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Pirate Radar posted:To be fair, ID, I think the history educators figure they don't need to teach American kids about the actual fighting because You forgot Alaska. Also Japanese subs managed to bomb the mainland but nobody really noticed. Also they attempted to firebomb our forests with balloons.
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Jan 16, 2017 08:06
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Fojar38 posted:Like there is really no contest that western history education is the best in the world if simply because you'll get folks who will go "actually the Russians and Chinese did X and Y and Z" which is something you will never get elsewhere
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Jan 16, 2017 08:11
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Fojar38 posted:that giant tower is a huge eyesore it's ok fojar, you can let a little wonder into your heart. don't end up like this 
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Jan 16, 2017 08:11
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big time bisexual posted:it's ok fojar, you can let a little wonder into your heart. don't end up like this actually I think that comic strip is an excellent and accurate representation of exactly what fojar is and love him all the more for it
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Jan 16, 2017 08:13
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Fojar38 posted:that giant tower is a huge eyesore How can you not love "giant cigarette" and "giant bottle opener"? . . . oh right! caberham posted:But Fojar you really are the loving worst. Your heart is as vile as a meth lab in some trashy trailer.
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Jan 16, 2017 08:17
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When I was in China last a local Beijing TV station started doing a "man on the street" style interview with a member of my wedding party while showing my guests around the city. At first, the interview was normal asking where he was from, what he thought of china, all very touristy stuff. Then, after about 6 fluff questions the next question was a two part "Do you recognize the incredible and unbelievable sacrifices the CCP made to single-handedly defeat the Japanese during WWII and do you think Japan can ever truly atone for the unforgiveable atrocities they committed against the Chinese people?" He backed away without saying another word.
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Jan 16, 2017 08:20
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LingcodKilla posted:You forgot Alaska. Also Japanese subs managed to bomb the mainland but nobody really noticed. Also they attempted to firebomb our forests with balloons. Alaska is embarrassing to teach about because the Japanese invaded, then left before the American response force showed up (because the islands were useless frozen rocks and the whole point was to plant a Japanese flag on American soil), then the Navy bombarded empty islands for a while and a bunch of guys died during the landings from accidents or friendly fire. Not exactly America's finest hour.
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Jan 16, 2017 08:27
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Blistex posted:How can you not love "giant cigarette" and "giant bottle opener"? . . . oh right! Bahahaha, I also agree with that quote by Cab I still love your meth riddled heart full of honesty Fojar
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Jan 16, 2017 08:28
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I don't like it when we pick on people in these threads. That isn't the harmonious society I was promised! Let's just let the hundred flowers bloom, whether they're wonderful blossoms or hard scrabble weeds. or those flowers that smell like rotting corpses, those are fine too
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Jan 16, 2017 08:36
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Invisible Handjob posted:Bahahaha, I also agree with that quote by Cab He's #2 in my heart (Taiwan #1) for giving us "Fojar's law" Fojar38 posted:"Everything that gets reported regarding China or Chinese achievement is at best incredibly exaggerated or at worst an outright lie" hasn't led me wrong yet
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Jan 16, 2017 08:37
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big time bisexual posted:it's ok fojar, you can let a little wonder into your heart. don't end up like this dont doxx me Blistex posted:How can you not love "giant cigarette" and "giant bottle opener"? . . . oh right! I dunno I guess it's because they look out of place considering the fact that everything surrounding them looks the same. They would look better if they were actually surrounded by buildings of a similar height and of different styles
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Jan 16, 2017 08:41
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you see the same "blocks of generic apartment buildings as far as the eye can see" in toronto as well but at least downtown looks cool and good that is literally pudong
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Jan 16, 2017 08:46
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Fojar38 posted:I dunno I guess it's because they look out of place considering the fact that everything surrounding them looks the same. They would look better if they were actually surrounded by buildings of a similar height and of different styles I sort of like bottle opener, but the tower is just too. . . stark. I'm with you, it's ugly (or at least until the skyline fills in a bit). https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-16/china-s-latest-innovation-the-ballpoint-pen quote:China's Latest Innovation? The Ballpoint Pen.  says the real reason it took this long was that everyone contracted to make it decided to sub-contract it, and got "Chinar'd". Why else would you need the CCP to get involved? (to stop the corner-cutting and get it made to save face)
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Jan 16, 2017 08:50
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Deceitful Penguin posted:I don't like it when we pick on people in these threads. That isn't the harmonious society I was promised! fojar can handle it this isn't D&D
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Jan 16, 2017 08:52
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Blistex posted:I sort of like bottle opener, but the tower is just too. . . stark. I'm with you, it's ugly (or at least until the skyline fills in a bit). there is a 100% chance that the tower was built for dumb idiot prestige rather than because it's a good and necessary place for a building that needs to be large the entire pudong district seems like a 21st century potemkin project to make china look modern. (this is why it has the word "dong" in its name) quote:
5 years ago someone wrote an editorial pointing out that china cant produce a ballpoint pen, so billions of yuan went into research and development for the sake of face
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Jan 16, 2017 08:58
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China will develop astronaut pens by 2020.
