Cuntellectual posted:

I dated a mainland Chinese guy who declared he was going to kill my previous ex, who was Taiwanese, to prove his devotion. Does that count?

I've actually dated a few Chinese guys. Never been to China, though.

It's actually kinda the opposite of what you'd think in that a lot of mainland Chinese guys seem to be completely ok being treated like dirt because they're under the assumption that spending X dollars means being entitled to Y affection. FIRST DATE. GIVE GIFT. SECOND DATE. GIFT AGAIN. GET KISSY. Like, every time, for maybe 5 or 6 guys. I mean, guys from everywhere are kind of like that to an extent but the sheer degree of it was eerie.

When I was in high school I never had to bother getting a job because a lot of the sons of wealthy immigrants wanted a white girlfriend as fast as possible after moving to North America and hey, I'm a young entrepreneur.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/AP/status/821310212888002560

KillingPablo posted:

I know this is probably not the best place to ask a question like this, but I'll give it a shot. Recently I've been participating in more business dinners with the university President and Vice President, and apart from the copious baijiu drinking they absolutely love KTV. Of course being the white monkey they bring along I'm regulated the job of singing the English songs, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend a Chinese song or two that would be popular but wouldn't be not super difficult to learn. My Mandarin is so-so, but we've a trip to Bangkok coming up this weekend and I thought I'd put some of the spring festival break to use getting ready for the trip. Any suggestions?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/AP/status/821310212888002560

KillingPablo posted:

I know this is probably not the best place to ask a question like this, but I'll give it a shot. Recently I've been participating in more business dinners with the university President and Vice President, and apart from the copious baijiu drinking they absolutely love KTV. Of course being the white monkey they bring along I'm regulated the job of singing the English songs, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend a Chinese song or two that would be popular but wouldn't be not super difficult to learn. My Mandarin is so-so, but we've a trip to Bangkok coming up this weekend and I thought I'd put some of the spring festival break to use getting ready for the trip. Any suggestions?

Atlas Hugged posted:

朋友
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yybJCVtCunI

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Watch out Haier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti_WVtcWJLE

Invisible Handjob posted:

I would link a video but they're all nsfw, I can't find any where they don't also strip the xiao-san naked

KillingPablo posted:

I know this is probably not the best place to ask a question like this, but I'll give it a shot. Recently I've been participating in more business dinners with the university President and Vice President, and apart from the copious baijiu drinking they absolutely love KTV. Of course being the white monkey they bring along I'm regulated the job of singing the English songs, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend a Chinese song or two that would be popular but wouldn't be not super difficult to learn. My Mandarin is so-so, but we've a trip to Bangkok coming up this weekend and I thought I'd put some of the spring festival break to use getting ready for the trip. Any suggestions?

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I think this may be a difference between China and other western countries. In China, we always say young people should bear the responsibility to contribute to the development of the country, should devote themselves to making the country become stronger. So, Chinese young men have many responsibilities.

KillingPablo posted:

LOL

Haier posted:

LOL. "No, you don't get it, foreigner. In China we have memorized responses to social things so that we don't actually have to think or understand anything, or do anything about anything. If my face says it, then it's reality."
I like the part about making the country stronger, which translates into "knock up my wife and go to work to pay for imported baby formula.

Atlas Hugged posted:

China is so close to Correct Thought from Book of the New Sun it's amazing.

KillingPablo posted:

Oh, had one "5000 years history lol" moment today. Was discussing how to name an upcoming event with a coworker and he suggested "Globalization and Youth Responsibilities Symposium". I pointed out 'youth responsibilities' was strange and asked its meaning so I could figure out how to change it. His response:


Lesson of the day: patriotism is a uniquely Chinese concept that is completely absent in the West.

Boiled Water posted:

I'm gonna come out with a wild prediction here: If your economy is focused on export above all else then you will fare super badly in a trade war.

Accretionist posted:

And they daisy-chained the bubbles in real estate, shadow banking and domestic equities, along with putting 1/3 of the state pension fund into equities

Or have they fix some of that already?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Watch out Haier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti_WVtcWJLE

Atlas Hugged posted:

Haier posted:

I just looked these books up and they sound p cool. I wish I had more time for reading. I brought an ebook reader with me and have barely touched it since I've been here. Boooo
http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sci-fis-difficult-genius

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/17/chinese-discard-hundreds-of-cycles-for-hire-in-giant-pile posted:

It has been billed as a hi-tech bike-sharing boom that entrepreneurs hope will make them rich while simultaneously transforming China’s traffic-clogged cities.

