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Bhodi
Dec 9, 2007

Oh, it's just a cat.
Pillbug
All first world nations get their own GBS threads, that's the definition of a first world nation.

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pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Jaramin posted:

Mao's grandson looks sort of like a fat Chinese William Shatner.



This was the most flattering picture of him I could find.

Isn't he literally retarded? Or so completely moronic that his minders try to keep him from doing anything but smiling and waving in public.

Jaramin
Oct 20, 2010


He apparently just sucks at calligraphy.

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse
What's wrong? He just writes like he looks. It's a surprise that there are no grease stains on the paper.

Morton Salt Grrl
Sep 2, 2011

D&D: HASBARA SQUAD
FRESH BLOOD


May their memory be a justification for genocide

Whorelord posted:

going to the british museum is hilarious

"priceless sacred golden statue of tibetan deity, acquired 1850" yeah guys guess you just legit dug that one out of the ground huh

The British Museum is the greatest monument to imperialism the world will ever see (and also one of the best museums in the world) and I loving love it. Everyone who thinks the British Empire was bad needs to be taken there to see all the cool poo poo we got. My only regret is that we didn't conquer and loot more, and we should have trained all our soldiers to recognise priceless artifacts so they would loot more and smash less.

basically the British Army should have become the official collections arm of the museum, rather than the unofficial arm.

Phlegmish
Jul 2, 2011



*starts sweating profusely* yeah that's, uh, some real bad writing

i hope no one finds out that i don't know how to read chinese characters

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
TBF my handwriting makes me look like I have problems too

Whorelord
May 1, 2013

Jump into the well...

Teddles posted:

The British Museum is the greatest monument to imperialism the world will ever see (and also one of the best museums in the world) and I loving love it. Everyone who thinks the British Empire was bad needs to be taken there to see all the cool poo poo we got. My only regret is that we didn't conquer and loot more, and we should have trained all our soldiers to recognise priceless artifacts so they would loot more and smash less.

basically the British Army should have become the official collections arm of the museum, rather than the unofficial arm.

oh yeah it owns, we ended up with... whatever the gently caress these things are

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe

Blistex posted:

Most Chinese guys I've talked to are fans of Japanese porn, but don't like the squealing by the female stars, or the "noodle-sucking" sounds during oral.

Looks like I've finally found common ground.

Antifa Spacemarine
Jan 11, 2011

Tzeentch can suck it.

Whorelord posted:

oh yeah it owns, we ended up with... whatever the gently caress these things are



Tehy're called Lammasu.

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Jan 29, 2015

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


Bhodi posted:

To be fair to Mao, it did work out in the end. Chinese population doubled, minus 5% due to famine, and once he was marginalized they had all those extra hands to fuel a massive production which pulled hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and made them a first world nation.

yah but their demographics are even more hosed up than Japan's because the population growth stopped dead but before any kind of economic growth at all so now they're going to stop growing at like brazil levels of wealth

like as hosed up as japan is it's scary to think that's basically best case scenario for china

a pipe smoking dog
Jan 25, 2010

"haha, dogs can't smoke!"

Jaramin posted:

Mao's grandson looks sort of like a fat Chinese William Shatner.



This was the most flattering picture of him I could find.

He literally has a food stain on his uniform.

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

Blistex posted:

The mainland Chinese are firmly in the "breast men" category

And this is why we call them Celestial.

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth

Blistex posted:

The mainland Chinese are firmly in the "breast men" category

Finally they did something right.

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


pentyne posted:

The more I hear about Mao the more he seems like that Japanese thing about middle school syndrome, where 13-14 year olds suddenly think they're the smartest people in the world and have magic powers, only in this case his powers were kind of real in that he could wave his hands and a million peasants would die each day and he could proclaim he was the smartest person in the world and anyone who questioned him was shot along with their family.

This is pretty much every dictator.

Lord of Pie
Mar 2, 2007


Mao's grandson looks surprisingly normal considering a good portion of his genes are whatever crusty poo poo fell off Mao while "washing".

Also lol at the drool on his uniform

Obama 2012
Mar 28, 2002

"I never knew what hope was until it ran out in a red gush over my lips, my hands!"

