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Ever since it opened a couple of years ago, more and more Chinese people have been flocking to the discount chemist near where I live (in Australia), to the extent that the local cinema has even started showing Chinese movies. It's also the first chemist/pharmacy I've ever seen to have a security guard. https://ajp.com.au/news/chemist-warehouse-among-singles-day-loved/ quote:The top five most purchased products were New Zealand’s Aptamil milk powder; vitamin brand Bio Island; Swisse vitamins and two Japanese nappy brands, Kao Merries and Moony.
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I can't imagine so. Australia is not known for its low cost of living.
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Nov 30, 2017 13:12
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Apparently counterfeit nappies are a thing: https://qz.com/160028/japanese-diaper-makers-are-fighting-a-new-competitor-chinese-diaper-pirates/ I shudder to think what materials the counterfeits are made of, imagine this poo poo on your child's body: https://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/flipflop.asp
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Nov 30, 2017 13:49
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Quality?
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Nov 30, 2017 13:58
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Im staying at JW marriott in Shanghai and startled when someone just opened my door and kept saying, "tendon service" over and over. I spoke to a manager and they said its tendon service time. Something about making the bed, comforter, etc. Wtf does that mean. Turn down, not tendon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipXfMJALwAg
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Dec 1, 2017 10:40
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Turn down for what? They're the ones who come in and loosen the bedclothes so as to make it comfortable for sleeping rather than photogenic. In some places they'll also put chocolates/mints/whatever on the pillow.
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Dec 1, 2017 13:16
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Bajaj posted:Where can I find this thread? TIA It's the link from the quoted post: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?goto=post&postid=478909121#post478909121
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Dec 2, 2017 09:30
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...the gently caress?
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Panic-slamming the gas, okay. But then changing gear and doing it again in the opposite direction? Edit: intellectually I can see the steps involved but I just can't wrap my brain around actually loving up like that, especially given how long she drives forward for before hitting the wall. GotLag fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Dec 2, 2017 |
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Grand Fromage posted:Yep. There was a plant in the traditional herbal pharmacopoeia which contained an effective anti-malarial chemical, and it was isolated and used. The thing is that TCM is this entire system of magical bullshit. What that scientist did was go through a number of old herbal remedies, scientifically testing them to see if there were actual effective medicines in there. That chemical worked and was researched and used in proper, controlled medical trials. Hence, medicine. This is how all real medicine works. Nobody denies the concept that there are naturally occurring medical chemicals, plenty of the real medicine we use is derived from plants and fungi and stuff. The point is it is done scientifically and systematically, which makes it medicine. TCM is sympathetic magic. Wasn't there some added irony in that the TCM preparation neutralises the active ingredient (through boiling or something else)?
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Chomp8645 posted:This has happened before. Some scavengers in some out of the way place in Brazil or whatever took some radioactive material that while picking scrap and parts from an abandoned hospital. 4 deaths, including the daughter who was playing with the powder because it had a pretty blue glow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident All because the security guard hosed off to go watch Herbie Goes Bananas. http://atomictoasters.com/2012/07/the-darker-side-of-herbie/ GotLag fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Dec 13, 2017 |
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:There's some plant they used for landscaping that completely smelled like weed, so even if someone knew what it smelled like, they likely wouldn't have thought much about it. Moxa/mugwort? When I was in Japan I rented a room from an acupuncturist and it smelled like she was toking up 24/7
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Does the face gain from showing the gate who's boss cancel out the face loss from walking into it in the first place? peanut posted:The Falkland islands are garbage wasteland that should be turned into a wildlife conservation zone (managed by Argentina) That's a terrible idea. What will the Argentine government have to distract the population from domestic woes if not the
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Dec 23, 2017 00:53
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The safety ropes look just long enough to leave you hanging between the steps, with your head bouncing off them.
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What is it that they are fighting so ineffectually over?
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Jan 1, 2018 12:16
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Bajaj posted:Here's a great video that really makes you ask "WEISHENME?????" https://i.imgur.com/7jIwyX9.gifv
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Making nukes is expensive (financially and politically) so if you're a Western nation why bother when you can just rely on the US to provide them?
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Don't worry, it's not a bubble. Bubbles burst, and we can't have that.
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Jan 7, 2018 03:47
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What are the two forbidden pieces of text on the second-from-bottom row?
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Jan 7, 2018 08:06
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Imperialist Dog posted:just another day on the Hong Kong MTR Are those people in fluoro yellow jackets police? They're so comically ineffectual.
