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Devils Affricate posted:Soju is the worst liquor. I'd honestly rather drink er guo tou; at least that has some kick to it. Soju is just watered down vodka with a packet of sweet 'n low mixed in. Maybe some good authentic stuff exists but I've never seen it. "Head of the second pot" that’s some real poo poo
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BrigadierSensible posted:But it always seemed weird to me that China doesn't brag louder about wepay and alipay. Because both of those were in common use in China years before it seeped into "the west". And it is a legitimately impressive thing to do to implement a system that is both widely used and generally runs smoothly in a population as big as China. There was a push a few years back. You had lots of Thomas Friedman types writing "China Rising" articles and citing the e-payment system as proof of China's advanced state of technology. I even remember someone posted a job listing looking for young
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CIGNX posted:There was a push a few years back. You had lots of Thomas Friedman types writing "China Rising" articles and citing the e-payment system as proof of China's advanced state of technology. I even remember someone posted a job listing looking for young looking for white people to do mundane things is a tale as old as time, but they tend to pay very well. Circa 2010 I was in a McDonalds in Hangzhou eating with a British friend of mine and a Chinese woman came up to us and said they'd pay her like 3000rmb to put on a fancy dress and greet people at some investment event nearby for a few hours that evening. She (probably in poor judgment) took that offer and it was basically as they described. She, a white lady, wore an ill-fitting dress and said "Hello" to older Chinese dudes as they fed her a decent meal. They paid her the equivalent of several hundred dollars in cash a couple hours later and he was on her way. It's always been a good source of income for the folks who can get it.
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I did one of those jobs, it paid a couple thousand for standing around at this booth for a company that made some part for some machine that I knew nothing about. I don't even know what the part did. But if was fine they just wanted me to stand there and be white. White monkey job stories are all boring like that because that's all there is to it, getting paid to be white.
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Magna Kaser posted:looking for white people to do mundane things is a tale as old as time, but they tend to pay very well. Circa 2010 I was in a McDonalds in Hangzhou eating with a British friend of mine and a Chinese woman came up to us and said they'd pay her like 3000rmb to put on a fancy dress and greet people at some investment event nearby for a few hours that evening. I was paid to be in a video and be photos on a company website for this electronics manufacturer. Then we went out to a club and he drove me home, I never saw him again.
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It wasn't until relatively recently that I really listened to the what they're saying in detail and it makes it funnier "China #4! Japan #2! Taiwan #1!" "Oh my god! China is #1, USA number tw... USA number, number 8 okay? Taiwan #3, gently caress you, baby"
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McSpanky posted:Bit offtopic but I'm curious if there's anywhere that has good mass market beer. I'd guess Germany/Germanic-cultural regions would be a given based on the stereotype. Maybe Egypt? Yeah, the basic macros in Germany are perfectly good. Nothing exciting, but way better than a Budweiser or whatever. Atopian posted:Qingdao IPA isn't bad, if kept well. Their hefeweizen is surprisingly decent. And I've always heard Qingdao beer fresh in Qingdao from the main brewery is actually good, but I've never been there.
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LimburgLimbo posted:If you can stand more than 1 (one) Asahi without it being ice-cold to the point you can't really taste it then congrats! You can save money by mixing some vodka with a handful of water out of the gutter; it will get you drunk, taste better, and be cheaper whenever someone has this sort of over the top reaction to a first world country's best selling beer it's a sign they are unpleasant to hang with
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A beautiful world with beautiful places to visit
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d0s posted:whenever someone has this sort of over the top reaction to a first world country's best selling beer it's a sign they are unpleasant to hang with This is a fascinating statement with so many ways it can be interpreted. Are you a big proponent of Bud Light and VB et al? Are you just a classist piece of poo poo who thinks that people without money in third world countries are inherently unable to make decent beer? Are you just a loving idiot? Are you simply talking out your rear end? Hmmmmm perhaps the truth is somewhere in the middl... no wait it's definitely all of them at once.
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LimburgLimbo posted:This is a fascinating statement with so many ways it can be interpreted. lol case in point
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d0s posted:lol case in point Ż\_(ツ)_/Ż We're never gonna hang anyway so I don't give a poo poo Lucky for you people that take actual offense to beer chat are of course known to be really fun people! Also you claimed: d0s posted:e: Asahi in Japan is way better than whatever the hell goes in those bottles here in the US but you probably couldn't tell the difference even if drank them together. And by the way Asahi in north America is brewed by Molson, so lol 
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New NYT article with the same old story of Chinese disinformation campaigns surrounding Covid-19 on social media, with multiple U.S. agencies verifying that it was orchestrated by government actors, and the Chinese foreign ministry saying that it’s “complete nonsense and not worth refuting”. What do we know about the extent of U.S.-backed operations in China? Surveillance and monitoring is a given, but what about the American side of the information war?
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It's orange, loud, insanely stupid and obnoxious.
