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GoutPatrol
Oct 17, 2009

*Stupid Babby*


That video led to me this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFO1O020uyw

And then it led me to watching squash highlights for 20 minutes. If I knew how to play it I would try it.

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GotLag
Jul 17, 2005

食べちゃダメだよ

Thank you for sharing this.

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The shed is actually good. It's humbleness reflects partially what Christianity should be about.

Pham Nuwen
Oct 30, 2010



From an article about reactions to Stephen Hawking's death:

quote:

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang:

“Mr Hawking was a remarkable scientist and also was a fighter for science in his long and bitter struggle against illness. He made great contributions to science and to humanity.

“China’s leaders have met with him. China’s scientists and science lovers have had very enjoyable interactions with him. Mr Hawking followed China’s development closely. He gave a high assessment of China’s developments and progress in science. Mr Hawking also had a keen fondness for Chinese culture.

“As I understand it, under his strong persistence and with the help of his assistant, he was finally able to see China’s Great Wall. We express condolences for Mr Hawking’s passing and our sympathies to his family. I have faith that Mr Hawking and his contribution will never be forgotten.”

(original article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-hawking-reaction/reactions-to-the-death-of-physicist-stephen-hawking-idUSKCN1GQ0OU?il=0)

Flyball
Apr 17, 2003


Why would it take strong persistence to see the great wall? Are there regulations denying disabled people from seeing it?

Khorne
May 1, 2002
I've never seen this in my life. Who walks into a spot?

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?



Oh man.

I haven't seen a night picture yet, but all those crosses are neon.

LimburgLimbo
Feb 10, 2008

Khorne posted:

I've never seen this in my life. Who walks into a spot?

It’s a Chinese/Korean thing. I’ve seen it.

Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
He's dead so it's not like he'll be able to say "Hey, that's not quite right, guys." This is the perfect time to start adding to his memory.

Steakandchips
Apr 30, 2009

Gorilla Salad posted:

A good way to deal with it is to pretend you can't hear what she's saying, so she comes around the side of the car. Then you just drive forward into the spot.

This sounds like an amusing thing to witness.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

Today I saw an odd sight. I walk past a really sketchy "backpackers inn" on the way home from work every day. It's tiny and I've never seen anyone who didn't look borderline homeless coming or going from it or the poorest and dirtiest of crusty backpackers. I was surprised when I heard angry yelling in mandarin coming from the door, followed by a middle aged chinese dude in full safari gear and a big fancy camera setup leaving the building, pulling a suitcase. He was yelling at his wife to come out, but she was busy screaming, once again in mandarin, at the backpacker hostel staff and she left. Pointing to things, holding some paper up and pointing to that. She was head to toe in tacky "brand name" clothing as was pulling equally tacky "brand name" luggage. When screaming at the staff in mandarin didn't get her anywhere she decided to block the door and instead scream at her husband (blaming him for the booking?) while he just kept mumbling something back and gesturing for her to follow him. Finally some dudes in crusty dreads wanted to go outside to smoke and had to gently push the screaming lady out of the way. She kept screaming at everyone as she walked away with her safari photographer husband. It was enough of a scene that a bunch of people in the area stopped to gawk at the strange people having a public meltdown outfront of the hostel.

Best guess was they somehow booked this place to stay because it was cheap and were upset when they saw the conditions and clientele?

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

Why would anyone vacation in Victoria in early March?

Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
So that sexy old Guangdong lady I slipped the gummy worm to and later coached how to snag herself an American went to America some months ago. She was fine and then suddenly disappeared one day. Weeks later, no reply, no update on Wechat, etc., I sent her a message again to check if she was okay, and she finally replied.
Apparently she found herself a rich white man. She told me about him and sent me photos, and it's kind of funny to me because the guy is in great shape with muscles and without any noticeable fat (he even has a jaw and neckline), in his 50s, owns a house in an area where houses go for 1-2 million to start, owns his own business, travels around the world all time, buys whatever he wants, and all other "successful person" qualities, and it took him like two chats with her to ask her to move in with him. So now she lives with him and sits around his house while he's at work.

I asked many questions about her safety or if he's a freak, because it's a odd to have a loaded, handsome, active guy pull a desperate move like that. Usually we can expect that kind of stuff from older, huskier guys that have never had any luck with the ladies, but it's obvious by looking at the dude that he wouldn't have that problem anywhere he goes. She says he likes to make the decision for her. LOL. I asked what else, and she said in the future if she stays with him he will make all the choices and do whatever is needed to be done, she just sits and waits. I told her that wasn't good.

She said he talks a lot of stuff about partnerships and goals, and she showed me some messages he sent while he was at work. It was like "I need you to be enjoying X and good at Y. This is important for the both of us." She feels really confused and can't understand why he keeps talking that way, so I had to tell her my thoughts that he is a big baby about control, it's weird as gently caress in most cultures to ask a total stranger to live with you, and his messages make it seem like he's not thrilled about you and wants you to be different. She was bummed, but she also felt strange in his house. Reading his messages was weird and I got a vibe that he's got some creepy side and issues going on that he I hope he can bottle up until she goes back to China.

Baronjutter posted:

He was yelling at his wife to come out, but she was busy screaming, once again in mandarin, at the backpacker hostel staff and she left. Pointing to things, holding some paper up and pointing to that.
"I THOUGHT THE BATHROOM WOULD HAVE GLASS WALLS SO I COULD MAKE SURE MY HUSBAND WAS making GBS threads BEFORE I SNUCK MONEY OF HIS WALLET!"

