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oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Should be in your inbox.

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Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

Grand Fromage posted:

Should be specific we're talking about adult lactose tolerance here. As a baby everyone is, but most humans don't have the genes to retain that tolerance into adulthood. It's a fairly uncommon mutation.
Tl;dr:
Half & half is what separates the strong manly men from the little girly boys.

Atlas Hugged posted:

I'm totally amused by your stories and realize they only represent one portion of your interactions. I'm just saying that when people start asking if she was on a yaba bender or whatever my gut reaction is to say probably not.
Excuse me, but I'm a registered sexpat. In case you don't know, but "sexpat" stands for "sexual pat." Please respect my people.

Atlas Hugged
Mar 12, 2007


Put your arms around me,
fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all

Bajaj posted:

Excuse me, but I'm a registered sexpat. In case you don't know, but "sexpat" stands for "sexual pat." Please respect my people.

No I totally believe you. Just living in Bangkok nothing you say shocks me anymore.

Bum the Sad
Aug 25, 2002

by VideoGames
Hell Gem
Giant golden space Buddha floating around the asteroid belt still makes me happy.

His Divine Shadow
Aug 7, 2000

I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

oohhboy posted:

I second this. His language is even handed but it doesn't take away how hosed up it is. Despite all his experience, contacts and ability as a middleman it is always a trap where he too is helpless. If the stories and news reports this thread gets from time to time it hasn't changed one bit if not worse in different ways.

I read this thread backwards today and so without context I thought you were commenting on Haiers dating stories.

CIGNX
May 7, 2006

You can trust me

Bum the Sad posted:

Giant golden space Buddha floating around the asteroid belt still makes me happy.


vanity slug
Jul 20, 2010

the true galaxy brain

caberham
Mar 18, 2009

by Smythe
Grimey Drawer
Then there’s https://hypebeast.com/

Owned by a chinese kid to make money off suburbia

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

His Divine Shadow posted:

I read this thread backwards today and so without context I thought you were commenting on Haiers dating stories.

Applicable either way.

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.
Lactose tolerance is a positive effect of general mutation found naturally in populations with a long history of reliance on dairy products. It actually has nothing to do with geographical location...well, no, there is a correlation, but it's rooted in behavior.

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!
Bajaj, I’m surprised you don’t have more weird stories tbh. Have any girls tried to stay all day/clean your apartment the next morning, then gotten pissy and stolen something on the way out when you made them leave? Because that was the move a couple friends kept running into.

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse
I'm very mutated. Thank you.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/ChuBailiang/status/966267663919042562

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
Oh my god, they're going to be skinned alive.


EDIT: Where's the horrified/laughing smiley, again?

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse
That was probably a bad idea.

caberham
Mar 18, 2009

by Smythe
Grimey Drawer
They already got arrested

caberham
Mar 18, 2009

by Smythe
Grimey Drawer
训醒姿势。holy poo poo it’s actually a crime

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Modern day running man with Chinese characteristics. The stalker lineup:

Chinese car.
Elevator and lifts.
Bored cops.
Maoist that didn’t get the memo.
Ancient map of nine dash line.
Expensive plastic covered furniture.
Old lady kicker.
Crashed rocket.
Fertiliser bombs.

underage at the vape shop
May 11, 2011

by Cyrano4747

omae wa mo shinderu

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Bored cops got them? How boring.

Without the caption I would have though they were nationalist uniforms.

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

oohhboy posted:

Modern day running man with Chinese characteristics. The stalker lineup:

Chinese car.
Elevator and lifts.
Bored cops.
Maoist that didn’t get the memo.
Ancient map of nine dash line.
Expensive plastic covered furniture.
Old lady kicker.
Crashed rocket.
Fertiliser bombs.

You forgot the Exploding poo poo-Truck

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
That's tonight secret stalker!

You get a copy of the Chinese Running Man board game! It's missing half the pieces, remaining pieces are ill-formed and are for an entirely different game. The board is just another standard picture of Xi that is hypergolic with hot water.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness
on the one hand why the gently caress would you ever do this

on the other hand, these idiots have displayed more initiative and unintentional mastery of satire than any hundred of their peers

give 'em those "Einstein visas" to the US imo

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

I guess this would be like dressing up as SS officers and posing in front of historical war monuments and poo poo in germany, which also would not go over too well.

HerStuddMuffin
Aug 10, 2014

YOSPOS
How is this “satire”? There’s a difference between being an edgelord fucker who does nazi salutes at Auschwitz and being a satirist, these morons are firmly in the first category.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

HerStuddMuffin posted:

How is this “satire”? There’s a difference between being an edgelord fucker who does nazi salutes at Auschwitz and being a satirist, these morons are firmly in the first category.
oh gently caress me I misread it I thought it said "dressed up as Chinese soldiers"

jesus christ murder them

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

Gonna Ugoku, ugoku right into the sleepy van.

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

Gorilla Salad posted:

EDIT: Where's the horrified/laughing smiley, again?
:magical: or :stonklol:

Cry Havoc
May 10, 2004

This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.

caberham posted:

They already got arrested

they’ve now disappeared

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

Pirate Radar posted:

Bajaj, I’m surprised you don’t have more weird stories tbh. Have any girls tried to stay all day/clean your apartment the next morning, then gotten pissy and stolen something on the way out when you made them leave? Because that was the move a couple friends kept running into.

they only really do this if you don't pay them

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

ladron posted:

they only really do this if you don't pay them

The more you know.

