Message from @red
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Yikes.
>tfw want to go to China for permanent access to cheap electronics but muh freedoms
depending on where you live,flying is already worth it
my 2 trips to Taiwan / year usually already pay off alone by the electronics that I buy
China is great for a visit
Taiwan too
where are the girls generally cuter in your opinion?
Between Taiwan and China ?
Taiwan for sure. The girls in China spend all their effort to try to pretend to be rich and cool so they wear and do dumbass things
That existed in Taipei as well but most of the girls were like HK girls they just wanted to live their life and didnt feel like they were trying so hard
Chinese girls do all kinds of crazy shit to appear rich and try to pretend they live an interesting life
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This is how bad it's gotten. I saw a woman walk into a Starbucks and ask for a cup just to walk out and pretend to sip from it. It was empty
Taiwan girls just seemed more chill
The way they dressed was much better too
Less weird shit
I've lived in taiwan half my life and the girls here just seem normal
Yeah agreed. Just normal chicks
Hong Kong was similar too, but they had their own ways too
they do dumb girl things like girls do but nothing so ridiculous like the things you just described that happen in china
China seems like a pretty weird place
While Taiwanese society does a lot of things better than we do. I often find myself thinking "if I have kids and they're half Taiwanese, they will probably be better / more ambitious / more successful people if they grow up in Taiwan, rather than here"
It makes me curious. If I were in health to check it out, I would.
the encouragement to study and have a successful career is much stronger than here in Taiwan
I'm a halfie myself, i dunno
i spent my early years here and then half of my later childhood in the US
i think if i grew up here i would have just been content doing whatever
the US gave me a lot more ambition
i dunno how it is over where you're from, though
switzerland, i think?
I'm Italian but I'm in Switzerland right mow. I think what you're pointing at is the sense of individuality which is a little lacking in Taiwan. But I don't think you would have been content to do whatever, if at least one of your parents taught you not to
I see that "life acceptance" if we can call it like that in my girlfriend. However she has a way bigger sense of responsibility and ambition to improve herself than I do
So I believe that a kid growing up in a society with such strong values on education and responsibility, like Taiwan, can potentially have a better life than someone who grew up in a lax "just do what you feel like" society like Italy
We can put it in the negative way: we are just way more full of ourselves and arrogant in the west. But maybe a little of that influence could let someone who grows up in a Taiwanese society, help him to exploit the system there in his favour
not sure if I'm explaining my thoughts properly tbh
i agree entirely and people shit on me when i ramble about the current state of western culture
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