Message from @transience
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how was it
*only* 2 bottles 🤔
i had two bottles too
it is 3am in thailand
so there is that
ye I feel like sleep is an option at this point
she is 100% right
why are the chinks holding coupons in the air
because they are dogs who like to flaunt their money
Fuck me, man
tfw rather get mistaken for thai (it happens) than for chink
How high a Hong Kongian is in this hierarchy
Hong Konger*
High enough to look down on mainland chinks
and they do
Is hongkong above or under taiwan chink?
It depends how you look at it, I guess
Hong Kong is a fast paced society and service staff can be a bit shit because of that, from what I heard
Taiwan work culture isn't great either but the people somehow managed to not be bitter despite not a great work life
Not counting the service industry, HK people generally seem polite
way better than mainland chinks
a lot can actually into English too, although it's not guaranteed
I am around a lot of HK tourists recently and they behave reasonably
in my mind, taiwan is above HK but only by a little
Thoughts on China's belt and road project?
Its based
Should've just pulled through Russia and ignored the middle east tbh.
imo
Yeah but what about that debt trap diplomacy?
US Japan and WB have been doing it for years
China finally learned from the IMF I guess. But that doesn't make it any less unsettling.
It's rather a game of bomb trap diplomacy
But China presents as some warsaw-pact-tier shit.
For the goverments
Doesn't mean so trainwrecks aren't going to do shit anyway
I mean if it works, good for everyone involved, but so far i only see this with a lot of bad press and somaly pirate tier shit coming up.
I dunno. I guess I just kinda assume the worst bcuz China. But even if it's benevolent, I expect at least a free press to take a hit in the countries involved because why piss off the country that's stimulating your economy? It's in their interest right now to do everything to avoid pissing off Chinese Winnie the Poo and I'm worried what kind of effects that will have.
A lot of BRI contracts are as much about relieving china's massive industrial overcapacity and steel surplus as they are about leashing smaller economues around them
I hope at least some of the countries involved will try to develop some economic independence instead of sitting on their laurels.