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exmarx posted:nz has pretty bad poverty rates having a job just to pay rent is first world now
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Nov 14, 2022 23:28
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lmfao https://twitter.com/osamabishounen/status/1592219495128793093?s=20&t=Cyf_XxViCpD7KAA9z6H2tw
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Nov 14, 2022 23:47
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exmarx posted:nz has pretty bad poverty rates Slavvy posted:NZ is a shithole in most ways, almost everything you know about it is marketing bullshit, relentlessly crushing the children of the poor is one of our national pastimes. We have been coasting on image and pretending to be grown ups for the past twenty odd years. Palladium posted:having a job just to pay rent is first world now did NZ's property prices keep going up after people realized it wasn't going to be the last bastion of civilization during covid? is there some weird "investment" thing like in all those canadian cities (and also america but seems like a worse problem in canada)?
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Nov 15, 2022 00:07
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Marzzle posted:did NZ's property prices keep going up after people realized it wasn't going to be the last bastion of civilization during covid? is there some weird "investment" thing like in all those canadian cities (and also america but seems like a worse problem in canada)? They have never stopped going up afaik, covid was a blip but the system is fundamentally designed in a way that people perceive housing as a retirement investment vehicle so any reduction in property values or easing of the rental markets would effectively crater the economy. The government continues to insist the problem is a lack of housing supply as opposed to half of the country being rent slaves to the other half. The cost of the average house deposit long ago outstripped the median annual wage. The cost of living has also skyrocketed even if you ignore rent sucking up the majority of people's earnings. Canada is the most similar to us afaik. Our last chance to fix this was a government with a historical election mandate who proceeded to wring their hands and do nothing, all but ensuring we get a conservative neolib/libertarian hell fusion in the upcoming election.
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Nov 15, 2022 00:18
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Throatwarbler posted:I think Some Guy TT is Korean American. oh not at all i dont blame people for assuming that since its not like i had any good reason to do so much Korea stuff
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Nov 15, 2022 00:20
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Jose posted:lmfao quote:
This is tremendous content.
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Nov 15, 2022 00:21
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All British former colonies including HK have unreasonably high property price. It doesn't matter how empty the country is.
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Nov 15, 2022 00:23
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AnimeIsTrash posted:libertarian guys with asian wives lmao
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Nov 15, 2022 00:27
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AnimeIsTrash posted:libertarian guys with asian wives lol
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Nov 15, 2022 01:03
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Marzzle posted:also this showed me it's just some asean host country outfit and not an actual mao jacket 
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Nov 15, 2022 01:10
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fits my needs posted:https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/1592094994818646016?s=20&t=JjWiOst3QCASCL3ve9Bzug look how happy Xi is. totally different vibe from when he shook Abe's hand
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Nov 15, 2022 01:18
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Nov 15, 2022 01:28
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asean is a plot to harvest the funniest pictures of world leaders the conferences are just a cover
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Nov 15, 2022 01:50
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Imagine showing up to your important international diplomatic mission and mother loving Putin is wearing your outfit better.
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Nov 15, 2022 01:56
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Imagine showing up to your important international diplomatic mission and mother loving Putin is wearing your outfit better. Have you seen them wearing nehru suits?
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Nov 15, 2022 01:57
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Nov 15, 2022 01:58
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Sailor Moon reboot looking.......old.
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Nov 15, 2022 02:00
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These are some Robert Jordan fantasy covers.
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Nov 15, 2022 02:31
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stephenthinkpad posted:These are some Robert Jordan fantasy covers. looool
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Nov 15, 2022 02:52
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stephenthinkpad posted:These are some Robert Jordan fantasy covers.  
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Nov 15, 2022 02:55
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stephenthinkpad posted:All British former colonies including HK have unreasonably high property price. It doesn't matter how empty the country is. pretty much, Irelands in the same boat as NZ, Canada wherever, completely hosed property markets.
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Nov 15, 2022 02:57
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At the APEC 2007 summit all of the world leaders just wore a prominent Australian brand of raincoat because we don’t really have a culture to draw outfits from lol e: there was also a cowboy hat that only Stephen Harper wore
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Nov 15, 2022 03:00
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Vladimir Poutine posted:At the APEC 2007 summit all of the world leaders just wore a prominent Australian brand of raincoat because we don’t really have a culture to draw outfits from lol ??? 
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Nov 15, 2022 03:04
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https://twitter.com/business/status/1592337925815025667?s=20&t=UyZco3u8Cz3tSQEGWfniDg
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Nov 15, 2022 03:05
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Vladimir Poutine posted:At the APEC 2007 summit all of the world leaders just wore a prominent Australian brand of raincoat because we don’t really have a culture to draw outfits from lol Should have had them all dress like bogans. e: goddamn it
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Nov 15, 2022 03:06
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Holy poo poo I had no idea Apec is such a meme. But this is gangsta  Almost every year is embarrassing, however these fantasy "Chinese" dresses do look good 
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Nov 15, 2022 03:25
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Captains log: My new bathrobe came today.
