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McGavin: Sep 18, 2012

Fojar38 posted:

Time Magazine from 2005 or 2015? you decide

It says China's 60th anniversary, so it's clearly from 2940 BC.

# ? May 21, 2017 11:39

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# ? May 29, 2024 16:30

simplefish: Mar 28, 2011; So long, and thanks for all the ~~fish~~ gallbladdΣrs!

Worth it

# ? May 21, 2017 11:44

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

Fojar38 posted:

actually nah gavin menzies at least claimed it happened in 1421 or some poo poo

he is actually saner than that poster

There's a Chinese wine brand called 1421. It is hilarious.

# ? May 21, 2017 12:01

HerStuddMuffin: Aug 10, 2014; YOSPOS

Private Speech posted:

From a while back, but not sleeping with crazy Chinese virgin girls in their mid 20s is a really good idea.

Don't make the same mistake as me Haier.

e: casual stabbing threats were among the more sane results

Quoting from the bottom of last page because gently caress it, crazy stories are the best part of this thread and it needs more of that and less lovely hot pot chat. Here's all that needs to be said about hot pot: boiled meat is spoiled meat.
So please, post your story, or stories.

# ? May 21, 2017 12:31

Dr.Radical: Apr 3, 2011

Hey y'all guess what I had for dinner tonight

# ? May 21, 2017 12:56

SaltyJesus: Jun 2, 2011; Arf!

those pork strips in brown sauce because they're good and not hot pot?

# ? May 21, 2017 13:00

Haier: Aug 10, 2007; by Lowtax

"I MUST BE THE FIRST PERSON OFF THE TRAIN. RIGHT loving NOW! I WILL BE THE FIRST TO GET OFF THIS loving TRAIN, DON'T DOUBT ME!!!"
*Train arrives. Doors open. Guy takes one small step out of the doors and stops, blocking people behind him from exiting*
"MAYBE THIS ISN'T MY STOP. BETTER STAND HERE AND NOT MOVE AT ALL UNTIL EVERYBODY HAS SHOVED PAST ME."
*Tsks loudly as exiting people bump into him while he blocks the exit.*

# ? May 21, 2017 13:55

Haier: Aug 10, 2007; by Lowtax

To change the food chat, here is my 11 RMB dinner ($1.60 USD, $1.43 EUR, $2.16 CAN).

Very oniony, but worth the price. It was really big, that piece of tofu is like the size of an iPhone.

# ? May 21, 2017 14:01

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

I made yakisoba. I am not sure exactly how much it cost to make.

# ? May 21, 2017 14:08

Porfiriato: Jan 4, 2016

Haier posted:

"I MUST BE THE FIRST PERSON OFF THE TRAIN. RIGHT loving NOW! I WILL BE THE FIRST TO GET OFF THIS loving TRAIN, DON'T DOUBT ME!!!"
*Train arrives. Doors open. Guy takes one small step out of the doors and stops, blocking people behind him from exiting*
"MAYBE THIS ISN'T MY STOP. BETTER STAND HERE AND NOT MOVE AT ALL UNTIL EVERYBODY HAS SHOVED PAST ME."
*Tsks loudly as exiting people bump into him while he blocks the exit.*

Come now, there are few things in China more richly satisfying than giving these people the forearm shiver to the back that they deserve when you exit the train behind them.

Porfiriato fucked around with this message at 14:16 on May 21, 2017

# ? May 21, 2017 14:14

Private Speech: Mar 30, 2011; I HAVE EVEN MORE WORTHLESS BEANIE BABIES IN MY COLLECTION THAN I HAVE WORTHLESS POSTS IN THE BEANIE BABY THREAD YET I STILL HAVE THE TEMERITY TO CRITICIZE OTHERS' COLLECTIONS

IF YOU SEE ME TALKING ABOUT BEANIE BABIES, PLEASE TELL ME TO

EAT. SHIT.

e: nm

Private Speech fucked around with this message at 15:38 on May 21, 2017

# ? May 21, 2017 15:31

Dr.Radical: Apr 3, 2011

Sounds healthy.

Also it was obvious but I had HOT POT for dinner. Japanese style, nabe. It was kimchi flavored. Not bad at all!

