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Fauxtool
Oct 21, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
hes right though

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Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010
When will China undergo its hairless Renaissance?

2020?

Fauxtool
Oct 21, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Devils Affricate posted:

When will China undergo its hairless Renaissance?

2020?

projections from the ccp say 2025 then 2030, then they will conveniently stop talking about it and refuse to acknowledge it until everyone forgets.

Im Ready for DEATH
Oct 5, 2016

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

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
we should all hope for such a well framed death

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010
At least they didn't hit the big tank of fire

Stringent
Dec 22, 2004


image text goes here
Willing to bet the driver in the car died pointing at the truck screaming this was the truck drivers fault.

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010

Stringent posted:

Willing to bet the driver in the car died pointing at the truck screaming this was the truck drivers fault.

A warrior's death.

peanut
Sep 9, 2007


Witness me!!!!

Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

Devils Affricate posted:

A warrior's death.

This gravel has NO HONOR!

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


If their head was crushed by the truck, would it still count as losing face?
:thunk:

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

What's with the Russian and China driving trend of just randomly turning into other traffic? I watch a lot of dash-cam vids and that's what always sticks out. The types of accidents you see in western dashcams vs russian or asian dashcams are quite different, with the later being dominated by people just turning left or right from the wrong lane and immediately being hit by someone in the other lane, or people turning left directly into very obvious oncoming traffic and getting creamed head on or t-boned mid turn.

I remember someone was saying that in China and Korea they don't teach you to ever shoulder check when changing lanes or turning, you never check your blindspots, you look forward and drive forward and it's expected other people see what you are doing and either let you in or honk, and you honk to be let in or inform people you are coming through. That explains the huge number of crashes like in the above gif, but it doesn't explain people turning left into oncoming traffic, or trying to pass a truck when they very obviously do not have a gap in opposing traffic.

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 thought that those sorts of accidents are common everywhere but you see videos of them from russia and china more often because large amounts of govt corruption = more dashcams

ChaseSP
Mar 25, 2013



Honestly I wish dashcams were more popular in America with all the great stuff you get from them.

The Great Autismo!
Mar 3, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Baronjutter posted:

What's with the Russian and China driving trend of just randomly turning into other traffic? I watch a lot of dash-cam vids and that's what always sticks out. The types of accidents you see in western dashcams vs russian or asian dashcams are quite different, with the later being dominated by people just turning left or right from the wrong lane and immediately being hit by someone in the other lane, or people turning left directly into very obvious oncoming traffic and getting creamed head on or t-boned mid turn.

I remember someone was saying that in China and Korea they don't teach you to ever shoulder check when changing lanes or turning, you never check your blindspots, you look forward and drive forward and it's expected other people see what you are doing and either let you in or honk, and you honk to be let in or inform people you are coming through. That explains the huge number of crashes like in the above gif, but it doesn't explain people turning left into oncoming traffic, or trying to pass a truck when they very obviously do not have a gap in opposing traffic.

in China they teach you not to check your rearview mirrors, at least they used to. You are always supposed to keep looking forward.

What slays me is how cars just drift randomly from lanes to lanes. This happens when I'm swimming as well, not all the time but more than a few times. People will just stop and randomly swim under the laneline and I will just plow into them. I'll ask them "what are you doing" and they just say something like "wow you speak Chinese" or "HALLO" or "I don't know". Like just keep swimming straight. You were swimming straight for the last minute. Why did you decide to randomly alter your course significantly for no apparent reason whatsoever? idgi

Atlas Hugged
Mar 12, 2007


Put your arms around me,
fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all
It's like that in Taiwan too. All the driving tests take off points for looking around or over your shoulders and some actions are even an instant fail. They believe that every angle can be properly covered by checking mirrors which are the only things you're allowed to look at.

The driving test for a car in Taiwan was especially ridiculous. You can just go to the DMV equivalent and take the test if you want, but most people fail it. The test is almost exclusively parking and odd maneuvers and the test parameters are very strict.

