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# ? May 4, 2024 14:34 |
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Also checking in to say that this article was eerily accurate with some of my experiences. I thought that you were supposed to add in your own funny or ridiculous things to front page articles, but I guess not.
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# ? May 14, 2014 04:24 |
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Wait til you see those custom tractors, they're hot rods compared to western tractors.
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# ? May 14, 2014 11:54 |
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How many people do you see making GBS threads on the street on an average day?
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# ? May 15, 2014 01:33 |
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Y-Hat posted:How many people do you see making GBS threads on the street on an average day? It's mostly just kids, mostly. I liked the callout of the half-finished abandoned construction, that has got to be the dumbest thing about China. got any sevens fucked around with this message at 05:50 on May 20, 2014 |
# ? May 20, 2014 05:44 |
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The whole thing was great, but this was by far my favorite part:quote:You see, when a Chinese resident buys something, they don't simply ask how much it costs and then exchange their currency for a product. That backwards poo poo is for idiots. No, they must abide by the time-honored tradition of negotiation, which always, and I repeat ALWAYS, follows this explicit process: I've seen at least parts of this happen so many times and it was spot on effectual posted:It's mostly just kids, mostly. I've been to several countries where this is done on purpose and is very common place. "Half finished" (but functional) buildings are considered under construction and the owners don't have to pay taxes on them or some such thing.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 01:23 |
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# ? May 4, 2024 14:34 |
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Pawn 17 posted:I've been to several countries where this is done on purpose and is very common place. "Half finished" (but functional) buildings are considered under construction and the owners don't have to pay taxes on them or some such thing. Sort of related: I remember visiting a friend in Shenzhen a long time ago and near a bus stop with propaganda about "one kid ok, two kids get your tubes tied, three kids/four kids scrape scrape scrape" was a poured concrete sidewalk. At the corner of the sidewalk was a little hole, and looking into it you'd see a little pit with a fire hydrant in there. Basically, they built the sidewalk up and went around the fire hydrant, but the sidewalk was so tall and close that the fire hydrant was completely unusable.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 05:20 |