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Cuatal posted:Chinese Tough Guy I could get my girlfriend to get tough with him, if you like.  Oh, Zhuhai is also one of my favorite places. Its quite green, not so congested, close to Macau, awesome seafood. Theres also some great islands.
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Speaking of Macau and Chinese tough guys. I hate Chinese tough guys in Macau. Something about being on vacation and spending some money makes everyone feel like they've got to act like the biggest, most obnoxious laoban. But then again we did just have a discussion a few pages ago about how being a big, obnoxious dick is the way to get things done in China. So maybe I'm doing it wrong.
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Bloodnose posted:Speaking of Macau and Chinese tough guys. Being a huge dick works pretty well at times though. Whenever I needed to pay a visit in the old embassy the Chinese guards around the streets would be all demandy of a passport and gently caress me if I'm gonna haul that around with me everywhere. I'd usually just whip out my wallet and flash my US drivers license. If they decided that they still wanted to see a passport a "你知道我是谁呢？ 你知道这是什么呢？" and they'd just let me pass, no questions asked. The embassy didn't give a gently caress, just the guards outside. The only thing other than being a dick that works is getting all cute about poo poo. Flying economy and ya want booze other than lovely wine and beer? Not a problem if you know how to simultaneously act like a dick who is only flying economy because first class was sold out and act a little cute about it. Bam, skybar opens up and they'll bring you anything because you weren't being a dick even though they half expected you to be one.... this won't work in the US though because the FAs hate you more than you hate them.
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I was actually pretty upset the first time I went to the US Embassy in China. It was like my second day in China, the first time I had ever traveled to Asia. I only had a six week intensive Chinese course under my belt, so I could barely speak the language at all. I got a little lost, but eventually found an entrance to the Embassy. Not the front door. But I went up to ask the guys there if I could go in. They didn't understand me. They were Chinese and didn't speak English. I tried asking where I could go in then. Still no good. I just took out my passport and waved it around and then they started pointing me in the right direction. But I had to go through this little game a few more times before I finally got to the front gate of the Embassy. Then even at the front gate it's still Chinese guards who speak lovely English if at all. I thought it was tradition that American Embassies are guarded by U.S. Marines. What the hell is this poo poo?
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| # ? Jun 2, 2011 09:06 |
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The Chinese embassy in Ottawa had a Sikh guarding it. Oh and an angry, rude old chinese lady. So I guess overall, it was representative.
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Bloodnose posted:I was actually pretty upset the first time I went to the US Embassy in China. It was like my second day in China, the first time I had ever traveled to Asia. I only had a six week intensive Chinese course under my belt, so I could barely speak the language at all. On the outside it's Chinese, on the inside it's Marines. It all really comes down to who is allowed to carry guns and where.
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Yeah it's great that they put the people who could be most helpful to lost Americans behind a huge wall guarded by clueless minimum wage Chinese people.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2011 09:50 |
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FrozenVent posted:Oh and an angry, rude old chinese lady.
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Bloodnose posted:Yeah it's great that they put the people who could be most helpful to lost Americans behind a huge wall guarded by clueless minimum wage Chinese people. Well, they could slap marines on the outside, but they wouldn't get to carry any guns and I guess you might as well just castrate them or something. Keep in mind that the majority of people they service are in fact not natural born english-only-speaking americans. The Radix posted:We have one of those in Sydney! She's there every single day handing out her f@lun gong booklets. I saw a group of them the last time I had to get a visa outside of China. Sitting there in the shade in front of the LA embassy. Years ago they were all in your face and screaming and yelling at everyone who passed them. In LA they were there for the opening, signs just resting against a tree when I went in at opening time, half an hour later they were already packed up and gone. So sad to see that they lost their pep. Screaming back at the 轮子 and ridiculing their craziness (not the facade they put on outside of China) was always a highlight of the trip  In Tokyo I even got one of them pissed off enough that they threw a rock at me in front of a cop, and they got hauled away in handcuffs.