# ? May 21, 2017 15:37

Haier: Aug 10, 2007; by Lowtax

Ok, so.... I wasn't sure if I was going to post this, because I don't want to make fun... but holy poo poo.

http://www.fishingcairns.com.au/page8-2.html

quote:

Ciguatera is a poisoning resulting from eating certain fish in particular environments in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and The Caribbean.

The poison occurs naturally in algae and plankton, the lower part of the marine food chain. The little fish eat the algae, the big fish eat the little fish, the bigger fish eat the big fish and so on. The effects of the poison are related to the dose you get, so the bigger the fish, the more IT has eaten, and the sicker YOU get.
...
Tingling or itching in the extremities may persist for weeks and be set off by exposure to water or cold. Disturbance of sensation may occur elsewhere in the body, including severe stabbing pain in the genitals (sorry guys!).

Heaviness, weakness, and muscle pains of the body, legs and arms, and a lack of co-ordination may also occur. Gut symptoms of nausea, vomiting, pain in tummy, cramps, abnormal metallic taste, aching of the teeth and a watery diarrhoea may occur. Tightness in the jaw and face muscles have been described.

Tiredness, dizziness and exhaustion may occur and even paralysis of breathing so that life support is required. Alcohol makes the symptoms worse.

No immunity develops after an attack, and in fact the second time around a much smaller dose is required to produce symptoms.

Can it be fatal?
The death rate world wide is reported to be 10-12%; however in Australia it is exceptionally low. It is usually not fatal, although there is a report of 1500 men dying from ciguatera poisoning during the British naval expedtion against Mauritius in 1748

Avoidance
It is not possible to detect the toxin before eating the fish, which appear quite healthy and the taste and smell of the flesh is not affected.

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/wilderness_ciguatera_toxin/article_em.htm

quote:

Ciguatera is a foodborn illness (food poisoning) caused by eating fish that is contaminated by ciguatera toxin. Ciguatera toxin is a heat-stable lipid soluble compound, produced by dinoflagellates and concentrated in fish organs, that can cause nausea, pain, cardiac, and neurological symptoms in humans when ingested.

The toxin may be found concentrated in large reef fish, most commonly barracuda, grouper, red snapper, eel, amberjack, sea bass, and Spanish mackerel.
...
The toxin is odorless and tasteless, and cooking does not destroy the toxin.
Eating ciguatera-contaminated tropical or subtropical fish is the main way that humans are exposed to the toxin.
The toxin activates voltage-dependent sodium channels causing symptoms in human (and other mammals) gastrointestinal, cardiac, and nerve tissues.

So with that introduction...

Two days ago

Today

He ate (unknowingly) poisoned fish at a Japanese restaurant. Had to go stay in the hospital for symptoms. Passed away last night or early this morning. My friend is destroyed.

# ? May 21, 2017 16:28

McGavin: Sep 18, 2012

The sea is finally sick of putting up with China's poo poo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDtibc13fc

# ? May 21, 2017 16:47

caberham: Mar 18, 2009; by Smythe; Grimey Drawer

MY STEVESTON???!!!!!???

# ? May 21, 2017 18:02

McGavin: Sep 18, 2012

caberham posted:

MY STEVESTON???!!!!!???

Yup.

# ? May 21, 2017 18:12

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

Very surprised that man jumped in. Also it is a pleasure in any bustling city to shove / body check any old person, tourist or general slow person aside coming out of a subway or walking down the street.

To maximize being a scumbag, when I have to go to work in the morning I'm especially cruel and shovey. I'm sure some tourist somewhere hates NYC because I shove past while they gormlessly stare with their enormous backpack (that they don't take off and put on the ground of the train, as is courteous.)

# ? May 21, 2017 18:44

Darkest Auer: Dec 30, 2006; They're silly; Ramrod XTreme

Haier posted:

To change the food chat, here is my 11 RMB dinner ($1.60 USD, $1.43 EUR, $2.16 CAN).

Very oniony, but worth the price. It was really big, that piece of tofu is like the size of an iPhone.

