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Khorne
May 1, 2002

Bajaj posted:

This is what everyone repeats on reddit without any evidence, but I feel like with all the traveling around in China that Chinese do, building your hotels with a major feature to facilitate one specific type of (illegal) activity doesn't make sense.

We may never know the real answer.
Lots of modern US hotels have the same setup now. It just makes the room seem larger and more open.

It's not prostitution related at all.

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Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
This was linked and LMAO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1V6k3d3Jko

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar
About 90% of the clips in this video are Asian car accidents, but the one queued up is special - it shows something that's been mentioned many times in this thread, an old person on a bike unable/refusing to steer out of the way of obvious obstacle. In this case, a car driving towards him on a straight road.

Better to ride straight into a car than lose face by moving out of the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NO87-2YGHc&t=127s

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

THE HOT SAX

Deceitful Penguin
Feb 16, 2011
Monkey Dust was amazing, it's a shame it ended so early.

MetaJew
Apr 14, 2006
Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!



Everything in China is a conscious strategy. They are the gold medalists in control freakery.

angel opportunity
Sep 7, 2004

Total Eclipse of the Heart
this guy sells watches on amazon. his ad campaigns are next level

https://twitter.com/Jacklei020216/status/946316464864206848

https://twitter.com/Jacklei020216/status/949204200604368896

https://twitter.com/Jacklei020216/status/948835160673234945

Kharnifex
Sep 11, 2001

The Banter is better in AusGBS

Deceitful Penguin posted:

Monkey Dust was amazing, it's a shame it ended so early.

Amen, what an excellent show,

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WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

Bajaj posted:

You know how newer cars have "Back up" cameras so you can see where you're going when backing up since you're a lovely driver? I have decided to install a similar style camera in my toilet and shower that can be accessed by the wi-fi in my house, taking the glass wall philosophy and bringing into the 21rd century.

Simpsons did it first.

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

:discourse:

GoutPatrol
Oct 17, 2009

*Stupid Babby*



They must be hitting some click algorithm like those creepy YouTube children autoplay videos

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
china is geographically and demographically large. to whom does it turn? beat, aporia

Accretionist
Nov 7, 2012
I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES
who could have seen this coming

quote:

China said it will begin applying its so-called social credit system to flights and trains and stop people who have committed misdeeds from taking such transport for up to a year.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-credit/china-to-bar-people-with-bad-social-credit-from-planes-trains-idUSKCN1GS10S

Johnny Five-Jaces
Jan 21, 2009


black mirror is real

normal contact
Mar 19, 2010

Western media in general seems incredibly nonchalant about how Chi*a is transforming into a full cyberpunk totalitarian state right before our eyes

Barudak
May 7, 2007

normal contact posted:

Western media in general seems incredibly nonchalant about how Chi*a is transforming into a full cyberpunk totalitarian state right before our eyes

Punk implies there are avenues to freedom in such a system. Its just Cyber Totalitarianism

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I think we are waiting for China to region lock themselves.

Nucken Futz
Oct 30, 2010

by Reene


Oh My ... "The move is in line with President’s Xi Jinping’s plan to construct a social credit system based on the principle of “once untrustworthy, always restricted”

Sooooooooo, if Chinar was to be held to this dictum, how long do you think it would take before they become restricted.
I figure the over/under would be about 4 hours.

Ups_rail
Dec 8, 2006

by Fluffdaddy
dont they already have a system of internal travel controls?

Kharnifex
Sep 11, 2001

The Banter is better in AusGBS
Lol everyone will Goto lazy lengths to circumvent it

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
How much would it cost to buy yourself off, I wonder.

Grand Fromage
Jan 30, 2006

L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?


Ups_rail posted:

dont they already have a system of internal travel controls?

Living elsewhere is restricted. I don't think there are any controls on just travel for most people. Uighurs in Xinjiang aren't allowed to travel freely.

Darkest Auer
Dec 30, 2006

They're silly

Ramrod XTreme

Nucken Futz posted:

Oh My ... "The move is in line with President’s Xi Jinping’s plan to construct a social credit system based on the principle of “once untrustworthy, always restricted”

Sooooooooo, if Chinar was to be held to this dictum, how long do you think it would take before they become restricted.
I figure the over/under would be about 4 hours.

Less than one second, because to be considered untrustworthy all you have to do is write "Winnie the Pooh", "n" or any random retroactively-enforced censored phrase into Baidu search.

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:

Nucken Futz posted:

Oh My ... "The move is in line with President’s Xi Jinping’s plan to construct a social credit system based on the principle of “once untrustworthy, always restricted”

Sooooooooo, if Chinar was to be held to this dictum, how long do you think it would take before they become restricted.
I figure the over/under would be about 4 hours.

The unnamed new world order can only salivate.

high six
Feb 6, 2010
How many China Points do you lose for refusing peanut brittle?

Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
https://i.imgur.com/l0xn58I.gifv

Dr.Radical
Apr 3, 2011
That’s actually p cool

underage at the vape shop
May 11, 2011

by Cyrano4747

thats sick

vanity slug
Jul 20, 2010

nice and subtle swastika

underage at the vape shop
May 11, 2011

by Cyrano4747
peep these reviews (from reddit)

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/114492882307899850775/reviews/@6.8481242,-139.0553154,3z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1

my favourite is "would think after 2 bomb that japan happy. but no, very rude"

bug chaser chaser
Dec 11, 2006

underage at the vape shop posted:

peep these reviews (from reddit)

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/114492882307899850775/reviews/@6.8481242,-139.0553154,3z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1

my favourite is "would think after 2 bomb that japan happy. but no, very rude"

many confuse

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

Fully expected bloody dismemberment here.

GotLag
Jul 17, 2005

食べちゃダメだよ

I find myself dying to know how the machine gets all the tiles facing the right way up

Steakandchips
Apr 30, 2009

GotLag posted:

I find myself dying to know how the machine gets all the tiles facing the right way up


Little person underneath.

Cry Havoc
May 10, 2004

This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.

GotLag posted:

I find myself dying to know how the machine gets all the tiles facing the right way up

silk paper gunpowder compass

Hackers film 1995
Nov 4, 2009

Hack the planet!

GotLag posted:

I find myself dying to know how the machine gets all the tiles facing the right way up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDNvqS9QPk

looks like magnets

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth

GotLag posted:

I find myself dying to know how the machine gets all the tiles facing the right way up

It's clearly not loading the same tiles that were pushed into the center. The new tiles show up instantly and from the outer side of the table.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

The coolest thing to ever come out of China.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

GotLag posted:

I find myself dying to know how the machine gets all the tiles facing the right way up

My relatives have two of these bad boys and they are amazing and I want one but have no real use for it. The tiles are two pieces with the backing portion being heavier and magnetic than the front part, and the machine has two sets of tiles so it can always dispense a full hand while the other finishes sorting.

Its also a good tool to know when youre too drunk when you have difficulties getting the tiles in.

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vanity slug
Jul 20, 2010

Chomp8645 posted:

It's clearly not loading the same tiles that were pushed into the center. The new tiles show up instantly and from the outer side of the table.

And they're green instead of blue.

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