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Pro-PRC Laowai posted:Well, they could slap marines on the outside, but they wouldn't get to carry any guns and I guess you might as well just castrate them or something. Keep in mind that the majority of people they service are in fact not natural born english-only-speaking americans. non-citizens, where the divider is a glass wall. When I went in, there were just a couple of citizens, but I could see the other side was packed wall-to-wall with Chinese people. Still think it's not good for an American embassy to be guarded (on the outside) by Chinese, or any foreigners for that matter. I'm sure they could have built it a different way where they could post guards at the door and still be on U.S. soil and have their guns. That's how embassies work, right? Extraterritoriality? Just something very wrong with the image of foreigners who can't speak my language blocking me from getting into my country's embassy. Pro-PRC Laowai posted:Screaming back at the 轮子 and ridiculing their craziness (not the facade they put on outside of China) was always a highlight of the trip I'm not very familiar with them. What exactly do you ridicule them for? I live right next to the main rail station for trains from the mainland, so they're always camped outside my house with big signs that say things I won't post here for the sake of not getting auto-GFW'd.
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Bloodnose posted:美國佬 is a new one for me. Dictionary says a derogatory term for an American, a yankee. Also please send him a loose translation of parts of 99 Problems (But a Bitch Ain't One).
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caberham posted:Post My Goon City...waiting for a game of starcarft to start ... This seems like a good idea. Chongqing Is the 4th most polluted city in China. I think this is the same thing as being the 4th most polluted city in the world, but I'm not sure. Fun activities for laowai include staring at the sky and trying to decide if you're looking at the sun or midday moon. You can't tell. One of my best friends in China is a 30 year old man who had never smoked a cigarette in his life before coming here. He started smoking recently because "at least this way you get a filter." He might be on to something. Pros: No American-style Christian right wing teaparty style shennanigans. Cons: Dirty. Really, really loving dirty. Most places in China, people piss in the street like it's no thing. Here, they poo poo in the street. People poo poo in the street. It's funny how a few pages back, someone was talking about dogs and the eating thereof. Back home, we've got "stoop and scoop" laws. If your dog poops in the street, you pick it up and throw it in the garbage. It's understood that everyone else has the right to not step in your dogs poo poo. So you clean up after them. We hold our animals to a higher standard than this country's citizens. Western dogs are expected to behave better than Chinese people. Dogs are better than Chinese people. This is a Chongqing public washroom.  This is at an above-average, "classy" sort of establishment, as evidenced by the lack of poo poo on the floor. You may be familiar with the Sky1 miniseries "An Idiot Abroad" starring Karl Pilkington. The first episode features China. The host is compelled to visit a Chinese public restroom, and is dismayed to discover that the stalls are only half-height and are not equipped with doors. AT LEAST THEY loving HAVE STALLS Chongqing toilets: No stalls. Also missing: Toilet Paper. It's hard to teach a class, flirt with the local girls, go to the bank, or take anyone seriously at all about anything ever when you know that each and every one of these smelly bastards is walking around with a day's worth of poo poo caked on their rear end. I have Master's Students. These are people who will someday be expected to be leaders in their country. All I see is a bunch of cavemen who don't wipe themselves or care if someone watches them do their business. My dog at least had the decency to look self conscious if someone watched him pooping.  Or drag his rear end across the carpet if he got poo poo all over it. But not these people. No. They're perfectly happy walking around in their own excrement. I devised a test to determine the ethnicity of an asian person. Specifically, whether or not they are Chinese. It's very simple: 1. Obtain bucket. 2. Pee into bucket. 3. Throw contents of bucket onto subject. If they don't seem to mind, they're Chinese. I tested this theory on my girlfriend the other night. Her response: "Pee can make plants grow. It's contain many nutriments. Not like poop. Poop is dry, not good for plants grow." Nevermind that this is rear end-backwards (also a potential test of being Chinese), "Yes, but you're ignoring the fact that you've got piss all over you." "It's good for plants grow" I hate these people.
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Zhuhai is a nice place if you want clean and I bet it's nice for a visit but it's fairly cultureless, you can't deny that.
