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quebec and russia in a monster alliance poutine and putin, enemies of america
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The Great Autismo! posted:infinite jest lol it's a good book that became a meme
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:also Tim Horton's coffee sucks rear end and tastes like cigarettes i like their donuts. I like cake-style donuts at tim's or dunkin's over the mostly air of a krispy kreme
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Oct 27, 2017 03:36
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Magna Kaser posted:i like their donuts. I like cake-style donuts at tim's or dunkin's over the mostly air of a krispy kreme this is hosed up
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Oct 27, 2017 03:45
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Stringent posted:this is hosed up i grew up on heavy, cake donuts. krispy kreme style is like eating sugar-glazed air to me. i prefer rando small bakeries around where i grew up to the mass chains, but they're the same general style.
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Oct 27, 2017 04:23
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Magna Kaser posted:i grew up on heavy, cake donuts. krispy kreme style is like eating sugar-glazed air to me. i prefer rando small bakeries around where i grew up to the mass chains, but they're the same general style. this is hosed up
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Oct 27, 2017 04:27
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All donuts are beautiful.
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Oct 27, 2017 04:33
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Tim hortons donuts are not. Potato donuts from the farmer's market, dusted with cinnamon? yea.
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Oct 27, 2017 04:37
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I dont think I ever ate a donut in china that could be called a donut.
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Oct 27, 2017 04:37
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The apple cider donuts from justus orchard in NC are the best I've ever had: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/justus-orchard-hendersonville?select=jFfDwAxPrcWYKr0nGV_0Iw Also Krispy Kreme is from NC. NC donut game on point.
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Oct 27, 2017 05:20
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Duck doughnuts whaddup
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Oct 27, 2017 05:57
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Duck doughnutsty
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Oct 27, 2017 07:17
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Stringent posted:this is hosed up He's right.
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Oct 27, 2017 07:19
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A nice, cakey, glazed chocolate donut is as good as they get folks
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Oct 27, 2017 07:19
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Ceciltron posted:I dont think I ever ate a donut in china that could be called a donut. Same, but Los Angeles. At least in China I could get a Dunkin Donut and it was mostly the same as back home
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Oct 27, 2017 07:23
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I want donuts 
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Oct 27, 2017 08:10
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Philippines major in January lets go
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Oct 27, 2017 08:12
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fart simpson posted:A nice, cakey, glazed chocolate donut is as good as they get folks this is hosed up
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Oct 27, 2017 08:14
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Stringent posted:this is hosed up Agreed
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Oct 27, 2017 08:15
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Actually, the best donuts I ever had are these sourdough donuts I made: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3511135&pagenumber=77&perpage=40#post472535886
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Oct 27, 2017 08:20
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Oct 27, 2017 08:24
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people have terrible opinions about things
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Oct 27, 2017 08:44
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ladron posted:people have terrible opinions about things don't sign
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Oct 27, 2017 08:47
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I don't like doughnuts. I'll eat one occasionally and it'll hit the spot if I'm in the mood, but otherwise...
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Oct 27, 2017 12:25
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:I don't like doughnuts. I'll eat one occasionally and it'll hit the spot if I'm in the mood, but otherwise... Shut the heck up nerd
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Oct 27, 2017 12:30
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fart simpson posted:Shut the heck up nerd Eat a doughnut and cheer up!
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Oct 27, 2017 13:03
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fart simpson posted:Shut the heck up nerd what the heck
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Oct 27, 2017 13:40
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HECK OFF you are doing me a frighten
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Oct 27, 2017 13:51
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:I don't like doughnuts. I'll eat one occasionally and it'll hit the spot if I'm in the mood, but otherwise... You look like a donut
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Oct 27, 2017 14:42
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caberham posted:You look like a donut I am colorful with a hole, yes.
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Oct 27, 2017 15:36
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:I am colorful with a hole, yes. ...is it plumpy?
