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Baronjutter posted:My friend decided to get into larping or at least the armour side of things so ordered a chainmail kit from china. After a day handling the links for the chain his hands were covered in horrible blisters. Any metal from China, check it's not actually Nickel. You can buy spot tests pretty cheaply and avoid really nasty rashes, blisters and burns.
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While this thread progressed, I have finally finalised my wedding plans and have completed the rituals necessary to become a true traditional Chinese Husband. I can't really explain much right now because I'm lying in bed half in the bag and have a plane to catch tomorrow early but traditional(esque) Chinese weddings are cool and good and sometimes in China this is ok. Things can be cool and good. Take care goons. Will provide pics when I get them.
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Ceciltron posted:While this thread progressed, I have finally finalised my wedding plans and have completed the rituals necessary to become a true traditional Chinese Husband. All I need to know is if the lighting set up for your wedding was more "tv drama" or "late 80s hair metal concert"
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:What is Haier's job in China? I presume not ESL teaching. Somehow Western book publishers are too dumb to realize their copyrighted products are being made behind their backs and sold at-cost to cool people like yours truly and his cool boss and her cool friends, and then we go online and sell them to people with a little fibbery involved. Like, I was reading a small order of Calvin and Hobbes books a bit ago that we bought from the factory for about 80 cents USD each, and will sell for $8+ USD online as "used." Some books costs less or a little more, but it's easy make a bunch of profit off dumb nerd poo poo, novels, and kid's books. My boss always asks me if such and such books will sell to Americans, and she thought comic books were the answer. She ordered a shitload of Garfield and I laughed my rear end off for many days. My boss bought a bunch of houses doing this, and they are paid off. The stack of Garfield has not moved. She ordered some in French (or maybe it was Spanish, I forgot), and those are also not moving. Anyway, you're getting shafted so hard if you buy physical books that cost super duper cheap on those huge runs and then sell for $20+ MSRP in book shops (though the super shaft is when Amazon sells Kindle books for $10+ USD, holy poo poo). Ceciltron posted:and have completed the rituals necessary to become a true traditional Chinese Husband.
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Haier posted:Anyway, you're getting shafted so hard if you buy physical books that cost super duper cheap on those huge runs and then sell for $20+ MSRP in book shops (though the super shaft is when Amazon sells Kindle books for $10+ USD, holy poo poo).
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Khorne posted:Textbooks cost $200+ and then they sell the same copies in India for $20-$30 or something. By legitimate publishing companies with no shady stuff going on. The kindle textbooks are $100 or something dumb. When it comes to some companies, sometimes their digital books are only $20 off the physical.
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Oh man, I forgot. I had a 20km walk today and ate a bunch of good mostly-non-Chinese food and stopped at Chaoshan Girl's house. She had just gotten a massage at her local massage place (that's a real massage place, not a jerk-off room). She was telling me some dude came in thinking it was a handy salon and whipped his dick out while waiting to be served, and got himself ready with some slow stroking. He didn't realize that the people giving the massages are older men, and the only girl there is the receptionist. Her masseuse told her there's some dude playing five-finger bingo in the lobby, so they both went out to have a look. She said it was a bad and sad dick. I asked what they did to get rid of him and she said the just ignored him until he left.
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Haier posted:Oh man, I forgot. I had a 20km walk today and ate a bunch of good mostly-non-Chinese food and stopped at Chaoshan Girl's house. She had just gotten a massage at her local massage place (that's a real massage place, not a jerk-off room). She was telling me some dude came in thinking it was a handy salon and whipped his dick out while waiting to be served, and got himself ready with some slow stroking. He didn't realize that the people giving the massages are older men, and the only girl there is the receptionist. Her masseuse told her there's some dude playing five-finger bingo in the lobby, so they both went out to have a look. She said it was a bad and sad dick. I asked what they did to get rid of him and she said the just ignored him until he left. Goons.txt does your boss like garfield?
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How accurate is this video? I am planning a vacation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnqj31VPNoE
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Haier posted:He didn't realize that the people giving the massages are older men, and the only girl there is the receptionist. Her masseuse told her there's some dude playing five-finger bingo in the lobby, so they both went out to have a look. Hang on, how could there be a masseuse around if the massaging was done by men? Was the one who worked on her a transsexual who preferred to be viewed as female?
