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I can't really take China seriously as a global power until they've spent 20 years fighting a war in the Middle East they can't win predicated on faulty or outright fabricated intelligence in order to benefit a handful of wealthy elites at the cost of untold misery for millions. Maybe they finally have that chance!
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Atlas Hugged posted:I can't really take China seriously as a global power until they've spent 20 years fighting a war in the Middle East they can't win predicated on faulty or outright fabricated intelligence in order to benefit a handful of wealthy elites at the cost of untold misery for millions. You're not a real empire until you've invaded afghanistan.
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Jul 11, 2021 04:59
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If China really wants to reclaim ancient glory they need to stick their dicks into more hornet's nests. It's been a while since Korea rinsed them so badly the dynasty collapsed.
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Jul 11, 2021 05:02
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I finally got a chance to watch, LimburgLimbo posted:The Chinese govt's own Daily Show looking very solid and not at all disturbing And Gutcruncher posted:I didn’t believe the China lab leak thing but this video has me 100% convinced it’s fact now Wtf is that video??
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Jul 11, 2021 05:02
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Xun posted:Yeah I agree on the targeting thing, that's why I was thinking about supernatural because the later seasons they were aiming for basically the same demographic. And while supernatural started 15 years ago it only ended last year, so I think it's fair to compare the most recent seasons at least. Sadly I can't say much for newer shows like Riverdale because I don't have a netflix account, which is why I'm watching low budget shows on YouTube in the first place technically prc literacy rate went from <50% to 97% over the years but literacy at a high level for old peeps is a complete joke, and strong ageism dominates. writer went to nyu and came back from america lol
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Jul 11, 2021 05:04
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also have a substack w crazy poo poo on it https://chaoyang.substack.com/p/ep2-nisu-luo-xiang
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The Lone Badger posted:You're not a real empire until you've invaded afghanistan. Somewhere in beijing no doubt there is some dude arguing that afghanistan has trillions of yuan of mineral wealth. inshallah no one listens to him
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Jul 11, 2021 08:28
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Xun posted:Yes, these are actors being paid to act. Someone already mentioned that the Chinese actors tend to distance themselves LGBTQ stuff outside of their jobs. But at worst somebody ordered the actors and crew to pretend to support the gay pairing and they did it despite the fact that they know they might piss off the government. In contrast, in Supernatural someone ordered the actors and crew to stfu and then pulled the rug out from under the gay pairing despite no real government or other pressure as far as I can tell? And Dean's actor was actively unwilling to even give a generic noncommital response towards fans, much less stand around and flirt with Castiels actor outside of the set. I dunno, I guess it's interesting that both these shows kinda end up at the same place where they play with the idea of two men being romantic partners, but seem to come at it from different directions. The Word of honor crew plays up the gayness when they really don't need to while the Supernatural crew downplays or ignores it when they...really don't need to. the thing with Supernatural and the actors denying anything gay was that unintended fanbase Stink Billyums mentioned was also voraciously into shipping the main characters together, who are brothers. And then having a small but vocal fan element that actually thought the actors playing the two brothers were gay themselves, at one point even harassing their wives because they were 'an obvious cover' or something and preventing them from being together. So yes, they are going to be very standoffish to fans randomly coming up to them and barraging them with questions about the character's sexuality or possible relationships with other characters, because they've already been doing that for a decade+ to the point of actually harassing their families because of it. What happened with the weird rushed ending could honestly be chocked up to bad writing as much as anything else. The show was not well written and I've heard the ending itself was a wet fart because it rushed through everything to resolve too many plot threads all at once. But for the most part, bad examples aside, I would deffo say your impression that Chinese shows are willing to push the envelope is more to do with your lack of knowledge about popular media in the west than anything. Just in the last couple years there's been like, -Schitt's Creek which one of the main cast was pan and had an entire series spanning arc about meeting his boyfriend, getting proposed to, and then having a full onscreen wedding -Brooklyn 99, the chief character was openly gay and in a loving relationship with his husband -American Horror Stories had multiple... story seasons (it's an anthology show, every season is a different thing) with gay/lesbian characters -multiple cartoons featuring major characters involved in gay relationships (Steven Universe, Adventure Time, the She-Ra reboot, etc) And those are just general interest shows - and none of those are even that unpopular! Schiit's Creek took home an Emmy last year for best comedy! There's multiple queer specific shows out there too like Pose, The L Word sequel, etc etc where they're solely about a bunch of queer people, being very queer.
