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Someone please retell the story of the glorious exploding Qing musketeers fighting against evil imperialists. I forgot how it goes.
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I eat Jew/jelly/wood ear mushrooms every day. Today I bought 150gms of the stuff and threw it in a soup. I decided to see if there was any nutritional info on it online, since it seems pretty useless and only adds a flavorless crunch to the meal. I try to count my macros and micros while living here so I don't leave China as a seven-headed string bean with anemia and jello muscles. Anyway:quote:Wood ear is a VERY important food for us that should be incorporated into everyone’s diet. It is especially beneficial for blood, as it can nourish, activate, and clean the blood all at once. Wood ear nourishes yin, counteracts high cholesterol, increases body fluids, and adds moisture to the lung. (We are currently in autumn, a season where our throats/lungs get very dry. This is the perfect time to eat lung-moisturizing foods!) Oh, cool. Thanks for the tips, Google Hong Kong. I hope I don't over-dose on lung moisture, because that would be pretty bad!
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Jan 10, 2017 06:56
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Outrail posted:Not really the thread to be talking about peanut based sweets. Fuzhounese food has lots of peanut based sweets
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Jan 10, 2017 07:01
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Ceciltron posted:Someone please retell the story of the glorious exploding Qing musketeers fighting against evil imperialists. I forgot how it goes. Opium War; they wore bandoleers of gunpowder which meant they had a high chance of getting ignited when shot, IIRC. Also tends to be really terrible for the morale of your army when the dead are the lucky ones and the wounded get roasted alive by their own equipment.
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Jan 10, 2017 07:17
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HerStuddMuffin posted:The first currency backed by iron pyrite. One of the courses I teach is geology, so I got materials for the standard identify unknown minerals by their density/luster/etc lab activity. One of the materials I got was pyrite. Turned out we got fake pyrite. Fake fake gold. Fake. Pyrite.
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Jan 10, 2017 07:26
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Grand Fromage posted:Turned out we got fake pyrite. Fake fake gold. Fake. Pyrite.
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Jan 10, 2017 07:38
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Tupperwarez posted:How fake are we talking, like a mineral that looks the same, or full-blown, completely different thing painted gold? I am not sure what it is. It looks like pyrite and is cuboid but the density and hardness are not even close.
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Jan 10, 2017 07:43
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Drunk & Ugly posted:well on the one hand thats ok but what happens if i actually slip because im a goofus and your mongoloid boyfriend tries to get into a fight with me just to prove he's real cool and to get laid later and i stab him You don't slip and fall headfirst into someone's cleavage. It just doesn't happen. e: don't mind me i'm just a lovable doofus *grabs titty instead of strap* Phlegmish fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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Jan 10, 2017 08:03
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Grand Fromage posted:One of the courses I teach is geology, so I got materials for the standard identify unknown minerals by their density/luster/etc lab activity. One of the materials I got was pyrite. The only fake pyrite I know about was the mining town in Australia that they thought they found a bunch of pyrite so they used to to pave the streets and then it turned out that it was actually gold telluride. The streets got torn up real fast.
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Jan 10, 2017 08:05
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Phlegmish posted:You don't slip and fall head-first into someone's cleavage. It just doesn't happen. I dunno I've seen a lot of British TV that would claim otherwise.
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Jan 10, 2017 08:08
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Haier posted:Oh, cool. Thanks for the tips, Google Hong Kong. I hope I don't over-dose on lung moisture, because that would be pretty bad! you might drown to death I'd imagine
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Jan 10, 2017 08:13
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Haier posted:I eat Jew/jelly/wood ear mushrooms every day. Today I bought 150gms of the stuff and threw it in a soup. I decided to see if there was any nutritional info on it online, since it seems pretty useless and only adds a flavorless crunch to the meal. I try to count my macros and micros while living here so I don't leave China as a seven-headed string bean with anemia and jello muscles. Anyway: Nourish, activate, and clean the blood all at once, eh? Adds moisture to the lung? That's spectacularly stupid poo poo.
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Jan 10, 2017 08:27
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JaucheCharly posted:That's spectacularly stupid poo poo. I just read a huge wechat article about how you should NEVER go to the doctor, because when they diagnose you with a disease, that's when you actually get sick! it's just a scam to catch you in their net and sell you pills, it's a western doctor conspiracy!  it's actually really horrible too, I know several otherwise very intelligent people who have already died needlessly of preventable diseases because they got shoveled this poo poo and believe it because Chinese people don't get taught any critical thinking skills whatsoever
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Jan 10, 2017 08:35
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Haier posted:I eat Jew/jelly/wood ear mushrooms every day. Today I bought 150gms of the stuff and threw it in a soup. I decided to see if there was any nutritional info on it online, since it seems pretty useless and only adds a flavorless crunch to the meal. I try to count my macros and micros while living here so I don't leave China as a seven-headed string bean with anemia and jello muscles. Anyway: looks like it's a decent source of calcium and iron so that's cool wonder what other metals it's good at absorbing
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Jan 10, 2017 08:36
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:wonder what other metals it's good at absorbing lol god drat good post here
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Jan 10, 2017 09:00
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Invisible Handjob posted:
What you're saying sounds like j should contact my Chinese investors and have them look into my very lucrative land mark business. Half the Big Ben can be yours for very few $$$.