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

McGavin posted:

Why would anyone vacation in Victoria in early March?

The weather was really nice for a few days recently, but it was gray and a bit chilly that day. I don't know. Also why was he in full safari getup? He seriously looked like he was ready to go photograph some lions.

P-Mack
Nov 10, 2007

Furious at the entire Chinese nation cause my lazijiding didn't have a single loving Sichuan peppercorn in it.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

Flyball posted:

Why would it take strong persistence to see the great wall? Are there regulations denying disabled people from seeing it?
There's also no ADA compliance to help make it physically feasible for him to get there, I guess? That's the only thing I can think of that might make it difficult if you went to a section without good infrastructure nearby.

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

They literally couldn't offer condolences without making it an endorsement of China. :uugh:

oohhboy fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Mar 14, 2018

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010
RIP Steven 好金, friend of China

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

Baronjutter posted:

Also why was he in full safari getup? He seriously looked like he was ready to go photograph some lions.

flashback to groups of koreans kitted out like sherpas to walk up some stairs

webmeister
Jan 31, 2007

The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Bajaj posted:

So that sexy old Guangdong lady

Has she realised she's the side piece yet

ladron
Sep 15, 2007

eso es lo que es

webmeister posted:

Has she realised she's the side piece yet

if she's 25-30, that's probably the best she's hoped for

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

ladron posted:

flashback to groups of koreans kitted out like sherpas to walk up some stairs

bless their hearts

just bless 'em


e: help me I had no work today and I was reading Waygook

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

Baronjutter posted:

The weather was really nice for a few days recently, but it was gray and a bit chilly that day. I don't know. Also why was he in full safari getup? He seriously looked like he was ready to go photograph some lions.

Well, Victoria does have the 8th highest population of cougars in Canada.

vanity slug
Jul 20, 2010

ladron posted:

flashback to groups of koreans kitted out like sherpas to walk up some stairs

also random adjumma hiking mountains at 20 km/h

Nucken Futz
Oct 30, 2010

by Reene

Gorilla Salad posted:

I've had this happen more than once with an Auntie calling dibs on a parking spot.

... , inching forward while laying on the horn so as to be as obnoxious as possible is incredibly satisfying.

Experienced this, I can confirm that this is solid tactic.

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

the Monarch butterfly of churches. warning, stay away.

Nucken Futz
Oct 30, 2010

by Reene

P-Mack posted:

Furious at the entire Chinese nation cause my lazijiding didn't have a single loving Sichuan peppercorn in it.

This ..... this is such an astute observation.
It's a two way street, whether they like it or not.
They wanna be universally insulted, then they get universal culpability.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

uber_stoat posted:

the Monarch butterfly of churches. warning, stay away.



... was this in Chuncheon? I swear I've seen this one.

Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/84j864/chinese_fentanyl_is_payback_for_opium_wars/

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:

Bajaj, before you do anything rash close the kayak.com window, this is referring to literal cougars, as in giant cats that will gently caress you up.

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 THOUGHT THE BATHROOM WOULD HAVE GLASS WALLS SO I COULD MAKE SURE MY HUSBAND WAS making GBS threads BEFORE I SNUCK MONEY OF HIS WALLET!"

I will never understand why this has become a thing in newer classy hotels.

I think the idea was to watch you partner have a shower while you're lying in bed, but as you noticed, the real world application is to watch you lover push out a turd.



Coolguye
Jul 6, 2011

Required by his programming!

Gorilla Salad posted:

I think the idea was to watch you partner have a shower while you're lying in bed
even that sounds loving dumb as hell. like, sorry, i get that porn shows a shower as something, but in the real world people have a loving system in the shower to do their business and leave. if you want to turn a shower porny you don't watch from bed like the world's creepiest goon, you get in the shower with your partner and get to work. jesus.

Xerxes17
Feb 17, 2011

It's so that the business clients can keep their eye on their prostitute at all times.

Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

Xerxes17 posted:

It's so that the business clients can keep their eye on their prostitute at all times.
This is what everyone repeats on reddit without any evidence, but I feel like with all the traveling around in China that Chinese do, building your hotels with a major feature to facilitate one specific type of (illegal) activity doesn't make sense.

We may never know the real answer.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Maybe glass is cheaper?

CIGNX
May 7, 2006

You can trust me
It's probably just mindless copying. They got it in their mind that glass-walled bathrooms means your place is fancy, so everyone starts copying it in order to appear fancy without ever questioning its practicality. Kind of like why rich Asians keep decorating their homes in that crappy "Versailles" style.

Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
You know how newer cars have "Back up" cameras so you can see where you're going when backing up since you're a lovely driver? I have decided to install a similar style camera in my toilet and shower that can be accessed by the wi-fi in my house, taking the glass wall philosophy and bringing into the 21rd century.

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Thanks Reddit! Get your bingo card out.

Kerbtree
Sep 8, 2008

BAD FALCON!
LAZY!

Bajaj posted:

You know how newer cars have "Back up" cameras so you can see where you're going when backing up since you're a lovely driver? I have decided to install a similar style camera in my toilet and shower that can be accessed by the wi-fi in my house, taking the glass wall philosophy and bringing into the 21rd century.

https://youtu.be/L0oF9-LQa3c

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Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

You gotta have poo poo to show for, if you make a reaction to the death of a famous scientist all about your country's ~history~ and ~greatness~

It's like a dude taking stage for an obituary and only talking about himself.

In Hawkin's voice: "gently caress OFF"

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