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Velisarius posted:Seriously, spend enough time and you can see the yellow / olive oil complexion. Live in China long enough and you'll suffer enough liver damage to acquire the yellow complexion.
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Shanghai (AFP) - Prince Harry's marriage to US actress Meghan Markle next May promises to be the wedding of the year and this week's engagement news made headlines around the world -- but not in China. The vast majority of Chinese are better acquainted with Harry Potter than Prince Harry and news of his engagement made barely a ripple in the country. AFP hit the streets of Shanghai -- China's most cosmopolitan city -- armed with a colour photograph of the happy couple to ask people if they recognised Harry or Markle, who played a lawyer in the hit US television show "Suits". Of 10 passersby, just three were able to recognise one of the most famous men alive and none could name his fiancee. "President, right? President and his wife?" asked Hu Jie, the boss of a jewellery shop, two white dogs peeping out of her handbag, one at each end. Two people thought the photo depicted the AFP reporter. "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations," said software salesman Fang Cheng, going to shake the reporter's hand, before his error was pointed out. Another said he only knew one member of the British royal family -- named David Beckham. But it was not all bad news for the glamour couple. "Oh, I know. Should be Prince Harry. He is engaged," chimed in Gu Jinjun, a hotel manager, and her school teacher friend Huang Ye. "She is an American actress. I don't know her name, sorry. "They look quite matched, look at their smiles." State media was a bit more enthused and the Xinhua news agency's English service published nine paragraphs after the news broke on Monday that the 33-year-old prince and Markle, 36, had become engaged. The same day -- as much of the western world went potty for the couple -- Xinhua published an article that was three times longer on Chinese President Xi Jinping's calls to improve the country's toilets. Harry's brother Prince William is slightly better known -- but mostly because of his wife Kate and his receding hairline. Indeed, online there was some debate as to whether Harry would go the same way as his balding brother and father, Prince Charles. "Is losing hair a tradition of the royal family?" asked one user on China's Twitter-like Weibo. "Bless them, just a bit worried about the prince's hairline," fretted another.
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To be fair I didn’t know who Megan Markle is and I don’t know why Chinese people should give a poo poo about the British royal family. Lol at the commenter unwittingly asking “Is losing your hair hereditary?”
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it keeps happening https://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/936524817540325377
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 02:01 |
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I live in NZ, a commonwealth nation. I could not identify any prince bumfuck by a photo, and am quite proud of how little shits that I give about the British royal family. Why on earth would you expect non-euro, non-english-speaking nations to give a flying gently caress about British royalty is beyond me.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 02:09 |
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Two people thought the photo depicted the AFP reporter. "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations," said software salesman Fang Cheng, going to shake the reporter's hand, before his error was pointed out.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 02:12 |
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The Great Autismo! posted:this is honestly one of the most brilliant things I have ever seen. It's not quite perfect. It should be $888 instead of $850.
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Serephina posted:I live in NZ, a commonwealth nation. I could not identify any prince bumfuck by a photo, and am quite proud of how little shits that I give about the British royal family. Why on earth would you expect non-euro, non-english-speaking nations to give a flying gently caress about British royalty is beyond me. Would the average non-Asian recognize the king of Thailand or whatever? Doubtful.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 02:28 |
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Would the average Asian outside of Thailand recognize the king? You only ever see him here in Japan when he makes the news by dying or whatever. Oh also plenty of Thai restaurants have a picture of him but it’s probably not something most Japanese people notice.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 02:32 |
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Shanghai (AFP) - Prince Harry's marriage to US actress Meghan Markle next May promises to be the wedding of the year and this week's engagement news made headlines around the world -- but not in China. the funniest part of the article is calling any part of china "cosmopolitan"
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 05:12 |
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Giving a poo poo about the british royals is a sign of an uncivilized society, good work china.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 05:14 |
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VideoTapir posted:I don't really see how this is any worse than leaving your kids with illiterate relatives in the middle of nowhere (except that the people who do this can afford not to do it, I guess). With that as the alternative I don't know if it is any worse. I have this weird new idea of "raising your own children" that I'm going to try to publish a book on here, see if I can pioneer the concept.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 05:16 |
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Shanghai (AFP) - Prince Harry's marriage to US actress Meghan Markle next May promises to be the wedding of the year and this week's engagement news made headlines around the world -- but not in China. smdh
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 05:20 |
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Baronjutter posted:Giving a poo poo about the british royals is a sign of an uncivilized society, good work china.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 05:54 |
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https://www.nature.com/news/china-to-roll-back-regulations-for-traditional-medicine-despite-safety-concerns-1.23038quote:China to roll back regulations for traditional medicine despite safety concerns Good news, China goons! The government is doing its best to provide a bright future for you wherein when you get sick and go to the hospital, you can 1.) be seen by a TCM doctor who has only passed a skills test who then 2.) prescribes you medicine that has undergone zero clinical trials, and 3.)likely contains an ingredient that causes cancer and/or damages your kidneys. But you won't know because 4.) discussion of that is censored, of course!