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Jul 11, 2021 09:39
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American TV has had same sex kissing on primetime television for what must be two decades now. It doesn't happen every episode of every show, but it's there. I can't imagine that on Chinese state approved programming.
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Jul 11, 2021 11:14
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BBC posted:The foreigners in China’s disinformation drive https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57780023 A few self-owns from the Barrett’s and Mr Lightfoot. They are probably making a lot more money than they would otherwise. 'Never been paid to go on a trip', just an all expenses paid trip with chaperone service.
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Jul 11, 2021 16:26
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I can imagine how it happens. You have some random bumblefuck channel about life in China and baozi and tree-covered limestone karst hills, when suddenly something you said is construed as negative, and you're given a choice: get deported from your newly established life, or start on the path that leads to... where they are now. The sensible response to this whole situation is to not say stuff on popular media. Sometimes sharing my not-particularly-extreme, frequently-ambiguous opinions on these dead gay subscription-only comedy forums makes me a little nervous, but then I remember just how dead and gay they are. Anyway, yeah, the only winning move is not to play.
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Meanwhile China launching a large "Summer of Code" project to match Google, plenty of interesting stuff. https://summer.iscas.ac.cn/#/org/projectlist?lang=en
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:How the gently caress is being a literal genocide denier in the year 2021 worth a 24 hour probation? How the gently caress is poo poo like this allowed on the site? Vincent Van Goatse posted:That's our genesplicer! You are absolutely correct. I did the 24 hour probation as a placeholder. We often do that. It shuts up the person in question while it gives the Admins time to activate greater probations, like bans or 30 probes. However in this case, I wanted to discuss with other mods whether a ban, 30 days, or both was the most appropriate. We often discuss stuff like this. In this case I dropped the ball, as I did not do the discussion part. That was likely due to the fact that the neighbor's dog chased a stray cat into my yard and mortally injured it. After dealing with a dying cat and cleaning up, I had forgotten about posting the discussion. I'm glad that the other mods caught my error. I'm sorry I failed to live up to your expectations.
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don't worry we still love you old man
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i for one cannot wait for the most ambitious crossover since africa... will the khyber pass become the shenzhen of guns?? what will the taliban think of xinjiang? the bin ladens vist beijing???
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also lgbtq talk: years ago i remmeber reading about how china actually has state sponsored mtf sex change surgery, like you legit had hoops to jump through with psych evals and being diagnosed like you were sick. by the sound of it you pretty much had to go all the way to be legally identified as female. but hey free is free, though not sure if it's still like that these days
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Booty Pageant posted:also lgbtq talk: years ago i remmeber reading about how china actually has state sponsored mtf sex change surgery, like you legit had hoops to jump through with psych evals and being diagnosed like you were sick. by the sound of it you pretty much had to go all the way to be legally identified as female. but hey free is free, though not sure if it's still like that these days Are you sure you're not confusing China with Iran? I know Iran does some limited support post-gender reassignment surgery since the 90s and requires hoops to be jumped through for MTF reassignment surgery but i haven't heard of this in China
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Genesplicer posted:That was likely due to the fact that the neighbor's dog chased a stray cat into my yard and mortally injured it. After dealing with a dying cat and cleaning up, I had forgotten about posting the discussion. I'm glad that the other mods caught my error. Oh no, that is horrible 
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Don Gato posted:Are you sure you're not confusing China with Iran? I know Iran does some limited support post-gender reassignment surgery since the 90s and requires hoops to be jumped through for MTF reassignment surgery but i haven't heard of this in China It's a thing. I've met trans people out here.
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irans is much more surprising what with the theocracy thing an old buddy of khomeinei turned out to be mtf, basically had a big ol theological discussion w the dude and convinced him that god was cool w it they stone to death homosexual peeps tho ofc bob dobbs is dead fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Jul 12, 2021 |
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The fascinating thing with religious cultures is that occasionally the religious part wins through and they do something other than the most cynical self serving thing on the table as presented to them by an overpaid game theory creeper. 50:50 as to whether God is telling them to burn or save the orphanage however.
