Krem

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[–] Krem@hexbear.net 15 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

why does Ricky Gervais, the largest human in the office, not simply fire the other humans?

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

i tried this once (for real) and it tastes like straight up pine cone

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

that moroccan afghan stuff from nepal

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

or a location issue. i've been to some pretty good vegan sushi places

and you better believe that when i make my own it tastes amazing. vegan caviar is great. king oyster mushroom "squid" too. konyaku sashimi works well too

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 40 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Imagine there's a woman, possibly a minority (sexual, ethnic and/or other), with blue hair, piercings, tattoos, smokes weed, has a "free palestine" sticker on her backpack, rich parents, vegan, iphone, lives in a big city. Imagine she sits in a starbucks all day drinking caramel mocha matcha frappiato and complaining about men and the system. Imagine a business owner is sitting at the next table, overhearing her conversation (he's not a pervert, just a normal guy with good hearing (not saying he has to be a guy, maybe it's a woman, but it's a guy)) and he wants to offer her a ~minimum~ ~wage~ job at his business company. Imagine he walks over to her, business card in hand, and she says "fuck off creep". Should the government keep giving this woman 6660€ of free money every month, and should the guy be cancel cultured and publically shamed? What do you think, fellow teenagers?

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

i was thinking language + culture, but i should have put latvia-lithuania i guess

still, finland is surely much more similar to estonia than karnataka is to maharashtra or guangdong is to hunan

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

USA-Canada, Germany-Austria, and probably other examples like Norway-Sweden, Finland-Estonia, Netherlands-Belgium A, France-Belgium B, Czechia-Slovakia, 75% of former Yugoslavia, all call themselves "separate countries" but they are much more similar to each other than say two neighbouring states/provinces in India or China are

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

yeah, though that's usually red and green beans (adzuki/mung beans). for the toppings you can have big old kidney beans too

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

everyone would get really high

why was it always "everyone got really high" with that guy

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago (5 children)

no joke, (sweetened) beans are a desert topping in east asia, for example on your tofu pudding or shaved ice

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago
[–] Krem@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

叔叔的老花眼

 

In men's 100 meters, DPRK's Jo Kumryong made it to the finals, and got 4th place. juche-WPK

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Krem@hexbear.net to c/sino@hexbear.net
 

Based on my post here

A small sample, off the top of my head. Things I remember the name of. Feel free to add your own, with links.

News

CGTN

https://www.cgtn.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@cgtn

International news in English and other languages.

CCTV

https://tv.cctv.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@CCTV

International and domestic news in Chinese languages (mainly Mandarin). Some stories and videos may be subtitled.

TV

乐队的夏天 (Yueduide Xiatian / The Big Band) Season 3 Full episodes (2023)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv_dU2t-nBM

Reality show where rock/pop/indie/electronic bands compete against each other, performing their own songs as well as doing covers and collabs.

歌手 (Geshou / Singer) Full episodes (2026)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j42AuvKOVB4

Reality show where established and new singers perform songs for an audience. CW: one singer is a white american dude who speaks English

舌尖上的中国 (Shejian shangde Zhongguo / A Bite of China) Full episodes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLcvFT8WGRI&list=PLR_UIYIzlAt_x9PHw76CpyMlXjVdBxmHM

Food documentary series. See traditional regional foods and ingredients, how they're made and enjoyed. CW: meat, eggs, dairy

航拍中国 (Hangpai Zhongguo / Aerial China / Bird's Eye China)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOHG5PB2LOchMwZqA4TomZ9ZfsUIhiUhy

CGTN documentary series based on drone footage of Chinese landscapes and cityscapes. Great to fall asleep to. English narration.

欢乐颂 (Huanlesong / Ode to Joy) Full episodes (2016) English subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGpu56WQGQ&list=PL5qNLU4QrSSLHmEYFpstKxGalbRBl_MwR

Romance / family / work drama set in Shanghai.

西游记 (Xiyouji / Journey to the West) Full Episodes (1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3KNpyKILHM&list=PLIj4BzSwQ-_sfc7l2xm1wQswAd5jqrrDS

Classic 80s fantasy show.

Movies

我和我的家乡 (Wo he wode jiaxiang / My People My Homeland ) Full movie (2020) English subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dghqeyRYq58

Comedy-anthology propaganda movie (that's right). Several short comedy films about rural development and how much has changed in the last 20-30 years.

海的尽头是草原 (Hai de Jintou shi Caoyuan / In Search of Lost Time) Full movie (2022) English subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iol5lEIG8U4

Drama movie set in present day, with flashbacks to the 60s where orphans in urban eastern China were adopted by mothers in rural Inner Mongolia

人在囧途 (Ren zai jiong tu / Lost on Journey) Full movie (2010), English subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNV_WADOgvk

Road movie farce, similar in tone to classic 80s american comedies I guess. Shows a wide range of regular Chinese locations and situations. CW: possible insensitive language/tone?

归途列车 (Guitu lieche / Last Train Home) Full documentary (2009) English subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th6V717d-5E

Documentary about migrant working class life in Guangzhou in the early 2000s.

 
 

Lots of bullshit details here.

China expert was in China for a whole 18 months as an anglo expat english teacher. expat english teachers are famously known to learn much about the cultures in which they live. in no way do most of them make mostly expat friends, go to expat bars and eat at western slop restaurants

First thing they noticed about China: the macdongles is different! Surely this offers some insight into the asian mind.

The difference: I'm sure we've all seen the old redditesque urban legend where someone's dad prides himself of not cleaning up after eating, because being a messy dickhead "creates jobs". apparently, the chinese are a whole nation of redditor dads, which is now a socialist virtue. because there's nothing more socialist than creating work by wasting people's time, especially in a country that could maybe hire people to reforest the desert or work in a solar cell factory.

personally, I don't eat at mcdangols, whether in china or elsewhere, but I use their toilets frequently so i've been inside their corporate-imperialist embassies many times. chinese maccy-eaters are in no way more messy than westerners.

 

where can I find the sequels "Bad Gateway" and "Gateway Time-Out"?

are they considered bad canon like the Brian Herbert Dunes?

 

pretty cool that an asian newspaper is casually orientalist. qing dynasty dude, creepy dragon, indian people barefoot and wrapped in saris

garrisonesque, but not enough labels, what's the flute supposed to represent

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