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Throatwarbler
Nov 17, 2008

by vyelkin
Is Taiwan also an emerging powerhouse in..adult entertainment?

I...uh...heard about some things.

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Mantis42
Jul 26, 2010

You masturbate enough

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019
Lol, nice

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
Why would you want to ride Gogoro when you can ride 45 mph electric unicycle dead machine from mainland?

GoutPatrol
Oct 17, 2009

*Stupid Babby*

Antonymous posted:

last time I was in Taiwan they had a gogoro free demo near 101 and I've never ridden once since and I want it so bad

gogoros are very nice and the next scooter I buy (in hopefully 6-7 years) will be one.

Atopian
Sep 23, 2014

I need a security perimeter with Venetian blinds.
They're not classy, but the mainland ebike brand Hakula produce some solid stuff.

Sure, the dashboard electronics are unreliable when it rains unless you add more insulating tape yourself, and sure, the fixtures might have a short lifespan, but the core function - zipping merrily along at up to 70kph - works reliably for years with zero maintenance, a cleaning plan that mostly involves polluted rainwater, and occasional high-speed impacts with whatever is driving the wrong way down the roadladen with propane canisters with no lights while checking its phone.

Genuinely would recommend.
"If it can survive China roads for years, you sure as poo poo aren't going to break it."

LimburgLimbo
Feb 10, 2008

Throatwarbler posted:

Is Taiwan also an emerging powerhouse in..adult entertainment?

I...uh...heard about some things.

I don't think so. From my understanding basically there's now a livestreaming platform that's managed to get around previous restrictions on making pornography in Taiwan (or at least hasn't gotten hit yet), and that's making some waves.

https://international.thenewslens.com/article/128900

But I think that's making actual proper production videos is still illegal? I think you can sell pornography but not produce it in-country, though I think some Taiwan/Mandarin-speaker oriented porn is created overseas then sold in Taiwan, but that's obviously logistically more difficult and limited.

If you look at things like the Taiwan Adult Expo it's still basically all Japanese actresses headlining, I'm guessing because any domestic production is still very grey (apparently a dark grey at that) legally speaking.\

Edit: https://www.adultexpo.com.tw/ Taipei Red Expo seems to have a bunch of Taiwanese women but dunno what the deal is. One of their major sponsors seems to be something called JVID which I think is one of those sites which is actually based in Japan so they don't get shut down by Taiwan govt but is oriented towards Taiwan market and presents itself as a streaming site for individuals rather than having full-on productions.

Edit 2: actually guess it's based in the US https://www.statscrop.com/www/jvid.com

LimburgLimbo has issued a correction as of 06:47 on May 4, 2020

taqueso
Mar 8, 2004


:911:
:wookie: :thermidor: :wookie:
:dehumanize:

:pirate::hf::tinfoil:

Throatwarbler posted:

Is Taiwan also an emerging powerhouse in..adult entertainment?

I...uh...heard about some things.

#1 in fact

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

Lambert posted:

I don't get why it even matters. Trump was still downplaying the virus in the middle of March, long after the seriousness was public knowledge. You'd have to be truly braindead for this misdirection to work.

this assumes that the political opposition pushes back against this obvious attempt to excuse trump for doing jack poo poo about the crisis but alas they have instead decided that the more effective strategy is to argue that trump is a secret china lover and that the democrats hate china way more than trump does

GoutPatrol
Oct 17, 2009

*Stupid Babby*

LimburgLimbo posted:

I don't think so. From my understanding basically there's now a livestreaming platform that's managed to get around previous restrictions on making pornography in Taiwan (or at least hasn't gotten hit yet), and that's making some waves.

https://international.thenewslens.com/article/128900

But I think that's making actual proper production videos is still illegal? I think you can sell pornography but not produce it in-country, though I think some Taiwan/Mandarin-speaker oriented porn is created overseas then sold in Taiwan, but that's obviously logistically more difficult and limited.

