Garbagestunts [none/use name]

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Cake day: November 20th, 2021

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  • Garbagestunts [none/use name]tochapotraphouseThanks!
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    3 years ago

    Nah Paranoia was a thousand times cooler. It had The Computer, which ordered you on contradictory missions and to test dangerous weapons. My favorite was the nuclear hand grenade. Throwing range: 10 yards. Blast radius: 1000 yards.




  • China used to hand out lots of scholarships to foreigners. Now nobody can enter the country except those with resident permits.

    If you want a life in China you're just going to have to learn Chinese. It's a tough, intimidating language and there are no shortcuts. Expect to spend thousands of hours studying over years. See here: http://www.pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html

    Chinese does deserve its reputation for heartbreaking difficulty. Those who undertake to study the language for any other reason than the sheer joy of it will always be frustrated by the abysmal ratio of effort to effect. Those who are actually attracted to the language precisely because of its daunting complexity and difficulty will never be disappointed.

    The problem with graduating with a degree from a Chinese university is it's pretty worthless anywhere but China. And even then, there is a ranking system for universities and you'll be judged based on how good yours was. China itself is not for a lot of people. Many westerners can't stand it. It takes a special kind of weirdo to hack it, and even if you do, you're still going to get called "sexpat" and worse by people jealous that you successfully escaped. You could live in Beijing or Shanghai, but then you're pretty much living in a developed country and might as well be back home.

    What you propose can be done. But you'd have to give up everything you've ever known and embrace an alien culture. Are you going to like it? Who knows.







  • Garbagestunts [none/use name]tochapotraphouseThanks!
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    3 years ago

    There was a big brouhaha about sexbots a few years ago. Some were saying they should be able to refuse sex. It quieted down and I haven't heard anything since. I suppose development is proceeding? There are going to be huge howls if they ever make a breakthrough. Personally I think it would be great to allow men to take out their base urges and have relationships with women from a position of equality.