Will that make people think youre retarded

No it will piss them off

Sometimes

speak simplified chinese?

if you mean write, it's not really a big deal, some people here use a few simplified characters when hand-writing notes

it's just quicker

for anything formal though it'd be weird if you're not a mainlander but understandable since that's what's being taught around the world

Yeah it seems like that @kaetaa

Good mate of mine is Taiwanese/Korean

He decided to take the Chinese course in year 9 to brush up on his skills

New teacher asked him his nationality

She's Chinese

He said he was Taiwanese and she flipped her fucking lid at him

So he decided not to bother with that class, got out, and he took History (elective) instead

Jesus even grade 9 teachers are insecure

I go out of my way to do it these days

I even have a "I love Taiwan" sticker on my phone case

When I use my phone on the subway people give me weird looks

Even just saying you like Taiwan is fighting words

My laptop has a sticker of Taiwan flag

I told my old co-worker I liked Taiwan more than China and she said "that's offensive"

And I tried to explain to her that people can have their own opinions

And she wasn't having any of it

The idea is to pretend that China is the best in the world even if you don't agree

They will shit all over the entire world in their nightly news (that gets broadcast on every channel at night...you can't avoid it)

And just talk big about China and how great China is and everyone thinks China is great and loves them

My fiancees dad will say shit like "xi (president of China) is the best man in the whole world"

"Kim Jong in is great. I wanna visit North Korea"

They have no idea what's going on in North Korea. I tried to tell them, they said I was lying. I showed them videos and photos. Said they were fake

I don't tell them the truth anymore because they just want to live in blissful ignorance

They think people don't critsize China on the news because there's nothing to criticize

I said no because it's illegal they will fucking kill you

They said if that's true, why haven't I heard of it

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My fiancee agrees with me with almost everything except falun gong and the organ harvesting

She was brainwashed from a young age to think falun gong people are crazy and want to kill everyone. And she thinks the organ harvesting stuff is impossible

The organ harvesting is pretty fucked and hard to swallow

but thats all over at this point

Yeah

I give her a pass on it

So mainland chinks are insane essentially