Fojar38 posted:

The most compelling socialist arguments I see from a political philosophy standpoint is that socialism is supposed to be an evolution of liberal capitalism rather than strictly a replacement in the vein that you had feudal monarchy>liberal capitalism>social democracy. each of them builds organically on the previous system and attempts to force change quickly usually (though not always) ended up being a clusterfuck

I actually more or less agree with that basic premise, but it would also indicate that authoritarian powers are even further from the socialist ideal than liberal capitalist countries are, so in zero-sum cases versus countries like russia or china socialists should still be pulling for the West

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A YouTube star named Kanghua Ren faces up to two years in prison after playing a prank on a homeless man that involved filling Oreo cookies with toothpaste.

Kanghua, who vlogs under the name ReSet and who has 1.2 million subscribers, filmed himself scraping the filling out of the cookies and squeezing out the toothpaste to replace the filling. Then, the 20-year-old Kanghua approached the homeless man, gave him a‎‎‎ €20 bill ($24), and walked away after the man showed his gratitude.

On the video, the Chinese-born Barcelona resident said, “Maybe I’ve gone a bit far, but look at the positive side: This will help him clean his teeth. I think he hasn’t cleaned them since he became poor.”

As the Independent notes, Kanghua is facing a charge of a crime against moral integrity. Along with the proposed prison sentence, prosecutors are also asking that Kanghua pay a €30,000 ($37,000) penalty.

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Prosecutors said the YouTuber offered the man €300 to stay silent. According to the Independent, prosecutors also said that, in previous videos, Kanghua had made sandwiches filled with cat excrement and offered them to children and elderly people for the sake of his vlog.

Der Shovel posted:

Chinese-born YouTube star might be going to prison for being a massive oval office.

Grouchio posted:

That social credit system is starting to make sense.

nickmeister posted:

Paul midler actually sent me his latest book a couple of weeks ago. I'm about half way through it so far good read. Amazing how much it reminds me of this thread. Although more professional obviously lol

Pirate Radar posted:

There’s a goon here in Taiwan who swears by the Taiwanese Boilermaker, i.e. dropping a shot of Kinmen 58 baijiu into a pint of Taiwan Beer, which I can take or leave. Like with most “drop x into y” ideas I’d usually rather just take the shot and then drink the beer.

Devils Affricate posted:

How many social points do you lose for getting plunged by a foreigner

oohhboy posted:

Tell me more. Did you meet him or something?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://www.facebook.com/BabyBoomersWithAsianWives

peanut posted:

omg not clicking on that

LimburgLimbo posted:

What’s the officially range of baby boomers? Because pretty sure they’re all 60-70+ now which is def older than the usual lovely useless English fucks with Filipino wives you see nowadays

basic hitler posted:

The last boomers were born in the 60s. My parents are technically boomers despite being in their mid 50s.

This is the problem with using generational theory to paint broad strokes as the difference between a 70 year old and a 50 year old is quite a lot. I was born in 1989 and am compared with kids born when i was in highschool who seem completely alien to me.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://www.facebook.com/BabyBoomersWithAsianWives

Barudak posted:

Looks more like Gen X with asian wives.

Barudak posted:

Looks more like Gen X with asian wives.

GoutPatrol posted:

After reading alot of D&D and C-SPAM I am convinced that goons do not know what a boomer is or how old they are.

Blistex posted:

The most important thing to know about baby boomers is how tough they had it when they started working, and how amazing they were at bootstrapping themselves.

"You started teaching making $35,000 and you're saying things are tough? I started teaching in 1970, and I made $13,000 a year!"
<pulls out phone> "According to this inflation calculator, that would be $85,500 in today's dollars."

Switzerland posted:

Where's our plunger gone?

super macho dude posted:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/sexist-job-ads-show-discrimination-rife-at-china-s-tech-giants posted:

Workplace discrimination in China often begins with help-wanted ads.

Job recruitment websites routinely feature advertisements from prominent technology employers such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Baidu Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. for positions that are open only to men, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch on Monday.

And the New York-based group said job discrimination against women takes other forms: Chinese companies often have requirements on the height, weight, voice or appearance of female applicants that have nothing to do with their qualifications for the job. With the three big internet companies boasting they have “beautiful girls” or “goddesses,” those ads contribute to widespread gender discrimination in the workplace, Human Rights Watch said.

“Sexual objectification of women — treating women as a mere object of sexual desire — is prevalent in Chinese job advertising,” the report said.

Human Rights Watch analyzed more than 36,000 advertisements, most of them posted since 2013, on corporate and government websites and social media platforms. Researchers looked for terms related to gender preferences such as “men only” and “suitable for women.”

A search of Alibaba’s website in January found “men only” or “men preferred” ads for jobs including government affairs senior specialist and crowd-sourcing delivery manager, according to the report. Human Rights Watch said the e-commerce giant’s recruitment social media account published photos of young female employees and described them as “late night benefits.”

Tencent Apology

A Tencent ad featured a male employee saying the presence of beautiful women was one reason he joined the company, and in a Baidu ad a male staff said having attractive female colleagues was one reason he was happy at work, Human Rights Watch said.

“There’s just a blatant objectification of these women,” said Executive Director Kenneth Roth at a press briefing in Hong Kong. “This creates a hostile work environment.”

In an emailed statement, Tencent said it has investigated the incidents and will make immediate changes. "We are sorry they occurred and we will take swift action to ensure they do not happen again," it said. "Tencent values diverse backgrounds and recruits staff based on talent and ability."

Baidu said it ”deeply” regrets what it described as "isolated instances" of job postings that didn’t align with its values, and that the company had removed those ads before the report was released. Baidu said women account for 45 percent of its employees, with mid- and senior positions reflecting a similar number.

Alibaba said it conducts regular reviews of recruitment ads and has "well-defined guidelines" on providing equal opportunities regardless of gender. It said 47 percent of the company’s employees are women and women leaders occupy one-third of its management positions.

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Baronjutter posted:

From the maps thread

oohhboy posted:

LOL. Westworld had a gently caress you to China when one of the executives told the PLAN to get the gently caress off the island they had brought off them and to shut up.

weg posted:

Well a whole lake showed up without anyone noticing so it seems like they have the technology to terraform with little effort.