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Kevin DuBrow posted:New NYT article with the same old story of Chinese disinformation campaigns surrounding Covid-19 on social media, with multiple U.S. agencies verifying that it was orchestrated by government actors, and the Chinese foreign ministry saying that it’s “complete nonsense and not worth refuting”. Didn't most of the US operatives in China get exposed because the CIA has laughable infosec. Wouldn't be surprised if there was really nothing meaningful at all
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McSpanky posted:Bit offtopic but I'm curious if there's anywhere that has good mass market beer. I'd guess Germany/Germanic-cultural regions would be a given based on the stereotype. Maybe Egypt? Don't know if you'd call it "mass market" given the size of Laos, but Beer Lao is pretty highly regarded. It's been like 10 years since I've had one and I honestly can't remember what it tastes like myself, but I do remember thinking Beer Lao Dark was excellent. Brb googling local distributors. BrigadierSensible posted:As I will be flying home in a month or so, I went top the post office to post some of my clothes and poo poo, to save money on airlines charging for extra baggage etc. in boxes about the size of the ones containing one governments contribution to another. Checking those packages as extra bags ($50-75 each?) will likely be cheaper than posting them anyways, but you will have to deal with the hassle of schlepping them through the airport(s). If you can get them checked all the way through it might be the way to go though. Definitely call or email UPS/FedEx before you go, if you choose to go that way.
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Oh yeah Beer Lao Dark is great, so there is one good mass market beer. Taiwan Draft (the big green bottles, not he one in cans) holds up too. I'm not sure what Bia Hoi would even be but it's worth a mention too of course. And Hitachino Nest as mentioned before from Japan has a number of good, interesting beers. I'm not sure how big they are - I never saw it at 7-11 or anything but I have seen it in the wild in North America at certain Japanese bars and restaurants so they do make enough to export. They even make a good IPA and not just by adding hops to mask their poo poo product. Making a good IPA is usually my standard for determining if a brewery is competent or not. Also,  Always worth the trip to Yilan. Smooth, malty, rounded algae beer. I think it's the most out there beer I've ever had, good poo poo.
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It looks like it tastes very bad compared to a darn pepsi
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Relayer posted:It looks like it tastes very bad compared to a darn pepsi It's much better than a Pepsi. The closest non-alcoholic analogue is this:  It goes through the same stages of "wtf is this" to "Hmm ok I'll try it" to "it's pretty darn good" to "I'm not sure why I ever wanted to drink anything else"
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Semi related to beer chat. But Pocari Sweat is one of the best hangover cures I have ever found in my life. When I lived in Yokohama, after a night out when I was staggering home, I would buy one of the big cans of these from a vending machine near my apartment and neck it just before falling into bed. Didn't kill the hangover, but blunted it severely. I would also suggest orange+carrot juice in the morning. Also very related to beer chat: Beer is good. I enjoy drinking it. Some beer can be good and other beer can be bad. This is all true. But whenever I find someone with 'serious opinions(tm)' about beer, it always puts me in mind of the Real Ale Twats from Viz. I mean, it's just beer. And if my time at University taught me anything it is that the undisputedly best beer is free beer.
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What's a pocari and why are they bottling its sweat?
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:What's a pocari and why are they bottling its sweat? It's the space under my massive panis. The sweat is aged for 77 days in the 28 year old underwear that's fused to my skin. It's skintag and pube filtered to give you a woody, smooth taste with just a hint of mushrooms.
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Chugging a liter of pocari before bed after a hard boozing session is a pro move.
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Grand Fromage posted:Chugging a liter of pocari before bed after a hard boozing session is a pro move. ain't this the truth
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Grand Fromage posted:Chugging a liter of pocari before bed after a hard boozing session is a pro move. lol preach still i hate pocari, like it tastes good enough and this works--it's "rice paper" flavored gatorade--but that poo poo has got kcals and you don't want more on top of what you just put away yknow what i mean?
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You're not exactly going to be burning away calories if you're screaming in bed for half of the following day. And I don't mean in the fun way, either.
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one of my favorite japanese soft drinks is peach mitsuya cider, which I only ever found in daiso for some reason
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in my day there was no craft beer in china there was only zhujiang pijiu and snow/mons and all that poo poo. the only beer with any bitterness to it was san miguel from the philippines i'd kill for a nice half cold bottle of zhujiang pijiu and a plate of boiled peanuts though hashtag #chinostalgia hakimashou fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Apr 23, 2020 |
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:What's a pocari and why are they bottling its sweat? its clear gatorade
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LimburgLimbo posted:Didn't most of the US operatives in China get exposed because the CIA has laughable infosec. Wouldn't be surprised if there was really nothing meaningful at all That was a while back, and they've presumably gained some replacements for all their doorstep decorations since then. But since the Chinese government doesn't usually talk about things like that, and obviously the US wouldn't, ???
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Horatius Bonar posted:Oh yeah Beer Lao Dark is great, so there is one good mass market beer. Taiwan Draft (the big green bottles, not he one in cans) holds up too. Nest is realtively widely distributed overseas for some reason; I think they were one of the early microbrews to pop up after laws changed in 1994 to allow for microbrews, and capitalized on it for export, then managed to survive the following crash of microbrews in Japan after too many popped up too fast. It's certainly present in Japan but I feel like some of the other microbrews are seen more often. Now all the major breweries are trying their hand at limited runs of different types of micro-brew style beers as well. It's a good time for Japanese beer. 10 years ago you really couldn't get too much else in normal stores, now in normal convenience stores there will be a solid variety of beer, and in upmarket convenience stores and supermarkets you can have ~40 different types of beer and other canned/bottled alc beverages.
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Just this conversation is making me feel hungover. Pocari sweat rules, for sure, but you gotta pair it with a dawn 808. Unless you don't wanna be a winner.
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