Bajaj posted:

I don't know if this is real or a parody, but it seems so real I would like to believe it. The olds there are so hell-bent on their schedules that this seems like in both their brains they could understand the severity of having to eat barbarian food, or their heavenly Chinese food. My boss's in-laws spent a week in Thailand and enjoyed it, but apparently didn't eat Thai food at all. They utterly rejected my plain pumpkin soup for the simple fact that I had made it. The older they are, it seems like the more particular they are about food and weirdo beliefs. At the same time, I still remember that girl was completely shocked the bread with tomato sauce and yellow stuff on top she was enjoying was in fact cheese, and not egg, and how pizza is so weird and why do people want to eat this stuff. If I hadn't told her, all would be well.

Mainlanders grow on strict eating schedules from birth, which do no change from primary school through university, and then into the working life, and into retirement. Everything is exactly the same timing. Breakfast = 6am to 8am, anything later and it's too close to lunch, better starve. Lunch = 12pm to 2pm, usually eat immediately at 12 and then nap until 2. Dinner is 6pm to 7pm, but maybe a little later on Fridays and weekends.
I would say about 80% of the Mainlanders I have talked to or known have formed an inadvertent litmus test for me of seeing how open their minds are at the reaction to my varied eating times. Do they scold me for eating lunch at 3 or 4pm, or comment how strange it is that I am doing that? Do they complain about my occasional intermittent fasting? How many times do they tell me how unhealthy I will be for drinking cold drinks or eating ice cream. My favorite is the "Why are you trying to lose weight?" if I eat a meal a few hours later than they expect me to, as if the pause before a meal is going to drastically alter my body structure. If I eat an early dinner at 5pm or something, they don't understand how I can even go to bed, because I must be dying of hunger. Like, LOL, your white rice and steamed buns just make your blood sugar crash. Try some fiber for once.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Tank Man was carrying groceries. Face culture abhors when someone else tells you what to do. Tank Man was not a revolutionary or standing up to tyranny. He just wanted to go home and was pissed at all these stupid protesters and tanks getting in his way. Just like that lone car driving the wrong way on a Chinese highway, he was that one guy that wanted to assert himself just because.

nickmeister posted:

She speaks a little bit, less than her non-Chinese boyfriend. I think they were just really adamant that their child speaks English.

nickmeister posted:

All this talk about bland, unimaginative Chinese food reminds me of that Vice article written by an angry ABC girl who was angry about bland "white people" food. And also Marco Polo brought cured ham from China only actually the Romans were doing it in like 200BC so

ladron posted:

Are there any countries that have museums that are like "oh yeah we got our asses handed to us. we also hosed up situations plenty without outside interference". I remember the korean ones were all like "AND SO THE NOBLE PEACEFUL KOREAN FINALLY REPULSED THE EVIL JAPANESE MONKEYS" and then "(some other countries may have helped)" like way at the bottom. or "BEHOLD THE AMAZING NETTING RECOVERED FROM AN EXCAVATION THAT WAS USED BY OUR SEAFARING ANCESTORS" and it's really really clearly nylon and I think I see a price tag on it too

I vaguely recall exhibits at the smithsonian, but not really the tone. when I'd take students there they always wanted to see the hope diamond.

Grand Fromage posted:

I was surprised when I went to the history museum in Ueno Park and the first exhibit was how Koreans brought civilization to the disorganized Yamato tribes and created the concept of Japan.

ladron posted:

Are there any countries that have museums that are like "oh yeah we got our asses handed to us. we also hosed up situations plenty without outside interference". I remember the korean ones were all like "AND SO THE NOBLE PEACEFUL KOREAN FINALLY REPULSED THE EVIL JAPANESE MONKEYS" and then "(some other countries may have helped)" like way at the bottom. or "BEHOLD THE AMAZING NETTING RECOVERED FROM AN EXCAVATION THAT WAS USED BY OUR SEAFARING ANCESTORS" and it's really really clearly nylon and I think I see a price tag on it too

ladron posted:

surprised? or enlightened?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSBGVsoSH1c

quote:

THIS ISLAND BELONG TO CHINA FOR 5000 YEARS, KOREAN IS JUST JAPANESE PERSON MANUFACTURED IN CHINA, CHABUDAO,

ladron posted:

definitely check out Seodaemun prison. I men, I don't know if it will make you *laugh*, but....basically, it was a prison used by the japanese to inter koreans during the 40 year or so japanese annexation. the japanese kinda have a justifiable reputation for being kinda brutal around this time, and that is depicted with almost cartoonish glee, and all the propaganda that goes with it..like bugs bunny bucktooth glasses "me so solly" poo poo.

what is decidedly missing, tho, is the fact that the prison was used for like another 40 so years AFTER the japanese left, and koreans were torturing koreans there just as bad as the japanese did.

