• wifom [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I love how there is a whole genre of Chinese laws that basically only target rich assholes and annoying youtubers

            • Yun [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              The donghua industry has only really gotten going in the last couple of years wrt 2D animation and given the quality of works that are out already, it seems inevitable that they will surpass the Japanese industry within the next decade. Hopefully as donghua becomes more mainstream like anime is right now, it'll help to bridge the cultural divide between China and the West.

              • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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                4 years ago

                I have a bit of a problem with your way of talking about it. We've seen other countries try to make anime before, and it has often bad results. Anime is very much the result of Japanese culture and history, so another country can't just make it. I've read a fair amount of Manhwa and a lot of Manga, and,although they share some traits, it's obvious which is which. Neither is going to beat the other. It's a bit like saying anime overtook cartoons. Cartoons have suffered a lot due to poor management and the overt commercialization of them, but they didn't die out or get replaced with anime. It also feels very colonialist to me to say that one cultural export needs to dominate another. I'm excited to se where donghua goes from here, but I don't want it to replace anime or cartoons. Sorry if I'm getting too emotional here, but animation from many cultures have been a big deal to me, and I don;t like them getting turned into some sort of race to domination.

                • Yun [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  Ah I see. Sorry if my wording came across like I wanted one to beat the other. That very much is not the case. The "surpass the Japanese industry" remark was purely meant to be illustrative of how big I think the Chinese animation industry will become. Not trying to make some competition out of it or dunk on anime, just saying that given the amount of manpower/resources being put into it, I think donghua will become as mainstream as anime is right now and I think that will be good.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I'd love to see Jake Paul try to pull some bullshit in North Eastern China and just get punched in the face by a passer by.

    • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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      edit-2
      4 years ago

      It’s hard for me to process the reality of such laws bc it makes too much sense lol

      I have some kind of Stockholm’s syndrome haha

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      4 years ago

      There's at least one restaurant in the US with a scale too: the Heart Attack Grill, where you eat for free if you weight more than 350lb (160kg), and where all the food is specifically designed to be bad for your health. Their "Quadruple Bypass Burger" meal apparently has 10000 calories.

  • Phish [he/him, any]
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    4 years ago

    I guess the thread isn't all bad. Somebody pointed out we've made it illegal for people to take food out of dumpsters, which basically makes food waste inevitable. I mean obviously it's worse that we have citizens so starved they resort to searching through garbage, but you get the idea.

  • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Meanwhile, in freedom land we are bombarded with advertisments trying to convince us to over eat empty calories.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      If it makes you feel better, bullshit food advertising is also a thing in China.

  • acealeam [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    this sushi buffet near me charges you for wasting food and.. i dont really care. its good and cheap. technically a sin tax but you can easily offset it by just eating smaller portions at a time

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Well I found this video of a hotdog-eating champion challenging a bear:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgqbCq_sxmo

    • eduardog3000 [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      fully erect, this beast stands over 8 feet tall

      :soviet-bashful:

    • Phish [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      It's very funny to me that they have an American and a Japanese flag in the background of this competition.

      • RNAi [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Specially since the bear was canadian

        • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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          edit-2
          4 years ago

          The announcer said Alaska.

          Unless you know a dark secret that would make the competition a farce...

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Capitalist "freedom" is the freedom to endlessly, mindlessly consume

  • eduardog3000 [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    Making food waste illegal is a positive policy change? Cmon dude that’s ridiculous

    Beyond parody. "Making bad things illegal is good? Cmon man that's ridiculous"

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    4 years ago

    I saw that earlier today. It seemed like most of the comments at the time were surprisingly reasonable?