according to the World Bank, compared with only about 2 percent of adult women.

That is disgusting

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth

Brannock posted:

That is disgusting

:agreed:

Smoke em if you got em ladies

Ceciltron
Jan 11, 2007

Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!
Pillbug

Haier posted:

Those GBS 1.0 one-month-long bans a thing of the past. It's a bummer for those who really need it.
I just mean the next time (or the time after) one of those "Post in here to get banned" threads comes along I will posting in there. These forums have taken many (mostly) enjoyable hours away from my life, but after nine years I need a break. I'll keep posting the same tired dumb poo poo until I go, regardless of all the "How dare you"s from single virgin goons.

This is a suicide note post and it makes me sad.

Riot Bimbo
Dec 28, 2006


Haier posted:

Those GBS 1.0 one-month-long bans a thing of the past. It's a bummer for those who really need it.
I just mean the next time (or the time after) one of those "Post in here to get banned" threads comes along I will posting in there. These forums have taken many (mostly) enjoyable hours away from my life, but after nine years I need a break. I'll keep posting the same tired dumb poo poo until I go, regardless of all the "How dare you"s from single virgin goons.

Stick around and keep posting your stories please

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:
Ignore the haters, your stories are an enlightening mirror on both cultures whether you like it or not.

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
---------------------------->
that guy who recorded that wuhan protest just got arrested so you know it was legit

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-police-idUSKCN12N0EQ

Darkest Auer
Dec 30, 2006

They're silly

Ramrod XTreme

Jeoh posted:

the chinese are people???

hosed up if true

Phlegmish
Jul 2, 2011



Brannock posted:

That is disgusting

Looks like the gender imbalance problem will solve itself

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:

Fojar38 posted:

that guy who recorded that wuhan protest just got arrested so you know it was legit

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-police-idUSKCN12N0EQ

quote:

Police in China's central city of Wuhan said they have detained a person for spreading rumors in what a state-run newspaper said was a video purportedly showing a demonstration involving workers at Wuhan Iron and Steel (Wugang).

Really? Spreading rumours? If the guy is distributing actual evidence it's not a rumour. Book him with spreading dissent or upsetting the social order or something. 'Spreading rumours' is straight up 1984 bullshit.

How long would the government last if they didn't censor poo poo? A few months before public lynching of officials?

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party
calm down everyone it's just a festival (really). skip to like 10:30 here

http://www.bilibili.com/video/av846451/

Dissapointed Owl
Jan 30, 2008

You wrote me a letter,
and this is how it went:

The Great Autismo! posted:

it is impossible to have conversations about living abroad in China without This Guy freaking about it. It happens in every thread, in every conversation, everywhere.

No one gave a poo poo when I went to Italy or Japan and had sex. Why do people wig out when it happens in China? Seriously how insecure are you people?

It only happens when talking about China. Why is that?

Just to explain, it's because you didn't got to Italy or Japan posting nigh daily about the exceedingly sad sexual experiences you have with people you genuinely seem to loathe and talking about the women you hooked up with like it's a loving safari.

That's creepy and gross no matter what country you do it in, and if you're totally into hearing some dude talking like that, might wanna think about what that says about you.

Have some content:



.

Some French Guy
Aug 30, 2003
I'm gonna stop lurking for a bit to say that I love Haier's stories.

Alright back to the shadows.

Relin
Oct 6, 2002

You have been a most worthy adversary, but in every game, there are winners and there are losers. And as you know, in this game, losers get robotizicized!

Dissapointed Owl posted:

Just to explain, it's because you didn't got to Italy or Japan posting nigh daily about the exceedingly sad sexual experiences you have with people you genuinely seem to loathe and talking about the women you hooked up with like it's a loving safari.

That's creepy and gross no matter what country you do it in, and if you're totally into hearing some dude talking like that, might wanna think about what that says about you.
it's ok to hate someone and still want to have sex with them

but enough about my wife *laugh track*

Darkest Auer
Dec 30, 2006

They're silly

Ramrod XTreme

Dissapointed Owl posted:

Just to explain, it's because you didn't got to Italy or Japan posting nigh daily about the exceedingly sad sexual experiences you have with people you genuinely seem to loathe and talking about the women you hooked up with like it's a loving safari.

