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@McFlybowy Osimhen isn’t Scottish, buddy

@TheWreaker @sighyam It’s not

@sighyam Filipino Chinese food would be better than British Chinese food

The concept of Southeast Asian guests bringing the best food anyone’s ever had to a potluck, and then a Brit showing up with a box of chips and Chinese slop gravy

@sighyam Chinese chips come in a bag ya weirdo

@MrMatthewTodd NIMBY’s are to blame for western stagnation

The west is starting to look medieval compared to China

@alreadydawn I lived in Qingdao and couldn’t vibe with it. It seemed too spread out without an actual city centre. Much preferred Jinan.

Qingdao, China's beach city in Shandong 🧵 * The sea breeze here makes the air much more refreshing than the inland cities I've been to so far. * The city is much more wealthy than Jinan, the provincial capital. * Electronics and appliance giants Hisense and Haier are headquartered here. Did you know Hisense manufactures the TVs for Sharp and Toshiba? * Hilly and more treelined than the average Chinese city. Combined with the sea winds, Qingdao gives me a bit of San Francisco vibes. (Every city should treemax to the gills!) * Germany occupied Qingdao for a relatively short period of 16 years starting in 1898, but the impact was huge. Other than German architecture all over the old town, the sewage system they set up is still partially used today. They established the first brewery in China in 1903 as well, which later turned into the world-famous Tsingtao Beer. * There are around 100k Korean citizens living in Qingdao, the Chinese city with the most Koreans. Further illustrates how much Shandong province and Korea intermingle.

@Da7_Tech TLoU2 is a masterpiece. What agenda did it push?

This generation of PlayStation has been one of the worst in gaming history, and I'll tell you exactly why. Sony has released almost nothing that actually justifies upgrading to a new console — Spider-Man 2 being the one exception. Most people are still playing online games that run perfectly fine on last-gen hardware. If it weren't for that, nobody would have a reason to buy the PS5 at all. Then there's PS Plus — overpriced, underwhelming, and shoved down your throat just to play online. You can't even touch multiplayer without paying them first. A friend of mine couldn't play Split Fiction with me because he didn't have a PS Plus subscription, even though I already owned the game. Think about that. Who actually owns the console here — you or Sony? And the hardware situation is embarrassing. Someone jailbroke a PS5, threw Linux on it, and got performance nearly identical to the PS5 Pro. That tells you everything. The gap between the PS5 and the PS5 Pro is mostly software and AI upscaling tricks — not real hardware. Sony is artificially holding back performance and charging you $1,000 for a console that'll be obsolete in a year or two. And the controller? The DualSense is one of the most expensive controllers on the market and still ships with bad joystick components that wear out constantly. I personally know someone who's bought four of them. This is exactly why switching to PC isn't a luxury — it's a necessity. On PC, you own your games. You play on your terms. No subscriptions, no paywalls, no artificial locks. You want ray tracing? Turn it on. You want higher frames over better visuals? Your call. You want to play a game from 2003 next to a game from 2025? Go ahead. No compatibility issues. No company deciding what you're allowed to run or when. On PC, you don't need an Xbox AND a PlayStation. You don't split your money across multiple subscriptions that give you nothing back. You know exactly where every dollar goes. And speaking of where your money goes — when you buy PlayStation, you're funding a company that has spent this entire generation actively disrespecting its audience. Muscular female leads shoehorned into male-built worlds. Weak, hollow male characters. Beloved IPs gutted to push an agenda. Ghost of Tsushima. The Last of Us Part II — a game that could've been a masterpiece, thrown away to serve an ideology. Sony took "For the Players" as a slogan and spent years doing the exact opposite. I'm done with it. Sony doesn't deserve your money, your time, or your loyalty. The door to PC is open — walk through it.

@_mm85 I was just in China for a month and apart from Russians in Xiamen I hardly seen any other foreigners. Then again I avoid the western tourist loop like the plague.

Never seen so many foreigners in Beijing. China’s open visa policy is a great success for economy and perception. I notice a lot of Western people bring their young kids, toddlers and babies, like we do. 1st time after Covid also many Americans: I can HEAR 🗣️💥📢👂them 🤭

@Tobeech A mobile phone is a grand. I’m not defending this but by comparison a £450 games console was cheap

PS5 was £450 and now we’re looking at £570–£790 for the same gen. They’re not just selling consoles anymore, they’re softening us up so £800–£900 for a PS6 feels “normal.”

@confucian_the Your grandad was a Chinese sexpat who came to Malaysia so it’s a bit rich of you

You think we care what a sexpat thinks?

@LesnoyGorodovoy @BrianMcDonaldIE Shenzhen is god awful. I’m sure even Chelyabinsk is better

@BrianMcDonaldIE *in Europe (competition in a care house) Moscow must compete with Asian megacities such as Shenzhen, Singapore, Seoul, Guangzhou and others

Moscow is absolutely in that tier. Arguably ahead of both London and Paris in infrastructure and urban development, on a par for architecture and classical culture, even if it’s considerably less interesting for restaurants and nightlife.

@MikaelCBernard They couldn’t take it intact so what’s the point. Unification will happen peacefully but might take 100 years. China are in no rush

There’s really nothing stopping China from taking Taiwan rn. Like literally nothing. The UN has collapsed, international law is over, geopolitical assasinations are legal again, and occupation is cool.

@Joe__Bassey Hold chopsticks like a retard and people will stare at you. This is a universal truth

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@pauldatx @HMBrough_ Less developed, no seedier.

@HMBrough_ Cambodia is what Thailand was 30 years ago. That is to say, pretty fucking seedy

??? I’m pretty sure everybody does Japan, it’s become “baby’s first trip abroad” because the yen is in the crapper, and large chunks of Kyoto are tourist havens. Never heard of anybody doing Cambodia, though.

@FightWithMemes What’s the authors name? Let’s consult the colour chart before seeing who wants to destroy Japan

What "Japan needs" is to have more kids of their own.

@learning_yohei Depends what you prioritise. All Brits can understand American English but will take the piss. Whereas if you say a British English word to an American they’ll stare at you like you are a fuckin alien from another planet

I’m Japanese, so which one should I use when speaking English?🇺🇸🇬🇧🍪😳

@frank_bannerman If Ghana didn’t exist how can Ghana demand money?

Ghana didn’t sell slaves, Ghana didn’t exist then. Some locals were involved but much of it was driven by violence. Chiefs were threatened, killed or removed to force participation. Don’t rewrite history to dilute the scale and responsibility of the West's industrialized slavery

@8Ascott57090 @adelheidx333 You can’t steal an alphabet

@adelheidx333 funny because japanese stole the chinese alphabet because there's was sorely lacking, they didn't even have a writing system before the chinese imported theirs.

This is only because Chinese language is so unpleasant to listen to compared to Japanese

@PUNKSQUADcom @Petrog6236821 @BhaHarvey *penalties

@speezybr @Petrog6236821 @BhaHarvey 😂

England have one of the worst sets of wingers going to the World Cup

@PUNKSQUADcom @Petrog6236821 @BhaHarvey So same amount of assists in 12 more games. What a winger

@PUNKSQUADcom @Petrog6236821 @BhaHarvey I wasn’t being serious ya madman, but now you mention it 2 assists in what amounts to about a game and a half is a much better return than any England winger. You’ve convinced me

@Petrog6236821 @speezybr @BhaHarvey 😂 punksquad.com/football/playe…