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Corky Romanovsky
Oct 1, 2006

Soiled Meat

Domestic chatter doesn't mention the joker. Some nerds are saying a character named Yoshikage Kira, others just a guy in a bright shirt.

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Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/31/asia/china-japan-south-korea-covid-intl-dst-hnk/index.html

increasingly isolated I continue to say as each other of those countries have the ruling parties shaken up because of their covid decisions whereas the prc remains extremely popular back home.

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Cao Ni Ma posted:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/31/asia/china-japan-south-korea-covid-intl-dst-hnk/index.html

increasingly isolated I continue to say as each other of those countries have the ruling parties shaken up because of their covid decisions whereas the prc remains extremely popular back home.

wow imagine taking a public health crisis seriously. what a bunch of buffoons, don't they know your supposed to let your country disintegrate

Palladium
May 8, 2012

Very Good
✔️✔️✔️✔️

Rutibex posted:

wow imagine taking a public health crisis seriously. what a bunch of buffoons, don't they know your supposed to let your country disintegrate

Japan: I took a bow, so what more do you expect

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

Corky Romanovsky posted:

Domestic chatter doesn't mention the joker. Some nerds are saying a character named Yoshikage Kira, others just a guy in a bright shirt.

Yeah I can see Kira, but he's missing kiras Extremely Sick Tie

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

eSports Chaebol posted:

To be fair the nets were provided by Taiwanese who don’t even pretend to be socialist

Said Taiwanese boss tried to join KMT and run as presidential candidate last year. If his plan succeeded he would have taken off his mask and declare Taiwan a socialist comrade province of China. So it all checks out.

Crusader
Apr 11, 2002

https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1455109861306368004

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

Why would they fake it, they could just kill them and be celebrated for it. Duterte would give them a medal

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


https://twitter.com/giorgiomomurder/status/1452856391803146249

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019

I feel v sorry for these dumb kids. but this is also very funny to me. such conflict. hard to say if it is good or bad. good content thank you

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012

Centrist Committee posted:

I feel v sorry for these dumb kids. but this is also very funny to me. such conflict. hard to say if it is good or bad. good content thank you

What is there to be sorry about?

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

they gotta ban skin bleaching

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019

genericnick posted:

What is there to be sorry about?

building their entire identities around a profound misunderstanding of decadent, dying husk of a terrible country? seeing the universal corrosive impact of wealth on the minds of children who just want to find their place in the world? watching the pinnacle of human technological achievement be used to power algorithms that hollow out the human soul? idk it’s funny, but it’s also makes me sad

Hubbert
Mar 25, 2007

At a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
welcome to page 996 a blessed page indeed

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Grapplejack posted:

Why would they fake it, they could just kill them and be celebrated for it. Duterte would give them a medal

They fake it because they want the record to reflect that he was killed in an armed engagement, ergo it was a "good shoot", and not that they shot a helpless old man (which the AFP does do on the reg)

Last year there was a minor scandal when soldiers were taking selfies with the dead bodies of NPA fighters they killed in cold blood and passing it around on social media

Mantis42
Jul 26, 2010


Taking pictures outside Mann's Chinese Theater and claiming it's Shanghai.

E: It does say the correct location under each picture so I think the LA thing is made up

Mantis42 has issued a correction as of 17:26 on Nov 1, 2021

FrancisFukyomama
Feb 4, 2019

how common is 996 anyways? I mentioned it to a relative and he said his company doesn’t do it bc it’s a more of a tech industry thing. he compared it to the insane hours Silicon Valley companies work their engineers

Throatwarbler
Nov 17, 2008

by vyelkin

lol no one can read any Chinese itt or what

Because none of those captions claim it's in LA, a bunch of them says "pretending to be in LA" right in the caption. The first one has a big text that says "Shanghai Costco".

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

Throatwarbler posted:

lol no one can read any Chinese itt or what

Because none of those captions claim it's in LA, one of them says "pretending to be in LA" THe first one has a big text that says "Shanghai Costco".

its a difficult language op. i refuse to learn

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Throatwarbler posted:

lol no one can read any Chinese itt or what

Because none of those captions claim it's in LA, a bunch of them says "pretending to be in LA" right in the caption. The first one has a big text that says "Shanghai Costco".

so they are pretending to pretend to be in LA? is it really pretending if they admit it? :psyduck: i donno this is a head scratcher

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019
I amend my reaction to now include confusion. I don’t know what the artist’s intent was but the art is deep and multifaceted.

Bot 02
Apr 2, 2010

Dude... Did my plushie just talk?
https://twitter.com/giorgiomomurder/status/1452873626483527682?s=20

Mystery solved

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


Corky Romanovsky posted:

Domestic chatter doesn't mention the joker. Some nerds are saying a character named Yoshikage Kira, others just a guy in a bright shirt.

lol at getting your 15 minutes of fame dressed as your favorite anime character and international media thinks you're the joker

Throatwarbler
Nov 17, 2008

by vyelkin

Again, literally none of the captions in the screengrab make the claim that this tweeter is now describing (that this is a "guide for making your SH costco photos look like LA").