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Forceholy posted:It's a thing. I've met trans people out here. Interesting, got any good sources? English or Chinese, doesn't matter.
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Things are not good in Iran. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29832690 The gay people pushed to change their gender Iran is one of a handful of countries where homosexual acts are punishable by death. Clerics do, however accept the idea that a person may be trapped in a body of the wrong sex. So homosexuals can be pushed into having gender reassignment surgery - and to avoid it many flee the country.
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:Oh no, that is horrible It wasn't pleasant. Luckily it was over fairly quickly. loving dog. loving neighbor who won't do anything about their loving dog.
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Persia doesn’t really do genocide but holy hell does the Iranian regime murder the gently caress out of anyone who isn’t a Shiite or who has the wrong sexuality or political persuasion. They also hate America, the great satan, and like to bully their neighbors . Really it’s no wonder that the governments of China and Iran have such a rosy relationship.
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Gotta wonder what C-SPAM thinks of them, then.
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Well, they hate America, therefore they can do no wrong. Oh wait, they're a theocracy and don't give lip service to communism. Therefore are bad. This post brought to you by the CIA
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Headsup: the following post is depressing afbob dobbs is dead posted:irans is much more surprising what with the theocracy thing Iran's sex change surgery situation is not remotely something to consider good or healthy or admirable. It's one of the most abjectly depressing things and the tldr is that it's a thing because homosexuality has been officially regarded as a sign that a person is transgender and that if they are compelled into having a sex change they can live without being in a state of sin essentially. Obviously this is not at all how homosexuality works and is a loving horrific misunderstanding of how gender identity works, too. This of course leads to non-trans queer people getting very strongly pressured into having sex changes and informally functions as a way of sterilizing queer people. The long term outcomes for non-trans people having sex change surgeries is, uh, every bit as horrific as you would expect and you basically end up with people experiencing the full range of gender dysphoria and everything that entails. Strategic Tea posted:The fascinating thing with religious cultures is that occasionally the religious part wins through and they do something other than the most cynical self serving thing on the table as presented to them by an overpaid game theory creeper. 50:50 as to whether God is telling them to burn or save the orphanage however. It's emphatically not this at all, unfortunately. peanut posted:Things are not good in Iran. Yeah it's this. There are a couple of good documentaries on it, too, though they are absolute emotional gut punches. Herstory Begins Now fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Jul 13, 2021 |
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not to interrupt iranian politics chat but i have important opinions to share on something: la zi ji/chicken with chilis/chongqing chicken/whatever the gently caress you want to call it is better without the bone shards. soz but its just true.
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Jul 13, 2021 16:00
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My two food rules: 1. Everything is better without bone shards. 2. Beans are NOT a dessert. (Jellybeans are an exception.)
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Jul 13, 2021 16:07
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I thought Korea was a magical wonderful place when I realized there was a chocolate stuffed fish shaped fried donut vendor on every corner. Then I ate one.
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Jul 13, 2021 16:36
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it's a common mistake to eat food that's only intended for posting photos online
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Aardvark! posted:not to interrupt iranian politics chat but i have important opinions to share on something: In my own personal tragedy, the place I always got it from here in california got a new chef and it hasn't been the same since. I think they went out of business soon after.
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Jul 13, 2021 18:29
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the local sichuanese place (which for a long time was the only non-canto place in town) got a new chef this year and it turned into absolute garbage :/
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Jul 13, 2021 18:30
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personally I'll take my boneshards on the side so I can add them in to get the consistency I like
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Jul 13, 2021 18:40
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Azuki bean paste is a great filling and taiyaki/its Korean equivalent are delicious. I assure you that even without Instagram this food from the early 20th century would remain popular. Not sure why this is controversial other than that you have indelibly categorized beans as a non-dessert food, in which case I suggest cognitive behavioral therapy
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I would eat a billion sesame balls. Beans can be in dessert, end of story. 
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Genesplicer posted:That was likely due to the fact that the neighbor's dog chased a stray cat into my yard and mortally injured it. After dealing with a dying cat and cleaning up, I had forgotten about posting the discussion.  Yeah I don't blame you for forgetting about a GBS thread after something like this.
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