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Jan 16, 2017 09:06
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Pirate Radar posted:Alaska is embarrassing to teach about because the Japanese invaded, then left before the American response force showed up (because the islands were useless frozen rocks and the whole point was to plant a Japanese flag on American soil), then the Navy bombarded empty islands for a while and a bunch of guys died during the landings from accidents or friendly fire. Not exactly America's finest hour. My grandfather was a cook and stationed there/around for most of the war, IIRC that's my story GoutPatrol fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Jan 16, 2017 |
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Jan 16, 2017 09:13
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Fojar38 posted:5 years ago someone wrote an editorial pointing out that china cant produce a ballpoint pen, so billions of yuan went into research and development for the sake of face Filling out forms at the bank became an olympic sport.
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Jan 16, 2017 09:13
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this has put me on a quest to find a chinese city with a good skyline and my god beijing is hideous look at this poo poo:  its the skyscraper version of those generic featureless industrial parks that stretch for miles and miles and make you want to barf
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Jan 16, 2017 09:14
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Fojar38 posted:this has put me on a quest to find a chinese city with a good skyline and my god beijing is hideous
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Jan 16, 2017 09:21
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 The 'Giant Bottle Opener' was originally going to have a circle at the top but people started complaining about Japan's Rising Sun looming over China. So they had to redesign the building during construction.  LOL
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Jan 16, 2017 09:31
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tower which makes drinking more accessible is a great analogy to china
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Jan 16, 2017 09:44
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i thought that chongqing was going to be the chinese city with a good skyline but then i saw it during the day lol
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Jan 16, 2017 09:46
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americans moaning about ugly towers, how precious youre lucky 911 happened because the twin towers looked like poo poo
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Jan 16, 2017 09:46
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havent all these cities only been built up over like the last 10 years how do they already look decayed as poo poo
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Jan 16, 2017 09:47
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This is making the bottoms of my feet tingle
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Jan 16, 2017 09:49
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Zzulu posted:americans moaning about ugly towers, how precious Lookit this guy. Hes adorable. Ha ha!
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Jan 16, 2017 09:49
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Hihohe posted:Lookit this guy. Hes adorable. Ha ha! he will never pwn us as hard as THE PWNER
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Jan 16, 2017 09:54
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lets build two real tall boxes hurr at least china put like, some shapes and stuff into their most ridiculous buildings
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Jan 16, 2017 10:01
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plenty of american skylines have ugly buildings. Every time I drive towards dallas I'm reminded of that. But nothing in this country looks as ridiuclously terrible as that beijing skyline, i'm sorry. We may have individual buildings in competition with individual buildings in beijing but the overall failure of the skyline, there's no american competition.
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Jan 16, 2017 10:02
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Is that skyscraper supposed to be that wonky?
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Jan 16, 2017 10:04
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Pirate Radar posted:Alaska is embarrassing to teach about because the Japanese invaded, then left before the American response force showed up (because the islands were useless frozen rocks and the whole point was to plant a Japanese flag on American soil), then the Navy bombarded empty islands for a while and a bunch of guys died during the landings from accidents or friendly fire. Not exactly America's finest hour. So they were so scared that they left before we could kick their rear end! USA USA USA USA
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Jan 16, 2017 10:08
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Jimmy Little Balls posted:Is that skyscraper supposed to be that wonky? it doesn't even look like a straight cigarette it looks like a crooked cigarette butt
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Jan 16, 2017 10:11
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The extra stupid thing about this is the architect modelled it after traditional Chinese entrances called "moon doors". China pwned itself.
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Jan 16, 2017 10:34
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Zzulu posted:lets build two real tall boxes hurr guys I'm super high and now I'm thinking about how buildings are just big boxes and I'm freaking out a little someone please someone help
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Jan 16, 2017 10:44
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A monument to self-ownage.
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Jan 16, 2017 10:50
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big time bisexual posted:anyway check out some pics of shanghai's skyline in the Fojar38 posted:this has put me on a quest to find a chinese city with a good skyline and my god beijing is hideous Some Google stuff: Looking towards DaNanshan day and night   Futian and it's dumb gay golf course wasting city space, and looking towards Wutong Shan (like almost 1km high or something).  Lizhi (lychee) park  And a photo I took with my phone. That big tower is the 4th tallest on Earth: 
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Jan 16, 2017 10:58
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GoutPatrol posted:My grandfather was a cook and stationed there/around for most of the war, IIRC To be fair I was remembering Kiska, which was like that, and forgetting about Attu, where there was actually an invasion and fighting on the ground. That probably comes up more in history classes in Alaska. In California we did learn about the Battle of LA, when a bunch of spooked anti-air gunners shot at nothing for hours.
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1941 is still the definitive history of WW2 in LA.
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