Though to an extent, the lack of community, especially amongst children is due to the complete lack of independence and they have to depend on their parents to drive them everywhere.

where do you live that there’s not even a playground or a residential street within walking distance of your home?

I wouldn’t use “never get to experience” but i would say it’s much harder to have that real sense of community that we easily found in the 90s, early 2000s, etc.

People are more connected to others but still more isolated from others. We were less connected to other people back then so people made a real effort to come up with fun activities and bond together. For kids, it’s the lack of just playing outside in the neighbourhood with friends. For adults, it’s the lack of third places and community/religious events.

I know people who were Christians in Afghanistan, who were outed to the government (Taliban). The word they use is “spy”. It may not be the normal, English use of the word, but it’s the word that real-life people who have been on the receiving end of the betrayal use.

This is basically what i mean; someone who you can’t fully trust about their allegiance.

That is really awful what happened to those people; are they ok now?

Would you rather he, as a non-government affiliated citizen, pick a side? War is stupid. Communication is great. Maybe this is naive of me, but I think the world would be better, and maybe require less war, if everyone had equal access to communication.

I recently read about Ted Hall who shared nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union because he thought everyone should have equal access to nuclear weapons and this would prevent another world war.

Your logic is similar and it’s not a good thing.

my guy…

US citizens are obligated to enter the US on their US passport. They are also obligated to file taxes regardless of where they live. As a US citizen, you could be living on Mars for your whole life and still have to file US taxes.

You also have what, 6 years of back taxes to file? You should find a CPA with knowledge us US/German tax laws to prepare that for you. There may be treaties in place.

As someone else said, there’s also the selective service you were supposed to have registered for

don’t they teach about the biological use of hair in science class to kids?

I know some Gen Z recent grads who use chatgpt to write their code.

back in my day, we had to write our code ourselves…

Or fries are just potato strips cooked in oil.

well, yeah? what’s wrong with saying that? this is not the same point you’re making about chicken breast vs chicken mash

Animal 15 began to lose coordination, and staff observed that she would shake uncontrollably when she saw lab workers.

i hate that i can read this

ngl i haven’t actually heard of someone blaming foreigners for their kid’s drug problem before

“You see drugs everywhere and most of the drug addicts are South African rather than foreign nationals. So, what’s happening? Are they feeding our own brothers and sisters so that it can be easy for them to take over?” she says.

That rhetoric sounds familiar but not in a good way

no, that’s not the same thing. “our relationship” does not convey the same emotion that is intended in the chinese word.

? It’s the best way to translate it, some Chinese words don’t have good English translations and vice versa

when women are obligated to cover up, people just accept those governments telling them what to do; have you seen any protests lately about governments in the middle east and asia telling women to cover up?

we get typhoon/monsoon season around this time but in recent years it has been stronger and more destructive than before

is that subway still working? if so that’s pretty impressive

MTR is running but many stations stopped because either they got flooded or the streets outside are flooded

this is a bus that got flooded

here is a subway/MTR station that’s flooded: https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2023/09/08/e55c8344-c070-48e2-a13c-e2b3e1a7ee16_97609f3f.jpg

it’s a wong tai sin station (wong tai sin is the god of healing in Daoism)

“Will wearing a suit and tie count? Marxism originated in the West. Would its presence in China also count as hurting national feelings,” one user posted on Chinese Twitter-like platform Weibo.

She cited one case that drew headlines in China last year where a kimono-clad woman was detained in the city of Suzhou and accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” because she had worn the Japanese garment. The incident sparked outrage across Chinese social media.

“To wear a kimono is to hurt the feelings of the Chinese nation, to eat Japanese food is to jeopardise its spirit? When did the feelings and spirit of the time-tested Chinese nation become so fragile?” wrote one popular social commentator online, who writes under the pen name Wang Wusi.

from here: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58394906

In 2019, during further moves on censorship, China blurred out the earlobes of some of its young male pop stars in television and internet appearances to hide their piercings. Tattoos and men’s ponytails have also previously been blurred from screens.

Someone i know who works higher up in walmart said something like 50-60% of their workers were FWP

For those wondering, “Hurting the feelings of the Chinese people” is an actual phrase (伤害中国人民的感情) it started all the way back in the late 50s.

this last part “感情 ganqing” translated as “feelings” or “emotional attachment”, it’s actually an important part of chinese culture, esp business culture (similar to this is “guanxi” which is someone’s network). These are major parts of chinese culture and relationships with others. this phrase is more like “you’re hurting our relationship”

hong kong’s govt is just a ccp lapdog

could get 2 of them done for the price of one?