also the hot water thing comes from no good water source

Sure that garbage they sell with the candy in it but one made with dried fruit and soaked in rum is amazing

Are those the ones made in England?

Dunno, that's how my family rolls though. Is fruitcake english?

the pregnancy stuff isnt the same in taiwan, sorry thats what i meant mostly

ive never had a good fruit cake

i wish i did it seems good idea

Just make your own. Only way to go.

her dad thinks north korea is great and wants to go to pyongyang for vacation

isn't he taiwanese?

nah hes mainlander

porcorosso's gf is taiwanese

oh

how do they communicate to you, via English?

thru the daughter

@kaetaa I mean, it's great for tourists

It's great if you don't have a US visa

hes only seen shit the chinese media has shown him - he honestly thinks its a prosperous nation

I'm grateful my parents never talk about politics with family

becuase they know it's bullshit

yeah same, my folks dont often speak about politics

i try not to either with fiancees parents. they try to often but i just change subject or just go "uh huh"

It could be worse

I used to work with a Maoist from heilongjiang who would cite quotes from him

MAO WOULD SAY ....

or on the flipside another loud beijinger who would always say bring up Mao in a negative light. Both these guys are like 30 years removed from Mao, and both reside in the US.

Literally no one fucking cares about that in the south

hahaha

It's like people raised in a religion, either it's nothing but flowing praise or constant fedora tipping

economically it's doing alright tbh, managing to catch up

it's just not having time to catch up in other aspect so their culture feels really fake

they're borrowing other countries culture since their's got destroyed and havent recovered

Exactly

They are in denial about it though

I really like this about HK cause the culture evolved

Mid autumn festival update.
Last night for dinner I made rabbit dumplings and wood ear with lotus root. Turned out great. And I got a lotus paste mooncake and made some tea I got in Tibet

out kitchen just got raided by the chink group again, and no one dares speak up <:chink:323022148870602752>

and you are not drinking with them

truly sad!

@transience kick them out already

N-no mainland stacie might get mad