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He meant masseur. Gendered nouns are on their way out in English anyway.
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Haier posted:I work for a book company. Do u know that a majority of Western book printing is done in China to save costs? Do u know that after Chinese printers send the orders to the Americas or Europe or Australia, they continue printing the books (illegally) for pure profit sales to the rest of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and maybe some poorer Central and South American countries? But Garfield is hilarious.
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Today's the closing ceremony at my school (even though Wednesday is the actual last day, sigh) and I'm going to be blasting the unsuspecting students with my bagpipes. Walking through the train station in my kilt and so far I've heard mothers explaining about the "Scotland skirt", a "wow" or two, and one guy pointed me out to his kid and said to his kid in English "Look at the beautiful man".
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what kind of an idiot goes to a handjob salon and starts himself off? You are paying not to do it yourself
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Kopijeger posted:Hang on, how could there be a masseuse around if the massaging was done by men? Was the one who worked on her a transsexual who preferred to be viewed as female? what a lovely god damned post
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Riptor posted:what a lovely god damned post To be fair this is the china thread....its poo poo all the way down....then its gutter oil.
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Fauxtool posted:what kind of an idiot goes to a handjob salon and starts himself off? You are paying not to do it yourself just lol if you aren't masturbating in EVERY store you go to.
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Imperialist Dog posted:one guy pointed me out to his kid and said to his kid in English "Look at the beautiful man". nice
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But imagine how great foreign ghosts would be for the living Chinese. The Chinese ghosts would stare endlessly at the foreign ghosts all day, therefore, not haunting the living like they are supposed to. Imagine if there were black ghosts. Total win for the living as all the Chinese ghosts would leave.
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http://alienblog.org/china-reveals-massive-alien-outpost-mining-facility-operating-moon/quote:The answer to these questions may be easier than first anticipated, but complex at the same time. Dr. Michael Salla has pointed out that there is a military industrial extraterrestrial complex (MIEC) on the surface of our ‘natural satellite’, and there’s a strong possibility of an alien regime currently operating on the moon in tandem with humans.
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I expected to see a guy die under a ton of pillows/sacks. Where's the loving payoff.
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Imperialist Dog posted:Today's the closing ceremony at my school (even though Wednesday is the actual last day, sigh) and I'm going to be blasting the unsuspecting students with my bagpipes. Walking through the train station in my kilt and so far I've heard mothers explaining about the "Scotland skirt", a "wow" or two, and one guy pointed me out to his kid and said to his kid in English "Look at the beautiful man". calqued 美(国)人? lol
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Imperialist Dog posted:He meant masseur. Gendered nouns are on their way out in English anyway. Huh, I learned a word today. Masseuse is the only one I've ever heard used in US English.
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So I understand how water, produce, meat, etc can contain heavy metals in China but what's the deal with tons of manufactured poo poo containing lead? Is it a cost cutting thing where they use cheaper materials, lead being one of them, or is it because of old machinery that is falling apart? Or both? China loves the hell out of lead apparently.
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A group of about six late-teens-early-twenties boys are standing in a huddle on the train. Decked out in expensive shoes, name-brand clothes, and iPhone 7s their parents paid for, they obviously came from homes with money (and I guess everything that goes along with it, like better schools, opportunities, etc.). They're the loudest ones on the train, even though there quite a few people riding in that car. At their feet lies a massive, utterly disgusting puddle of spit. They had been standing in a circle and constantly spitting together the entire ride. It was so much spit that it started sliding along the floor in a trail. I got off the train and realized I only had a few RMB on my card, not enough to pay for my ride. I went to put a 100 on the card and handed it to the customer service man with my money. He looks at me and then starts speaking in some dialect I have never heard. I say "what?" He repeats the phrase. I kinda know what I am hearing, but I don't know what he is saying. He holds up the card and my 100 bill and says something. I realize he's speaking Japanese. I said "yi bai" (100 in Mandarin), and he repeats what I said and puts the money on the card and then hands it back to me. I said "xie xie" and he said "daijoubu" (I don't know why he said this, but the last time I studied Japanese was about 13 years ago). I wasn't sure if he was just having fun, or if he went on a hunch since some people everywhere ask if I am half-Asian due to my mom being Native American and her people tend to be kinda squinty.
