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Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

lilbeefer posted:

FWIW the push to restart megathreads is a great idea

Not empty quoting.

I have a friend who tried to get into SA, but was apparently too broke-brained too understand that you don't need to read all 600 pages of a megathread and can just jump to the end, so he gave up. Yes, he's a habitual Reddit user.

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# ¿ Jan 28, 2020 17:34

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 08:14

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Lol, imagine being in your eighties in the quarantine zone, running out of food, and then having a drone shout at you because you dared venture out in search of sustenance without a worthless paper mask on.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2020 03:43

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Trump trying to be the Piglet to Xi's Pooh Bear:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1225728755248828416?s=19

# ¿ Feb 7, 2020 16:43

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

China is the classic super senior who will adamantly assert their superiority over underclassmen because they've been there longer and are thus obviously smarter and wiser. It's always hard to tell whether they honestly believe that they're hot poo poo or are just compensating for knowing full-well that their own pitiable shortcomings got them where they are.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2020 06:58

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

BrainDance posted:

I think we're supposed to talk about how awesome US warships are for the next 10 pages now, though.

Likely apocryphal encounter between US and Russian warships back in 90s or early 00s when tensions were lower:
:ussr:

This nice ship, but where are cats?
:911:

Cats?

For rats.

...We don't have any rats.

Though, having seen pictures of how well Russian warships are (not) maintained, the story being true would not surprise me.

# ¿ Feb 21, 2020 10:47

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Anyone have good sources for how the PRC has actually performed on Covid in the last year? Seeing folks talking up their response post-March 2020, but, knowing the CCP's relationship with the truth, I'm pretty drat skeptical. My uninformed guess would be that China has coupled extreme quarantine measures (likely with little thought to the wellbeing of affected communities) with rabid suppression of data or conversation that might contradict the rosy image (which might be detectable by looking at aberrations in total death count, assuming even that data is accurate).

Not looking to defend the atrociously poor performance of many states in the West, just find something good to point out that "Hey, maybe this brutal authoritarian state isn't giving the world the full picture :shrug:

# ¿ Apr 11, 2021 21:49

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Good news, videos have been obtained of Peng Shuai showing she's just been relaxing at restaurant and everything is fine. Case closed, back to your normal programming.
https://twitter.com/CaseyHo/status/1462091951230963714?s=19

# ¿ Nov 20, 2021 18:41

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Devils Affricate posted:

My, you're looking particularly untortured on this fine November 20th, Ms Shuai! Let's use our very real freedom of movement to play some tennis somewhere within our country's borders.

Yes, let's! There is nothing I love more than to play tennis. This is what I, Peng Shuai, am most known for around the world and nothing else. Can you repeat the date today, kind friend?

# ¿ Nov 21, 2021 05:22

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

https://twitter.com/qiaocollective/status/1462255901943996420?t=uWvHnwbzGLrSjFacarGXwQ&s=19
"The allegations of sexual assault are serious, but clearly all this international attention on the accuser's disappearance and bald-facedly fabricated 'reappearance' is Western imperialism on full display!"

# ¿ Nov 21, 2021 18:40

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

thetoughestbean posted:

I didn’t know who Grace Park was until this thread mentioned her (I was too young to watch Battlestar Galactica) so I did a quick google and it turns out she used to be part of the Hollywood sex cult! The more you know

lol, I thought it was just Nicki Clyne who went all cult-y, but you're absolutely right. Now I'm curious if any other BSG veterans fell into similarly bad company.

# ¿ Nov 27, 2021 03:01

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

The NYC episode of the Simpsons was dropped from rerun rotations and/or edited in the US out of fear that the WTC scene was insensitive to the survivors of 9/11. The China episode was dropped in China out of fear that the Tiananmen Square scene was insensitive to the perpetrators.
https://twitter.com/hkfp/status/1464554470260424710?t=VKeJdPeLOyBiDE6Q6I3opQ&s=19

# ¿ Nov 27, 2021 21:32

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Is corn on nearly every god-damned pizza a uniquely Korean thing?

# ¿ Dec 1, 2021 15:32

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

When you think about it, isn't the vicious spreading of Western ideas like "democracy" and "human rights" just the epitome of colonialism? Do you really think some ancient Greek pederasts know what's best for the people of China? 5,000 years of history have shown the efficacy of traditional Chinese politics (TPM).