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DreadLlama posted:1. Obtain bucket. So the other day, we exchange students had a seminar with the department's professors as to the difference between university culture in North America and China or I don't know what. After ten minutes, we're out of material and we're just starring awkwardly at each others. So one of the female teachers musters up her courage and stands up: "Do you like NBA?"
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A while back some of my professors went on a week long trip to California for a conference. They cleared out all the Kobe Bryant jerseys out of one store.
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Bloodnose posted:I'm not very familiar with them. What exactly do you ridicule them for? I live right next to the main rail station for trains from the mainland, so they're always camped outside my house with big signs that say things I won't post here for the sake of not getting auto-GFW'd. #1 thing that will drive them batshit crazy is making comments (that are true) about their guru/cult leader (LHZ). Basically the same kinda reaction you'd expect to get from a scientologist if you start talking poo poo about Ron L. I don't know about now, but virtually all the pictures they used to use on their posters were from things entirely unrelated, telling them where they were sourced from makes them angry too.
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DreadLlama posted:You didn't tell me anything about Chongqing, you just ranted about poop .Pro-PRC Laowai posted:#1 thing that will drive them batshit crazy is making comments (that are true) about their guru/cult leader (LHZ). Basically the same kinda reaction you'd expect to get from a scientologist if you start talking poo poo about Ron L. I don't know about now, but virtually all the pictures they used to use on their posters were from things entirely unrelated, telling them where they were sourced from makes them angry too. Can you give me some sources? I'd like to try this.
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Aero737 posted:What is the best way to get a desktop computer to Beijing? I don't think Delta will let me check it (no checked computers) and it is too big to carry on. I was thinking about ditching the case and just bringing the insides but I'm worried about it looking strange to xrays at the airport and I am worried about customs (3 hard drives). It is a bit old so I was thinking about just bringing the new powersupply and video card and buying a new motherboard, cpu, ram, and a tower in china. I know taobao is almost a limitless treasure trove for online shopping, but will I be able to put together a decent desktop using it? Or should I just say to hell with the desktop and buy a laptop? I ditched my case and brought all the pieces in boxes. I put it in a checked bag and had no issues. When I reassembled it everything worked perfectly. I live in Chongqing... it's not THAT bad. Many parts of it are really dirty but the parts that have had bucketloads of money thrown at them are nice: Jie Fang Bei, Jiang Bei, Sha Ping Ba, Nan Ping... there are lots of nice places in Chongqing. Though I kind of hate a lot of Chinese people after living here and I get a lot more annoyed with people here than I do in Chengdu for instance, so yeah it's definitely a rung down from many more developed cities. systran fucked around with this message at Jun 2, 2011 around 15:05 |
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Bloodnose posted:You didn't tell me anything about Chongqing, you just ranted about poop he did say some stuff about being the 4th most polluted city in China... But I think that was just the build-up for his poop rant.
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Bloodnose posted:美國佬 is a new one for me. Dictionary says a derogatory term for an American, a yankee. Today he called me four times in five minutes while I was busy playing football. He then called while I was resting and I answered and he yelled incomprehensibly at me and when I told him 还以为是我找了她？是她找了我。你这个脑残的农民，你配不上她。 basically but worded differently, and he tried to get around the fact that she's the one that comes calling me by saying LET ME TELL YOU CHINESE AND AMERICANS ARE DIFFERENT as if I'm supposed to telepathically know this girl has a boyfriend and it's somehow my fault and not hers. He then yelled out some address that was nowhere loving close to mine and said he was going to come kill me, so I told him yeah you got me, come fight me and my five huge African roommates. He hung up on me after that and hasn't called back since. The most ironic thing about this is that he graciously offered me his friendship on Chinese Facebook. Cuatal fucked around with this message at Jun 2, 2011 around 15:27 |
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Cuatal posted:
Dudes asking to get trolled. Why don't you just let him know that the lady in question said one man at a time just wasn't enough for her and you and your Korean buddy are always open for twosies after a little baiju. By the way, he wants your friend status because he has a nerd buddy that thinks he has an awesome virus he can get you with. FrozenVent posted:had a seminar with the department's professors as to the difference between university culture in North America and China or I don't know what.  You mean out of material that wouldn't amount to you bashing on China's educational system, right? I feel like I could go on for hours about the differences. Or, optionally, that I could go on for hours on a poop rant, but I see that that's already been done. ===== Edit: just saw this Chinese tiger escape drill photo thing on reddit 
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Sheep-Goats posted:You mean out of material that wouldn't amount to you bashing on China's educational system, right? Yeah, pretty much. It was awkward as gently caress, especially since it was hosted by a guy who read slides out loud all semester, and the first guy to stand up went on a rant against Power Point. After that it was just "Yeah... So... Yeah..."