JaucheCharly posted:

Which one of you did this?

VideoTapir posted:

The Great Autismo! posted:

I'm p sure goons would know it is "chabuduo" not "chabudao"

The Great Autismo! posted:

I'm p sure goons would know it is "chabuduo" not "chabudao"

The Great Autismo! posted:

I'm p sure goons would know it is "chabuduo" not "chabudao"

Atlas Hugged posted:

差不多

Jeoh posted:

差不岛

big time bisexual posted:

Here's an experiment courtesy of reddit for those outside the middle kingdom: what happens when you search 性感 on youtube?

[...]

Searching through Google instead and searching "性感 site:youtube.com" does bring up youtube listings. I am left wondering why Google is tampering with Chinese language search results on youtube when they aren't compelled to do so.

JazzmasterCurious posted:

Worked fine from Norway.



E: imgur app makes it difficult to share the image link...

ladron posted:

if this is real...that last line...wow

The Great Autismo! posted:

I'm p sure goons would know it is "chabuduo" not "chabudao"

dubzee posted:

Just postin' on page 666.

Not sure what that means for China lucky, but I think "hail satan" fits with my current outlook on life.

quote:

the latest slang meaning of 666 originated from online e-sport games and then caught on widely in the entire online sphere due to its succinctness and connotation.

6 sounds the same in Chinese as 溜, which, in addition to its formal and main meaning of FLEE as a verb, can also be used an adverb colloquially, meaning awesome, superb, proficient or highly skilled.

so originally when players in online e-sport games wanted to compliment other player s but did not wanna take hard effort to type, they just typed in three 6s to represent the Chinese characters 溜溜溜, which meant they thought other players were playing really well.

examples of 溜 in action:

他英语说得很溜：he can speak English fluently

他吉他玩得很溜： he is highly proficient in guitar playing

quote:

It is a internet phrase.

The “”6“”pronunciation like chinese “溜溜溜”（liū）,so it used to simplify the word“溜” by many people.

Describe someone or something is so good,sounds great

Generally use “666” to praise somethine or someone.

ladron posted:

surprised? or enlightened?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSBGVsoSH1c

Double Monocle posted:

If you want a good analogy, go to a civil war museum. (Note- if you are a college student, ignore this and erase history because it hurts your feelings)

Bajaj posted:

oohhboy posted:

I am ok with whatever generally reasonable things they put into the Hiroshima museum as getting nuked is reason enough. Even if there is plenty of garbage, "Getting nuked is bad" is an unmistakable message any reasonable person is going to understand.

oohhboy posted:

I am ok with whatever generally reasonable things they put into the Hiroshima museum as getting nuked is reason enough. Even if there is plenty of garbage, "Getting nuked is bad" is an unmistakable message any reasonable person is going to understand.

canoshiz posted:

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Bajaj posted:

https://www.quora.com/What-does-666-mean-in-Chinese



I still prefer the Thai "55555"

canoshiz posted:

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Grand Fromage posted:

Self-righteous ABCs are the worst, christ.

Baronjutter posted:

It's like that guy who was so hyped up about the safety glass in his office tower he'd demo how safe it was by jumping into it. RIP.

Grand Fromage posted:

the only thing bigger than the koreanosaurus is the koreaninferioritycomplexosaurus

JacksAngryBiome posted:

The Hiroshima museum is just fine as a "nukes loving suck" kind of place. Any extraneous message on reasons they were used would only distract from this.

nickmeister posted:

Someone who knows more Japan will have to fill me in; but the impression I get from Japanese is they stop at "getting nuked is bad" when talking about WWII. Any atrocities that the Japanese military committed in East Asia, why America attacked Japan, etc. all left unaddressed.

ntan1 posted:

ABC represent

I would like to mention that Mantou are loving delicious and all you need is a little bit of spring onion or sugar mixed in and they are perfectly fine. It's basically bread, except better than wonder bread.

Also, American food on average is pretty bland and has too much sugar. There are lots of good things, but classic American families do pretty much make _everything_ using an oven.