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ladron posted:ahhhh, Seoul..... Nah mate your the arsehole
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Dec 6, 2017 00:18
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simplefish posted:Nah mate your the arsehole can't deny that
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Dec 6, 2017 00:27
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You all laugh but the hostage was actually an alien and she just joined the Men In Black.
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Dec 6, 2017 00:39
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and she'd appreciate it if you eased up off her back about it
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Imperialist Dog posted:One of the last sections of Old Shanghai, Laoximen, is set to be bulldozed. I've seen stuff like this before and each time I wonder about the market potential of taking neat architectural details (wood carving, stonework, etc) that those older buildings have and reselling them in the west, since they're pretty cool and are definitely going to be obliterated in the demolition. I kinda bet they could be purchased cheaply (well, until someone realizes the potential exists for price gouging), but transport for the heavier stuff would definitely be an issue, plus no idea on potential customer base. Just a though, I would never remotely act on this idea given I have no desire to visit China, no connections, and am in a completely different industry.
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Dec 6, 2017 00:51
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ladron posted:ahhhh, Seoul..... feel like the people arranging buildings like that deserve a one-way helicopter ride themselves
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Dec 6, 2017 00:57
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TCM is super prevalent in Taiwan too which never made sense to me. "Let's latch onto one of the most backward parts of our Chinese heritage and cover it under a slowly collapsing national healthcare system."
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Vernii posted:I've seen stuff like this before and each time I wonder about the market potential of taking neat architectural details (wood carving, stonework, etc) that those older buildings have and reselling them in the west, since they're pretty cool and are definitely going to be obliterated in the demolition. I kinda bet they could be purchased cheaply (well, until someone realizes the potential exists for price gouging), but transport for the heavier stuff would definitely be an issue, plus no idea on potential customer base. Architectural salvage is hot poo poo in the west in recent years so I'm sure there would be a market. I wonder though if they would let a FOREIGNER take this stuff out of China, you know this is history so it should be kept in China (in a dump).
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Dec 6, 2017 01:40
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Vernii posted:I've seen stuff like this before and each time I wonder about the market potential of taking neat architectural details (wood carving, stonework, etc) that those older buildings have and reselling them in the west, since they're pretty cool and are definitely going to be obliterated in the demolition. I kinda bet they could be purchased cheaply (well, until someone realizes the potential exists for price gouging), but transport for the heavier stuff would definitely be an issue, plus no idea on potential customer base. Where I lived had a bunch of old buildings in this run down part of the town and me and this girl used to spend hours exploring them and talking about how if the chinese had any taste whatsoever all the beautiful doors and carvings and stuff would be salvaged and sold for a mint, not to mention the places would all be refurbished with people spending a bunch to live in them instead of the expensive 'villas' or whatever. Anyway its not really an issue to transport 'heavy stuff' out of china they have trucks and cargo ships its how they export stuff. I assume the government owns all the old buildings but what that entails for getting stuff off them I really don't know. Maybe you can't maybe its just a small bribe away or something. Anyway this was almost 10 years ago the place i have in mind so its probably been bulldozed by now 
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Dec 6, 2017 01:44
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quote:The street is reportedly named after a red-light (=red banister) district that blossomed here in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. A couple of lanes branching off this street appear to confirm this theory: one miniature alley is called Hongzhuang Nong 红庄弄 (Red Village Lane) and another one used to be called Monai Nong 摸奶弄 (Tit-Grabbing Lane) until it was stripped of all names and assigned a lane number.
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Dec 6, 2017 01:54
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ladron posted:ahhhh, Seoul..... The difference being, in Seoul the complex wouldn't even have any trees, and would be even farther from any sort of shopping. The more I think about my time there the less I like Korea.
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Dec 6, 2017 02:20
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Monai Nong 摸奶弄 (Tit-Grabbing Lane) is an awesome name
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VideoTapir posted:The difference being, in Seoul the complex wouldn't even have any trees, and would be even farther from any sort of shopping. I occasionally feel a bit of nostalgia for it because I was right out of college and the country is just so much more functional than Thailand. But then I actually sit down and think about all the things that drove me insane and that feeling fades. I think I mostly just miss being 22 and being able to drink until 3 or 4am, get up at 6, and be relatively functional at work and not notably less functional than any of the Korean men present.
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Dec 6, 2017 02:53
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South korea's got no soul.
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VideoTapir posted:and would be even farther from any sort of shopping. That's just a poor choice of apartment on your part Or on the fool who chose your apartment's part Other criticisms are pretty valid
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Dec 6, 2017 03:25
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hakimashou posted:South korea's got no soul. sk is fine if china didn't do a naughty thing for face https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44
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Dec 6, 2017 03:34
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Everything in Korea that's better than something in China is counterbalanced by something that is worse.
