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Baddog posted:It's completely disorienting and he's probably not used to being dependent and treated like a child, yep. And it's causing all this marital strife, he's having a meltdown. Not being able to understand what's going on. I mean, try to figure out if he's actually being abused.... But man, doesn't sound like it. He just was not ready at all, hah! You have clearly never been in a situation where you've seen a friend's partner leave with the kids out of their home country because they wanted to divorce and keep the kids wrapped in diplomatic tape. "Hah!" Indeed.
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Odddzy posted:You have clearly never been in a situation where you've seen a friend's partner leave with the kids out of their home country because they wanted to divorce and keep the kids wrapped in diplomatic tape. Uhh, did you finish reading the whole thing yet?
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I've gotten to the point where you've said it's probably nothing while clearly never having lived or seen someone go through it
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I, a stranger, have determined that you have not experienced a totally different situation. You have been owned!
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The flippant advice is the clue op.
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Apr 17, 2023 07:53
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kntfkr posted:Posted this in my home thread but it probably bears posting here. I went to Bai Long with the family on saturday. Zhangjiajie right? Man, I'm jealous, when I was there it was so foggy, couldn't really see much. Your pictures are amazing. Did you do the hike up? It was brutal in that heat/humidity, I wasn't ready for that.
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Rabelais D posted:Anyone know why the "fast" train from Shenzhen to Kunming went from about seven hours to eight and a half? I swear a lot of the G and D trains seem to be running slower for some reason. Kunming to Lijiang used to be three hours, it's four now! In the west we lower speeds, especially on bends, due to defects, or sometimes due to weather that can alter track geometry
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Atopian posted:Simplest guesses would be track capacity enforcing delays or safety/tolerance changes enforcing lower maximum speeds, but no particular hard insight to offer. Yeah, I haven't seen any info but if the trains are actually slowing down it's likely that the tracks are in such poor condition they can't safely travel at speed. If it's delays it's running too many trains.
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Odddzy posted:I've gotten to the point where you've said it's probably nothing while clearly never having lived or seen someone go through it Kinda just basic thread etiquette to catch up on the topic before spouting off. I've been on many long trips to China with my wife and kid. It's very stressful if you are really immersed in it, with the inlaws and the poor infrastructure and everything. Not on a tour group, not staying at five star hotels. Many people lose their poo poo a bit, at least after awhile there. Especially if they are used to usually being in control. I like to think I'm 50/50 with my wife, but I still hit a lot of "what the gently caress is going on, this is not ok, talk to me" situations. The old chinese threads are full of people sharing these stories. So sure, I felt pretty confident that it was most likely just a meltdown. And barring actual abuse (which I asked about), this guy should not have been encouraged to try to grab the kids away from the mom. And attempt to flee the country. Especially since he was apparently incapable of even figuring out where the gently caress he was.
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Baddog posted:Kinda just basic thread etiquette to catch up on the topic before spouting off. Did I miss something where they said it was mad up or did you miss the part where she is keeping control of all money and documents and also shouting about why is he there, he should have left before she woke up, throng hires Walter out the window, etc?
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therobit posted:Did I miss something where they said it was mad up or did you miss the part where she is keeping control of all money and documents and also shouting about why is he there, he should have left before she woke up, throng hires Walter out the window, etc? Baddog posted:.....
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doing a full proper accounting, ive seen it 7 times and this is the second time where it didnt end in no-recourse-for-the-white-guy taking the kid
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kntfkr posted:One more picture. neat rocks dude did you find the monkey king??
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I have a name, you know.
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Baddog posted:Zhangjiajie right? Man, I'm jealous, when I was there it was so foggy, couldn't really see much. Your pictures are amazing. Yup, thanks. We took the gigantic gently caress-off elevator up to the top and then hiked around 2 klicks on the stairs/walkways. No small feat with a four year old in tow. My wife saw a guy drop his phone into the abyss lol. I reckon we were quite lucky with the weather. It was sticky but not too hot and very clear.