For all the maneuvers, you have to do it in a single motion without ever stopping. So for the 90 degree back in and parallel parking, you can't stop or readjust. Single motion only. Most U.S. states will let you stop and adjust at least once. Then there's the S. You have to drive through an S without crossing over a boundary line, then you have to reverse back out of it. I guess it's supposed to represent the tiny alleys and mountain passes you might drive through. But the lane is very narrow and the curves tight.

So how do people pass? There's a whole industry around it of course. You pay to practice on a replica test course. You don't use your car, you use a provided car. The car has marks on the mirrors that line up with various features on the course so you know when to turn your wheel left or right.

And then the government sends testers out to the course once a month and they even let you use the car you practiced in to take the test.

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party
my favorite driving test story was the guy who meticulously mapped out the road he was going to be tested on rather than spend time actually driving



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?



good


That's the only reaction I have to these anymore when the driver clearly deserved it.

big time bisexual posted:

my favorite driving test story was the guy who meticulously mapped out the road he was going to be tested on rather than spend time actually driving

I bet this happens a lot, it's very much what you'd expect from Chinese schooling.

Baronjutter posted:

What's with the Russian and China driving trend of just randomly turning into other traffic?

You answered your own question. Anything not directly in front of you is not your problem and can be ignored.

FUCK SNEEP
Apr 21, 2007





Yo ok so this gif ends early and they actually dig the driver out alive and seemingly uninjured

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?


gently caress SNEEP posted:

Yo ok so this gif ends early and they actually dig the driver out alive and seemingly uninjured

well now I'm disappointed

duckfarts
Jul 2, 2010

~ shameful ~





Soiled Meat

gently caress SNEEP posted:

Yo ok so this gif ends early and they actually dig the driver out alive and seemingly uninjured

seemingly uninjured; after reviewing the footage, they noticed his face was missing

Jack2142
Jul 17, 2014

Shitposting in Seattle

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0606/c90000-9224960.html

Don't mind me just throwing some donkey's to the Tigers for lulz.

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.
Pubic hair clothes sound awfully scratchy.

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

Jack2142 posted:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0606/c90000-9224960.html

Don't mind me just throwing some donkey's to the Tigers for lulz.

quote:

A zoo employee later explained that the "feeding" was not conducted by the zoo itself, but by a stockholder of the zoo, as the zoo had all its assets frozen by a local court after a liability court case in 2016.

LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

90% Retractible

Grand Fromage posted:

good
That's the only reaction I have to these anymore when the driver clearly deserved it.

ME FIRST ME FIRST on the way to work/home

ME FIRST ME FIRST on the way to death

The Great Autismo!
Mar 3, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

LentThem posted:

ME FIRST ME FIRST on the way to work/home

ME FIRST ME FIRST on the way to death

Forums user The Worst Muslim had the best quote about this

"In a county of 1.4 billion people, I am the most important"

Haier
Aug 10, 2007

by Lowtax
I am sitting here trying to finish some work so I can go get some of that great sunshine, and I just heard the satisfying sounds of a short tire squeak followed by a plastic and metal crunch. I have been blessed.

LentThem posted:

ME FIRST ME FIRST on the way to work/home

ME FIRST ME FIRST on the way to death
ME FIRST to get off the train/bus or out/in the door/elevator/shop or through the crosswalk or just any loving thing ever and - once I have been first, let me immediately stop and block everyone else I NEED to look at my phone RIGHT NOW.

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party
turn left tuhao... nooo

https://zippy.gfycat.com/EnchantedAdeptAsp.webm

Slim Jim Pickens
Jan 16, 2012

They loving try and hold the car back up with their hand, holy poo poo this dumb fucker.