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Nov 15, 2022 03:31
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https://twitter.com/xu_xiuzhong/status/1592126947039268866?t=EdZUCQoen4O0dwo-Ij3_Kw&s=19
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Nov 15, 2022 04:27
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Who is this woman, a falun gong type? Iam not going to google her husband.
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Nov 15, 2022 04:35
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stephenthinkpad posted:Who is this woman, a falun gong type? Iam not going to google her husband. ASPI lmao
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Nov 15, 2022 04:50
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/xu_xiuzhong/status/1592126947039268866?t=EdZUCQoen4O0dwo-Ij3_Kw&s=19 xi don't read this vicky, hello
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Nov 15, 2022 04:53
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https://twitter.com/xu_xiuzhong/status/1592126936675155968 ???
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Nov 15, 2022 05:42
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farming up the elemental essences for these is a pain in the rear end but it's so worth it
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Nov 15, 2022 05:47
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what does this thread think of biden trying to resume cabinet level talks (halted in 2018 under trump from what I can tell but maybe it happened after that) with china? PBS news hour is touting it as averting a new cold war but I sorta feel like the USA is gonna keep ramping up defense industry stuff because ukraine is resulting in a bunch of javelin + friends factories getting dusted off. seems like everyone in europe wants to get in an order for 100+ himars and i'd imagine that will put pressure on the US gov't to keep escalating proxy conflicts
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Nov 15, 2022 05:53
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also, how could xi possibly think the USA acts in good faith when a dude like trump can promise to gently caress with china just for the lulz and win an election off it (and absolutely will be doing that for 2024)? is china just paying lip service to deescalate in ukraine?
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Nov 15, 2022 05:57
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Marzzle posted:what does this thread think of biden trying to resume cabinet level talks (halted in 2018 under trump from what I can tell but maybe it happened after that) with china? PBS news hour is touting it as averting a new cold war but I sorta feel like the USA is gonna keep ramping up defense industry stuff because ukraine is resulting in a bunch of javelin + friends factories getting dusted off. seems like everyone in europe wants to get in an order for 100+ himars and i'd imagine that will put pressure on the US gov't to keep escalating proxy conflicts The great thing about nukes, is that death and destruction resulting from a war directly threaten the political elite, whereas with conventional warfare all the dying and suffering apply only to commoners. Biden and Xi are turning down the temperature because neither wants to get into a direct conflict with the other where nuclear weapons may end up being used over an island that's strategic and useful but honestly not strategic or useful enough to risk MAD. A new cold war will still start. Decoupling will still happen. The trade and technology war will ramp up. The US will try even harder to make other countries take a side. Most of the global south will still try to stay neutral. This is just to make sure the neo cold war doesn't turn hot. Marzzle posted:also, how could xi possibly think the USA acts in good faith when a dude like trump can promise to gently caress with china just for the lulz and win an election off it (and absolutely will be doing that for 2024)? is china just paying lip service to deescalate in ukraine? Xi obviously doesn't. Read his work report at the party congress; he's extremely realistic about the US and its motives. The US wants to make China poorer and weaker, and China will try to prevent that. But a war over Taiwan is lose-lose and there's a zone of possible agreement here where both sides stop escalating. edit: Also I suspect Xi is genuinely getting sick of the Ukraine war, so the US sees an opening there. The war has probably been a net benefit for China so far in that it made Russia weaker and more reliant, it made the US show all its cards so China can better prepare for a Taiwan contingency, and it gave RMB internationalization a significant boost. But the war dragging on doesn't give China any additional benefits. Instead, the war is loving with commodity prices and all of China's trains to Europe and causing all sorts of other economic problems. Besides, China actually had a decent relationship with Ukraine, less good after 2014 but still reasonable. And during the century of humilation China lost more land to Russia than any other country and China hasn't forgotten. China hasn't recognized the Crimean annexation or any of the Russia-backed breakaway regions. An Jung-geun has issued a correction as of 07:32 on Nov 15, 2022 |
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Nov 15, 2022 07:00
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What's the political climate like in modern Taiwan anyways, is it like most of the global South watching the beginning of the end of the West and realizing that they're eventually going to have to reunite with China or is it more of a Ukrainian death cult thing where they'd rather die in nuclear hellfire than do the obviously smart thing?
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Nov 15, 2022 07:07
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AnimeIsTrash posted:libertarian guys with asian wives stephenthinkpad posted:These are some Robert Jordan fantasy covers. lol
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Nov 15, 2022 07:10
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PiratePrentice posted:What's the political climate like in modern Taiwan anyways, is it like most of the global South watching the beginning of the end of the West and realizing that they're eventually going to have to reunite with China or is it more of a Ukrainian death cult thing where they'd rather die in nuclear hellfire than do the obviously smart thing? Going by polling and social media, I'd say it's pre-National Security Law Hong Kong, where most of the older generation wants the status quo but much of the younger generation has bought into Western neoliberal propaganda line and hook. Again like the Hong Kong protestors, a lot of pro-DPP Taiwanese think that the US will show up to save them and the CCP will just fold and let Taiwan go if they make a push for independence. The DPP actually had a much bigger role in fomenting the HK protests than any Western country, even considering the hilarious fact that this very thread saw US diplomats actively coordinating with foreign citizens in HK to facilitate HK riots.
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