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a7m2 posted:Shanghai is a shitshow, nobody is denying that, but it really is just Shanghai and immediate surroundings at this point in time and cases have been dropping the last week or so. The lockdowns have been very effective in the rest of the country for the past two years. Shenzhen is the third or fourth biggest city in the country, had an outbreak at the same time, and it did great. Timing is key when it comes to lockdowns and Shanghai was very slow to kick into gear compared to everywhere else. They haven't really been dropping though? They've been going down like a percent a day and then popped back up to 25k. You do a lockdown you expect to see them plummet rapidly because vectors of transmission should be hugely minimized Ailumao posted:This is also probably true to an extent. No one knows the true numbers. Yeah that's about my read on it, too: it doesn't sound like the dreaded 'full healthcare system collapse' and even if you somewhat conspiratorially add a week or two to the outbreak timeline, it would still be very early for the healthcare system too be too swamped as severe covid cases tend to take 3-5 weeks to hit the most acute illness. I am kind of splitting hair because yeah if people can't get needed care, it doesn't make much difference to those people what term you use Herstory Begins Now fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Apr 25, 2022 |
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Megillah Gorilla posted:There are still interesting posts in there from time to time, but it's run like a high school debate club with the most tedious "it's okay to debate the Holocaust from Hitler's perspective as long as everyone is respectful of the other opinions" wonks in charge. This honestly would be so bad if it wasn't for the blatant malicious enforcement, but a petty mid-level administrator using their power to punish people who don't pay them "proper respect" via selectively enforcing obtuse rules is just perfect for the China thread. I especially liked the, "You have to cite sources  wait not those sources  " exchange
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Herstory Begins Now posted:They haven't really been dropping though? They've been going down like a percent a day and then popped back up to 25k. You do a lockdown you expect to see them plummet rapidly because vectors of transmission should be hugely minimized It doesn't rapidly plummet. Things like household contacts give it a surprising amount of staying power, and there are other avenues for infection between households and between the people who do have to go outside. Australia (esp. Melbourne) had some pretty harsh lockdowns (albeit not as harsh as Shanghai now) and it took ages to drop down.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Early agrees. Did Early get recast or something? I recall him sounding different.
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Fearless posted:Did Early get recast or something? I recall him sounding different. In a shocking twist, Unknown Hinson had a problem with black people, so he was replaced by Tracy Morgan.
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Specifically, he started making GBS threads on Dolly Parton for saying something pro-BLM in August, 2020. He was shortly thereafter canceled and replaced. Tracy is loving incredible. Every time he starts going on about georgia football I hear southern georgia pour out of him. I live in North Florida, so essentially the same part of the world that squidbillies is lampooning.
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I might be biased but the kinda georgia:north-flordia cultural zone is one of the most under-rated regional cultures in the country. I probably am biased because my dad grew up in Tennessee but I completely do not vibe with that state and so georgia is the closest I can get to a similar feel without actually having to deal with Tennessee
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Mr. Nice! posted:Specifically, he started making GBS threads on Dolly Parton for saying something pro-BLM in August, 2020. He was shortly thereafter canceled and replaced. Tracy is loving incredible. Every time he starts going on about georgia football I hear southern georgia pour out of him. I live in North Florida, so essentially the same part of the world that squidbillies is lampooning.
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Shumagorath posted:How is he at ad-libbing on a scale of 1 to Dana Snyder? How is Tracy Morgan at ad-libbing? 
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McGavin posted:How is Tracy Morgan at ad-libbing?
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ABC news in Australia is currently doing a story that Beijing is under "impending lockdown" after they started mass testing. Feel so sorry for everyone caught up in it. I know so many people who almost went mad under Melbourne's lockdowns, but they were nothing compared to how harsh China's are.
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Shumagorath posted:How is he at ad-libbing on a scale of 1 to Dana Snyder? He’s good.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Every time he starts going on about georgia football I hear southern georgia pour out of him. I live in North Florida, so essentially the same part of the world that squidbillies is lampooning. Please do not remind me of my cultural heritage thanks. also gooooo dawgs! Sic ‘‘em woof woof woof
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Megillah Gorilla posted:ABC news in Australia is currently doing a story that Beijing is under "impending lockdown" after they started mass testing. I mean, so far it's been: ~3 days of panic ~7 days of food uncertainty ~3 weeks of boring food ~1 month of boredom So yeah, poo poo sucks, and if you're one of the people who got stuck without enough food, or (I am still privately convinced deliberately) left out of the welfare programs then that is legit nightmare territory, but for the majority of people it shouldn't be madness-inducing, just boring and frustrating.
