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just let them die you can't get a more obvious sign of evolutionary failure than "refuses to gently caress"
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Fojar38 posted:just let them die But I like the Japanese 
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Imperialist Dog posted:http://m.weibo.cn/2348604107/4057744379882221 You should reply "its ok, you're a foreigner, you don't understand Hong Kong" Hopefully that'll light a few fires
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KillingPablo posted:Really the funniest thing about these applications has been the process itself. The mother is the VP of the university I work at, and instead of spending big bucks on having a third-party service do her daughter's applications, she assembled a team from the university including: two of her former PhD students, the director and assistant director of the International Office, and myself. She has also sent her daughter's essays to other professors to look them over, and has grabbed various other IO staff to help as necessary. And we've had several hour long meetings several times a week during working hours to finish the applications and essays. Of course, she's planning to quit her job soon, so I guess it's her last "gently caress you" to the school. ---- I had a short 8km walk. I cut through a park and saw 4-5 late-teen/early-twenties kids (both genders) dressed up in stereotypical Native American headdresses, war paint, fake tomahawks, and what looked like burlap clothes on top of their regular clothes. They were taking selfies and being dumb, but just seeing them there in those outfits and posing for photos really annoyed me for some reason (I don't know why). I was culturally triggered, because only my people can dress up as a subjugated people from our area! Why don't they dress up like Tibetans!? They don't see me running around and taking selfies in ethnic (and exterminated) Taiwan people clothes!  Imperialist Dog posted:http://m.weibo.cn/2348604107/4057744379882221
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Sheep-Goats posted:But I like the Japanese rofl
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Imperialist Dog posted:My wife had to make sure that we applied to about 10 primary schools for my older son, because she had a friend who did the same but their kid did not get into any of their chosen primary schools and had to go to a lovely government school. The face thing is hilarious though. I understood what they were saying in the second link. But this one I can't parse any complete thoughts or sentences?...
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So I know what Chinese state media says but what's the word on the street about trump now after the trump Taiwan number 1 thing and appointing the trade war guy
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KillingPablo posted:I've pretty much given up on arguing over anything anymore. Tell them they're foreigners so they wouldn't understand the US university system
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The story itself is interesting with Brit army drilling the HK police, but this comment had me laughing.quote:I don't see a problem. HK police wanted a refresher course on professionalism in pomp & ceremony so they went to the Brits because the CCP Chinese would have just taught them how to drink bai jiu, chase whores and steal money. https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/29/this-is-a-drill-british-army-returns-to-hong-kong/
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KillingPablo posted:Really the funniest thing about these applications has been the process itself. The mother is the VP of the university I work at, and instead of spending big bucks on having a third-party service do her daughter's applications, she assembled a team from the university including: two of her former PhD students, the director and assistant director of the International Office, and myself. She has also sent her daughter's essays to other professors to look them over, and has grabbed various other IO staff to help as necessary. And we've had several hour long meetings several times a week during working hours to finish the applications and essays. Of course, she's planning to quit her job soon, so I guess it's her last "gently caress you" to the school. as someone who has spent years doing this down the road from you in Tianjin, the thing that still surprises me is how much people pay for your help or service, you then give it, and they say "ok thank you" and then do whaatever the hell they want to do that often directly contradicts and ignores what you told them to do. like, I just don't get it, how that works. still can't understand it seven years later
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I'm the blind woman outside playing the pipa and relying on rednecks to follow the honor system and not steal my tips.
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Haier posted:I'm the blind woman outside playing the pipa and relying on rednecks to follow the honor system and not steal my tips. is she cute?
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Sheep-Goats posted:But I like the Japanese I'm wondering if their problem isn't so much that they don't want to gently caress, but that they have watched so much of their porn that they think procreation involves plastering the lady's face while your two friends keep her pinned down and your other two friends keep the other people on the subway car from intervening.
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Blistex posted:I'm wondering if their problem isn't so much that they don't want to gently caress, but that they have watched so much of their porn that they think procreation involves plastering the lady's face while your two friends keep her pinned down and your other two friends keep the other people on the subway car from intervening. I want to say it's the conflux of the generally lowered birth rates from developed societies and resistance to the general life checkpoint norms seen in east Asia. And then it's taken to the extreme.
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I wonder what my lovely neighbors think of me playing Peggle Nights right now with the volume up. Y'all like that electric piano music? Unnnnggghhh EDIT: Peggle Nights music is definitely in my Top 10 list of favorite video game musics.
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Haier posted:I wonder what my lovely neighbors think of me playing Peggle Nights right now with the volume up. Y'all like that electric piano music? Unnnnggghhh You should play this every morning for all the big bosses who spent the night at their mistress's places. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGIw60UKiKw Comedy Option: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XacJRjY_I9Y
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Dicky mouse posted:so those hapa guys got triggered by this This triggers me a bit but mostly because it reminds me of characters from the TV show "Girls".
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Xelkelvos posted:I want to say it's the conflux of the generally lowered birth rates from developed societies and resistance to the general life checkpoint norms seen in east Asia. And then it's taken to the extreme. Work/life balance is hosed, support for parents is hosed, housing is hosed, education is hosed, even sexual relationships are hosed (though this is not as big a deal as the other stuff, just more funny)
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Alan Smithee posted:So I know what Chinese state media says but what's the word on the street about trump now after the trump Taiwan number 1 thing and appointing the trade war guy I'm not in China right now so maybe it's different but when I was there I was amazed at how willing most of the population seemed to wholeheartedly take the obvious state propaganda into their hearts as truth and how little they cared to find any outside info. Also I'm aware that this is the kind of comment that someone who has never lived in China will quote and say "Naw brah it's like that everywhere" and yeah it's like that everywhere but it's off the loving charts in China. To answer your question specifically I doubt most Chinese are even aware of it because that's the kind of story the state media just doesn't talk about.
