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I really appreciate all you guys share in this thread. The hands on, grittier view of life in Asia makes for compelling reading. I've never been out there, but learning the concept of chabudo, reading about angry Korean men and listening to extremely weird but catchy songs about the five year plan is an education all of itself. A lot of posters have lamented the recent illiberal trends, and it's clear the concern comes from genuine affection for and experience with the region, not some kind of political axe-grinding. I wish there was more space for this kind of discussion out there. Although, pissbottle talk is good too.
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Atlas Hugged posted:Carrying around your piss does raise an eyebrow or two. But how else are you supposed to show Spies who is the boss?
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Can't remember if this was brought up in the thread, but Singapore did in fact decriminalize homosexual sex. However, to make sure that they didn't think they were humans with equal rights, they are moving to change the constitution to ensure that the courts can't choose to rule that marriage has to apply to all adults equally.
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they fully intend to have gay marriage, the intent is to do it with a law and not a judicial ruling so the bureaucracy can deal with it easier. someone link qntm's database admin of gay marriage thing
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Aug 29, 2022 12:59
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I need to talk to my coworkers more about it. Most of them are working at my school because they want to be able to be openly gay and work in education at the same time. My understanding is that the legislature's move was specifically to block the court's from being able to make decisions and that would delay any changes for at least another generation.
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Malaysia is the only Asian country I've driven a car myself in. I was on Borneo, being used to Chinese traffic I did find the local drivers to be surprisingly chill, the roads were great and gas cheap. I can really recommend visiting Shabah in Malaysia. Never been to KL though, except for the airport.
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I had a motorcycle and then a car in Taiwan before downgrading everything to a 175cc scooter for convenience. I drove from Taipei to Pingtung once and it was fine on the expressway. In town traffic sucked, but I never took a car into downtown Taipei more than once or twice because there was just no need to. The motorcycle was just a basic street bike, but its size made it a hassle, especially in traffic and finding parking. The scooter was just the more logical choice. In Bangkok, I have a bicycle and have gone on some pretty busy roads with it, but I mostly just stay out in the suburbs and bike to the mall near my community. My wife bought a scooter recently, so we've been messing around with that a bit, but again have avoided actually going onto Sukhumvit so far. A lot of my friends here have bigger families and so need a car, and they seem perfectly fine with Bangkok traffic. I've gone places with them driving and other than having to get used to being on the wrong side of the road, it's just really congested driving is all.
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oh now china is going to have economic pain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjBqhoYkJ4 I saw video on youtube the other day of a white dude marrying a Malaysian indian woman I thought it was cute.
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Haunta posted:A lot of posters have lamented the recent illiberal trends, and it's clear the concern comes from genuine affection for and experience with the region, not some kind of political axe-grinding. I wish there was more space for this kind of discussion out there. Yeah. There's a lot to like about China and it wasn't good before Xi, but was better and seemed like it might be going in the right direction. It's sad seeing what's going on. If China snapped its fingers and turned into Taiwan overnight I'd move back in an instant.
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yugioh mishima posted:Cambodia: sihanoukville is the single sketchiest place i have ever visited, god. very unsurprised that all the taiwanese ppl who are getting human trafficked over there ended up in sihanoukville. the islands off otres are unbelievably beautiful tho. when i went there kampot was full of white guys in their 50s and 60s propping up the various bars complaining about their cambodian wives so if that’s your scene great i guess. also i have a friend who worked at a school in Phnom penh and the stories he has about his coworkers there are just something else. e.g. there was a guy who carried around a bottle of his own piss, which he would drink for “health benefits” Sihanoukville is nothing but high rise and half built casinos now, and kampots full of hipsters
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Grand Fromage posted:Yeah. There's a lot to like about China and it wasn't good before Xi, but was better and seemed like it might be going in the right direction. It's sad seeing what's going on. If China snapped its fingers and turned into Taiwan overnight I'd move back in an instant. Was it you or another goon who thought 2008 when china did the Olympics and Jackie Chan was signing "china welcomes you" that it felt like things were getting better? If you go back to the older threads like the ones in 2015 and such there was alot of bitching about chinese version of "country jays" and various bodily things. Plus alot of snuff gifs involving trucks vs scooters. I m personally fascinated by the post 90's generation who grew up to a better standard than their parents and arent seeing that standard go up. Along with china needing to mature its economy but improving it human capital, aka having higher skilled workers
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Besides the Chinese wink-wink nudge-nudge naval base being built, I swore I read somewhere that Cambodian government embezzlers sold like an 80-mile stretch of coastal land to China for other reasons. That might actually be the same land the naval base is sitting on, and I might be totally mixed up.Kharnifex posted:Sihanoukville is nothing but high rise and half built casinos now, and kampots full of hipsters https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501129255/covid-19-gambling-ban-leave-sville-biz-sulking/ quote:Covid-19, gambling ban leave S’ville biz sulking https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-09-10/chinese-money-is-driving-a-property-boom-in-cambodia quote:Chinese Money Is Driving One of Asia’s Fastest Property Booms quote:The supply of condominiums in Phnom Penh is expected to double during this year to more than 20,000 units, according to CBRE. For Southeast Asia’s second-poorest country, some of the approved projects are enormous. quote:Most of the new stock of condos is being bought by Chinese investors, who neither live in Cambodia nor rent the units, leaving some development zones, such as the prime riverside area of Tonle Bassac, eerily dark despite dozens of completed high-rises. quote:Meantime, Phnom Penh’s skyline continues its transformation. Before 2011, the city had no buildings over 15 stories. Businesses worked out of old villas or shophouses, mixed with Buddhist temples and modernist marvels from a two-decade architectural revival that ended in 1975, when the capital fell to the Khmer Rouge. I'm of the opinion that much of Asia will be better off once these old-guard dinosaurs in office start dropping dead. But, then I see that in places like the Philippines that the people wholeheartedly elected the China-friendly son of the guy that hosed their country over for decades, and the daughter of the guy that just got done loving them over (partly for China), and I'm like "welp, that's how it goes."