Do you actually like 土豆丝？ I know this is pretty close to hot pot chat, but raw potato is pretty terrible.

# ? May 21, 2017 18:54

vanity slug: Jul 20, 2010

It's not raw, though, and it has a pleasant texture if properly stir-fried.

# ? May 21, 2017 19:27

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

What's the Huizhou money?

# ? May 21, 2017 19:48

Darkest Auer: Dec 30, 2006; They're silly; Ramrod XTreme

Jeoh posted:

It's not raw, though, and it has a pleasant texture if properly stir-fried.

It is raw and the "pleasant texture" is actually you eating raw potato without realizing it

# ? May 21, 2017 21:06

Gargamel Gibson: Apr 24, 2014

VideoTapir posted:

What's the Huizhou money?

He dead

# ? May 21, 2017 23:02

oohhboy: Jun 8, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The TPP is back folks right behind Trump's back. The US isn't rejoining at this time but the door will remain open.

http://www.bbc.com/news/39990686

# ? May 21, 2017 23:16

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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I'm not sure how appetizing the deal is without the US market as the massive carrot

# ? May 21, 2017 23:32

GoutPatrol: Oct 17, 2009; *Stupid Babby*

Glenn Quebec posted:

Very surprised that man jumped in. Also it is a pleasure in any bustling city to shove / body check any old person, tourist or general slow person aside coming out of a subway or walking down the street.

To maximize being a scumbag, when I have to go to work in the morning I'm especially cruel and shovey. I'm sure some tourist somewhere hates NYC because I shove past while they gormlessly stare with their enormous backpack (that they don't take off and put on the ground of the train, as is courteous.)

That's because it is in BC.

# ? May 21, 2017 23:58

Facebook Aunt: Oct 4, 2008; wiggle wiggle

oohhboy posted:

The TPP is back folks right behind Trump's back. The US isn't rejoining at this time but the door will remain open.

http://www.bbc.com/news/39990686

"The president made a decision, that I certainly agree with, that bilateral negotiations are better for the United States than multilateral negotiations."

Didn't China say the same thing about dealing with nations in the south china sea? LOL.

# ? May 22, 2017 00:12

hakimashou: Jul 15, 2002; Upset Trowel

I don't get trying to live frugally in china at all.

Everything is super cheap, they pay you a lot, and its basically all monopoly money.

Even if you save a bunch of it up, its not worth much real money when you go back home anyway.

# ? May 22, 2017 00:14

The Great Autismo!: Mar 3, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

hakimashou posted:

I don't get trying to live frugally in china at all.

Everything is super cheap, they pay you a lot, and its basically all monopoly money.

Even if you save a bunch of it up, its not worth much real money when you go back home anyway.

up your game bro

# ? May 22, 2017 00:35

Fauxtool: Oct 21, 2008; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

hakimashou posted:

I don't get trying to live frugally in china at all.

Everything is super cheap, they pay you a lot, and its basically all monopoly money.

Even if you save a bunch of it up, its not worth much real money when you go back home anyway.

I said the same thing in zimbabwe, like hello how can you be poor when you have so much money

# ? May 22, 2017 01:16

Amergin: Jan 29, 2013; THE SOUND A WET FART MAKES

Known Lecher posted:

No, he's right, this is one of the eight or twelve "Valentine's Days" that China has every year now and arguably the most bullshit made-up one of them all.

Today is May 20, and if you say the numbers out 五二零 is "wu er ling".

"I love you" is 我爱你, "wo ai ni" and apparently if you stuff you ears full of cotton, squint a bit, and kill off a generous portion of your brain cells, "wu er ling" somehow sounds like "wo ai ni".

Ergo, Valentine's Day. QED.

Really late but FWIW this comes from pagers, which in China was like 10 years ago (that may just be backwater Kunming though).

Also if y'all are going to digress into China foodchat do the international kanrenao crowd a service and do it right. Like I just had these chicken wings last night that had cured duck egg yolks mashed into the breading and it was loving phenomenal and now I want to open up a wing shop in the US just to take hipsters' money.

# ? May 22, 2017 02:21

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

hakimashou posted:

I don't get trying to live frugally in china at all.