That's creepy and gross no matter what country you do it in, and if you're totally into hearing some dude talking like that, might wanna think about what that says about you.

That's not what Haier is doing though, he's posting the stories because they're very appropriate for the chinar thread and wisely leaving out all personal details because goons are goddamn morons who get worked up over someone having sex.

Brannock
Feb 9, 2006

by exmarx
Fallen Rib
What do you guys think of this

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-surveillance-big-data-score-censorship-a7375221.html

quote:

Imagine a world where an authoritarian government monitors everything you do, amasses huge amounts of data on almost every interaction you make, and awards you a single score that measures how “trustworthy” you are.

In this world, anything from defaulting on a loan to criticising the ruling party, from running a red light to failing to care for your parents properly, could cause you to lose points. And in this world, your score becomes the ultimate truth of who you are – determining whether you can borrow money, get your children into the best schools or travel abroad; whether you get a room in a fancy hotel, a seat in a top restaurant – or even just get a date.

This is not the dystopian superstate of Steven Spielberg's Minority Report, in which all-knowing police stop crime before it happens. But it could be China by 2020. It is the scenario contained in China's ambitious plans to develop a far-reaching social credit system, a plan that the Communist Party hopes will build a culture of “sincerity” and a “harmonious socialist society” where “keeping trust is glorious.”

quote:

The government hasn't announced exactly how the plan will work – for example, how scores will be compiled and different qualities weighted against one another. But the idea is that good behaviour will be rewarded and bad behaviour punished, with the Communist Party acting as the ultimate judge. This is what China calls “Internet Plus,” but critics call a 21st-century police state.

Harnessing the power of big data and the ubiquity of smartphones, ecommerce and social media in a society where 700 million people live large parts of their lives online, the plan will also vacuum up court, police, banking, tax and employment records. Doctors, teachers, local governments and businesses could additionally be scored by citizens for their professionalism and probity.

“China is moving towards a totalitarian society, where the government controls and affects individuals' private lives,” said Beijing-based novelist and social commentator Murong Xuecun. “This is like Big Brother, who has all your information and can harm you in any way he wants.”

quote:

At the heart of the social credit system is an attempt to control China's vast, anarchic and poorly regulated market economy, to punish companies selling poisoned food or phony medicine, to expose doctors taking bribes and uncover con men preying on the vulnerable. “Fraud has become ever more common in society,” Lian Weiliang, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, the country's main economic planning agency, said in April. “Swindlers have to pay a price.”

quote:

Some of the penalties showed the party's desire to regulate its citizens' private lives – participating in anything deemed to be a cult or failing to care for elderly relatives incurred a 50-point penalty. Other penalties reflected the party's obsession with maintaining public order and crushing any challenge to its authority – causing a “disturbance” that blocks party or government offices meant 50 points off; using the internet to falsely accuse others resulted in a 100-point deduction. Winning a “national honour” – such as being classified as a model citizen or worker – added 100 points to someone's score.

On this basis, citizens were classified into four levels: those given an “A” grade qualified for government support when starting a business and preferential treatment when applying to join the party, government or army; or applying for a promotion. People with “D” grades were excluded from official support or employment.

Lots more at the article.

bug chaser chaser
Dec 11, 2006

Haier pls keep posting.

Here's some more content:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-surveillance-big-data-score-censorship-a7375221.html

E;fb

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth
Sounds like a mediocre Black Mirror episode

raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

Dissapointed Owl posted:

That's creepy and gross no matter what country you do it in, and if you're totally into hearing some dude talking like that, might wanna think about what that says about you.

lol no

Deceitful Penguin
Feb 16, 2011
Whoah for a few pages I was certain I´d accidently entered the LAN thread

Man, I wish we still had Modest Mao, Pro-PRC Laowai and TWM posting

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

Dissapointed Owl posted:

...posting nigh daily about the exceedingly sad sexual experiences you have with people you genuinely seem to loathe...

You're describing pure comedy gold, that even the ancients held in best regard. Well, that and the poop and projectile vomit stories.

The rotten background that it takes place in is the icing on the cake, these stories would be half as funny without it.