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Platystemon posted:Australia has more venomous snake species than non‐venomous. But that says nothing about the relative quantities or where the most venomous ones live.
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Jan 10, 2018 12:13
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I grew up in the heavily-wooded urban fringe of an Australian city and in 20 years only ever saw snakes at zoos or wildlife parks. And once I saw a dead one on a country road. How are Americans not all dead yet from the non-stop attacks by grizzly bears, black widows, mountain lions and rattlesnakes? Is this why everyone has at least one gun on their person at all times?
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Jan 10, 2018 12:36
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Platystemon posted:Black widows are ridiculously overrated.  Kharnifex posted:Yothu Yindi bites are easily treated yeah Treated now!
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I wonder if voice actors ever suggest corrections only to be told to just read it as-is, or is it considered unprofessional?
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Jan 12, 2018 06:15
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Ceciltron posted:when i worked in offices, I was told this regarding translations and editing: Interesting, thanks. I used to live with a guy who did Japanese-English/English-Japanese text translation (as well as in-person and phone interpreting) for a living, I never thought to ask him if clients typically made changes to his output - but then he might not know.
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Devils Affricate posted:s in the news this morning. Apparently Marriott today set off major alarm bells in China for possibly violating cyber security/advertising laws and causing public outcry. Their offense? They had a questionnaire on their bookings app that accidentally listed Hong Kong, Tibet, Macau, and Taiwan as separate countries. Chinese netizens predictably lost their poo poo, and Marriott's website and app were shut down. An investigation is underway. Would I be correct in assuming that "listing Chinese-claimed regions such as Tibet and Taiwan as separate countries" refers to a drop-down list that included those localities as well as other countries? Edit: found this with regards to Taiwan's status: "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck then maybe it's hurting the feelings of the Chinese people." GotLag fucked around with this message at 12:27 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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Grand Fromage posted:The government/government-related people like to throw shitfits about Taiwan but I've never met an actual Chinese person who cares. Back when I lived with Chinese students one of them got shouting mad when I said Taiwan was an independent country. He was fresh off the boat at that point though, and in the following years mellowed hugely.
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Who do I have to pay off to not see video of Murdoch's wrinkled old-man cock?
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Maybe it's just the way he's twisting his shoulders, but that is one freakishly straight torso
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GoutPatrol posted:There basically is no sex Ed in any asian country as far as I can tell Sora Aoi: Japan's porn star who taught a Chinese generation about sex quote:Porn is a key source for information about sex for young people in China, as sex education is limited at school; and most Chinese parents shy away from teaching children about sex. I'm trying to find out what the three questions were. quote:"There was once a popular saying on China's internet - 'Diaoyu Islands belong to China, and Sora Aoi belongs to the world'. This is how she relieved the political and civil tensions."
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What are the stats for developed nations though?
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Because combustion heaters produce carbon monoxide if your room is sealed up tight, and idiots don't realise that electricity doesn't.
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I say this one is worse because the cement truck incident is just this unbelievable cascade of events that you'd never be able to replicate if you tried, it's so unlikely it goes from tragedy to black comedy. The fates wanted that rider dead and nothing he did was going to let him escape. This is some fucker being either criminally oblivious, or even worse so utterly callous that they didn't care there was a person's head in front of their tyre.
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The dashcam owner driving around the body and peacing out is the icing on the poo poo sundae. Edit: At first I thought the green car was braking because the driver realised they'd run someone over but now I think it's just because there was something else in front of them, gently caress.
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The term for those is calques, isn't it? Literal translations of idioms from one language to another.
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Look at these joyless fucks, what's wrong with hedonism?Grand Fromage posted:I had the art show scam in Beijing, but the old guy who brought me there was really interesting to talk to and I needed souvenirs for family anyway so I hardballed and got out with a bunch of like $8 wall scroll painting things. Not much of a scam. Was I scammed? Two cute girls in Tokyo talked me in to going inside a lame-rear end "gallery", except I found a picture I thought was kinda nice and paid about $5 for it. Is it still a scam if you're happy with what you bought?
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Jeoh posted:since this is the India SAR thread as well: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-is-filling-up-because-indians-are-sending-millions-of-good-morning-texts-1516640068 Paywalled
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Copypaste the URL into google and go from there (I'm too lazy to install a script or whatever to do it automatically) Not working.
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oohhboy posted:Is persistence hunting an option? Persistence hunting only works on animals that run away.
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Does Canada allow legal name changes like a civilised country, or does it use lovely French civil law?
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