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Booty Pageant posted:neat rocks dude just the queen, #longnipplecrew
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You definitely got the best of Zhangjiajie. I had to hang around for most of a week to get a halfway decent view. Fortunately I was in my low-rent wandering around phase at the time, so no big problem.
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kntfkr posted:My wife saw a guy drop his phone into the abyss lol. Lol
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bob dobbs is dead posted:doing a full proper accounting, ive seen it 7 times and this is the second time where it didnt end in no-recourse-for-the-white-guy taking the kid Even more impressively, my brother seems to have actually learned to show affection and display positive emotions in public settings or even surrounded by his siblings and parents. Something we have never seen him do ever before.
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SerthVarnee posted:Even more impressively, my brother seems to have actually learned to show affection and display positive emotions in public settings or even surrounded by his siblings and parents. Something we have never seen him do ever before. Uhh, spoilers. That dude is still on act 1 of the saga.
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Skrill.exe posted:Uhh, spoilers. That dude is still on act 1 of the saga. i could believe it i guess just enjoy your bro bein cool for now. nothing you can do except maybe suggestin singapore
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SerthVarnee posted:Even more impressively, my brother seems to have actually learned to show affection and display positive emotions in public settings or even surrounded by his siblings and parents. Something we have never seen him do ever before. They've turned him into a Manchurian Candidate.
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China's Ambassador to France tried to Wolf Warrior it up talking about how former Soviet states don't really have sovereignty and now there's an international outcry and lots of funny backpedaling
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New dystopian nightmare incoming https://i.imgur.com/g5Ym6Vk.mp4 loving "brain-wave trackers" because that's a thing which really exists and works flawlessly.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:New dystopian nightmare incoming I remember being at a trade convention for those things, the various companies who make them desperately trying to figure out what they could use them for. Mostly it was "uh... you could meditate with it I guess?"
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Worker 233465 You are not using 100% of your brainpower for your job. You will be docked 20% pay for 1 hour for daydreaming.
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Now we'll see if those filthy Uighurs have any disharmonious thoughts about Dear Leader Xi.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:New dystopian nightmare incoming Let's punish the neurodiverse for the terrible sin of having been born!
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Fearless posted:Let's punish the
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I mean, the green revolution counts for a lot. While they may be hosed in the head, famine is a long way off.
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China being on the brink of famine was the talk of my polisci department back in like 2007-2008. The arguments are probably not even all that different to what they are today: 1) Dustbowl and climate change 2) They overuse fertilizer and don't rotate fields 3) Labor drain to cities and factories since who the gently caress wants to be a farmer in 20XX. Now, any of these probably could come true, but none of them have in the 15 years since I graduated. Interestingly, the other major talking point was "the next plague comes from China" and that ended up being on the nose, but not exactly because of the argument put forward. The going theory was that China abuses antibiotics. All of Asia does really: if you've ever gone to a doctor for a cold, you've received a dozen satchels of antibiotic pills. However, the added wrinkle was that China does it with animals too, so between human and animal antibiotic use, a super bug was inevitable, and with close human contact, an animal super bug would easily make the jump and spread from there. COVID is a virus, so it doesn't quite match the prediction, but other elements of it fit, such as the origin being zoonotic.
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Atlas Hugged posted:China being on the brink of famine was the talk of my polisci department back in like 2007-2008. The arguments are probably not even all that different to what they are today: Every book/article about it that I've read has stated that the next (well, currently the last) plague will come from China for exactly the reasons that it did, and separately that the antibiotics abuse is what'll cause us all to die real soon.
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bob dobbs is dead posted:they are a huge net importer of food now, so it would have been famine if they didnt become rich what’s the current data on this? I’d read they managed to state subsidy hard enough to become a net exporter, but that was pre-covid and i’m curious if there’s been an update
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