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Roy
Sep 24, 2007
[Insert topical pun]

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-bans-puns-20141203-story.html

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Elusif
Jun 9, 2008

wish china had banned you

Iamblikhos
Jun 9, 2013

IRONKNUCKLE PERMA-BANNED! CHALLENGES LIBERALS TO 10-TOPIC POLITICAL DEBATE! READ HERE

A real chink in the armor of the liberal opposition

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

Controlling the language... was it Stan Lee who said something about that?

SirDan3k
Jan 6, 2001

Trust me, you are taking this a lot more seriously then I am.

Roy posted:

[Insert topical pun]

But topical puns are for topical use only.

Free Cheese
Sep 16, 2005
Come on, it's free
Buglord
What does this Ming

John Denver Hoxha
May 31, 2014

What a persistent nightmare!
....but enough about my posts
RIP big pun

Hobo Siege
Apr 24, 2008

by Cowcaster
If ever there existed cause for rebellion...

Mustang
Jun 18, 2006

“We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”
come on guys theyre next global superpower, you dont want to hurt their feelings

Mustang
Jun 18, 2006

“We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”
only cultural elites and the well educated are supposed to make puns, not the unwashed masses

Iamblikhos
Jun 9, 2013

IRONKNUCKLE PERMA-BANNED! CHALLENGES LIBERALS TO 10-TOPIC POLITICAL DEBATE! READ HERE

Mustang posted:

only cultural elites and the well educated are supposed to make puns, not the unwashed masses

That's literally what the guy said, how hosed up is that?!

Free Cheese
Sep 16, 2005
Come on, it's free
Buglord
Wow china went totally balls to the wall with this, Mao don't get me wong I've no shanghai horse to sit on either but it just seems like a wonton waste of legal resources well gotta go hit my hong bong

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

Free Cheese posted:

Wow china went totally balls to the wall with this, Mao don't get me wong I've no shanghai horse to sit on either but it just seems like a wonton waste of legal resources well gotta go hit my hong bong

ilikedirt
Oct 15, 2004

king of posting
tso what

satanic splash-back
Jan 28, 2009

Free Cheese posted:

Wow china went totally balls to the wall with this, Mao don't get me wong I've no shanghai horse to sit on either but it just seems like a wonton waste of legal resources well gotta go hit my hong bong

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





What a wonton act of oppression.

Smokey
Feb 8, 2008
fried rice

ElectricSheep
Jan 14, 2006

she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.
looks like their ability to make puns was...shanghai'ed

Pissed Ape Sexist
Apr 19, 2008

They were getting sick of everything being so mao tse tung in cheek

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



If puns are outlawed then only outlaws will have puns.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



I think China has the right idea, and these forums should adopt this rule ASAP.

benitocereno
Apr 14, 2005


Doctor Rope

ElectricSheep posted:

looks like their ability to make puns was...shanghai'ed

:frogc00l:

AKA Pseudonym
May 16, 2004

A dashing and sophisticated young man
Doctor Rope
It's a great leap for words

Roy
Sep 24, 2007

AKA Pseudonym posted:

It's a great leap for words

ilikedirt
Oct 15, 2004

king of posting

CaptainSarcastic posted:

If puns are outlawed then only outlaws will have puns.

Saalkin
Jun 29, 2008

Free Cheese posted:

Wow china went totally balls to the wall with this, Mao don't get me wong I've no shanghai horse to sit on either but it just seems like a wonton waste of legal resources well gotta go hit my hong bong

ilikedirt
Oct 15, 2004

king of posting
this threads now officially the emptyquote megathread u can emptyquote w/e u want from thise thread so decrees me the king of postinng

Pissed Ape Sexist
Apr 19, 2008

It looks like they'll never be the systematically slaughtered by Mongolian raiders due to the challenges of agrarian settlements defending against swarming light cavalry of a major corporation

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Pun control is a touchy subject :v:


On a serious note, I guess stand-up comedians aren't exactly plentiful in China.

Pontificating Ass
Aug 2, 2002

What Doth Life?
OOOOHH ME NO RIKEY PUN JOKE ME SO SOLLY

benitocereno
Apr 14, 2005


Doctor Rope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHRFhfeLgY

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



Sounds like the Chinese government's mouth is writing Chiang Kai-sheks that its butt can't cash.

zooted heh
Oct 16, 2005

str8 mercin burgers my nigga

TheJoker138 posted:

I think China has the right idea, and these forums should adopt this rule ASAP.

ilikedirt
Oct 15, 2004

king of posting
they been china do this for years

Canadian Surf Club
Feb 15, 2008

Word.
what are they gonna do? take me to china jail??

Roy
Sep 24, 2007

Canadian Surf Club posted:

what are they gonna do? take me to china jail??

probably

metasynthetic
Dec 2, 2005

in one moment, Earth

in the next, Heaven

Megamarm
i think the chinese govt is just trying to help out young speakers

because puns in chinese are really confucian

Disillusionist
Sep 19, 2007
this is arbitrary punishment

MegaGatts
Dec 12, 2004

The Enteroctopus dofleini, also known as the giant Pacific octopus (GPO) or North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the phylum Mollusca and is tripping balls.
This is kinda old news. The consensus is they banned puns because a ton of what ever the analogue of youtubers are in china have been using puns to hurt the feelings of the government.

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School Nickname
Apr 23, 2010

*fffffff-fffaaaaaaarrrtt*
:ussr:
i don't know how to make a pun in chinese

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