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Blistex posted:I'm wondering if their problem isn't so much that they don't want to gently caress, but that they have watched so much of their porn that they think procreation involves plastering the lady's face while your two friends keep her pinned down and your other two friends keep the other people on the subway car from intervening. Serious answer: all developed countries have the same problem with fertility plunging. Japan just has zero immigration to fill in the gaps.
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Mr. Fix It posted:Serious answer: all developed countries have the same problem with fertility plunging. Japan just has zero immigration to fill in the gaps. Thanks to this thread, it took me a few seconds to realize you were using the actual definition of the word.
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most developed countries have plenty of loving but it results in fewer kids due to better access to healthcare and sexual education i thought that japans problem was that there was just very little loving in general
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Fojar38 posted:most developed countries have plenty of loving but it results in fewer kids due to better access to healthcare and sexual education Better send in Haier.
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Fojar38 posted:most developed countries have plenty of loving but it results in fewer kids due to better access to healthcare and sexual education They are further ahead on a trajectory a lot of other countries are following. Singapore has an even lower fertility rate (and some cringy ad campaigns trying to raise it), but they also have plenty of foreigners and temporary workers to keep the economy chugging.
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Fojar38 posted:most developed countries have plenty of loving but it results in fewer kids due to better access to healthcare and sexual education They dialed the nerd boys, and the women who will not date them, up to 11. Their marriage rate dropped, and seriously why wouldn't it. They are still living with 1950 (or earlier) gender norms, except every woman in Japan has a television (or cell phone) depicting what the rest of the first world women have. (If you are an angry American feminist I suggest you never look too closely at Japan as you will probably stroke out.)
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P-Mack posted:They are further ahead on a trajectory a lot of other countries are following. Is singapore cool to live in and how does it compare to Taipei
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oohhboy posted:Better send in Haier. Even the US Marines and Navy can't seem to fix the problem.
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LingcodKilla posted:Even the US Marines and Navy can't seem to fix the problem. Under-age rape victims don't usually keep the pregnancy.
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LingcodKilla posted:Even the US Marines and Navy can't seem to fix the problem. The Navy is gay anyway so they wouldn't have been much help.
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Modest Mao posted:Is singapore cool to live in and how does it compare to Taipei It is really cool to live in if you both love shitloads of social rules and are extremely wealthy, so it's heaven on earth for some truly awful people. Beautiful country though, and interesting blend of language and culture.
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Modest Mao posted:Is singapore cool to live in and how does it compare to Taipei Angmoh duaki
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Modest Mao posted:Is singapore cool to live in and how does it compare to Taipei Pretty boring, honestly. It's the Mall of Asia, everything is imported, plastic, and loving expensive, too. On the other hand, it's super-safe, so people can say they went to Asia without having really gone to Asia. Outrage of modesty...
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Modest Mao posted:Is singapore cool to live in and how does it compare to Taipei Dunno. I've never lived there, just gone to visit family. Probably going again in October. Pretty much everyone speaks English (or something close to it), so it's extremely westerner-friendly. Food was really good and cheap, beer was bad and really expensive. Insanely hot and humid but that's okay because there is a clean, orderly, air conditioned mall like every block. Outside of malls and shopping, there's not a whole lot else going on. My wife's cousin drove us to see where all the whores hang out (Geylang Lorong 18) cause I guess that's a major tourist attraction. Everyone else excitedly asked if we had visited Singapore's world class Sentosa amusement complex, before admitting that they'd never been there themselves since it's really overpriced. Everyone seemed to think this movie was pretty spot on as far as conveying what life is like there and criticizing the lovely materialistic aspects of the local culture.
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December 30th, 2016: China Edition I know many Mainlanders are bad with the Gregorian calendar. Many places, people, schools, and parts of the government, still use the old Chinese Lunar calendar for everything. I've met many a Chinese (of all ages) who did not know their birthday in the Gregorian calendar (and had trouble figuring out which year they were born in, since the Lunar calendar adds 1-3 years to your birth date just because). Despite every bit of electronics they use usually having the Gregorian calendar, and many facets of their life using that calendar, many times the dates of things can still be a mystery. Anyway, the point of this is that there are so many drat people on my Wechat wall saying that today, the 30th, is the last day of 2016, that I felt confused and had to check the calendar to see if maybe my phone had the wrong date. Seriously, I am surprised at how many people are saying "this is the last day of 2016, tomorrow begins a new year." P-Mack posted:Everyone seemed to think this movie was pretty spot on as far as conveying what life is like there and criticizing the lovely materialistic aspects of the local culture. Haier fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Dec 30, 2016 |
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Haier posted:The producer's name is "Woffles Wu." I had to Google it, and found there are more people in Singapore named Woffles. Holy poo poo. That name is amazing. the imdb trivia has some other good stuff- To distract curious onlookers when shooting on in the city, director/producer Colin Goh and 1st assistant director Stephen Chin staged a mock fight. As preparation for their roles as fiancées, Asher Su and Serene Chen conducted a fake SMS and e-mail romance for weeks before the shoot. To Serene's chagrin, Dick gave her the nickname "milky pig".
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So if I speak passable chinese is there anywhere worth living more than Taipei cause Taipei is A+ (a city designed for humans to thrive in) but feels kinda small and quaint too I'd go to japan but I can't do another language pls and anime nerds basically ruined the idea of being whitey in japan
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You could move to KaoHsiung where no one speaks English and you have to use Mandarin even though everyone speaks Hokkien or Hakka at home.
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