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Porfiriato posted:as I recall he's an Australian All the explanation you need, really
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"Australian"  loving oval office deserves a rope and lamp post. Sod off to China if he loves it that much and renounce Australian citizenship while he's at it.
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Aug 12, 2020 19:09
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He's only in it for the succulent Chinese meals.
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Aug 13, 2020 00:28
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oohhboy posted:"Australian" Hey! I resemble that remark. But seriously, I lived in China for 2 1/2 years, which I know is not a hugely long time, but I think is enough. What are guys like this seeing that I didn't see that makes them suck CCP dick? Or what did I see in my short time that they dont see, even though they have been there longer and are surely more enmeshed in the society than I was, what with a Chinese wife etc.?
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Aug 13, 2020 00:41
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BrigadierSensible posted:Hey! I resemble that remark. Its just people's character, some people are good people some people are bad people.
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Aug 13, 2020 01:18
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BrigadierSensible posted:Hey! I resemble that remark. I think it has less to do with seeing or not seeing something and more that back in their home countries these guys were giant loving losers. By going to China and being the pro-CCP dweeb, they get the positive attention they never received back home. The CCP being good equates to intrinsic value in themselves that they now suddenly have and they get to be popular on YouTube and maybe even get laid! They get to act smarter than everyone who disagrees. They can earn minor celebrity status in China. They can flaunt their hot Chinese wife on the internet. It's no deeper than that. HerStuddMuffin posted:I’m not sure what the red bolded parts have in common. Surely forcing others to fast during Ramadan should be frowned upon, much like imposing one’s religious practices on others whether they share these beliefs or not, and forbidding it seems appropriate. It's less what it says directly and more what it implies. You are not allowed to teach the religion to your children. If someone is curious about your religion, you are not allowed to discuss it with them. China is basically trying to claim that religious freedom is a thing that is protected in their country while also ensuring that certain religions die with their practitioners.
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Aug 13, 2020 01:33
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Atlas Hugged posted:I think it has less to do with seeing or not seeing something and more that back in their home countries these guys were giant loving losers. The three tankies I knew were this. They hated their parents, got a useless (for them and their personalities) degree, and basically repelled any woman who got within earshot because they were always spouting angry, political, edgelord bullshit that could be condensed down into "gently caress you dad". They had no friends, no love interests, and no real job prospects. They blamed western society, and China seemed like a place they could succeed. All three were cured by finding a girlfriend. Basically, "Sex cures (most) tankies".
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Aug 13, 2020 04:34
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Blistex posted:They hated their parents, got a useless (for them and their personalities) degree, and basically repelled any woman who got within earshot because they were always spouting angry, political, edgelord bullshit that could be condensed down into "gently caress you dad". cspam.txt
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Aug 13, 2020 04:36
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Angry at sexpats for having sex at all.
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Aug 13, 2020 05:04
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McGavin posted:Angry at sexpats for having sex at all. Well, I guess I was doing China sexpatting wrong then. Coz in my 2 1/2 years there I had no sex, and was/am arguably as big, or bigger a loser than them. I did get kissed on the mouth by a pretty Ukranian girl on the night of the 2013 Grand Final. But I don't think that counts, coz I was drunk, and cared a lot more about the fact that I had just watched my team win the premiership. (see, told you I am a bigger loser than them.)
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Aug 13, 2020 05:18
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You should have studied under Haier. Learned the hidden sexpat moves.
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Aug 13, 2020 06:02
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Atlas Hugged posted:It's less what it says directly and more what it implies. You are not allowed to teach the religion to your children. If someone is curious about your religion, you are not allowed to discuss it with them. China is basically trying to claim that religious freedom is a thing that is protected in their country while also ensuring that certain religions die with their practitioners.
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Dont Touch ME posted:You should have studied under Haier. Learned the hidden sexpat moves. Say yes to every broken and disgusting person on dating sites?
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Dont Touch ME posted:You should have studied under Haier. Learned the hidden sexpat moves. While you were partying, I studied the half and half. edit: Is it ok to drink half and half as a beverage? I especially enjoyed the response from the guy whose half and half drinking led to a case of gout. Porfiriato fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Aug 13, 2020 |
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Aug 13, 2020 14:37
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Porfiriato posted:While you were partying, I studied the half and half. Unlikely to have caused his gout as much as consuming a huge amount of calories.
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Aug 13, 2020 17:16
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Maybe calories work differently for people who breathe with their stomach
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Aug 13, 2020 18:09
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Devils Affricate posted:Maybe calories work differently for people who breathe with their stomach 
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Blistex posted:Say yes to every broken and disgusting person on dating sites? I take exception to that, he never said yes to me 
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Blistex posted:Say yes to every broken and disgusting person on dating sites? Don't think of it as "I'm lowering my standards" Think of it as "cha bu duo" Have you learned NOTHING about China?
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I’ve been watching Bruce Lee movies all night tonight. Fist of Fury is somehow more on point than ever, and Enter the Dragon is still the best Kung Fu/Jeet Kun Do exhibit ever. I wish he was still around to dunk on the CCP’s idiotic bullshit.
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Aug 14, 2020 04:42
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HerStuddMuffin posted:That’s not what it says at all, but ok. My question was about the color choices tho. Number 12 is absolutely insane but was left in black, for instance. Also, what happened to 8-11, and a few others? I can't speak to why it's colored the way it is, or where the missing restrictions are, but it is 100% worded to do as I said by using language to make the activities sound villainous while being vague enough to let the authorities interpret any action to fit a banned behavior.
