Joshua Dummer

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You aren’t Chinamaxxing because you went to Chongqing. You’ve gotta go somewhere they’ll add you to the Wikipedia article.

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@Birdyword Given the larger than ever proportion of us who are working desk jobs — and are therefore unlikely to cause a drunken industrial accident — sinking drinks at lunch has never been more feasible for the masses. The time has come.

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@sophieisawitch The sign saying my bar isn’t suspicious is raising a lot of questions answered by the sign.

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(Disclaimer: I have no idea if this restaurant is good, you should try it and let me know)

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Excessive friendliness is a red flag. If the food was good then they would be indifferent or mean.

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@Chiuchiyin Exactly

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@jessicaelgot It’s quite funny that Roundhay’s Wikipedia page lists Jimmy Savile under its “Notable people,” section, but not Truss. I guess the feeling is mutual!

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@alz_zyd_ Fair enough, a lot of British foods have made-up sounding names. Toad-in-the-hole followed by spotted dick would be a great British meal.

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@marxandmarkets Why? Sounds pretty good.

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@TonySoFla Maybe. I assumed they give out a lot of high-fives.

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@ChefMiew My local Chongqing noodles spot in Beijing decided to make the most of the recent foreign tourism boom by putting up a sign that said “We Speak English!!!”

They don’t. But they know that once you’ve ordered by gestures, you’ll enjoy it.

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@eli0xeli They work for the friendly restaurant for foreign friends.

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@AdsoOfBelk Totally. One of my favorite items of clothing I own is a US-vintage-style corduroy carpenter’s jacket made by a brand in Dalian. Was like 400RMB/$60.

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@SethSHowes Do you have to pay them back if you’ve done academic fraud and your papers get retracted?

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@pretentiouswhat Get some cityscape photos while you’re there, the ones on its Wikipedia haven’t been updated since 2009. (I wonder if the funicular down to the dock still exists)

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@pretentiouswhat Are you in Zigui county (秭归县)?

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@Liv_Agar His other example was that historians can prove southern Tibet belongs to China through place-name analysis. Ultimately the point of the humanities is to expose the “discourse traps” behind Western concepts like “empire” and build an “independent Chinese knowledge system.”

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@Liv_Agar There was a recent essay from a Chinese Marxism professor advocating for more funding for “niche” humanities skills. One of his arguments was that Chinese archeologists had proved that Chinese people evolved in China. So that’s one route to relevance.

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Given these recurring media reports and general fears over food safety, it’s pretty obvious why click-hungry posters would make up stories about “bleeding fields”. 4/4

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Police in China’s Henan province have punished at least 10 people for posting rumors online about “bleeding wheat fields,” including AI images. My first question — what is a bleeding wheat field?? 1/4

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Sadly, this isn’t the first time there has been a scandal about red, polluted water being used for crops. It’s not even the first time in Hebei. There was a similar story in another part of the province back in 2018. 3/4