I've been here a few time already and I love it. Are you Taiwanese? @red

Yeah.

It's like a clean, democratic and civilised version of China with actual human beings @icecream

@icecream I think the people are nicer but I'm very likely bias

With Kaohsiung being the most amazing city

That sounds neat.

I haven't been to kaohsiung in a long time. It's a manufacturing hub so I bet there's plenty of good chink shit there

May I ask in which city you live? @red

Taipei

I just get stuff at guanghua or through ruten, ahaha

weirdly enough, shit's often cheaper through the english chink sites

I don't know Taipei too well but I get lost easily there since my Mandarin is just basic

I prefer Kaohsiung. When there are only two metro lines, chances I get the right one are 50%

Ahaha, that's true. The MRT is huge

Kaoshiung has the weeb-tastic KRT girls though

What do you mean?

Anime mascot for the metro rail system there

I follow a few japanese on twitter that came to taiwan specifically to go there

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Ah the anime girl on all the metro signs? @red

Yeah

My gf always stands next to the signs, tries to mimic her and puts a photo of it on Instagram

And once she did so nearby a toilet and got problems because you may not take photos nearby the toilet

lol, yeah

Are there really "camera detection systems" or do the signs lie?

And if yes: how does this work?

sensitive issue since there used to be people who would put hidden cameras in the toilets, they have comprehensive systems in place to detect those now though

Was it a big deal when this happened?

I haven't seen them in action myself but they would probably just be a radio receiver that scans whatever frequencies the cameras leak

I'm not aware why cameras should leak different frequencies if any compared to other devices

But if it works, it's cool

I know you can detect certain electronics like that, maybe it's based on what they transmit? not sure

Ah sure so this means they transmit, not record

When I was growing up here I'd hear news stories about cameras being found

I assumed a better way to place a hidden camera in the toilet would be to have one that just records, and then at some point, you go pick it up to see the thousands of pees until you find that specific one that turns you on specially

Yeah. Maybe it just detects anything electronic

You don't really expect anything in, like, a vent

Well it's a pretty disgusting thing to do

I wouldn't be worried, personally

I haven't heard about that happening in a long time