Jack2142
Jul 17, 2014

Shitposting in Seattle

that arm stuck out trying to hold up the car

The Great Autismo!
Mar 3, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Slim Jim Pickens posted:

They loving try and hold the car back up with their hand, holy poo poo this dumb fucker.

person probably wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was maybe trying to avoid falling out of the window?

vanity slug
Jul 20, 2010

if you see someone wearing a seatbelt in china it's like seeing a unicorn

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party

The Great Autismo! posted:

Forums user The Worst Muslim had the best quote about this

"In a county of 1.4 billion people, I am the most important"

here's the perfect china.mp4 to illustrate this

https://my.mixtape.moe/wljdvv.mp4

LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

90% Retractible

The Great Autismo! posted:

person probably wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was maybe trying to avoid falling out of the window?

Yeah clearly theyre trying to stay in the car but I love those comments because it shows how many things people take for granted, like the idea that "driving a car = seatbelt" or "see something terrifying ahead of you on road = slam brake"

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

Jack2142 posted:

that arm stuck out trying to hold up the car

That move illustrates exactly how I feel right now.

vanity slug
Jul 20, 2010

big time bisexual posted:

here's the perfect china.mp4 to illustrate this

https://my.mixtape.moe/wljdvv.mp4

lol irl, amazing

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

That move illustrates exactly how I feel right now.

Having a bad China day?

The Great Autismo!
Mar 3, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

big time bisexual posted:

here's the perfect china.mp4 to illustrate this

https://my.mixtape.moe/wljdvv.mp4

lol

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

big time bisexual posted:

Having a bad China day?

Eeeeeeyup. But I'm done in 22 days!

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Haier
Aug 10, 2007

by Lowtax

big time bisexual posted:

Having a bad China day?
I was today. Maybe I will be again later

So today is a beautiful day (where I live). The mountains to the north of Shenzhen that divide the city between rich/normal and poor/factory people (north of the mountains being the poor people factory zone) were holding back big rain clouds and thunderheads, as pictured (from my phone camera):



While the southern section was about 31-33C/90f, and bright and sunny:



So my friends that live north of the mountains were whining about the weather and clouds, while I spent about three hours in the hot sun and sweating like mad.

Anyway, I was having a great time sweating it up and getting a much-needed tan, and I walked towards a construction zone in front of an apartment. Some redneck was out powerwashing the bricks in front of the apartment while some other rednecks kanrenao'd his job. I could see him from a distance, as I was going that direction. He would stop whenever someone walked or rode by, since the blast of the water was wide and he's there comfortable in his rubber boots and apron. A woman was about four meters ahead of me. He stops and lets her by and then stares at me for a moment. As I am coming, he qucikly turns the powerwasher back on and starts spraying it pretending to work and moves to block the way in front of me.
I stopped and looked if I could find a way around him. One way was the road with construction and a high fence, another way was a mound of rental bikes. The only option was go in a wide arc around him, which seemed fine.

I start walking and he immediately follows me with the washer. I tried to dodge and move to the side and he is pretending he doesn't see me, looking away at the road like a loving idiot. He mists my legs and shoes and I jog by, but he practically chased me with it trying to look like he was "working." I was thinking of pushing him, but I realized he has the powerwasher and directly being sprayed with that would probably suck, and result in a fist fight where I am in the wrong, since he looked like he was working when some mean foreigner pushed him.

I made it past him and kept walking, thinking whatever water is on me will dry in a couple minutes since it's so hot. I walked about 200m and check my shirt and pants to see the progress and realize he didn't get me with water. It was mud, and he sprayed me with it. My pants and shirt have big splatters of thick mud drops all over them. I was wearing brand new Nikes and the white parts were all muddy. I was so annoyed. Had this happened by a storm, whatever, it wouldn't matter, but it was the deliberate intent of some dipshit, and probably 99% of the reason is because I come from a different place. It was just one of those moments where I was really glad I can and will fly out here, and these people are stuck in their petty society.

The rest of my time was fine. Let's see what happens later when I go out again.

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