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Dec 6, 2017 03:55
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Significant Ant posted:Can someone, very briefly, please explain to my why TCM is still a thing in China? Think of insects as TCM and Sparrows as doctors.
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Dec 6, 2017 05:29
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VideoTapir posted:Everything in Korea that's better than something in China is counterbalanced by something that is worse. this man speaks my language
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Dec 6, 2017 05:33
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Imperialist Dog posted:One of the last sections of Old Shanghai, Laoximen, is set to be bulldozed. As cool as this stuff is, the complete lack of care that's gone into maintaining it makes me think nobody really cares if it gets demolished anyway. All of the surfaces are coated with mold and rot, some things seem to be solid rust at this point, it's really sad.
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Dec 6, 2017 05:36
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So the newspaper front page in northeast China is what to do in case of nuclear attack I hope everyone has a shelter plan, I'm going to hide out in the Hong Kong railway tunnels the secret one https://twitter.com/Jinghan_Zeng/status/938318529627152384
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Dec 6, 2017 10:02
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Probably going to hide out in the tunnels you went hiking in behind my house. And probably therefore going to get bitten by a snake and die before the fallout hits the ground.
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Dec 6, 2017 10:04
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lol we're all going to die ??? profit
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Dec 6, 2017 10:50
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Public schools in Japan issued guidelines to each household about what to do if there's a missile launch. 1. Listen to announcements 2. Get inside a big strong building or 3. Hide from view if you're outdoors 4. Don't touch any debris that falls from the sky Sorry, there's no joke here. The kids were very worried for two days and have already forgotten everything.
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Dec 6, 2017 10:53
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peanut posted:2. Get inside a big strong building or Due to how houses are made in Japan I doubt this is A general Thing.
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Dec 6, 2017 10:55
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My house has hella beams n stuff but folks in lovely tin nagaya are encouraged to evacuate to a local elementary school.
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Dec 6, 2017 11:04
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Do public buildings in Japan have shelters in the basement? That’s a thing in Taiwan, and a lot of the metro stations also seem to be built to double as shelters if needed
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Dec 6, 2017 11:28
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Few buildings have basements outside of big cities.
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Dec 6, 2017 11:34
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God I accidentally have the best seat in the world for the apocalypse.
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Dec 6, 2017 11:44
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Atlas Hugged posted:God I accidentally have the best seat in the world for the apocalypse. There are lots of worse places to watch the world end than Bangkok. I mean there are probably lots of better places too, but there are still lots of worse places
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Dec 6, 2017 11:48
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don't drink coffee, don't live in china, but for some reason I am very curious about this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/06/worlds-largest-most-lavish-starbucks-opens-in-shanghai/
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Dec 6, 2017 12:41
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Pirate Radar posted:There are lots of worse places to watch the world end than Bangkok. It's close enough that we should experience some the consequences (refugees, military on high alert) but just far enough away that I don't think I'll get cancer any faster than I would less the radiation but with all the developing-world pollutants still present.
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Dec 6, 2017 12:54
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bob dobbs is dead posted:That's just a poor choice of apartment on your part Most English teachers in Korea live in school-provided apartments, which are obviously not the best ones. You can move, but the school is still under contract for the rental and usually will ask you to wait until their agreement is up and they're legally in the clear.
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Dec 6, 2017 14:40
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Pirate Radar posted:There are lots of worse places to watch the world end than Bangkok. Pattaya felt like, well maybe not the end of the world, but certainly the end of the line for a lot of people
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Dec 6, 2017 14:44
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:Most English teachers in Korea live in school-provided apartments, which are obviously not the best ones. You can move, but the school is still under contract for the rental and usually will ask you to wait until their agreement is up and they're legally in the clear. that dude's a loving idiot, just ignore him
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Dec 6, 2017 14:53
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simplefish posted:Pattaya felt like, well maybe not the end of the world, but certainly the end of the line for a lot of people I thought Phnom Penh was the agreed upon place for farangs to die?
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Dec 6, 2017 15:07
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ladron posted:that dude's a loving idiot, just ignore him I legitimately thought he didn't know! Haha.
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Dec 6, 2017 15:13
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bongwizzard posted:But like we have/had that? At least the Appalachian region produced a pretty widespread folk medicine culture. I guess it’s like, if it was nationally identified rather than a regional thing. Because not growing up in Appalachia I’ve never heard of Appalachian folk medicine nor would I identify with it (not being Appalachian) whereas it’s clear that for many Chinese (nationally or ethnically), TCM is an issue of identity for them.
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simplefish posted:Pattaya felt like, well maybe not the end of the world, but certainly the end of the line for a lot of people Pattaya, why does that sound familiar... isn't that the den of child prostitution that the one creepy Bitcoin guy was pushing really hard for the International Bitcoin Conference or whatever way back in the day?
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