• BigBoopPaul [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Unironically true. This is merely symbolic "sweep it under the rug" gesture. They don't care about obscene wealth or corruption, just don't speak out against the CPC.

      • Anna_KOC [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Calm down ultras, they're just keeping up appearances while they siphon our capital away and use it to counter our military advantage.

        • BigBoopPaul [he/him]
          ·
          3 years ago

          Yes, and they managed to "catch" all the people who spoke out against the CPC. Curious, no?

  • Flaps [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    I thought tiktok was the Chinese version of tiktok

    • Bedulge [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      They're separate apps that are basically the same, but one is for China and one is for the rest of the world

      TikTok and Douyin have almost the same user interface but no access to each other's content. Their servers are each based in the market where the respective app is available.[8] The two products are similar, but features are not identical.

      -wiki

  • UglySpaghettiHoe [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    I had to spend a whole pandemic listing to my friend who makes 72,000 a year bitch and obsess about how she wouldn't get a yearly bonus due to covid while the rest of us were didn't know if we'd even have a job the next week. Wealth flaunting is absolutely detestable, and I cannot get behind this enough. Cue the liberals and conservatives calling this orwellian or some stupid shit

    • MerryChristmas [any]
      ·
      3 years ago

      I get that it's all relative and maybe they were relying on that expected bonus for something, but seriously, these people need to use some tact. It's like all of the folks complaining about remote work - yeah, it sucks sometimes, but you also aren't risking your life every time you do your job. Doesn't mean you can't complain about it, but have some consideration for the person who has to listen to you.

  • HntrKllr [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot: :floppy-parrot:

    Edited to a different emoji to avoid potential epilepsia.

    • TheCaconym [any]
      ·
      3 years ago

      I don't know much about epilepsia so feel free to correct me but based on the little I know, you might wanna put a content warning on that wall of smileys just in case.

  • Cherufe [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    China is doing an 1984 by not having the poor hating tik toks

  • jilgangga [doe/deer]
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    3 years ago

    When the US Senators be like YELLOW PERIL CHINA IS GONNA PURCHASE HOLLYWOOD, OUR ENTIRE INTERNET, WE ALL GONNA BE SUBJECT TO THEIR CENSORSHIP REGIME !!!!!!

    :sicko-crowd:

    (Edited to a different sicko emoji to avoid potential epilepsia)

    • TheCaconym [any]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Gonna copy-paste another comment I made: I don't know much about epilepsia so feel free to correct me but based on the little I know, you might wanna put a content warning on that wall of smileys just in case.

  • Antites [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    The thing that keeps me up at night is not people flaunting insane amounts of wealth, it’s people having insane amounts of wealth. :gui-better: