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Mistle: Oct 11, 2005; Eckot's comic relief cousin from out of town; Grimey Drawer

caberham posted:

Chinese steel sucks

I feel like this is why the trade war is not in China's interest.

Also that they'd basically resort to foreign country middleman purchases to avoid the direct U.S./China tariffs, but there's going to be at least one skeevy Chinese middleman who is going to skim the gently caress out of being a middleman, and it's going to be ~~in the news~~ buried by CCP Face Retention Department

# ? Mar 3, 2018 17:53

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# ? May 15, 2024 08:51

Power Khan: Aug 20, 2011; by Fritz the Horse

Bajaj posted:

Chaoshan Girl went to visit her hometown after refusing to go during Spring Festival. She was the talk of the neighborhood for not going, and her dad was furious she didn't send money to her parents (for him to gamble away) and instead paid their electric and phone bills for them.

She arrived home and walked in and her dad immediately asked where was his 5000 RMB ($787 USD). She asked what the heck he was talking about. "I told all my friends you would give me 5000 RMB. Do you know how much money I need to meet my friends? Our dinner costs 2000, the cigarettes cost 1200, the alcohol is 1000, and the rest I need for other things." She told him no way, she's not giving him any money at all, especially not for all that stuff. She said he ran around the house screaming and slamming doors and threatening to slap her mom if she didn't pay up (LMAO). She still said no and he kept saying he was going to slap her mom, or her, and maybe both. She said no. He screamed and left the house after calling her a bitch.

Her mom's chickenhead friends came over and clucked about, so she left for a few hours to eat and walk and cool down. When she got back into the house, her dad was still out but her mom's friends said they had sons she needs to meet. From about age 17, to these village Chaoshan people, marriage becomes a main focus for most girls since they have no ability to go on to university. They go to work in Chaoshan factories and get paid abysmal salaries (making stuff that is probably in each of our houses right this moment), and they are expected to give a large percentage of it back to their parents until they get married. CG's old classmate from high school makes 1800 a month at her job, and all the new hires get 3000, but the boss thinks she's too old (like 25), so he refuses to raise her up to the 3000. Getting married to some go-getter man is the only chance these women have to live a life that isn't in a factory. Their marriages are usually more arranged and spur-of-the-moment choices by the parents than any Indian would have to suffer through.

So, CG's mom's friends were bothering her about her not being married at this old age (24). They all said they had single sons and she should go on dates and choose one and get married. That would solve all her problems and her issues with disrespecting her parents by not giving money to them. CG asked what reasons should she get married? The women said because she is Chaoshan, and Chaoshan women marry young and depend on their husbands. CG became a Shenzhen citizen a while back, so she said "I am a Shenzhen person now, not Chaoshan, and I don't need to depend on a pig." She said the room was silent until she left.

She's staying a couple more days and then leaving. I asked why not just go back to SZ now and be peaceful, but she said this was her farewell to her hometown and she's not coming back until one of her parents is on their deathbed, which she assumes to be in less than 10 years since her mom and dad and all their friends have high blood pressure and diabetes from the local food and never drinking water. She told her mom to drink more water every day and her mom said "200ml when I wake up is enough for the day." Imagine that halitosis.

He was just deflecting for me. She knows my step-mom (who was sitting next to me) so it was all in fun, but I could tell she was serious about racing/out-pacing either of us.

L�l

That poor girl. She tasted the world outside this cloud of misery, yet she is trapped.

# ? Mar 3, 2018 18:35

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

not that being a shenzen person is much better mind you, she just won't have shenzen mom being shenzen on her

# ? Mar 3, 2018 21:35

Ccs: Feb 25, 2011

Bajaj posted:

So, CG's mom's friends were bothering her about her not being married at this old age (24). They all said they had single sons and she should go on dates and choose one and get married. That would solve all her problems and her issues with disrespecting her parents by not giving money to them. CG asked what reasons should she get married? The women said because she is Chaoshan, and Chaoshan women marry young and depend on their husbands. CG became a Shenzhen citizen a while back, so she said "I am a Shenzhen person now, not Chaoshan, and I don't need to depend on a pig." She said the room was silent until she left.

Haha she's awesome.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 01:41

Blistex: Oct 30, 2003; Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

Apparently they found the "Library Kicker".

https://globalnews.ca/news/4059656/richmond-librarian-kicking/

I love how Chinese buzz-cuts are so incapable of using any form of logic, that they just outright assault anyone they determine is not a threat to them physically.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 03:54

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Blistex posted:

Apparently they found the "Library Kicker".

https://globalnews.ca/news/4059656/richmond-librarian-kicking/

I love how Chinese buzz-cuts are so incapable of using any form of logic, that they just outright assault anyone they determine is not a threat to them physically.

Those guards are a disgrace.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 05:09

Dr.Radical: Apr 3, 2011

So like, the reporter couldn't directly ask the librarian who got kicked why the dude was mad? Or any of the other 5 people who were right there when it happened? Just some guy who was using a computer away from the scene?