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Jan 10, 2017 09:12
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Invisible Handjob posted:I just read a huge wechat article about how you should NEVER go to the doctor, because when they diagnose you with a disease, that's when you actually get sick! it's just a scam to catch you in their net and sell you pills, it's a western doctor conspiracy! I forgot how many of her family members (brother, sister, others) have died in the past few years from cancer. Her mom is still alive and lives with her, and that must be some horrible poo poo that every single one of your kids dies from environmentally-induced cancers (that went untreated due to nobody understanding basic cancer fighting procedures) while you're left to die alone. Part of me was so angry at the stupidity, and the other part of me was relieved I don't have to know whether/when she dies from pretending some 20 RMB pills will magically make the tumor inside of her disappear. She was a very nice woman, but drat, this retarded purposely-ignorant culture has killed one more person that probably didn't have to die at this time in her life. My boss loves moxibustion, and she showed me a page in her book that had anecdotal proof that it cures AIDS, and doctors outside China are refusing to accept this Chinese invention. I like how even in pure lies and cheating, they find a way to twist a "Great China versus the Evil World" lesson into it. One more dividing line that allows people to continue to be racist poo poo heads to anyone that looks different than them. I also had this voice chat exchange recently: Me: *Sends a photo of my Indian food meal to a girl* Her: "That looks terrible. My stomach feels bad looking at it. I HATE Western food!" Me: "It's Indian food." Her: "I don't like. I feel it must be very terrible to eat." Me: "It tastes very good. You should try it sometime, eat some new foods." Her: "I only like Chinese food!!! I will eat not eat this!" Me: "If I bring some to you, will you try it?" Her: "I will only eat Chinese food!!!!!"
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Jan 10, 2017 09:34
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The Great Autismo! posted:waiting in line isn't really a thing in the mainland. it's crazy though, like when you're traveling you can tell when you are getting ready to get to the mainland, or a group of people form the mainland are nearby. i can't explain it. it's like the aura of the room changes, kind of like when you have the feeling someone is watching you. maybe i have that feeling because a ton of people are indeed staring at me and my family, i don't know, but it's just a different feeling being at a gate with a large group of people from the mainland. Getting back at the Great Leap, I just passed the point where they mentioned how people had to queue for days to get a slip with their number on it so they could get into the actual queue shoes or trivial household articles. Just imagine! And the really fun part is that the stuff was of such abysmal quality that it fell apart within a short time. Back into the queue.
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Jan 10, 2017 09:43
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Well look what a little Birdy told me:quote:“Just had an interesting call with a contact who specialises in “other” funds movement out of China. The quoted rate for USD$1,000,000 today for the FEES was 12-18% depending on the risk factors of the person in China and assumed destination was Australia…..” I suspect that this may have an impact on the upper end of the market…..
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Jan 10, 2017 09:45
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JaucheCharly posted:And the really fun part is that the stuff was of such abysmal quality that it fell apart within a short time. Back into the queue.
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Jan 10, 2017 09:47
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The only thing I like about the Chinese line cutting is that in Korea they'd fight you about it but at least in Sichuan, when you call them out they back down immediately, turn all apologetic, and go to the back of the line. I've never seen another reaction.
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Jan 10, 2017 09:51
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Haier posted:That friend that told me she had breast cancer actually deleted me recently because I got upset that her entire plan to fight cancer was take some TCM pills twice a day and look for a husband, because she thinks her life is boring and it's time to get married and start a new life. I was like "You won't have a new life to start if you ignore your cancer!" Triggered. Jesus man. I know. It's so hosed up to see people who are otherwise really smart you care about just... I don't even know. I guess fall victim to an ignorant as poo poo part of the culture, like you said. It's actually really torturous, and there's nothing you can say to change it. I think it's for the best you don't have to see what your friend is about to go through. Despite the fact you're a giant man whore I think you have a big heart and the upcoming few months would probably tear you apart. As to the second part, before I met Chinese people I always thought Americans were the pickiest eaters in the world. Not anymore
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Jan 10, 2017 10:08
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Grand Fromage posted:I'm sorry I don't encounter nearly as many entertaining situations as Haier or TGA. the thread just needs every single china goon meeting everyone from tantan
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Jan 10, 2017 10:34
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Invisible Handjob posted:Jesus man. I know. It's so hosed up to see people who are otherwise really smart you care about just... I don't even know. I guess fall victim to an ignorant as poo poo part of the culture, like you said. It's actually really torturous, and there's nothing you can say to change it. I think it's for the best you don't have to see what your friend is about to go through. Despite the fact you're a giant man whore I think you have a big heart and the upcoming few months would probably tear you apart. Chinese people sound like the stereotypes in the ITT: We're Americans
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Jan 10, 2017 10:34
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Having traveled now and also met lots of other expats from other countries I don't think Americans even crack the top ten of picky eaters anymore. At least if we define terms the same way. Sure we don't eat a lot of like, intestines and stuff that are normal foods in other places, but as far as willingness to try new things Americans are not even close to the worst.
