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SorePotato posted:Of course they'll overthrow the gargantuan communist party as soon as America starts bombing them, why didn't I think of this before People responding to foreigners bombing them by overthrowing their leaders and doing what the foreigners want. A tale as old as time.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/lookner/status/1503207658244952070
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Mar 14, 2022 08:41
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DiscountDildos posted:https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1503228173735002115?s=20&t=72Dfpvv0ZlAMM1x2Z1DrYg yep
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Mar 14, 2022 08:45
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the musical backing they have over the live video is nice lo-fi chill out piano beats to build a hospital to
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Mar 14, 2022 08:47
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Orange Devil posted:People responding to foreigners bombing them by overthrowing their leaders and doing what the foreigners want. A tale as old as time. and it works every time!
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Mar 14, 2022 09:07
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gradenko_2000 posted:the musical backing they have over the live video is nice The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > C-SPAM > [Eurasia] lo-fi chill out piano beats to build a hospital to
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Mar 14, 2022 09:20
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Danann posted:The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > C-SPAM > [Eurasia] lo-fi chill out piano beats to build a hospital to
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Mar 14, 2022 09:49
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The funny part is that I can see this being declared propagandistic, because the only thing you need to do to one-up the west is just build something, anything.
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Mar 14, 2022 09:51
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Danann posted:The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > C-SPAM > [Eurasia] lo-fi chill out piano beats to build a hospital to
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Mar 14, 2022 09:58
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Ghost Leviathan posted:They literally believe that America is the protagonist of reality. personified by boomers forrest gumps, one and all
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Mar 14, 2022 10:36
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https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1503048215888867333?s=20&t=wIPvxaXNH0QwJ3vW_W1JZQ lmfao
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Mar 14, 2022 12:16
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy34eEqDBc8
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Mar 14, 2022 12:48
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Cool takeaway about the war in Afghanistan, kid Idiot. loving poo poo. Piss lemonade.
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Mar 14, 2022 14:02
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Has the US even built a hospital in the last 50 years
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Mar 14, 2022 14:04
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DiscountDildos posted:Cool takeaway about the war in Afghanistan, kid lmao no one tell him where all of afghanistan's money went
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Mar 14, 2022 14:04
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https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/1501839293643649026?s=20 Collapse imminent!
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Mar 14, 2022 14:22
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what the gently caress are they doing over there? is it a brand new variant or something?
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Mar 14, 2022 14:42
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Nonsense posted:https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/1501839293643649026?s=20 loving stupid kongers man. imagine being over 70 and not getting the vac. dumb as hell. all deaths are a tragedy, but man, I really dont get why they're committing suicide. it's just a shot! edit: to give more details to the guy above me, it's because for whatever reason, old people are extremely vaccine hesitant in hong kong relative to the rest of the world. afaik, they're the least vaccinated part of the population, which is the opposite of pretty much everywhere else on earth. I think they've been rushing to get vaccinated since this latest outbreak, but it's too little too late. that's why the death rate and hospitalisation rate is really high. on the other hand, it is getting pretty serious in real china. shenzhen shutting down, parts of shanghai. it's sad man. people are starting to get pretty fed up. I'm of two minds. I appreciate the govt being seemingly the only one in the world to not embrace let it rip, but I'd be lying if I didn't say it was hard for me. My wife has to go to guangzhou in a couple of weeks to interview at the american consulate for her green card (loving stupid policy, why cant we do a video chat, american govt always reminds me that its much worse than chinese), and we're looking at having to take two weeks off from work, just for travelling outside of beijing. Hell, I'm not going with her (can't attend interview anyways) but just cohabiting with someone who left the city, I can't go to work for 2 weeks. I can still go around, but the govt is very strict about this. probably because I work at a school. its the right policy from a rational point of view, but my colleagues/ boss are probably going to be really pissed off at me. that's if she can even go and theres not a real lockdown, which is very possible. not to get to personal, but the last few days have been pretty hard for me. I havent been home in over 2 years, and everything is so difficult now. flights, quarantine, vaccines, rules. I wish it could all go back to the way it was before. I know that's what's driven the horrible govt response all over the world, but man, we were really blessed pre 2020. will the world ever be like that again? I just want to see my family and friends again. not worry about this loving virus or world economy or war. feel like everyones been passing me by. I just made a joke with my wife. nobody would've expected that under trump was basically as good as it got in america, and since biden got in it's just been total poo poo. gently caress man, I thought at least he'd make it easier for immigrants, but no. ok, sorry for rambling.