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I was walking through an underground tunnel today and a group of three Chinese guys a bit younger than me started laughing and said 老外. I figure I'm leaving China in two weeks anyway so I turned around and death stared them. They looked at each other and nervous laughed some more. Finally I just turned around completely, walked up to them and said "有一个人在你的旁边，老外不应该说出来。真的好无礼“ They just like stared at me in disbelief and I walked off. As I turned the corner I heard them laughing again. So ready to leave.
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Sheep-Goats posted:By the way, he wants your friend status because he has a nerd buddy that thinks he has an awesome virus he can get you with. I'm pretty sure every website in simplified Chinese is already a virus. I recently switched to Chrome from Firefox and so I don't have all my noscript and adblocks and all that stuff up yet. Going to Chinese websites without those is a miserable experience. Pop over to oabt and get a horribly annoying zero-quality erhu-rock loop while a banner ad flashes cartoon tits at me.
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Cuatal posted:Today he called me four times in five minutes while I was busy playing football. He then called while I was resting and I answered and he yelled incomprehensibly at me and when I told him 还以为是我找了她？是她找了我。你这个脑残的农民，你配不上她。 basically but worded differently, and he tried to get around the fact that she's the one that comes calling me by saying LET ME TELL YOU CHINESE AND AMERICANS ARE DIFFERENT as if I'm supposed to telepathically know this girl has a boyfriend and it's somehow my fault and not hers. He's not offering his friendship, he's just keeping tabs on you. "keep your enemies closer", besides, he wants to see if you post pics of you and his girlfriend so he can come KILL YOU! Bloodnose posted:oabt looks like a good site, I'm assuming they all have Chinese subs yeah? Great for finding a movie to watch with the girlfriend! Thanks for that. SB35 fucked around with this message at Jun 2, 2011 around 23:29 |
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systran posted:I was walking through an underground tunnel today and a group of three Chinese guys a bit younger than me started laughing and said 老外. I figure I'm leaving China in two weeks anyway so I turned around and death stared them. They looked at each other and nervous laughed some more. Finally I just turned around completely, walked up to them and said "有一个人在你的旁边，老外不应该说出来。真的好无礼“ They just like stared at me in disbelief and I walked off. As I turned the corner I heard them laughing again. I get my ticket to Lisbon, Portugal this weekend. I have about two weeks left. TWO WEEKS. Then four to five months in Europe. It...is...so...close... I know I'll miss my friends, my kids, the food, the cheapness of everything, but my God China is doing everything in its power right now to try to get me to leave and not return.
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SB35 posted:He's not offering his friendship, he's just keeping tabs on you. "keep your enemies closer", besides, he wants to see if you post pics of you and his girlfriend so he can come KILL YOU! Yep, but it's mainly that renren tells people what pages you visit and when. If they're friends he can see if and when and what on the girl's page he looks at. That said,  NEVER CASUALLY LOOK AT ANYTHING ON ANYONE'S PAGE ON RENREN.Before I knew that I'd, you know, click on pictures or videos or whatever people posted. Then I'd get messages going, "看到你在看看我的人人..." followed up with nearly anything you can imagine. From what I surmise it's more or less the equivalent of hitting on a Chinese girl. Magna Kaser fucked around with this message at Jun 3, 2011 around 00:14 |
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How does that not end up in perpetual omega trolling?
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Sheep-Goats posted:How does that not end up in perpetual omega trolling? Picture a troll trolling a troll, forever. That's the Chinese dystopia.