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Oct 27, 2017 15:48
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:HECK OFF you are doing me a frighten I like this.
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Oct 27, 2017 16:24
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fart simpson posted:Same, but Los Angeles. At least in China I could get a Dunkin Donut and it was mostly the same as back home
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Oct 28, 2017 03:26
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So here in Xinjiang the police have started stopping people on the streets and jacking into their phones to “search for terrorist videos”. I managed to avoid it a couple times, but got an insistent cop yesterday. I have no idea what is technically happening during these searches, or even really what is technically possible. On the one hand, I’m not up to anything, and I’ve always understood I was relinquishing some things in terms of privacy and -you know, protection under the law- just by being here. So whatever. On the other hand, I’m still seriously grossed-out, and I figure I might as well at least factory-reset my phone in hopes of clearing any malicious software that might have been put on there (as though wechat wasn’t compromised enough to begin with.) Anyway, it’s been really cool over the last few years to see things get materially better here. It’s a shame it’s come along with all the dystopian police-state garbage. Sorry to interrupt donut chat, everybody. 
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Oct 28, 2017 08:44
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Please stay safe and take care of yourself!
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Oct 28, 2017 09:47
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My phone is full of goatse and trump memes to reshare with line chat, it would be a problem if I was searched.
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Oct 28, 2017 12:51
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My photos are all of meals I’m about to eat and of the opening scenes of films I’m seeing at the cinema. I think it will be ok. It’s still creepy as hell.
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Minus1Minus1 posted:So here in Xinjiang the police have started stopping people on the streets and jacking into their phones to “search for terrorist videos”. I managed to avoid it a couple times, but got an insistent cop yesterday. I have no idea what is technically happening during these searches, or even really what is technically possible. I read about the police-stateness and it is interesting that a lone goon is over there. I guess there are just CCTV everywhere and a zillion police stations because "Muslims"? And no one wants to say it's stupid because you go to a black site prison? But this is only in this Western region I take it?
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I got here in 2013, and things have changed a lot in the capital. I’ve seen a lot of improvement in infrastructure and amenities, and there’s been a big push lately to update the “look” of the city so that everything isn’t just a featureless gray block. I’ve heard that they’re doing tests on the first stretch of the city’s new subway line. I’ve been hearing for awhile that we should expect it to open in 2018, but who knows. I’d love to be able to see it before I finally leave. That said, from sometime in 2014 there’s been a pretty consistent ratcheting-up of security. Night markets disappeared or were relocated to the inside of the gated apartment complexes. APC’s became more prevalent around the city. Sometime in late 2015, I guess, they started playing these two songs constantly in public spaces. One is about crossing the street safely, the other is about the ideal Chinese society (I guess?). Both are cloying and miserable to listen to. Children and adults alike ask me about gun culture in America, but I live near a primary school that has armed police stationed outside as school lets out in the evening. The police stations went up everywhere last year, and were preceded by airport-style security checkpoints at public parks, supermarkets, and shopping centers. The last 8 months or so have seen the rise of face-scanning and ID card-swiping to enter certain places, and we had a couple of weeks in there where a pat-down was to be expected going to the shopping mall or the cinema. Finally, sometime in the last year, they installed rfid locks on all the apartment complexes in the city, and wrapped up all the complexes and gas stations in razor wire, too. I’ve been stopped and questioned by police a half a dozen times or so. It seems to coincide with the length of my (neck)beard. Most police and security people I run into are either friendly/easy-going or otherwise entirely unremarkable. Despite the fact that I’m disgusted by the whole apparatus, no one has ever given me a hard time. Even on this occasion, I got the sense that this was more about fulfilling a quota than about a guy waving his dick around. On one occasion, I was stopped by an (armed) officer who began the conversation by asking for my passport, and ended by telling me he really liked English and hoped we could meet and talk English sometime. In conclusion, 70% good, 30% bad. Long live Xinjiang bbq.
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