But, occasionally, dreams can turn sour.

In the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, more than 500 bicycles for hire have been found dumped in huge piles on the streets, according to reports.

Pictures showed jumbled stacks of vehicles nearly three metres high, with handlebars, baskets and other parts scattered on the ground.

City streets around the country have seen an explosion of the colourful bikes that users can rent on demand with a smartphone app and then park wherever they choose.

The sharing economy is taking off in China, where ride-sharing and Airbnb are increasingly commonplace.

From Shanghai to Sichuan province, bike-sharing schemes are being rolled out in an effort to slash congestion and air pollution by putting a country once known as the “Kingdom of Bicycles” back on two wheels.

Companies such as Ofo and Mobike, with their rival fleets of bumblebee yellow and fluorescent orange bikes, have been locked in a cut-throat battle for customers.

But problems have arisen when clients have abandoned their cycles.

“Some people these days just have really bad character,” a man named He, who lives near where the stacks appeared, told the Southern Metropolis Daily.

“When they’re done using [the bike] they just throw it away somewhere, because they’ve already paid.”

In the past few days he witnessed people demolishing the bikes before discarding them on the side of the road, he said.

Residents told the paper that bikes had been piling up over the past week, either parked haphazardly by careless users or stacked by local security guards trying to clear narrow residential alleys and footpaths.

Zhuang Chuangyu, a representative at Shenzhen’s municipal people’s congress, said the city needed to step up regulation of the bike-sharing industry in order to improve traffic conditions and safety standards, especially since schoolchildren often used the bikes.

In the years following Mao Zedong’s 1949 communist takeover, bikes ruled supreme in China and the Flying Pigeon – the eastern equivalent of the Raleigh Roadster – became one of the country’s most recognisable symbols.

But two-wheeled travel began to go out of fashion as China became more open to the world, ushering in decades of economic growth and a high demand for cars.

In 1980, almost 63% of commuters cycled to work, the Beijing Morning Post reported in 2015, citing government data. But by 2000 that number had plummeted to 38% and today it stands at less than 12%.

Car use, meanwhile, has rocketed. In 2010 China overtook the US to become the world’s largest car market, with 13.5m vehicles sold in just 12 months.

Atlas Hugged posted:

Well we all make choices on what to do with our time....

kimcicle posted:

Bike sharing with Chinese characteristics:

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Residents told the paper that bikes had been piling up over the past week, either parked haphazardly by careless users or stacked by local security guards trying to clear narrow residential alleys and footpaths.

Outrail posted:

This seems like a really easy fix.

You get charged per hour until you return the bike. If it's a cash only system you pay a deposit. Tada!

Outrail posted:

This seems like a really easy fix.

You get charged per hour until you return the bike. If it's a cash only system you pay a deposit. Tada!

Mameluke posted:

Hell if you have credit card info just take out 3, 5, who cares how many times the value of the bike.

Are there any Shenzhen goons who can help me understand how this even became a problem?

Haier posted:

You download the company-specific app and scan the QR code. It deducts from your Wechat Pay or Alipay or whatever. Some have rules like they need to be returned to a Metro or bus station, or some busy area, or else you get a small fine until it is (like 1-2 RMB per hour). The rest are just pump and dump. You can ride it, hop off, hit "finished" in the app and get charged, and then throw it into a river or the sea. There are no rules. Once you pay and say you're done, you can just carry it to your house and leave it in front of your door for a few months. There so many of these loving bikes that none of these companies will ever have enough people to find them or repair them. There has to be many thousands of these loving things from each company in this city, and who wants to repair that many bikes? Some of them have really lovely features like solid-rubber tires that can't pop, and other uncomfortable things, but people still find ways to destroy them. They'll all end up in landfills somewhere. It's a huge waste, probably way more polluting than whatever supposed "not using a car" bullshit they are promoting.

Jeoh posted:

this is why you have to pay a deposit for this poo poo basically anywhere else

Haier posted:

Languages were invented by hillbillies and progressed by other hillbillies.
The angriest English for me is Hawaiian Pidgin. The tones used in it (borrowed from a multitude of Asian and Pacific Islander origins) make every single sentence sound like a combination of condescending sarcasm, anger, and annoyance. Despite growing up around it, I always thought people were pissed off all time (and many were).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaolMcl8v0I

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/AP/status/821310212888002560