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Jan 10, 2017 10:44
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Ceciltron posted:Someone please retell the story of the glorious exploding Qing musketeers fighting against evil imperialists. I forgot how it goes. Vernii posted:Opium War; they wore bandoleers of gunpowder which meant they had a high chance of getting ignited when shot, IIRC. Also tends to be really terrible for the morale of your army when the dead are the lucky ones and the wounded get roasted alive by their own equipment. The bandoleers are not bad by themselves, but what hosed them up was the Chinese were still using Matchlocks with loose powder, something that had been obsolete for at least 150 years in Europe. Because of the match if they fell over for any reason the power would spill and woosh! It was bad enough even the British complained about all the burning men. Only 30% of the Chinese had fire type weapons like matchlocks, cannons and bombs. Fire arrows if you want to count them. The rest had spears, rusty swords, horses and bows. They were using cannons from the Ming dynasty and most of them had little ability to change aim. The British had percussion rifles which had 3x the maximum range. Standardised sighted cannons on pivots that fired explosives. The first iron steam ship that had water tight bulkheads which could sail up rivers. All used by the best trained and battle hardened force at the time. Depending on how you count it the K:D was something like 289:1 at the top end or 54:1 on the low during the first opium war. It really was spear men verses guns civilisation style, crazy poo poo.
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Jan 10, 2017 12:09
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 China finally has the power of the ball point pen. The first ball point was invented in 1888, in 1943 when Biro invented a pen that was sold to the RAF. 1945 saw it's commerialisation. 1960 came the space pen.The last third of the article is face saving BS. It might have been better for them to have shut up about this than to claim it as some sort of achievement. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38566114 quote:It has sent rockets into space, produced millions of the world's smartphones and built high-speed trains. But until now, one bit of manufacturing had perhaps unexpectedly eluded China: the ballpoint pen.
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Jan 10, 2017 12:36
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The hands are willing, but the spirit is chabuduo.
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Jan 10, 2017 12:53
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You should read this article yourself. A party academic posted the "Best thing Mao did was die". poo poo storm has ensued. People beaten with steel poles. The comment section is a cluster gently caress of 40 million dead wasn't so bad. American civil War. You brain washed and Chinese already know the truth. China not ready for the truth. The truth cannot survive the paradise that is China. Mao ended the century of humiliation. Absurd claims of military prowess and invention. Just  https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/10/video-shandong-academics-criticism-of-revolutionary-leader-mao-zedong-sparks-violent-protest/
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Jan 10, 2017 13:05
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A few days ago, when we talked about "By 2020...", I was going to throw in the ballpens, but it seems that it's still not too late. Maybe they'll even build the world's largest ballpen.
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Jan 10, 2017 13:10
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oohhboy posted:You should read this article yourself. A party academic posted the "Best thing Mao did was die". poo poo storm has ensued. People beaten with steel poles. 0 comments
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Jan 10, 2017 13:17
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Jack2142 posted:Chinese people sound like the stereotypes in the ITT: We're Americans The difference is not all Americans are creationists
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Jan 10, 2017 13:35
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Who the gently caress writes with a 2.3-millimeter ballpoint pen? At 1.0mm I feel like a child doodling, and with the complexity of Chinese characters I'd have thought they'd need smaller tips?
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Jan 10, 2017 13:42
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Even if they managed to figure out production of ball-points, who's to say that they'll be able to withhold acceptable quality over time when the usual quality with chineese characteristics creeps into the supply-chain?
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Jan 10, 2017 13:49
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I think that's the diameter of the ball, not necessarily the same thing as line width.
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Jan 10, 2017 13:50
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oohhboy posted:You should read this article yourself. A party academic posted the "Best thing Mao did was die". poo poo storm has ensued. People beaten with steel poles. Like father like sun, south african bombs and noodles and all that.
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Jan 10, 2017 13:52
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This might be one of the few times shaving off metal might actually make the product better.
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Jan 10, 2017 13:53
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Acquisition of ballpoint pen manufacturing technology is the last step to China Ruling the World, brush up on that Mandarin guys.
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Jan 10, 2017 13:53
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Grand Fromage posted:Acquisition of ballpoint pen manufacturing technology is the last step to China Ruling the World, brush up on that Mandarin guys. I thought the point of this was that they wouldn't need brushes anymore? 
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Xerxes17 posted:I thought the point of this was that they wouldn't need brushes anymore? They never had a
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