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Haier
Aug 10, 2007

by Lowtax

ladron posted:

pretty cavalier with someone else's money, yet refusing to go out if you have to spend your own...hmm

I paid five of that, dude.
Actually, I split the bill or "I got this one, you get the next one" with friends. When it comes to dating I don't want to pay, and it's a game to see how long I can go without paying, or what I can get away with by not paying or being cheap.

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ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

Haier posted:

Actually, .......I can get away with ........being cheap.

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

it's what, one buck? Who gives a poo poo

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

Boiled Water posted:

it's what, one buck? Who gives a poo poo

oh, oh, look at mr. man and all his bucks

Xerxes17
Feb 17, 2011

Oh look at Mr. Lad and all his shitpostings

Universe Master
Jun 20, 2005

Darn Fine Pie

Boiled Water posted:

it's what, one buck? Who gives a poo poo

Yes, but haier loses much face by paying.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
This is an article about the general damage being done sand mining but of course China is by far the worst for it for multiple reasons

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/27/sand-mining-global-environmental-crisis-never-heard

quote:

Times are good for Fey Wei Dong. A genial, middle-aged businessman based near Shanghai, China, Fey says he is raking in the equivalent of £180,000 a year from trading in the humblest of commodities: sand.

Fey often works in a fishing village on Poyang Lake, China’s biggest freshwater lake and a haven for millions of migratory birds and several endangered species. The village is little more than a tiny collection of ramshackle houses and battered wooden docks. It is dwarfed by a flotilla anchored just offshore, of colossal dredges and barges, hulking metal flatboats with cranes jutting from their decks. Fey comes here regularly to buy boatloads of raw sand dredged from Poyang’s bottom. He ships it 300 miles down the Yangtze River and resells it to builders in booming Shanghai who need it to make concrete.

Hundreds of dredgers may be on the lake on any given day, some the size of tipped-over apartment buildings. The biggest can haul in as much as 10,000 tonnes of sand an hour. A recent study estimates that 236m cubic metres of sand are taken out of the lake annually. That makes Poyang the biggest sand mine on the planet, far bigger than the three largest sand mines in the US combined. “I couldn’t believe it when we did the calculations,” says David Shankman, a University of Alabama geographer and one of the study’s authors.

All that dredging, researchers believe, is a key reason why the lake’s water level has dropped dramatically in recent years. So much sand has been scooped out, says Shankman – 30 times more than the amount that flows in from tributary rivers – that the lake’s outflow channel has been drastically deepened and widened, nearly doubling the amount of water that flows into the Yangtze. The lower water levels are translating into declines in water quality and supply to surrounding wetlands. It could be ruinous for the area’s inhabitants, both animal and human.

Imperialist Dog
Oct 21, 2008

"I think you could better spend your time on finishing your editing before the deadline today."
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:backtowork:
That must be why they built a copy of Tower Bridge with extra towers

http://shanghaiist.com/2017/02/27/suzhou-london-tower-bridge.php

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/DaveSchmerler/status/833433218065932288/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

vanity slug
Jul 20, 2010


Jet fuel can't melt Kim Jong-un.

mrbotus
Apr 7, 2009

Patron of the Pants
Wow, I thought employees would ignore my requests and give me something other than what I asked for because I was a foreigner and they were hoping I wasn't confident enough in my language ability. Turns out they'll do it their own countrymen as well!

Ichabod Tane
Oct 30, 2005

A most notable
coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.


https://youtu.be/_Ojd0BdtMBY?t=4

Universe Master posted:

Yes, but haier loses much face by paying.

Haier can't lose face because he lost it on the moldy peanut brittle puss.

Not really, he lost it mispelling that word for months.

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es
crossposting from the 2016gif thread.

nsfw pretty sure a guy dies
nsfw

edit: a followup, someone please explain, also nsfw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw4lDe-FUD0

ladron fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Feb 27, 2017

barbecue at the folks
Jul 20, 2007


I recommended Poorly Made in China for my spouse when she wanted something light but non-fiction to read for a trip. She tore through it in one sitting with this amazed/horrified look on her face and now she's never buying anything cheap from eBay/AliExpress ever again. That book really has an effect on people.

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

barbecue at the folks posted:

I recommended Poorly Made in China for my spouse when she wanted something light but non-fiction to read for a trip. She tore through it in one sitting with this amazed/horrified look on her face and now she's never buying anything cheap from eBay/AliExpress ever again. That book really has an effect on people.

Have her read Factory Girls as well, it's less horrifying manufacturing practices and more horrifying cost of human life & soul.

The Great Autismo!
Mar 3, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

ladron posted:

someone please explain

much like every driver in this country, no one was looking more than 6 inches in front of themselves at any given point

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

ladron posted:

crossposting from the 2016gif thread.

nsfw pretty sure a guy dies
nsfw

edit: a followup, someone please explain, also nsfw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw4lDe-FUD0

Good, no need to reverse. Still begs the question why he crosses into the flying dude's line?