Everything is super cheap, they pay you a lot, and its basically all monopoly money.

Even if you save a bunch of it up, its not worth much real money when you go back home anyway.

Congrats on not having student loans.

# ? May 22, 2017 02:23

BCR: Jan 23, 2011

Can't eat the fish, the water has poisoned the food chain.
Can't eat pork because the pigs get a lunch of last resort antibiotics and steroids
Can't eat chicken because the chooks are eating garbage
Can't eat the beef because the cows get force fed last resort antibiotics and steroids
Can't eat the vegetables because sprinkled with heavy metal water and human poo poo.

Can maybe eat some of the :airquote:

organic vegetables :airquote:

because less heavy metals and pollution.
Can drink beer but will have residual heavy metals in it.

Come to China to lose weight, have your hair fall out and be an alcoholic.

# ? May 22, 2017 02:36

LentThem: Aug 31, 2004; 90% Retractible

Haier posted:

To change the food chat, here is my 11 RMB dinner ($1.60 USD, $1.43 EUR, $2.16 CAN).

Very oniony, but worth the price. It was really big, that piece of tofu is like the size of an iPhone.

are you in a cafeteria

# ? May 22, 2017 02:40

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

I fully believe that Haier lives a strange and self enforced austere lifestyle.

So yes it's a cafeteria because he's cheap as dirt.

# ? May 22, 2017 02:51

Stringent: Dec 22, 2004; image text goes here

Some ppl just don't like food. Since everyone has to eat they find other ways of making it interesting, finding the cheapest food available being a really common one.

# ? May 22, 2017 03:00

Amergin: Jan 29, 2013; THE SOUND A WET FART MAKES

Stringent posted:

Some ppl just don't like food. Since everyone has to eat they find other ways of making it interesting, finding the cheapest food available being a really common one.

If you don't like food this is the wrong country to be in.

To be fair I know Haier is leaving soon and looking forward to it.

# ? May 22, 2017 03:10

Haier: Aug 10, 2007; by Lowtax

LentThem posted:

are you in a cafeteria

Glenn Quebec posted:

I fully believe that Haier lives a strange and self enforced austere lifestyle.

So yes it's a cafeteria because he's cheap as dirt.

I live just fine. I have a habit of adopting local tendencies regarding prices when I live somewhere.

When you put it that way, it was a cafeteria. I hadn't eaten dinner yet, and it was right before the dinner rush since Chinese are programmed to eat meals at the exact same time. I was debating on going home to cook, having a Slurpee from 711, or walking into whatever looks okay and clean and ordering something. There is a chain of these cafeteria things with fixed prices over the sections. I walked in, saw it was not full of people, and got a plate.
It tasted pretty good, and I still got the Slurpee anyway.

There was a Subway nearby, and one lone white guy in cargo shorts was Eating Fresh and looking sad. I wonder what the prices on those garbage sandwiches are in this country.

Grand Fromage posted:

Congrats on not having student loans.

This.

EDIT: This is how y'all think I look:

Haier fucked around with this message at 04:22 on May 22, 2017

# ? May 22, 2017 04:18

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

Haier posted:

There was a Subway nearby, and one lone white guy in cargo shorts was Eating Fresh and looking sad. I wonder what the prices on those garbage sandwiches are in this country.

They're like 30-40 I think? I haven't been to one in a while, when I first came to Chengdu it was the only option for a sandwich that wasn't literal garbage but now there are others. Also you can buy cold cuts and real bread and stuff now. :eyepop:

# ? May 22, 2017 04:24

Jimmy Little Balls: Aug 23, 2009

I haven't been to one for ages either but there was one near my old house and it was 30 for a footlong. The manager there was in love with me I think, he'd always give me a free drink, cookies, crisps.

# ? May 22, 2017 04:37

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# ? May 29, 2024 16:30

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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Grand Fromage posted:

They're like 30-40 I think? I haven't been to one in a while, when I first came to Chengdu it was the only option for a sandwich that wasn't literal garbage but now there are others. Also you can buy cold cuts and real bread and stuff now.

truly chinas ascent to modern global superpower status is unstoppable

# ? May 22, 2017 04:41

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