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wow I d been to Cambodia back in 2013 now i kinda want to see what it looks like now. Hmm I wonder how things in Lao are these days
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Seth Pecksniff posted:man I need to travel more I know I should, but I have hangups able travelling alone to places I've never been (I just know I'm going to monumentally gently caress something up)
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WarpedNaba posted:I know I should, but I have hangups able travelling alone to places I've never been (I just know I'm going to monumentally gently caress something up) I'm picturing WarpedNaba's av brushing up against a teletubby statue.
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try it on easy mode to rich anglo countries then ease into it to japan then korea / taiwan then whatever extremely costly but thats life
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It's called "The Belt and Road" project because Xi's belt is as long as a road is wide.
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PITY BONER posted:It's called "The Belt and Road" project because Xi's belt is as long as a road is wide. As someone who shares his unique body type, I can sympathize.
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WarpedNaba posted:I know I should, but I have hangups able travelling alone to places I've never been (I just know I'm going to monumentally gently caress something up) do you want your headstone to read “never hosed up” or something?
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Try visiting an old friend who lives far away, joining a volunteer team like Habitat for Humanity, or connecting with locals like couchsurfing. It's easy to travel alone when you're not alone the whole time.
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There's a building I regularly pass that is proudly labeled the Thai-Chinese tower. It stands empty and only partially finished and has for years.
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my homie dhall posted:do you want your headstone to read “never hosed up” or something? drat you for saying what I tried to last page, but better.
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PITY BONER posted:Though they're trying to say that everything will come back in the future, those half-built buildings will not withstand years of neglect. Even back in 2018, this was becoming an obvious problem, and I can't imagine what it's like now. Be fair, though, that stuff is going to be amazing to explore in 10-20 years when the jungle has reclaimed it. Come for the ancient religious temple-city half-swallowed by vines! Stay for the recent financial temple-city half-swallowed by vines!
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Atlas Hugged posted:There's a building I regularly pass that is proudly labeled the Thai-Chinese tower. It stands empty and only partially finished and has for years. Money ran out or it was just a way to move money out of china. I know I nice ghetto filled with tweakers and I wish I could get some belt and road money to build condos over looking the area. I was in bangkok one time and this dude at the urinal started talking to me about indians...he said very rude things about them. On time I went to beppu in oita prefecture japan and I saw the steel frame of a building. Like it got that far as just having the I beams. But then they ran out of money. What made me stop and look was how loving rusted it was.
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Haunta posted:I really appreciate all you guys share in this thread. The hands on, grittier view of life in Asia makes for compelling reading. The block next to mine regularly floods sewage onto the sidewalk, and someone in my building has taken to throwing used adult diapers out the window to bake in the hot sun. lovely n gritty in Asia's world city!!
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bones 4 beginners posted:The block next to mine regularly floods sewage onto the sidewalk, and someone in my building has taken to throwing used adult diapers out the window to bake in the hot sun. lovely n gritty in Asia's world city!! Is that someone you?
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Aug 30, 2022 01:48
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ninjoatse.cx posted:I'm picturing WarpedNaba's av brushing up against a teletubby statue. "Plenty of Tinky but no Winky." my homie dhall posted:do you want your headstone to read “never hosed up” or something? More "He certainly hosed up a lot less in life when he gained some self-awareness."
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At age X, introspective people are inevitably going to regret their fuckups at age X-Y. For some people Y is 5 minutes. For others it's 10 years. But regrettable things are going to be done - are being done right now, probably. Just try your best I guess.
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So, about that drought in Chinaquote:China drought causes Yangtze to dry up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CrnET3wTo
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Megillah Gorilla posted:So, about that drought in China Starting to think there may be something to this whole "climate change" business!!!
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