# ? Mar 4, 2018 05:15

Cry Havoc: May 10, 2004; This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.

he was upset they didn�t have a copy of quotations from chairman mao

# ? Mar 4, 2018 05:29

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

https://i.imgur.com/2DZ5Mcf.gifv

# ? Mar 4, 2018 05:40

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Bajaj posted:

"I am a Shenzhen person now, not Chaoshan, and I don't need to depend on a pig."

Why have you not married this woman?

# ? Mar 4, 2018 05:47

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

Gorilla Salad posted:

Why have you not married this woman?

you literally quoted the reason right there bro

# ? Mar 4, 2018 05:48

Veni Vidi Ameche!: Nov 2, 2017; by Fluffdaddy

Bajaj posted:

Chaoshan Girl went to visit her hometown after refusing to go during Spring Festival. She was the talk of the neighborhood for not going, and her dad was furious she didn't send money to her parents (for him to gamble away) and instead paid their electric and phone bills for them.

She arrived home and walked in and her dad immediately asked where was his 5000 RMB ($787 USD). She asked what the heck he was talking about. "I told all my friends you would give me 5000 RMB. Do you know how much money I need to meet my friends? Our dinner costs 2000, the cigarettes cost 1200, the alcohol is 1000, and the rest I need for other things." She told him no way, she's not giving him any money at all, especially not for all that stuff. She said he ran around the house screaming and slamming doors and threatening to slap her mom if she didn't pay up (LMAO). She still said no and he kept saying he was going to slap her mom, or her, and maybe both. She said no. He screamed and left the house after calling her a bitch.

Her mom's chickenhead friends came over and clucked about, so she left for a few hours to eat and walk and cool down. When she got back into the house, her dad was still out but her mom's friends said they had sons she needs to meet. From about age 17, to these village Chaoshan people, marriage becomes a main focus for most girls since they have no ability to go on to university. They go to work in Chaoshan factories and get paid abysmal salaries (making stuff that is probably in each of our houses right this moment), and they are expected to give a large percentage of it back to their parents until they get married. CG's old classmate from high school makes 1800 a month at her job, and all the new hires get 3000, but the boss thinks she's too old (like 25), so he refuses to raise her up to the 3000. Getting married to some go-getter man is the only chance these women have to live a life that isn't in a factory. Their marriages are usually more arranged and spur-of-the-moment choices by the parents than any Indian would have to suffer through.

So, CG's mom's friends were bothering her about her not being married at this old age (24). They all said they had single sons and she should go on dates and choose one and get married. That would solve all her problems and her issues with disrespecting her parents by not giving money to them. CG asked what reasons should she get married? The women said because she is Chaoshan, and Chaoshan women marry young and depend on their husbands. CG became a Shenzhen citizen a while back, so she said "I am a Shenzhen person now, not Chaoshan, and I don't need to depend on a pig." She said the room was silent until she left.

She's staying a couple more days and then leaving. I asked why not just go back to SZ now and be peaceful, but she said this was her farewell to her hometown and she's not coming back until one of her parents is on their deathbed, which she assumes to be in less than 10 years since her mom and dad and all their friends have high blood pressure and diabetes from the local food and never drinking water. She told her mom to drink more water every day and her mom said "200ml when I wake up is enough for the day." Imagine that halitosis.

He was just deflecting for me. She knows my step-mom (who was sitting next to me) so it was all in fun, but I could tell she was serious about racing/out-pacing either of us.

This woman is one in a million, and you should marry her immediately to solve all her problems.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 05:51

Blistex: Oct 30, 2003; Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

LingcodKilla posted:

Those guards are a disgrace.

It's BC. You try and detain a buzzcut in a situation like that, and before you know it there are 50 buzzcuts swinging chairs at you and trying to kick you.

In even more disgraceful news. . . .

"'Maybe we'll give that a shot': Donald Trump praises Xi Jinping's power grab"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/04/donald-trump-praises-xi-jinping-power-grab-give-that-a-shot-china

quote:

Donald Trump has celebrated Xi Jinping�s bid to shepherd China back into an era of one-man dictatorship, suggesting the United States might one day �give that a shot�.

Even as a joke or a sarcastic comment, I think it's pretty horrendous for a President to say such a thing. Then again Trump has been plunging to the depths of immaturity/inappropriateness and his fans have been more than happy to cheer him on.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 05:58

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

She's like the Chaoshan Cinderella.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 06:04

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

I saw this on reddit, where OP posted three lines from a chat. Is this really how triggered some people get when they see someone else using a dating app or talking to a local in another country? Because lol.

DACK FAYDEN posted:

you literally quoted the reason right there bro

loving owned

# ? Mar 4, 2018 06:14

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

Bajaj posted:

dude getting smashed like a deer crossing a highway

these insurance scams are pretty intricate

# ? Mar 4, 2018 07:51

EagerSleeper: Feb 3, 2010; by R. Guyovich

Hey, thank you all for your good responses to my dumb laowai questions. Maybe there are good things in the world. :unsmith:

Just not maybe not in Xi's dictator paradise at the moment.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 07:57

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

Blistex posted:

It's BC. You try and detain a buzzcut in a situation like that, and before you know it there are 50 buzzcuts swinging chairs at you and trying to kick you.