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012

Throatwarbler posted:

Again, literally none of the captions in the screengrab make the claim that this tweeter is now describing (that this is a "guide for making your SH costco photos look like LA").

I mean I wouldn't have read the text as claiming that they pretend to be in LA any more than they would pretend to be in Star Wars if they take a picture in Disneyland.

XMNN
Apr 26, 2008
I am incredibly stupid

BBC news China correspondent posted:

President Xi Jinping isn’t in Glasgow.

Of course, there’s no scrutiny in the Communist Party-controlled media of his decision not to attend, no critical editorials, and no public debate.

In contrast to the West, where much of the slow progress towards reducing carbon emissions has been driven by political activism, in China - like all things - how much action to take on climate change is not something for the people, but for the country’s leaders to decide.

Wannabe Greta Thunbergs are suppressed, not celebrated.

The Communist Party is, however, not deaf to concerns on climate. It shifted polluting industries away from Beijing and other cities after mass anger over the toxic, soup-thick air had begun to look like a potential threat to its hold on power.

It knows that rising sea levels threaten its coastal megacities and extreme weather could undermine its food security. It’s investing heavily in renewables.

On the other hand, the party is hostage to deep, vested interests and nervous about the job losses and social instability that would come with an end to its addiction to coal. Plans for 43 new coal-fired power stations were announced in the first half of this year alone.

All the while, Xi has sought to position himself as a global leader on the environment.

But recently, those hoping he might be ready to agree to much tougher targets were brought back down to earth. In September, his Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, made it clear to US Climate Envoy John Kerry that co-operation on carbon emissions was dependent on whether the US stopped pressuring China on issues like Xinjiang and Hong Kong.

In the end, Xi’s legacy has always been more about one party than one planet.

as a nice little bonus the linked article doesn't mention Hong Kong or Xinjiang and just refers to the increasingly combative attitude of the US towards China in general terms

e: I think my favourite element is the bit where he says it's for the leaders to decide not the public (unlike the free and democratic west where we can choose between one party that will do nothing and another party that will do less than nothing) and then in basically the next paragraph talks about how the Chinese government took action on pollution because of public pressure (although obviously this was only because they fear losing their grip on power, unlike when the western elite makes decisions)

my second favourite is the extremely not glib "one party, not one planet" closer which I think very eloquently conveys how the inscrutable chairman cares only for himself in stark contrast to our own leaders who put the interests of the whole planet first

XMNN has issued a correction as of 18:21 on Nov 1, 2021

Orange Devil
Oct 1, 2010

Wullie's reign cannae smother the flames o' equality!
Other than the most credulous motherfuckers on the planet (aka journalists), is anyone at all under the impression that anything meaningful will be decided in Glasgow?

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018


costco is ftw

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006
The attempt to "pressure" china on environmentalism is really funny given that china's targets are more or less the same as the US's and unlike the US they may actually meet them. I don't think they're really aggressive enough to matter but I also don't know what else they could do without a more wealthy company assisting and we aren't even working towards our own targets.

Antonymous
Apr 4, 2009

Judakel posted:

they gotta ban skin bleaching

this comment seems really dumb, like seeing british people smile with good teeth and saying "they gotta ban braces"

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019

Antonymous posted:

this comment seems really dumb, like seeing british people smile with good teeth and saying "they gotta ban braces"

nice

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

Antonymous posted:

this comment seems really dumb, like seeing british people smile with good teeth and saying "they gotta ban braces"

holy lmao

skipmyseashells
Nov 14, 2020
Probation
Can't post for 12 hours!

Antonymous posted:

this comment seems really dumb, like seeing british people smile with good teeth and saying "they gotta ban braces"

legendary post

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

FrancisFukyomama posted:

how common is 996 anyways? I mentioned it to a relative and he said his company doesn’t do it bc it’s a more of a tech industry thing. he compared it to the insane hours Silicon Valley companies work their engineers

your relative is correct

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

Antonymous posted:

this comment seems really dumb, like seeing british people smile with good teeth and saying "they gotta ban braces"

Throatwarbler
Nov 17, 2008

by vyelkin
Also does forums poster Judakel think all Instagram photos are unaltered originals and low res digital photos can't be manipulated and people actually look like that in real life?

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

Throatwarbler posted:

Also does forums poster Judakel think all Instagram photos are unaltered originals and low res digital photos can't be manipulated and people actually look like that in real life?

i am a young boy who believes what he sees

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Antonymous posted:

this comment seems really dumb, like seeing british people smile with good teeth and saying "they gotta ban braces"

:pusheen:

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

Throatwarbler posted:

lol no one can read any Chinese itt or what

Because none of those captions claim it's in LA, a bunch of them says "pretending to be in LA" right in the caption. The first one has a big text that says "Shanghai Costco".

*making monkey noises and smearing poop all over the place*

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Torpor
Oct 20, 2008

.. and now for my next trick, I'll pretend to be a political commentator...

HONK HONK

Antonymous posted:

this comment seems really dumb, like seeing british people smile with good teeth and saying "they gotta ban braces"

drat nice dril post

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