-Anne Rice, Interview with the President












Jaramin
Oct 20, 2010


Lord of Pie posted:

Mao's grandson looks surprisingly normal considering a good portion of his genes are whatever crusty poo poo fell off Mao while "washing".

Also lol at the drool on his uniform





...yes.

In other news:

Blistex
Oct 30, 2003

Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

Jaramin posted:

In other news:



<looks at manufacturing tag on bottom, nods knowingly>

Accretionist
Nov 7, 2012
I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Nice!

pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Groovelord Neato posted:

This is pretty much every dictator.

Not really. Castro, Hitler, Stalin, Franco, Mussolini etc. all seem like people who rose to power, learned from the world around them and aside from genuine insanity in some cases knew how to run a country to a fair degree. Mao just seems like he lucked into everything and because China was so loving huge no one wanted to tangle with him and the 2000 year old culture of subservience to the overlords allowed him to just completely ruin China (twice) and gently caress pre-teen peasant girls instead of bathing.

The 5 year plans for the Soviets were pretty harsh but managed to rapidly accelerate Russia into the modern world. The "Great Leap" was Mao just condemning 60+ million peasants to death and producing literally nothing of value because he wanted to catch up but was completely ignorant as to the differences between China and Russia.

Deng Xiaoping seems like if he had been in Mao's position China would be vastly better off, but because Mao held the power at the start he had to stay back and not rock the boat to avoid being executed and just bide his time.

pentyne fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Jan 30, 2015

etalian
Mar 20, 2006


He looks like a grownup version of the fat bratty warden's son from The Story of Ricky


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFMsur-O8Us

Accretionist
Nov 7, 2012
I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Shadow of K2:




Louping, China:

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


Accretionist posted:

Louping, China:



the secret behind this picture is that that's actually a sea of human urine mixed with runoff chemicals

Accretionist
Nov 7, 2012
I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Indeed. Just ten years ago, those fields were white.

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008


thats korean. fail

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer


getting infectious laughter through this pic

or am I just laughing at a goofy fat guy

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


Monkey Fracas posted:



getting infectious laughter through this pic

or am I just laughing at a goofy fat guy

that guy's probably going to have pretty serious health problems later in life :(

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

icantfindaname posted:

that guy's probably going to have pretty serious health problems later in life :(

Later in life? He probably has serious health problems now.

GORILLA BASTARD
Jun 20, 2005

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Oh hell Yeah! When does this guy take over? I mean just look at him, he's gonna be a riot. Wait till Joe Biden parties with this guy.

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


icantfindaname posted:

that guy's probably going to have pretty serious health problems later in life :(

This probably is his later in life.

pwnyXpress
Mar 28, 2007

Accretionist posted:

Shadow of K2:



Like, you know something is tall when it's freaking shadow can be seen above the horizon.

Jaramin
Oct 20, 2010


The Chinese are exporting their not giving a poo poo about historical artifacts to other countries.



"The graffiti on an Egyptian carving at the 3,500-year-old Luxor Temple reads: "Ding Jinhao was here."

"Leaving graffiti is common among Chinese tourists, damaging historic sites and demonstrating poor education and behavior.
"Yasser Hamed, the Egyptian tourist guide who led the tour on which Shen Yuwen discovered Ding's graffiti, said the boy may have noticed similar graffiti left as long ago as the early 20th century on the temple's walls, and thus may not have realized the gravity of his act."

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



GORILLA BASTARD posted:

Oh hell Yeah! When does this guy take over? I mean just look at him, he's gonna be a riot. Wait till Joe Biden parties with this guy.

I wonder what pests he will order the Chinese people to kill. I'm going to guess bees because they are taking all those pollinating jobs away from hard working farmers.

Decrepus
May 21, 2008

In the end, his dominion did not touch a single poster.


Accretionist posted:

Shadow of K2:



Dear gently caress. :stare:

Accretionist
Nov 7, 2012
I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES
The Shadow of K2, alternate angle:

Cursed Lumberjack
Nov 14, 2006
A rather unfortunate logger indeed.

Accretionist posted:

The Shadow of K2, alternate angle:



lol your mom really goes all out when she takes a selfie

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Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Is Mao's grandson a general?

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