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Guy Axlerod posted:My sister in law is in Beijing right now. She went to stock up on food, and said stores were already running low. We heard people were using Coke as a unit of barter in Shanghai, and I suggested candy and cigarettes as well. The coke that ruins your teeth or the coke that ruins your sinuses?
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WarpedNaba posted:The coke that ruins your teeth or the coke that ruins your sinuses? 
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my old roommate in Shanghai is on his 28th day of not leaving his actual apartment. no end in sight - he was able to get some food for hundreds and hundreds of RMB. he's like vice-CEO of a Chinese-American company so he's doing fine, but at this point you start to wonder how everyone who doesn't make six figures is doing. I'm just spitballing here, but I'm guessing it's "not great", then again I'm just a white racist sexpat loser in my home country so wat do I know 
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zero covid is working fine, ignore the community transmission in beijing and the rumors that beijing will be shutting down
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My favorite time of the year is when they staple the leaves back onto the trees. https://i.imgur.com/lkofonB.mp4
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SPRING IS HERE BY MANDATE
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McGavin posted:My favorite time of the year is when they staple the leaves back onto the trees. lol this is a new one to me, amazing.
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Apr 28, 2022 21:08
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fourrrr seeeasonssss
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McGavin posted:My favorite time of the year is when they staple the leaves back onto the trees. I've heard of grafting trees but this is ridiculous!
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Getting some real DPRK "Comrade Xi shouts to the wind and moves seasons" vibes here
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The Great Autismo! posted:my old roommate in Shanghai is on his 28th day of not leaving his actual apartment. no end in sight - he was able to get some food for hundreds and hundreds of RMB. he's like vice-CEO of a Chinese-American company so he's doing fine, but at this point you start to wonder how everyone who doesn't make six figures is doing. I'm just spitballing here, but I'm guessing it's "not great", then again I'm just a white racist sexpat loser in my home country so wat do I know My Chinese friend went to Shanghai two months ago for a few-day business meeting with a supplier. He was staying with a Shanghai-local coworker from their SH branch instead of having the company pay for a hotel. During that brief time, someone got the 'vid in that area and the whole community shut down and locked up, which caused my friend to miss his flight home. Once the community felt safe to open back up, the rest of the city started the madness it is currently going through, and he wasn't allowed to make any flights back. He and his coworker were stuck on those weird "one person per day/week" food ration trips until that was ended for them by the government. Now it has been two weeks and they haven't been able to leave to get food (which also doesn't exist anymore since everything is closed), and they are nearly out of all food they were barely able to stock up on since they were already locked up for weeks before this past one-month catastrophe started. I asked what they'll do and he responded "it's ok, I am trying to lose weight and now I don't have to try!" RIP. ninjoatse.cx posted:SPRING IS HERE Uhh, no, spring started during the spring festival in January when it was snowing. Did you not see the calendar? It says in big letters "SPRING FESTIVAL." That's when spring starts...just weeks after the winter solstice and months before the spring equinox when the sun crosses the equator and the days become noticeably longer. Judging by the way the trees are cut, and the uniformity of the leaves, I am guessing those are plastic leaves.
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Should I not just assume this is from a movie set or somethint
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Herstory Begins Now posted:probably a cell tower That... actually makes sense. Hope they do a better job than we do
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looks like its gotta be specifically jinro (so i guess chamiseul, lol)
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Soju is the 2nd worst popular alcohol, the first being baijiu of course. It's just half strength vodka with a dash of aspartame. If there's a bar in hell, it serves only soju. Not even Satan would open a baijiu-only bar, though.
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Devils Affricate posted:Soju is the 2nd worst popular alcohol, the first being baijiu of course. It's just half strength vodka with a dash of aspartame. If there's a bar in hell, it serves only soju. Not even Satan would open a baijiu-only bar, though. If you mix it 1:1 with lovely beer, it makes both drinkable. Or at least you very quickly stop noticing the taste.
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i'm starting to believe there is a correlation between listening to kpop and drinking soju
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Booty Pageant posted:i'm starting to believe there is a correlation between listening to kpop and drinking soju Yeah it's called being in a Korean restaurant
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So did we ever get any more info about that passenger plane that lawn-darted into the ground about two, three weeks ago?
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Not much, yet. e. The preliminary report s findings. RoastBeef fucked around with this message at 14:18 on Apr 29, 2022 |
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McGavin posted:My favorite time of the year is when they staple the leaves back onto the trees. Every spring in Beijing they spray-painted plants green, but this is a new one.
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WarpedNaba posted:So did we ever get any more info about that passenger plane that lawn-darted into the ground about two, three weeks ago? Never happened and if you bring it up again I assure you - feelings of many people will be hurt.
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