If you look at things like the Taiwan Adult Expo it's still basically all Japanese actresses headlining, I'm guessing because any domestic production is still very grey (apparently a dark grey at that) legally speaking.\

Edit: https://www.adultexpo.com.tw/ Taipei Red Expo seems to have a bunch of Taiwanese women but dunno what the deal is. One of their major sponsors seems to be something called JVID which I think is one of those sites which is actually based in Japan so they don't get shut down by Taiwan govt but is oriented towards Taiwan market and presents itself as a streaming site for individuals rather than having full-on productions.

Edit 2: actually guess it's based in the US https://www.statscrop.com/www/jvid.com

hmm, good research

I shouldn't have clicked on some of these at work though

LimburgLimbo
Feb 10, 2008
Was thinking of adding a warning but though that was fairly implicit that adultexpo.com.tw would not be worksafe

Edit: also lol at the summary of that article:

quote:

What you need to know
Live streamers on adult content platforms are becoming goddesses and idols that are worshipped and paid by fans.

Stilted because it's a translation of a mandarin article but even so haha

Lightning Knight
Feb 24, 2012

Pray for Answer

stooge or not, 15 years is a long jail sentence for blog posts

Throatwarbler
Nov 17, 2008

by vyelkin

LimburgLimbo posted:

I don't think so. From my understanding basically there's now a livestreaming platform that's managed to get around previous restrictions on making pornography in Taiwan (or at least hasn't gotten hit yet), and that's making some waves.

https://international.thenewslens.com/article/128900

But I think that's making actual proper production videos is still illegal? I think you can sell pornography but not produce it in-country, though I think some Taiwan/Mandarin-speaker oriented porn is created overseas then sold in Taiwan, but that's obviously logistically more difficult and limited.

If you look at things like the Taiwan Adult Expo it's still basically all Japanese actresses headlining, I'm guessing because any domestic production is still very grey (apparently a dark grey at that) legally speaking.\

Edit: https://www.adultexpo.com.tw/ Taipei Red Expo seems to have a bunch of Taiwanese women but dunno what the deal is. One of their major sponsors seems to be something called JVID which I think is one of those sites which is actually based in Japan so they don't get shut down by Taiwan govt but is oriented towards Taiwan market and presents itself as a streaming site for individuals rather than having full-on productions.

Edit 2: actually guess it's based in the US https://www.statscrop.com/www/jvid.com

From reading mainstream articles here, it seems that traditional "pro" video production has been a dying business anyway since the advent of tube sites and the industry is transitioning to one based around live streaming and individualized performer to fan interactions, so the fact that a Taiwanese streaming platform is now the de facto industry leader in the chinese speaking world is a pretty strong sign.

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Antonymous posted:

last time I was in Taiwan they had a gogoro free demo near 101 and I've never ridden once since and I want it so bad

whats so great about it. does it suck your dick

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Shear Modulus posted:

whats so great about it. does it suck your dick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCGqhShNnk

A Gnarlacious Bro
Apr 25, 2007

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
The people want to see their sister make the dumbass anime face

GoutPatrol
Oct 17, 2009

*Stupid Babby*

Shear Modulus posted:

whats so great about it. does it suck your dick

yes

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
Lol

https://twitter.com/ChnConsul_osaka/status/1257216037755338753?s=19

Antonymous
Apr 4, 2009

Shear Modulus posted:

whats so great about it. does it suck your dick

it's got a 'rumble seat' too with its own auxiliary battery

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

glad to see the American left take the side of workers against Chinese imperialism
https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1257637439381942279?s=20

Lightning Knight
Feb 24, 2012

Pray for Answer

Atrocious Joe posted:

glad to see the American left take the side of workers against Chinese imperialism
https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1257637439381942279?s=20

this is a Republican senator?

is that :thejoke: ?

anyways is the WTO good or bad, I can’t tell anymore who believes what and I’m just confused.