# ¿ Jul 27, 2022 15:20

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Obligatory:

# ¿ Aug 4, 2022 01:15

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

The Great Autismo! posted:

I know people will make fun of me but one of my apartments in China was actually haunted - we had it super cheap, I actually saw a ghost there,

Your apartment probably had bad ventilation and you narrowly escaped death by carbon monoxide poisoning.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2022 04:27

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Tankie discourse seems to be alternating between "oh, well, just an old man with medical problems being gently led away to receive aid" and "lol get rekt, strong daddy xi is the power that be".

# ¿ Oct 22, 2022 16:24

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Kevin DuBrow posted:

Some people were climbing up the sides of business to survive, and reporting says that the dead are mostly young adults, including a substantial number of teenagers. It's definitely not a joking matter.

At least it's no longer a pressing matter. I'm so sorry.

I'm a little surprised we don't see similar after the sporting events that spawn drunken hooligans to riot in the streets, though America's abysmally car-centric infrastructure has the side benefit of leaving too much space to create a crush event.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 05:02

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Dapper_Swindler posted:

just buying empty buildings and then just millking them for value before flipping them but always keeping them empty?

What value is in an empty building?

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 05:30

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

MarcusSA posted:

The raw property value.

The contention was that buildings are left intentionally empty, which seems like a great way to lose any profit which might be seen from an increasing property value. Without tenants, they'd be paying out the rear end for maintenance and taxes with no revenues to offset the loss. They could skimp on maintenance, but that might impact resale value. They could skimp on taxes if they're cronies, but still probably not enough to offset the cost of leaving the building empty.

The whole "empty buildings = profit" is just a peculiar narrative that I most often see in left-NIMBY circles and I don't understand the reasoning behind it.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 05:51

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

I'd dropped it from what I'd quoted, but the post included that half the properties were vacant. Flipping works when the market is tight and even then is done with as quick a turnaround as possible, handing off to buyers who'll actually use the property before the costs of ownership eat too far into the profit margin of the flip. But that doesn't sound like a market where half the properties are unutilized, unless buyers are all-in on tulip mania and flippers are flipping to flippers who flip to flippers.

Edit: Not saying it's impossible, particularly in a country where the spectre of arbitrary authoritarian intervention has grossly warped the markets (to say nothing if the vacancy-inducing impact of spooky ghosts!), but it doesn't seem remotely sustainable for investors.

Anyway, that's my random tangent.

Cugel the Clever fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Oct 31, 2022

# ¿ Oct 31, 2022 06:05

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Did y'all know Tiananmen was emblematic of the Chinese government's gentle approach to protests? See, when a column of armored tanks advanced on the mass of foreign stooges, it didn't run over the mentality ill man who tried to stand in front of it. A friend came out, pulled him aside, and made sure he got the help he needed! Remember, ACAB doesn't mean ACCAB :china:

The NED-dominated Western "media" is just jealous of the deft handling of the latest foolishness that isn't happening.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2022 17:17

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Tomn posted:

I realize that this is broadly better than the alternative, but it's a bit amusing to me that most of the more recent skirmishes between India and China have been basically brawling street mobs in the mountains instead of, y'know, soldiers shooting at each other.

I knew not with what weapons World War III would be fight with, but... apparently it will also be sticks and stones, wtf —Albert Einstein

# ¿ Dec 15, 2022 03:51

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

PITY BONER posted:

Feigl-Ding loves screeching, blowing everything out of proportion, and doom posting, but this is a decent recap of the past week in China.

What's the deal with this guy, anyways? He's got my mom still terrified beyond due reason that Covid is going to burst in at night with a hockey mask and a chainsaw—just ludicrously more sensational than any other medical professional.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2022 22:25

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Dandywalken posted:

Why do Swedes not offer food to guests?

They're just being careful not to invoke guest right so that they can kill their not-guest freely at their leisure.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2023 17:27

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Megillah Gorilla posted:

And in serious, depressing and all-too-familiar news:

Roughly 1 million Tibetan children have been separated from their families and forcibly placed into state-run boarding schools

Good old "residential schools" nothing bad can happen at one of those, right?