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Mar 14, 2022 14:46
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Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:what the gently caress are they doing over there? is it a brand new variant or something? besides what Mirello said about the holes in their vaccination coverage, what we're seeing is the thing we've been predicting for a while now where if the hospitals are jammed up with way more patients than they can ever handle, mortality goes WAY up because now you're getting a lot of people dying from an abject lack of healthcare, as opposed to all the people that the virus just manages to kill even when they get all the medical attention that can be reasonably offered
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Mar 14, 2022 14:56
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ah, alright, that makes sense. i suppose being one of the densest places on earth doesn't exactly help
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Mar 14, 2022 14:59
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SorePotato posted:Has the US even built a hospital in the last 50 years They just grow and grow like a thing that keeps growing until it covers a just massive area if you live around retirees, they're like destination hospitals
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Mar 14, 2022 14:59
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gradenko_2000 posted:besides what Mirello said about the holes in their vaccination coverage, what we're seeing is the thing we've been predicting for a while now where if the hospitals are jammed up with way more patients than they can ever handle, mortality goes WAY up because now you're getting a lot of people dying from an abject lack of healthcare, as opposed to all the people that the virus just manages to kill even when they get all the medical attention that can be reasonably offered I've only been there like twice and I'm not really knowledgable, but isnt hong kong kinda like a libertarian hell hole? tbh, I feel really bad for shenzhen, theres no chance the breakout there isnt from hongkong in someway, they're practically the same city. in fact, hong kong has been vomiting covid all over china for the last month. the rate of people testing positive in intl over the last month is something like 5x higher than in the 12 months before, because of all the people coming over / fleeing HK. it really is a pity for china that due to national pride, that place is considered part of our country. the govt is so incompetent. I'll continue to have faith in the chinese authorities that this current outbreak can be stamped out (in mainland). hk hopefully does better soon, but that woman in charge is really awful. I hope Xi replaces her soon.
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Mar 14, 2022 15:00
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Allergic to freedom!
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Mar 14, 2022 15:02
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jeez I’m really hoping that China can squash this outbreak like they did all the others. at least HK seems to have peaked so if they mop up there that’s a lot of pressure off the mainland it sounds like today and Sunday were lower than Saturday though I’m not sure if China also does the thing where they relax reporting on weekends that the US does FrancisFukyomama has issued a correction as of 15:52 on Mar 14, 2022 |
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Mar 14, 2022 15:49
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I'm doing my part!
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Mar 14, 2022 15:55
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FrancisFukyomama posted:jeez I’m really hoping that China can squash this outbreak like they did all the others. at least HK seems to have peaked so if they mop up there that’s a lot of pressure off the mainland typical MSM ghouls are salivating at the thought of a Chinese outbreak.
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Mar 14, 2022 16:01
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GlassEye-Boy posted:typical MSM ghouls are salivating at the thought of a Chinese outbreak. ofc that is the case, the west loves for china to falter, but it's a fact, this outbreak is by far the most serious since wuhan. shenzhen is one of the biggest cities in china. xian being locked down was chump change in comparison.
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Mar 14, 2022 16:07
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Mirello posted:gently caress man, I thought at least he'd make it easier for immigrants, but no. lol why would you think this
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Mar 14, 2022 16:08
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gradenko_2000 posted:besides what Mirello said about the holes in their vaccination coverage, what we're seeing is the thing we've been predicting for a while now where if the hospitals are jammed up with way more patients than they can ever handle, mortality goes WAY up because now you're getting a lot of people dying from an abject lack of healthcare, as opposed to all the people that the virus just manages to kill even when they get all the medical attention that can be reasonably offered The Hospital Authority (HK government hospitals basically) are just horrifically lovely and underfunded and lack the capacity to deal with poo poo in the best of times. In good times you'll have wards with 12 beds about 3 feet apart. Retirement care homes are even worse. It's miraculously somehow better than American healthcare but also just was never going to be able to deal with a real COVID outbreak. Intense distrust of the government and fear that you'll be sent to Penny Bay or one of the camps in NT combined with there being no requirement to report home tests means that a lot of people just get sick, tough it out, and probably infect a few more people. I'm not looking forward to tightening restriction in Shanghai (which feel inevitable at this point) but it's got a lot of the same issues as HK in terms of density and infrastructure bottlenecks.