The Great Autismo!
Mar 3, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

JaucheCharly posted:

Good, no need to reverse. Still begs the question why he crosses into the flying dude's line?

it was raining and people in this country are always on their mobile phones. im sure between those factors and just CHINA in general, we've got the three biggest possibilities covered

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

The Great Autismo! posted:

it was raining and people in this country are always on their mobile phones. im sure between those factors and just CHINA in general, we've got the three biggest possibilities covered

google translate tells me she fell asleep

Atlas Hugged
Mar 12, 2007


Put your arms around me,
fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all

The Great Autismo! posted:

CHINA in general,

Assuming we're talking about the second video, that's Taiwan. Poor driving is really more a pan-Asia problem than specific to China.

vanity slug
Jul 20, 2010

ladron posted:

google translate tells me she fell asleep

maybe she should have a rest

LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

90% Retractible

ladron posted:

crossposting from the 2016gif thread.

nsfw pretty sure a guy dies
nsfw

edit: a followup, someone please explain, also nsfw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw4lDe-FUD0

I really enjoy the timing of the windshield wipers there, it looks like they throw the guy over the ledge

Haier
Aug 10, 2007

by Lowtax
White_people_in_Corea.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/d8KJeb4.gifv

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party
lmao bavarians aren't the most culturally sensitive people

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

big time bisexual posted:

lmao bavarians aren't the most culturally sensitive people

Oh, you don't say.

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

holy poo poo they painted seoul square and tore down that whole lovely neighborhood next to it..about time

I lived like 3 blocks from here for 8 or so years

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party

Pirate Radar posted:

Oh, you don't say.

you would think they would balk at using actual yellowface

mojo1701a
Oct 9, 2008

Oh, yeah. Loud and clear. Emphasis on LOUD!
~ David Lee Roth

big time bisexual posted:

you would think they would balk at using actual yellowface

Be glad they're not using their fingers to stretch their eyes.

Ichabod Tane
Oct 30, 2005

A most notable
coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.


https://youtu.be/_Ojd0BdtMBY?t=4
Lmao @ literal yellow face. They won't have to do that after the Muslim invasion is complete.

Deceitful Penguin
Feb 16, 2011

angel opportunity posted:

, he was right on that potato licking it up even though it was too hot for him. I told him if he ate the hot potato he'd be speaking Danish, lol (that joke is for any Swedes or Norwegians reading this China story).
while back but

:iceland:

how could u forget?

Haier posted:

With all of the Mainlanders going to universities in and around Boston, the Boston Chinatown really causes them to lose Face:


This place was aight. Got a shitload of Sichuanese Pepper, that stuff is hard to get here. Still living off that. Got some nice 5 spice for mam too, so she doesn't have to mix her own.

Sometimes vaguely wonder if I've given her heavy metal poisoning or something.


Also I finally remembered this thread after seeing this on fb lol:

http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/asia-and-australia/1.773805

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/27/world-health-organisation-12-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-threat-human-health

quote:

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a list of the 12 bacteria which pose the greatest threat to human health because they are resistant to antibiotics.

Health experts have previously warned that resistance to the drugs that are used to fight infections could cause a bigger threat to mankind than cancer.

If antibiotics lose their effectiveness, key medical procedures – including organ transplantation, caesarean sections, joint replacements and chemotherapy – could become too dangerous to perform.

kimcicle
Feb 23, 2003


Afterwards he needs to blame the staircase on discrimination, and that it wouldn't let a Korean person fall down.

Son of Rodney
Feb 22, 2006

ohmygodohmygodohmygod

In Germany black and yellow face is really not seen as something horrible the way it is in the US, though the concept that it's not really that appropriate is slowly popping up here and there.

Bavarians don't give a gently caress either way.

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
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china_gdpgrowth_2019.gif

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

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

Phht, just use twice as much. Duh.

ninjoatse.cx
Apr 9, 2005

Fun Shoe

Son of Rodney posted:

In Germany black and yellow face is really not seen as something horrible the way it is in the US, though the concept that it's not really that appropriate is slowly popping up here and there.

Bavarians don't give a gently caress either way.

This is true for alot of places, not just Germany. The idea that imitating someone's race/ethnicity is mockery comes from the US's history of doing just that.

thoughts and prayers
Apr 22, 2013

Love heals all wounds. We hope you continually carry love in your heart. Today and always, may loving memories bring you peace, comfort, and strength. We sympathize with the family of (Name). We shall never forget you in our prayers and thoughts. I am at a loss for words during this sorrowful time.

UltraRed posted:

This is true for alot of places, not just Germany. The idea that imitating someone's race/ethnicity is mockery comes from the US's history of doing just that.

Yep, nobody else ever did that before. lol

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

UltraRed posted:

This is true for alot of places, not just Germany. The idea that imitating someone's race/ethnicity is mockery comes from the US's history of doing just that.

China wins again. Those fancy european clothes and the wig, looky, I'm a frog.

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

mojo1701a posted:

Be glad they're not using their fingers to stretch their eyes.

One of my coworkers in Korea did this when i told her I was moving to China. Pulled on her eyes and yelled, "CHING CHONG CHING CHONG!" First response. Let us English's students apparently did the same.

Son of Rodney posted:

In Germany black and yellow face is really not seen as something horrible the way it is in the US, though the concept that it's not really that appropriate is slowly popping up here and there.

All things considered, I'm surprised to hear that.

I saw a bunch of idiots dressed in dime-store "red Injun!"-type costumes once in the UK. My Canadian friend and I both gasped when they ran past us going WHOOOOOOOO and clapping their hands over their mouths. One of the British girls we were walking with responded with derision, scoffing, "It''s not like there are Native Americans anymore, god, calm down." She is a dumb bitch.

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Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:
What was that documentary about the Chinese-born Russian dude living in China as an actor?

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