Posted On: Saturday - August 12th 2023 4:38PM MST
In Topics: Websites China
As I noted in the comments the other day, I made what will likely be my last trip to Cathay, the place they're calling China these days. I didn't HAVE to go on this trip - I'd have made a good bit of money by staying home. However, in service of Peak Stupidity and my own curiosity, I went to observe, due to my having read and heard about the new Orwellian controls on the population by a Totalitarian named Xi.
I won't get started this afternoon, so this post is here just to let the reader be ready for a whole slew of "Dispatches from the Middle Kingdom". (Middle of what, exactly, is what I've always wondered. Got maps?)
Yes, that's the Great Wall there, and the hat should have more rightly been labelled MAGW, for Make America's Great Wall... instead of spending your time tweeting your fingers off, you buffoon!
It was not so tricky to blog over there, depending on what I was SUPPOSED to be doing instead, and there were a few problems with pulling up sites. Peak Stupidity worked fine - nobody cares* - and we'll have a follow-up post to The internet from China, circa 2017.
That doesn't mean we won't get to some of the standard stupidity or that promised last Saturday and most weeks - interspersed with China posts. Thanks for reading and commenting this week as low-energy as it was here.
PS: I left my Peak Stupidity banner at home, or I'd have had a couple of nice Chinamen hold it there on the wall. We did see the long-haired friendly cat who lives on the outside of the wall but comes up for human companionship.
* "Nobody cares" was written on the cap of a Chinese toddler, but I can't find the picture now. They like English words on their clothes but don't seem to mind if it reads as nonsense or not.
Comments:
The Alarmist
Sunday - August 13th 2023 8:41AM MST
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Shame you are a low-value target. During Cold War 1.0, Yuri sent a few European beauties my way, but Deng never sent me any of the China variety.
Shame you are a low-value target. During Cold War 1.0, Yuri sent a few European beauties my way, but Deng never sent me any of the China variety.
M
Sunday - August 13th 2023 5:05AM MST
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"They like English words on their clothes but don't seem to mind if it reads as nonsense or not."
So a lot like the fashion for Chinese characters as tattoos? I guess (hope) that's died out now.
At least you can take the clothing off once you find out what it means.
"They like English words on their clothes but don't seem to mind if it reads as nonsense or not."
So a lot like the fashion for Chinese characters as tattoos? I guess (hope) that's died out now.
At least you can take the clothing off once you find out what it means.
Moderator
Sunday - August 13th 2023 12:05AM MST
PS: Thanks, SafeNow, and hello, HI-CIL. As we converse here, we at Peak Stupidity would like to the honor of having a human intel lady - hopefully a cute one - rather than just the standard Xi-issued AI, watching us. How are we gonna know? I got it - show us your tits.
SafeNow
Saturday - August 12th 2023 7:35PM MST
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Welcome home. I am very much looking forward to reading your posts, describing your observations, impressions, and analysis.
Hello, high-IQ Chinese Intel lady who has been assigned to monitor the forthcoming posts and submit your report. It is nice to know that you think
highly enough of us to be here! Have a nice rest of your day.
Welcome home. I am very much looking forward to reading your posts, describing your observations, impressions, and analysis.
Hello, high-IQ Chinese Intel lady who has been assigned to monitor the forthcoming posts and submit your report. It is nice to know that you think
highly enough of us to be here! Have a nice rest of your day.
"At least you can take the clothing off once you find out what it means." True. That's a lot less painful.
Peak Stupidity could be compromised, Alarmist. Wait, who's Yuri - I know he's a Ruskie, but top spy?