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Mar 14, 2022 16:09
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is shenzhen still a literal walled off SEZ or whatever, or is it just another place now
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Mar 14, 2022 16:09
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:is shenzhen still a literal walled off SEZ or whatever, or is it just another place now its just another place now. you can drive past the old sez checkpoints on the highways entering the inner districts but if you didnt know any better you'd think they're just tollbooths that aren't open anymore
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Mar 14, 2022 16:12
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:is shenzhen still a literal walled off SEZ or whatever, or is it just another place now It's just a city. There's the ditch/river that makes up the HK border and some literal walls on the edge of housing estates or neighborhoods near the border, but that's all to the south
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Mar 14, 2022 16:13
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Mirello posted:loving stupid kongers man. imagine being over 70 and not getting the vac. dumb as hell. all deaths are a tragedy, but man, I really dont get why they're committing suicide. it's just a shot! The government has never really encouraged people to get the shot, the most they did was pressure conglomerates to have vaccination lotteries which they most did one time last year and later forgotten about. News media here made a big fuss early on about vaccinations causing deaths in aging obese smokers and causing miscarriages and never course corrected from that. My gf was pregnant and luckily gave birth back in Nov before hospitals ended up being swamped, even with the stringent Covid restrictions back then at least I was able to be bedside for a portion of the labour process to see my son's birth. The hospital we were at was recently designated COVID only and every cell phone in HK got an emergency alert for the first time just to say that this hospital isn't accepting any other cases. She recently got fully vaccinated around same time I got booster so we're safe but we still have to take precautions over our son. Most people here maintain that HK gvmt policy, directed by the CCP, have a large part to play in this fifth wave outbreak. Not least because of the unnecessary 21 day quarantine in hotels that led to this cross contamination. But Zero Covid meant hospital spaces were being taken up by asymptomatic cases and overflowed hospitals led to elderly patients being put outside during a cold snap. Even recently a pic was leaked showing how full the morgues were that dead bodies were being laid out inbetween patients at one of the A&E wards. But hey at least our trains are still running, with reduced services so even more people get bunched up. Dynamic zero is basically living with covid at this point anyway, I'm sure we're trying to get herd immunity before XJP comes over in July. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention the whole Sinovac vs Pfizer thing too. Sinovac is being marketed as the patriotic drug that even Carrie Lam took, so most the the older population have it despite the lower efficacy. And there have been zero attempts to vaccinate the high risk cases/elderly in care homes, some of them can't even physically move, let alone make an online booking and trip to a vaccination center to get the shot. My gf's 90+ year old grandma got the shot and had covid recently, she seems relatively fine so far. https://twitter.com/edmondngcm/status/1503324425969561603 Kill All Cops has issued a correction as of 16:22 on Mar 14, 2022 |
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Mar 14, 2022 16:17
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Mirello posted:on the other hand, it is getting pretty serious in real china. shenzhen shutting down, parts of shanghai. it's sad man. people are starting to get pretty fed up. I'm of two minds. I appreciate the govt being seemingly the only one in the world to not embrace let it rip, but I'd be lying if I didn't say it was hard for me. My wife has to go to guangzhou in a couple of weeks to interview at the american consulate for her green card (loving stupid policy, why cant we do a video chat, american govt always reminds me that its much worse than chinese), and we're looking at having to take two weeks off from work, just for travelling outside of beijing. Hell, I'm not going with her (can't attend interview anyways) but just cohabiting with someone who left the city, I can't go to work for 2 weeks. I can still go around, but the govt is very strict about this. probably because I work at a school. its the right policy from a rational point of view, but my colleagues/ boss are probably going to be really pissed off at me. that's if she can even go and theres not a real lockdown, which is very possible. i know what you're saying here, but overall i'm hoping they don't give up on zero covid yet. we just had some friends return from a several month trip to america and they're talking about how great california is, the virus is over, there's nothing to fear etc. i don't know, i've been grateful that outside of the past 2 weeks life here has been pretty normal since early 2020 (barring international travel of course). dropping zero covid is a 1 way trip, there's no going back and i don't think people like my friends i just mentioned are thinking about any of the downsides. like, i've got several family members in the us that are a bit older and immuno-compromised and will likely never be able to leave their homes again because even vaccination won't save them. i will probably never see them again before they die because the risk is too great. i know people back in the US that have had pretty serious medical treatments delayed for months due to hospital overflows, and people that have almost died from covid (luckily nobody in my family has actually died from it yet). it's very easy to think about how i'll likely be fine. my wife and i are generally healthy and young enough. but when dealing with huge numbers, like china's population, you're talking about tens of thousands of deaths every day even with high vaccine uptake.