Blistex
Oct 30, 2003

Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

I'm here from the future to tell you about the success and integrity of the CCP-Social Network.

<pays official few thousand RMB to bump score>
<spams some nationalist crap on forum to bump score>
<watches a LPG storage tank explode and posts a picture online, takes a hit to his score>
<buys 500 copies of 3 RMB book on why the party is great to bump score>
<runs over homeless guy while drunk, takes a hit to his score>
<pays official a few hundred thousand RMB to bump score>
<is the son/daughter of an official, score is permanently set to highest>
<has same name as popular dissident who has an article published in the HK times, score is set to lowest>
<opens up lucrative business where out of work WOW Gold Farmers will brute-force your for money>
<is hit by a drunk official's car while crossing at an intersection at the appropriate time, score is set to lowest after not taking 3000 RMB bribe for two broken legs>
<factory boss is getting close to being caught embezzling money. Pays an official to drastically reduce assistant's score to make him look untrustworthy and take the fall>
<wechat's with foreigner, takes a hit to score>
<lives in apartment Block 12, unit #1989. Posts address on social media so coworkers can come over for a party. Takes a massive hit to points>

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

rear end cobra posted:

Sounds like a mediocre Black Mirror episode

Season 3, episode 1 to be precise.

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:

Brannock posted:

quote:

Harnessing the power of big data and the ubiquity of smartphones, ecommerce and social media in a society where 700 million people live large parts of their lives online, the plan will also vacuum up court, police, banking, tax and employment records. Doctors, teachers, local governments and businesses could additionally be scored by citizens for their professionalism and probity.

quote:

On this basis, citizens were classified into four levels: those given an “A” grade qualified for government support when starting a business and preferential treatment when applying to join the party, government or army; or applying for a promotion. People with “D” grades were excluded from official support or employment.

Absolutely no way this could possibly backfire in any way. Nothing wrong with teachers having to live in fear of a student's parent going apeshit for not treating their precious god-child with the required respect.

"Your teacher score has dropped by 20 points and you are now a D class citizen."
"What?"
"You're fired. Also your mortgage has been revoked, your house repossessed."
"What? Why?"
"Your score has dropped below the threshold of C class, and you are now a D class citizen. A D class citizen cannot possess a mortgage or work for a government school."
"WHAT?"
"Defaulting on a mortgage and being unemployed and homeless incurs an additional 50 point, 20 point and 15 point deduction to your citizen score."
"What?"
"You are now an E class citizen, please report for execution by Friday 6th. Failure to report incurs a ten point penalty to your children's citizen score."

Blistex
Oct 30, 2003

Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

Outrail posted:

Absolutely no way this could possibly backfire in any way. Nothing wrong with teachers having to live in fear of a student's parent going apeshit for not treating their precious god-child with the required respect.

Welcome to the wonderful world of being a Korean University Professor! "A++++'s for everyone (so I can keep my job)"

Blistex fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Oct 23, 2016

paperchaseguy
Feb 21, 2002

THEY'RE GONNA SAY NO

Jeoh posted:

the chinese are people???

soylent chinese is made from people!

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

paperchaseguy posted:

soylent chinese is made from people!

explains the problems with heavy metal poisoning they've had

serious norman
Dec 13, 2007

im pickle rick!!!!
Im 40 and i live in moms basement

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

serious norman posted:

Im 40 and i live in moms basement

this shoudl be in the eastern european jpg thread but how did your trip to that blasted russian hellscape city go?

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
---------------------------->

Blistex posted:

Absolutely no way this could possibly backfire in any way. Nothing wrong with teachers having to live in fear of a student's parent going apeshit for not treating their precious god-child with the required respect.

Welcome to the wonderful world of being a Korean University Professor! "A++++'s for everyone (so I can keep my job)"
[/quote]

Wow asian test scores are so high, we can learn from the "Tiger Mom" education style

serious norman
Dec 13, 2007

im pickle rick!!!!

Jose posted:

this shoudl be in the eastern european jpg thread but how did your trip to that blasted russian hellscape city go?

I'll probably go to Murmansk next year, if I make it back alive I'll let you know

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Darkman Fanpage
Jul 4, 2012

it's really funny

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