It's only bad when it's an instrument of Western imperialism™. If China does it, it's a generous subsidy from the enlightened CCP to usher in a new age of prosperous harmony.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2023 06:55

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

free hubcaps posted:

Uh oh, looks like National Feelings are in danger of being hurt again!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66737272

Wearing a suit? That's a paddlin'.
Wearing a kimono? That's a paddlin'.
Wearing a Japanese military uniform? That's a paddlin'.
Questioning exactly what constitutes an insult to the spirit of the Chinese people? Oh you better believe that's a paddlin'.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2023 10:56

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

galagazombie posted:

Modern America has basically lost the ability to even conceive of the idea of �Build something that we will need, in the future.� So when someone else does it, regardless of if it�s done well or bad or is chock full of grift, it just seems like madness. Building an apartment building because you know the population will keep growing and you�ll be glad you had a spare one lying around, rather than just waiting till there�s a bunch of people with nowhere for them to live, is not an idea that America understands anymore.

Only evil, greedy developers build apartments and they only build -~*-luxury-*~- apartments. Except for, even worse, they build affordable apartments. This isn't that kind of neighborhood! Look, if 200 families additional want to live here and there's only one house (which is dilapidated and happened to be a former meth lab), the only acceptable outcome is for only the highest bidder to be welcomed in. All those other folks can find homes somewhere else.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2023 03:41

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

3D Megadoodoo posted:

Tankies don't care about communism or know what it is, they're just big fans of every imperialism except "Western" imperialism. HTH.

"Communism" is that thing Father hates, right? Well, call me a communite!

# ¿ Dec 18, 2023 16:35

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Megillah Gorilla posted:

And in new "this is killing" news.

CCP stooges demand piano players stops filming in public in Britain because they were in the background.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/19ct231/ccp_demand_piano_player_in_a_public_place_stop/

JFC, Reddit or the subreddit took down the post. Still accessible via direct link, but not appearing on the subreddit feed anymore. I don't really know how Reddit or its moderation work, but I hope it's just a case of a subredddit mod being a pro-CCP shitheel and not Reddit itself caving to pressure.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2024 05:30

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Let me know if I've got this right. The US is Goku, Britain is Master Roshi, Canada is Krillin, Germany is Piccolo, Australia is Tien, New Zealand is Chiaotzu, and France is Yamcha?

# ¿ Jan 26, 2024 03:19

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

And Mexico is Chi-Chi! We're through the looking glass here, people.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2024 06:29

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Cactus Ghost posted:

international relations is cartoons

No, that'd be silly: international relations is Sex and the City. America is such a Samantha!

# ¿ Jan 26, 2024 17:23

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Tai posted:

Usually an American who thinks China is left wing.

B-b-b-but China possesses the two essential characteristics of left-wing politics as outlined by Marx in Das Kapital, vol. 7, page 693:
1) a ruling party which self-labels as "communist"
2) opposition to the Amerikkkan empire

Anyone who would question this by pointing to supposed injustices is clearly just a running dog for the CIA, cynically exploring bourgeois liberal imperialist values around things like "worker's rights" and "freedom of expression". A perfect communist society need not be judged under such a distorted lens.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2024 17:33

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Okuteru posted:

Isn't Pathfinder free tho?

The company makes money from fans buying the rule books, pre-made campaign content, and likely a whole host of ludicrously expensive knickknacks that are the sole domain of super fans with too much disposable income.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 08:37

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

And even if it did have executions, it would just be the height of Western cultural chauvinism to criticize the practice in China! loving liberals and their saffron-washing.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2024 16:32

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Or, for that matter, in any media which wishes to retain its mainland viewership/readership/playerbase. It's a good thing no Western company would cave to rank authoritarian censorship of those merely expressing their desire for liberty and democracy.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2024 15:50

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 08:14

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Tai posted:

Why do China stans think China is a Communist state? It's not even left wing. I really don't get it.

A two clasped hands on muscular arms
meme.
Left: Terminally online self-labeled leftists
Right: Shithead conservatives
Center: Mistaking things as left-wing just because they have the words "Communist" or "Socialist" in the name.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 01:30

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