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Aug 14, 2020 06:44
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I mean the US government is pretty lovely but staning for China and Russia and other fascist governments is just  Not that the US isn't close to becoming fascist but I bet it changes in November thanks to incredible ineptitude. Idiot could have run for 8 years pretty easy if just paid attention and read the loving room. Doubling down is hilariously inept. Thankfully he's basically a moron tiktok poster looking for likes. [edit] wrong thread for the previous edit! Wendigee fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Aug 14, 2020 |
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Aug 14, 2020 07:49
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They seem to have an issue with the concept of US: Bad, China/Russia: Worse.
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WarpedNaba posted:They seem to have an issue with the concept of US: Bad, China/Russia: Worse. Weird. I assume they are mostly white people from wealthy families?
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white as the driven snow and rich as the summer days are looooong
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WarpedNaba posted:They seem to have an issue with the concept of US: Bad, China/Russia: Worse. I'd argue that eg Russia is less bad if you live outside of it because it has less ability to do an imperialism to you
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Aug 14, 2020 10:40
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GotLag posted:I'd argue that eg Russia is less bad if you live outside of it because it has less ability to do an imperialism to you
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Aug 14, 2020 11:16
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Presumably Ukraine or the Ex-Eastern Bloc doesn't count. Good to know!
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Aug 14, 2020 12:48
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or various Japanese islands and Venezuela how many pages has it been since someone mentioned the 9-dash line or Wolf Warrior defeating the evil French in the unnamed African country
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Aug 14, 2020 12:52
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Shumagorath posted:or various Japanese islands lol, of all territorial disputes in the world that's the weirdest one to pretend to give a poo poo about "they stole our islands we'd just finished stealing from the local aborigines" 
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Wendigee posted:Weird. I assume they are mostly white people from wealthy families? If you’re poor in America, China doesn’t look that bad, especially as they have been experiencing a period of prosperity while America is slowly declining for the middle class and poor. Most of C-SPAM is not wealthy. As a non-American I can comfortably say both are bad* but a lot of American lefties seem to trip over themselves to yell “but America BAD” whenever another country is talked about unfavourably, which always seems like a non-sequitur. They are very clearly different, and fail their people in different ways, and it’s ok to entertain both thoughts at once. This is also not the same as saying “both are the same”. *i am not implying my country is therefore good This is SA, I always thought our opinion is that most things are awful and therefore a source of comedy. 
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GotLag posted:lol, of all territorial disputes in the world that's the weirdest one to pretend to give a poo poo about 
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Aug 14, 2020 15:29
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GotLag posted:I'd argue that eg Russia is less bad if you live outside of it because it has less ability to do an imperialism to you I mean maybe at this moment although I'm not sure all those Syrian hospitals that got bombed by Russian jets would agree. But it's not like if the US vanished tomorrow, Russia would stay in the exact same state it is right now forever. D&D especially seems to have this dumbass view that the collapse of the US would lead to the end of imperialism everywhere forever and not just result in the next biggest guy filling the void and expanding as has happened like, literally every time in history an has empire collapsed. Not that it excuses any of the horrible poo poo the US has done and continues to do. I'm just saying it wouldn't be any better given the state of the world if the US just collapsed instead of reformed or something.
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a primate posted:If you’re poor in America, China doesn’t look that bad they should look a bit closer at the majority of china that aren't the major cities then
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LordArgh posted:they should look a bit closer at the majority of china that aren't the major cities then Yeah. It is true living in a city on an expat level salary is a lot more comfortable than being poor in the US. If you have any qualifications at all it's not that hard to find a job in Chengdu that pays $3000-4000 a month, and unless you're paying a giant student loan or something (not that I'd have any experience with that) that kind of money is plenty to never have to worry about it. But poor Chinese people are just as hosed as poor Americans, and in very similar ways. No healthcare, no education, little real hope of improvement.
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Grand Fromage posted:Yeah. Expats also miss the experience of having their formative years in that country. You can argue all day that the government is more compassionate, there's more chances for social climbing, better transport etc. But as lovely as the public schooling system in the US can be, at least they won't be worked to death and end up with a combination of PTSD and OCD, which makes them perfect controllable worker bees who repeat rote tasks as needed. But I'm guessing anybody who still has their head in the sand can go "but there are cases like that in the US too!", but like everything with this discussion, it's bad in America but way way worse in China. There's instances of students committing suicide from bullying/pressure in the states but there's a wave of suicides after every exam season in China (and other parts of East Asia). A Jupiter fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Aug 14, 2020 |
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i'm not sure about the cost but could you send your kids to an international school like they have for diplomats' kids? surely their curriculum is different/more westernized in form
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The White Dragon posted:i'm not sure about the cost but could you send your kids to an international school like they have for diplomats' kids? surely their curriculum is different/more westernized in form If you're rich, yeah. Those schools can easily run $30,000+ a year. My international program in an otherwise normal private high school was $20,000 a year.
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huawei-built-data-centre-a-failed-investment-papua-new-guinea-says/quote:A Huawei-built data centre in Papua New Guinea is a “failed investment,” that country’s government says, after a technical review found serious security vulnerabilities in what was designed to be an important piece of the country’s digital infrastructure.
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Fojar38 posted:https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huawei-built-data-centre-a-failed-investment-papua-new-guinea-says/ Trudeau is going to try and sneak in just enough Huawei tech to keep them happy, and a year or two later it will be discovered that there was some manner of "day one" vulnerability that should have been picked up but allowed an unknown amount of sensitive data to be routed through China. He's past the point of caring about the interests of Canada and is fixated on trying to scrounge up enough money to campaign next election.
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