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 06:34 |
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I'm starting to be more worried about genetic medicine in China than TCM. With the way things are going, it looks like China might become a haven for medical tourism specifically for genetic medicine, especially if the FDA doesn't significantly improve the approval process for them. I hope nobody ever chabuduos a genetic vaccine or CRISPR therapy.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 07:01 |
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quote:The government also wants to push TCMs’ share of pharmaceutical sales from 26% to 30% by the end of the decade. The Great Autismo! posted:this is the grossest post you've ever made
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 07:13 |
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McGavin posted:I'm starting to be more worried about genetic medicine in China than TCM. With the way things are going, it looks like China might become a haven for medical tourism specifically for genetic medicine, especially if the FDA doesn't significantly improve the approval process for them. I hope nobody ever chabuduos a genetic vaccine or CRISPR therapy. Tobermory posted:Oh. My. God. And he's not even Chinese
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 07:39 |
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How to get that Mainland girl forehead chic in one easy step. Doctors hate her!DACK FAYDEN posted:Pseudoscience thread had a post about this literally today.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 08:11 |
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Pseudoscience thread had a post about this literally today. First off, that guy is loving dumb, because CRISPR is loving permanent. If you really wanted to bulk up, siRNA against myostatin would be way better because it's reversible. Also, he has no idea how to properly transfect cells. 26% efficiency? Use nanoparticles, my dude!
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 08:13 |
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Finally got out of loving China, man it feels good not to be in that polluted, overcrowded shithole anymore.
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fish and chips and dip posted:Finally got out of loving China, man it feels good not to be in that polluted, overcrowded shithole anymore. I flew out of HKIA and it was really nice being in the terminal surrounded by people not from the Mainland. I really felt like I was leaving. Then I left, and now the only thing I miss about the place is taking my long walks (even though aggravating because of the people, but nice because you could just go and go all day). I don't miss the food. I don't miss the people. I don't miss the lovely culture. I don't miss the ease of transportation (because it was connected to all the other stuff). I don't miss the lovely internet. I don't miss the loving disco music playing from huge speakers in front of every shop under my building. I don't miss the bad walkers, bad bikers, and bad drivers. I don't miss paying out the rear end for products. I don't miss people telling my TCM cures to every little thing I never even mentioned. I don't miss a trillion other things. Leaving China owned. As the internet gets more tightly controlled, and the CCP become more retarded, I am still looking at a high chance of never ever returning there again. I guess I kind of miss the fun of playing Tantan and Wechat to find new friends, but many of them were nuts. It was really easy, but also kinda stressful. EDIT: I don't miss the cigarette smoke blowing everywhere at all times. I don't miss avoiding huge snot piles and dog and kid poo poo on the floors, inside and outside. I don't miss the Buzzcuts and racism. I don't miss the perma-broken elevators. I don't miss people looking me up and down and scoffing, or immediately talking poo poo because I am different. I don't miss everyone being on their owns all the loving time. I don't miss people taking photos of every loving meal. I don't miss "You don't understand, you are not Chinese." I don't miss living in a place where logic is a loanword and there's no thought put into any action. I don't miss "no why." Bajaj fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Dec 2, 2017 |
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Bajaj posted:Where can I find this thread? TIA It's the link from the quoted post: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?goto=post&postid=478909121#post478909121
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 09:30 |
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Outrail posted:Would the average non-Asian recognize the king of Thailand or whatever? Doubtful. I mean its hard to ignore those sexy crop tops.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 09:55 |
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https://twitter.com/sphasiaone/status/936863212992991234 tea time
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Bajaj posted:Where did you go to? How long were you in China? Almost 6 years, right now I'm traveling in South East Asia. I'll settle in Europe eventually. And I agree, I don't miss any of those things. The cigarette smoke especially really got on my loving nerves. If I hadn't left I think I would have snapped soon and done something stupid. Funny though, or "funny", the first thing I saw when I got off the plane at Kuala Lumpur airport was a Chinese man harking up a phlegm ball and spitting in on the airport floor.
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Imperialist Dog posted:it keeps happening Zoos with chinese characteristics
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fish and chips and dip posted:Almost 6 years, right now I'm traveling in South East Asia. I'll settle in Europe eventually. And I agree, I don't miss any of those things. The cigarette smoke especially really got on my loving nerves. If I hadn't left I think I would have snapped soon and done something stupid.
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Bajaj posted:
Yeah, of course it wasn't 6 straight years, I did vacations and stuff, but knowing that I actually don't live there anymore is just so liberating. I haven't felt this relaxed in a long, long time.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 16:39 |
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https://my.mixtape.moe/dvrtlc.mp4
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 16:41 |
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fish and chips and dip posted:Almost 6 years, right now I'm traveling in South East Asia. I'll settle in Europe eventually. And I agree, I don't miss any of those things. The cigarette smoke especially really got on my loving nerves. If I hadn't left I think I would have snapped soon and done something stupid.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 16:46 |
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...the gently caress?
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 17:51 |
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GotLag posted:...the gently caress? china my man
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It's a country where everyone grew up without a car culture and pervasive images of driving in media, but now suddenly have the wealth to afford cars. For whatever reason, this means a lot of people there instinctively hit the gas when they're panicked instead of the brakes. My girlfriend does dumb poo poo like this in her car, but at least she panic slams the brakes!
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 18:40 |
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Panic-slamming the gas, okay. But then changing gear and doing it again in the opposite direction? Edit: intellectually I can see the steps involved but I just can't wrap my brain around actually loving up like that, especially given how long she drives forward for before hitting the wall. GotLag fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Dec 2, 2017 |
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pretty sure she never took her foot off the gas, just changed gears
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 19:13 |
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It looks like she meant to put it in park and get out, but she put it in reverse and got out. Then she got back in the car and tried to slam the break but slammed the gas instead
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GotLag posted:...the gently caress? This is a true "no why" if I've ever seen one.
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# ? Dec 2, 2017 19:42 |
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https://twitter.com/DariusLongarino/status/935753409520652289
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In china, the punishment for infidelity is very serious: https://i.imgur.com/FX76qcy.gifv
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