Famous TV Dad
Nov 1, 2011

Atrocious Joe posted:

glad to see the American left take the side of workers against Chinese imperialism
https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1257637439381942279?s=20

quote:

That new order’s universal peace never quite arrived. Instead, the internationalists embroiled America in one foreign war after another.
(((internationalists)))

also the twitter comments are extremely cursed

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Atrocious Joe posted:

glad to see the American left take the side of workers against Chinese imperialism
https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1257637439381942279?s=20

this is exactly what trump has been saying for four years and is a key part of trumpism

Lightning Knight posted:

this is a Republican senator?

is that :thejoke: ?

anyways is the WTO good or bad, I can’t tell anymore who believes what and I’m just confused.

the joke is that the dems are continuing to let the republicans claim that theyre looking out for workers just like trumo said "hillary was in the white house when nafta was signed and shipped all your jobs to mexico" and the dems responded with "actually nafta is good"

Shear Modulus has issued a correction as of 21:25 on May 5, 2020

strange feelings re Daisy
Aug 2, 2000

It's not COVID specific, but there's a whole anime like this called Cells at Work. The red blood cells are deliverymen, the T-cells are soldiers, etc. It's cute.

Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





casual reminder that Josh Hawley is (a) a Nazi (b) a frontrunner for the Presidency in four years if Biden moves heaven and earth enough to win this year

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
Biden aint going to win even if Trump contract Corona.

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019

Venomous posted:

casual reminder that Josh Hawley is (a) a Nazi (b) a frontrunner for the Presidency in four years if Biden moves heaven and earth enough to win this year

Lol if Biden wins there won't be a United States in four years. If Trump wins they won't need presidential elections anymore.

BrokenGameboy
Jan 25, 2019

by Fluffdaddy

Centrist Committee posted:

Lol if Biden wins there won't be a United States in four years.

That's the best endorsement of biden I've heard yet.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/CdnPeace/status/1257756396566740995

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

strange feelings re Daisy posted:

It's not COVID specific, but there's a whole anime like this called Cells at Work. The red blood cells are deliverymen, the T-cells are soldiers, etc. It's cute.

oh is that what thats supposed to be i couldnt read any of it so i was wondering if it was just a really tortured hong kong protest metaphor

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

ive been reading old pyf threads i clicked on once randomly to see a probe reason for and this ones really got me scratching my head

Tacky-rear end Rococco posted:

I invite you to read this and come back and say that it's not pure apologia garbage.

It turns out that Great Chinese Famine never actually happened, in that it wasn't a great famine, and the "massive death toll hypothesis" is wrong. You see, all Western sources can be discounted because of anticommunism, and all Chinese sources, whether government or academic, can be discounted because of revisionism Dengism.

This is just my favorite example, there are plenty of others.

because i read the article and uh thats not actually what it says at all am i missing some obvious flaw in the analysis or is this guy just an idiot

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1258048813626949632

broke: glenn greenwald going on a fascist's show is problematic

woke: glenn greenwald inviting a fascist onto HIS show is problematic

GATES FOUNDATION
Apr 28, 2020
Probation
Can't post for 7 years!
Kishore has been using his soft diplomat tongue to tell the west they're toast unless they can get off their superiority autopilot and start solving their problems again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyRIKsD7URc

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
^^ Yeah I saw it somewhere else if it was my first time learn "Ruguanlist" and "Auntologist".

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
the auntologist thing is a weird randian guy with some intersection with /pol/ types, and is the source of that map splitting up china into dozens of made-up fantasy countries that are also somehow catholic.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
also in those spaces the term "white left" was passed around, and then might've leaped to 4chan (the guru of this particular movement also lives in america, btw), and was presented as the notion that chinese people are uniting in mocking western SJWs. it was all the rage on chinese social media! nah, it's those guys. who also seem incredibly self-hating since they idolize ayn rand and want to destroy china

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
I assumed "white left" refer to White liberal Democrats (grand standing center-left in the west), but I have come across Chinese people online who identified himself as "White Left."

GATES FOUNDATION
Apr 28, 2020
Probation
Can't post for 7 years!

stephenthinkpad posted:

I assumed "white left" refer to White liberal Democrats (grand standing center-left in the west), but I have come across Chinese people online who identified himself as "White Left."

white left refers to white liberals, actual leftists people call the mao left iirc

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Ferrinus
Jun 19, 2003

i'm finding this quite easy, i guess in part because i'm a fast type but also because i have a coherent mental model of the world

okay but the minyun rightist needs to be saying "nationerino" not "nation"

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