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Mar 14, 2022 16:22
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lmao I've heard these same songs on the 8 hour Ghibli Piano To Relax and Stress Free Beautiful Day video I use for nap time. Amazing.
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Mar 14, 2022 16:35
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at home rapid covid tests went on sale online in china today. i don’t think they were allowed previously and it has me a bit worried. the only reason to introduce those is to let people hide their test results
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Mar 14, 2022 16:50
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fart simpson posted:i know what you're saying here, but overall i'm hoping they don't give up on zero covid yet. we just had some friends return from a several month trip to america and they're talking about how great california is, the virus is over, there's nothing to fear etc. i don't know, i've been grateful that outside of the past 2 weeks life here has been pretty normal since early 2020 (barring international travel of course). dropping zero covid is a 1 way trip, there's no going back and i don't think people like my friends i just mentioned are thinking about any of the downsides. like, i've got several family members in the us that are a bit older and immuno-compromised and will likely never be able to leave their homes again because even vaccination won't save them. i will probably never see them again before they die because the risk is too great. i know people back in the US that have had pretty serious medical treatments delayed for months due to hospital overflows, and people that have almost died from covid (luckily nobody in my family has actually died from it yet). it's very easy to think about how i'll likely be fine. my wife and i are generally healthy and young enough. but when dealing with huge numbers, like china's population, you're talking about tens of thousands of deaths every day even with high vaccine uptake. I agree with this. if I wasn't going back to america, I'd hope that it stays like this forever. I love working from home, 2020 was the best year of my adult life in terms of work. barely did anything and had tons of free time to enjoy life. Personally, america seems like a hell hole to me. I'd be fine living in china forever, our life here is pretty good. I just have to make that decision rather than having it forced on me, if that makes sense. one last hurrah back in america/the world then we can settle down here. my wife and I applied for her green card in november of 2019, rofl. owned! we were never able to have a wedding, or our honeymoon, because of covid. totally owned. I mean it's true what they say that you think any restriction is ok until it effects you. this loving green card interview is driving me crazy.
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Mar 14, 2022 16:51
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fart simpson posted:at home rapid covid tests went on sale online in china today. i don’t think they were allowed previously and it has me a bit worried. the only reason to introduce those is to let people hide their test results the west has learned nothing from china, unfortunately
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Mar 14, 2022 16:53
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Mirello posted:we were never able to have a wedding, or our honeymoon, because of covid. totally owned. yeah same. we signed our marriage papers with 1 friend present back in 2020 with the idea of doing everything else more properly later, and well, lol.
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fart simpson posted:at home rapid covid tests went on sale online in china today. i don’t think they were allowed previously and it has me a bit worried. the only reason to introduce those is to let people hide their test results both my RATs were made in Qingdao/Shenzhen and bought in local pharmacies/online stores HK set up a system to people to self report on these RATs but they can force you to go to a Community Isolation Facility, the newest of which are hastily dressed up shipping containers with a communal bathroom. If you refuse then I think they fine/jail? you. So basically you are incentivized to not report your positive tests. Probably one of the ways they are going back to Zero Covid
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