@Droidbot What you mean by that though

CS is mainly just logic

brb gonna hack the chinks

i mean, gen-ed level phil is literally "learn these five or six names, here's a list of logical fallacies, write babbies' first proof without falling into em"

@transience yeah, something I'm quite ok at

>traditional characters
the only good characters

Argh I'll worry about this when the time comes

@Matthew yeah, I was told it would help with indigestion bit messed up the ratios. Just feel like dying now.

@transience >the intentionally confusing alphabet system designed to suppress peasants is the best
G U L A G
U
L
A
G

gulag is always the answer

delet this

Also, the part about simplified characters promoting literacy is sort of a meme

@Kaytee the problem is the goal is to make more moral or at least more logical people. How many people do you think will actually take that away? How long unti standards are dropped because who the fuck needs to know that shit to chunk numbers?

while they did manage to sort out the illiteracy problem, taiwan and HK are getting on just fine with traditional characters <:thenk:329322130804047872>

simplification was a mistake

@johnfrum#8811 i mean, focusing higher education on getting a job is kinda a problem to begin with

most jobs that "Require" a degree just really, reallty don't

>small wealthy countries can afford to educate thier people better
>large relatively poor countries can't

This is why I don't like you.

any retard could sit at a desk and tap numbers into a spreadsheet

Do you know what simplifcation is though

why does that require degree

higher educatioin should be about what it says on the tin

when I send mainland chinks messages in traditional, they can read it no problem

not "prove you deserve this job by paying money"

@transience instead of pretty pictures it's now actual word sounds

Yes, that's better

simplification is still "pretty pictures" without the pretty part

also i wish we'd stop pressuring people to go to uni over trade school from such a ridiculous young age

@Kaytee yeah but piling on coursework to drive people further into debt isn't going to fix it though.

skilled trades are important and one can make a good living doing em

left is traditional, right is simplified http://www.chinese-outpost.com/language/images/characters/TRADSIMP.GIF

@johnfrum#8811 i mean that's not an issue with the coursework that's an issue with america's for-profit everything

if you can read one, chances are that you can read the other

JAKE FIX YOUR SHITTY FUCKING BOTNET

the only real benefit of simplification is less strokes

i.e. easier to write

It's also easier to read and more efficient. Thought pinyin was phonetic tho.

pinyin is phonetic

@Kaytee making it free won't fix anything though