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It's because you looked civilised How wrong he was
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Imperialist Dog posted:It's because you looked civilised 
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Yeah I always enjoy watching the recycling and trash bins emptied into the same filthy, reeking tricycle. That's why I save most of my recycling in separate bags and leave it out for the old/homeless people, then it gets turned into the actual recycling center and they get some cash.
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Imperialist Dog posted:Speaking of metal from China Looked up the model number just to be sure and yup, it was made by a company in Zhejiang. The faucet was also certified by this company for use in Australian plumbing. I wonder if the affected people can go after that compliance company for rubber stamping a bullshit certification. Dr.Radical posted:So I understand how water, produce, meat, etc can contain heavy metals in China but what's the deal with tons of manufactured poo poo containing lead? Is it a cost cutting thing where they use cheaper materials, lead being one of them, or is it because of old machinery that is falling apart? Or both? China loves the hell out of lead apparently. In regard to plumbing, brass is used in the majority of faucet fixtures because of its durability and resistance to both hard water calcification and soft water corrosion. These faucet parts are often cast and lead is added in small amounts to the brass alloy to make the final product easier to machine and finish for the manufacturer. Lead also makes babies retarded so you have to either minimize the amount of lead used in the brass alloy or use an aging technique to pre-leach the lead from the finished faucet parts before use. Someone at the factory likely substituted a cheaper brass alloy with higher lead content after the original product passed certification tests. chabuduo 
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Haier posted:Face face faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace. Face face f-f-f-f-faaaace. Dude quoting stories about Kunming and Yunnan in general is just like cheating. I mean look at this poo poo: Amazing Chinese industrial speed quote:Railway workers and engineers laboring under extreme conditions in western Yunnan are engaged in what appears to be Sisyphean toil. The construction crew is tasked with boring through a mountain range to clear the way for a new railway line to Myanmar. However, they have reportedly spent 26 months making just 156 meters of progress, setting the overall project back immensely. It's like I went from South Carolina to the South Carolina of China what the gently caress. Amergin fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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Amergin posted:Dude quoting stories about Kunming and Yunnan in general is just like cheating. I mean look at this poo poo: Chinese Dwarf Fortress looking good.
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big time bisexual posted:In regard to plumbing, brass is used in the majority of faucet fixtures because of its durability and resistance to both hard water calcification and soft water corrosion. These faucet parts are often cast and lead is added in small amounts to the brass alloy to make the final product easier to machine and finish for the manufacturer. Lead also makes babies retarded so you have to either minimize the amount of lead used in the brass alloy or use an aging technique to pre-leach the lead from the finished faucet parts before use. That makes total sense. But like what about loving baby formula or whatever?
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Dr.Radical posted:That makes total sense. But like what about loving baby formula or whatever? Well, if you do leach all the lead out of the brass, you're not just going to throw it away are you?
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Dr.Radical posted:That makes total sense. But like what about loving baby formula or whatever? Powder looked and apparently tasted the same while being lots cheaper. And also cancerous!
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Dr.Radical posted:That makes total sense. But like what about loving baby formula or whatever?  White lead powder.  Add some extra sugar and a bit more corn starch, and you have some great looking baby formula. Like everything in China and Chinese culture, as long as anything looks the part or says it is, then it is. You can't question it. EDIT: If those babies hadn't died or gotten sick, nobody would have known anything. The major backlash from this is that I haven't met a single person who trusts Chinese-made baby formula or powdered milk, and whenever anyone here goes to Hong Kong or abroad they are pestered with requests to buy formula, even if it's all made in the same Chinese factories. Like, take out a tit and feed your loving kid, and stop starving yourself on purpose so you can do so. EDIT 2: I don't even tell people I go to Hong Kong anymore, because I know someone is going to ask me to get their stupid formula, an then be shocked as gently caress when I don't, because they expect me to blindly follow their orders like all their other friends do. Haier fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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Dr.Radical posted:That makes total sense. But like what about loving baby formula or whatever? The baby formula needs to have some amount of protein in it. Protein is expensive, so some companies in China found that melamine could fool the tests used to measure the protein content. What I wonder about the whole thing was how long it was going on before it started killing people. Did the companies start with just a little to save some money, but kept going higher and higher until they started destroying people's kidneys? There could be a lot of people out there with unknown kidney damage lurking in them.
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