In even more disgraceful news. . . .

"'Maybe we'll give that a shot': Donald Trump praises Xi Jinping's power grab"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/04/donald-trump-praises-xi-jinping-power-grab-give-that-a-shot-china

Even as a joke or a sarcastic comment, I think it's pretty horrendous for a President to say such a thing. Then again Trump has been plunging to the depths of immaturity/inappropriateness and his fans have been more than happy to cheer him on.

It�s more stupid than horrendous because the USA has not had presidential term limits for 3 times longer than it has. There were no term limits until after FDR and the amendment was passed in a direct reaction to him breaking the 2 term tradition. Up until that point it was just something that everyone did because Georgie Wash did it.

You can argue that a lot of the reason there was such a strong push to amend the constitution was because there were some no poo poo concerns about FDR turning the USA into a fascist state but all that gets increasingly theoretical because nobody knows what was really in FDR�s head or how the public would have reacted to it. What we know for sure is that the USA did �try� no term limits for 150 years and Donny T literally does not know that.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 11:15

Kharnifex: Sep 11, 2001; The Banter is better in AusGBS

If he marrys CG and her parents ask for money, I'd pay a company to send them a box of 10000 live crickets and label it Gucci bags or something

# ? Mar 4, 2018 12:07

normal contact: Mar 19, 2010

Ce*sored! China bans letter N (briefly) from internet as Xi Jinping extends grip on power

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/china-bans-the-letter-n-internet-xi-jinping-extends-power

*o why

# ? Mar 4, 2018 13:06

HerStuddMuffin: Aug 10, 2014; YOSPOS

�That article� posted:

Less clear is why censors took issue with the letter �N�. Mair speculated it was �probably out of fear on the part of the government that �N� = �n terms in office�, where possibly n > 2�.

Charlie Smith, the alias of the co-founder of GreatFire.org, a group which helps users track and bypass Chinese censorship, said he found that explanation plausible.

�[Censors] probably determined it was sensitive and then moved to add that content to the blacklist so others would not be able to post something similar,� he said, noting that the seditious symbol had now been emancipated.

�I doubt that they actually put that much thought into it so sadly, the letter �N� was a temporary victim of this rash decision.�

On Wednesday, Beijing accused the west of reacting �hysterically� to the scrapping of presidential term limits.

The notion of censoring random letters, while at the same time calling others hysterical is hilarious to me.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 13:21

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

https://twitter.com/paulmozur/status/970254961010401281

# ? Mar 4, 2018 14:29

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

normal contact posted:

Ce*sored! China bans letter N (briefly) from internet as Xi Jinping extends grip on power

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/china-bans-the-letter-n-internet-xi-jinping-extends-power

*o why

"Y'know, why does 'government' even have an N? No one ever pronounces it. Should just get rid of it."
"Yes, sir! Right away, sir! N will be eliminated!"
"Hey wait, I meant... Ah, whatever."

# ? Mar 4, 2018 14:41

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?

China would never stop saying n-words.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 14:42

Collateral Damage: Jun 13, 2009

5000 years of History in Chi*a

# ? Mar 4, 2018 14:43

HerStuddMuffin: Aug 10, 2014; YOSPOS

I like Chi*a as a word, makes it look like you�re censoring profanity.
P*ss, f*ck, Chi*a.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 14:50

champagne posting: Apr 5, 2006; YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/paulmozur/status/970254961010401281

the roof is collapsing but we're safe in here under this other roof.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 15:07

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/paulmozur/status/970254961010401281

Chinese steel stronk

# ? Mar 4, 2018 15:49

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

https://twitter.com/Vallmeister/status/969621369641201664

# ? Mar 4, 2018 18:46

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

Bajaj posted:

loving owned

Seriously though you should put a ring on it, she will put up with your bullshit and you can ignore her family and be happy and all that :shobon:

# ? Mar 4, 2018 20:36

Kharnifex: Sep 11, 2001; The Banter is better in AusGBS

Jose posted:

https://twitter.com/Vallmeister/status/969621369641201664

Scary but cool

# ? Mar 4, 2018 20:54

802.11weed: May 9, 2007; ^no

The fact that they'rein china makes it a lot scarier. What if any of those ledges had just been painted styrofoam or whatever??

# ? Mar 4, 2018 21:06

Meme Poker Party: Sep 1, 2006; by Azathoth

It looks like a promo for Mirror's Edge: China.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 21:11

Blistex: Oct 30, 2003; Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

Chomp8645 posted:

It looks like a promo for Mirror's Edge: China.

Better Photoshop some massive tits and a child's face on the main character then.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 22:32

Bip Roberts: Mar 29, 2005

802.11weed posted:

The fact that they'rein china makes it a lot scarier. What if any of those ledges had just been painted styrofoam or whatever??

It's probably extremely practiced and choreographed. They would be dead long before the officials video shoot.

# ? Mar 4, 2018 22:40

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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