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FrozenVent posted:Picture a troll trolling a troll, forever. Well, the table manners are just about spot on in that image so it works for me.
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I kinda hate to drag up old topics but do you guys consider 老外 a slur? Nobody ever calls me 老外 to my face or behind my back within earshot (I only hear 美国人，外国人) so I don't know what to make of it. I guess only guys can be called 老外? Also, considering non-insulting phrases like 老公 and 老师, I don't think the 老 part is supposed to be an insult. maybe the 外 part though. The stories in this thread are interesting, ha ha. Maybe I should post some sometime too. I have a partner and so I don't date people in China, but I do get hit on in.. interesting ways. I wonder why goons are so positive about Japan but so negative about China and Korea.
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hitension posted:I wonder why goons are so positive about Japan but so negative about China and Korea. That may have something to do with China rather than goons.
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Sheep-Goats posted:That may have something to do with China rather than goons. I've been to something like 17 countries, this is the first one that's made me say "I can't wait to get out of this country." But some people like it. I mean I'm sure it'd be a lot better if my chinese extended beyond "Ni hao" and "Xie xie". (I tried. It ain't an easy language.)
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Here's a video of me making a fool of myself on Chinese Television at a "mahjong competition" (really a staged advertisement, but I got free food and booze out of the deal) http://goo.gl/aJjJs Could someone tell me how to download this? Can't imagine it'll be online indefinitely. edit: I'm the guy they interview at the end that can't remember how to say 数词 SB35 fucked around with this message at Jun 7, 2011 around 22:56 |
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Korea is awesome. They broadcast live Starcraft matches on national television. I would vacation there. China is poop.
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SB35 posted:looks like a good site, I'm assuming they all have Chinese subs yeah? Great for finding a movie to watch with the girlfriend! Thanks for that. The ones categorized as 美剧 have Chinese subs, the ones that say 美剧原片 are the 'raws' that haven't been subbed yet. But yeah, that's exactly what I use it for. Sharing American stuff with Chinese friends and girlfriends. The torrents also come down a lot faster for me than American or European sites. Only thing is you have to get them fast. Pretty much everyone stops seeding after a couple weeks. I can torrent a show in a minute or two on the week it comes out. If it's been more than three, I might take a week or two to finish. But it's great to have a Chinese hardsub site that uses regularly old torrents instead of emule or xunlei or that poo poo. Hate xunlei. Hate hate hate it. I'm pretty sure I found this one because it was linked by a goon. Maybe the Chinese language thread. hitension posted:I wonder why goons are so positive about Japan but so negative about China and Korea. I don't know about Korea, but I read the Japan thread and there's plenty of negativity about that country. Sounds like bureaucratic stupidity is even worse there than in China and the Japan goons have certainly made me never ever ever want to rent an apartment in Japan. DreadLlama posted:Korea is awesome. They broadcast live Starcraft matches on national television. I would vacation there.
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goldboilermark posted:I get my ticket to Lisbon, Portugal this weekend. I have about two weeks left. TWO WEEKS. Then four to five months in Europe. It...is...so...close... I knew you would finally crack.
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I really like China and I've been away for 2 months and can't wait to go back at the end of June.
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I know plenty of people that seem to love it here. One of my coworkers has been here for 5 years and has no plans to leave (Though I have heard after 7 or 8 years they just refuse to renew your residence permit lest you have 大山 level guanxi or something). A couple others are settled down with families. A few others are bored with the current city but raring to go in a new locale. I have issues with the place, but I also had issues with my hometown and college town in the states. Overall I enjoy a seemingly greater level of personal freedom over here. I've been sort of raging and angry too but I think that's more of me being bored of where I am than China rage. That said, my old university roommate was a Japanese major and did a year work/study thing over there. When he got back he complained that he was already in his 4th year or he'd change his major because he never wants anything to do with that island again. I guess whatever wacky Asian country you're in, ymmv. edit: anyone catch this week's South Park? It was funny how spot on it was with the China/Japan thing. Magna Kaser fucked around with this message at Jun 3, 2011 around 13:04 |
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