Cry Havoc
May 10, 2004

This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.
no money no honey

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010
Chaoshan girl just learned about the whole goddamn universe and meanwhile you're hooking up with local crackheads on Thai tinder, what the gently caress man

Mistle
Oct 11, 2005

Eckot's comic relief cousin from out of town
Grimey Drawer

When you don't follow the formula of "take everything political extremely seriously", "always try to win at face culture", and "only publish positive content involving Uncle Poohbear's new dictatorship", this happens.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/ImpressiveBonyCapeghostfrog
Hit and run justice

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

came to post this. I love how he pops out at the end like oscar the grouch

Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
https://qz.com/1225347/xi-jinping-says-chinas-one-party-authoritarian-system-can-be-a-model-for-the-world/amp/

quote:

Xi Jinping says China’s authoritarian system can be a model for the world

Chinese president Xi Jinping has repeatedly told the world that China is ready to lead on issues like free trade and climate change. Now, he’s ready to extend his leadership to political parties everywhere.

At the big annual gathering of Chinese lawmakers and political advisors that kicked off March 3, Xi said that China is offering a “new type of political party system”—a Chinese solution that contributes to the development of political parties around the world, according to state media (link in Chinese).

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has always said the country will never copy the political systems of other countries, in particular the Western notion of democracy. But under Xi—the most powerful Chinese leader in four decades—China’s own one-party system is one that is ready to be exported to regimes everywhere.

The term “new type of political party system” was first put forward by Xi when he delivered a speech to non-party political advisors on March 4. It’s not the first time that Xi has floated the idea that China’s political model can make a contribution to the world. This time, however, Chinese state media churned out a wave of articles to underscore the significance of this new phrase.

In the past, “some people lacking self-confidence always use Western political theories to criticize China’s political party system,” wrote Wang Xiaohong, an academic from the party-backed Central Institute of Socialism, in a commentary (link in Chinese) widely circulated by Chinese news outlets.

But as Wang argues, Western political systems are associated, among other things, with fractured societies, inefficient government, and “endless power transitions and social chaos” as in the countries of the former Soviet Union, and in north Africa after the Arab Spring. “The new type of political party system has overcome all sorts of problems that the old [one] can’t overcome,” Wang argued.


In China, there are eight so-called “democratic parties” that are allowed to participate in the political system, but they are almost completely subservient to the CCP. Every year in March, members of the minor parties meet with their communist counterparts in Beijing to provide advice on everything from healthcare to poverty reduction—largely for show. The system—called “multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the CCP’s leadership”—has been used as evidence that China is also a democracy.

The internationalization of China’s political system is in fact well underway. Since 2014, the Communist Party has hosted an annual summit in Beijing inviting political party leaders from around the world to hear about how it governs China. In recent years, the party has also brought young African politicians to China for training, in a bid to cultivate allies.

When asked whether China is deviating from its self-avowed policy of noninterference in other countries’ affairs, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said yesterday (March 8) that China will “participate more proactively” in reshaping global governance and solving international crises.

At this month’s political meetings, China’s legislature is expected to ratify a proposal to remove the 10-year, two-term limit for the presidency from the country’s constitution, potentially paving the way for Xi to stay in power for life. A Bloomberg report from earlier this week said, citing sources, that Xi is seeking to pass a government restructure plan that would see some party organizations completely absorbing state agencies.

Who else might be a fan of China’s political system? US president Donald Trump reportedly made the following closed-door remark on the possible removal of the presidential limit in China: “Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday.”
I got an IRL chuckle while reading this. Chrome on my phone throws a barrage of video game and China news at me on the home page, so I get articles like this showing up daily.
"Those silly foreigners are always talking about their silly foreign ideas.. well I have a great idea for a one-party system with a supreme ruler at the top. Nobody thought of this before! It is so good, not corrupt." - Guy who just jailed like a billion "corrupt" officials for not giving him more of their stolen assets

Also, lol at using the Arab Spring as as reason why something like democracy is bad.

Pirate Radar posted:

Bajaj, I’m surprised you don’t have more weird stories tbh. Have any girls tried to stay all day/clean your apartment the next morning, then gotten pissy and stolen something on the way out when you made them leave? Because that was the move a couple friends kept running into.
I've never heard of this happening before, and I have a feeling Ladron is right about there being some money involved.

Devils Affricate posted:

Chaoshan girl just learned about the whole goddamn universe and meanwhile you're hooking up with local crackheads on Thai tinder, what the gently caress man
No hooking up, just meeting. I've been here like 3.5 months and have zero desire to bang a Thai, and definitely will not now. They honestly make me miss putting up with crazy Mainland women. That dirty chick was just supposed to hang out and eat a meal, go see a movie, no talk of anything past that.
Me and CG are top-tier bros, not a couple, though I can readily admit she tops about 95% of anyone I met after her. We're both not interested in marriage at all, and long-distance relationships are dumb. At the same time, we have clash regularly about things and we know spending every day together would drive us both insane.

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

Bajaj posted:

No hooking up, just meeting. I've been here like 3.5 months and have zero desire to bang a Thai, and definitely will not now. They honestly make me miss putting up with crazy Mainland women. That dirty chick was just supposed to hang out and eat a meal, go see a movie, no talk of anything past that.
Me and CG are top-tier bros, not a couple, though I can readily admit she tops about 95% of anyone I met after her. We're both not interested in marriage at all, and long-distance relationships are dumb. At the same time, we have clash regularly about things and we know spending every day together would drive us both insane.

but...but...you're the plunger! the chosen one! you were supposed to bring balance to the folds!

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
The whole inventing stuff by slapping from a child's sticker book "Chinese characteristics" on everything is getting old and boring. They really need to be more innovative and call them ancient Chinese secrets. It's getting easier to assume they have never discovered or invented anything ever.

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Atlas Hugged
Mar 12, 2007


Put your arms around me,
fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all
The girls in Pirate Radar's story were usually considered a "prize" by his friends for being able to out wait the bar until it closed so they wouldn't have to pay the bar fine.

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