tech-chat-1

[terse sorrel]

im so cooked

[wheat field]

Why

Because this kid is coding?

[terse sorrel]

yeah

[wheat field]

You can also just learn to code. I'm doing 100 Devs and changed from studying humanities to doing a masters in comp sci

[terse sorrel]

gl finding a job

[wheat field]

...as a full stack dev?

Um, ya....it ain't hard

I've already quit my old job and do Dev work with my portfolio from 100 Devs while studying

I make more money

So I dunno, worked for me.

[terse sorrel]

web dev work?

[wheat field]

Actually it was a dude in here I think @mellow cairn who talked to me when I said I was sick of government work and wanted to switch careers and told me to take the chance

Happy I did

[wheat field]

Employed by a U.S. company with offices here to do server maintenance

It's dope

[terse sorrel]

offices where?

[wheat field]

I love in Shanghai

[south arrow]

Havent seen bobs in awhile

[wheat field]

Live! And love

[terse sorrel]

damnnnliving the dream ate

an u speak mandarin?

[south arrow]

I hope hes doing good

[wheat field]

Great guy, changed my life ironically even though we argued constantly

[terse sorrel]

were u born there or moved for work

[south arrow]

Hes alittle rough but grows on ya

[wheat field]

我愿意

[tidal geyser]

Hardware bob is good

[south arrow]

You seen him in the last week sims?

[terse sorrel]

did they not ask for degree? Ur still studying no?

[tidal geyser]

He was muted

[south arrow]

Oh fair

[whole garden]

lol

[terse sorrel]

how long did it take u to start comp sci then get employed?

[whole garden]

Hi 🐛

[wheat field]

I'm Irish, grew up there, got a degree in English. Worked for the national library making foreign acquisitions in Asia.

Got a scholarship to do a masters, was going to pick English literature and do an MFA but switched to comp sci (scary), did a 100 Devs before it started.

[kindred halo]

Why are the planes soviet Yak-3s

They're the least likely to be flying around saturn

[wheat field]

I qualify via the points system for a visa that allows me to study and work part time as long as it's related to my degree

I'm doing a masters, I have a bachelors degree already

[terse sorrel]

ohh right but bachelors isnt relevant to ur current job tho

[wheat field]

Doesn't matter, the bachelors gives you points regardless. And you can be employed remotely in China anyway so I do side gigs for American and European companies

But mainly I work with a cloud storage company here

[compact narwhal]

hey, do any of y'all have some soldering iron recommendations? my 20€ amazon one almost burnt my fingers off, and it now resides in my bin.

[thorn pewter]

did he get into a fight or smthn lol

[wheat field]

Pinecil V2

[sleek ibex]

[elder quarry]

No chance

[thorn pewter]

never get a 20 buck souldering iron dude, that could blow up any second

[compact narwhal]

yeah i've seen some clones on aliexpress but i need something that will arrive next-day, and in the same price range

[sleek ibex]

Is this true, FzR?

[compact narwhal]

learned my lesson

[wheat field]

If you want to work here you need a few things, mainly a degree but if you don't have that you can qualify via relevant experience and/or specialized talent.

Being a full stack Dev with a portfolio is considered being specialised talent

[serene pumice]

Bob haven't posted since 22 January, good for him

[wheat field]

That's what I use I dunno besides that

So I'd say do 100 Devs like I did, get jobs, get experience. If you want to pursue working in China...I guess

I wouldn't recommend it though

[terse sorrel]

i am doing a data science bachelors at the moment but it will take 4 more years to finish. But studying at chongqing would be cool asf

[wheat field]

No, it wouldn't

[boreal vine]

word

great guy tbh

[wheat field]

SJTU and Peking (maybe fudan) are your only options for good schools here. Everywhere else is basically unknown outside of china and they'll wonder why a Laowai decided to study there anyway

[boreal vine]

he has an epic home setup[

[terse sorrel]

do chinese tech jobs pay more than irish?

[wheat field]

Relatively the cost of living is less so....it depends on your perspective

[terse sorrel]

why did you go to china to study? Why not study remotely in a irish uni while working in china?

im confused cos why else would there be so many chinese international students if chinese unis were good

[wheat field]

Worked in China, wife is in China, had a scholarship to SJTU.

[wheat field]

They are good, just ultra competitive

[thorn pewter]

what that dosnt make sence

[wheat field]

Why not my friend

[thorn pewter]

you said u were 15 when u got ur steam deck

[terse sorrel]

wife in china or work in china came first?

[wheat field]

No, I said I would have gotten a steam deck when I was 16

15*

Learn to read

[wheat field]

We met studying our bachelors in Ireland

[thorn pewter]

this guy :p

[terse sorrel]

ph makes sense so china allowed u in cos of ur wife

[wheat field]

Lol, I'm just messing around

[wheat field]

No, I had a z-visa

Now I have an X1 visa

[terse sorrel]

whats that

[wheat field]

Chinese work visa

You don't just get naturalised here once you get married, china is a lot stricter

Moreso if it's a foreign marriage

[terse sorrel]

how did work visa come before student visa?

[wheat field]

Was on z-visa working for the Irish government as a consultant here for their library in Beijing, moved to Shanghai, did the same, applied for the CSC, got it, switched my masters to a comp sci one, went to Hong Kong, exit china, pick up X1 visa, re-enter china, register for residency

Easy peasy

Had to consult with the Irish embassy for a clean criminal record

You need to prove you've never committed a crime

[terse sorrel]

oh no

[wheat field]

I will warn you before you come here that Chinese people, especially older Chinese even in tier 1 cities are not very Laowai friendly

If you're white they'll just see you as a nothing burger and ignore you, anything else? It gets rough.

[south arrow]

Jeez

[wheat field]

They won't berate you or be racist openly but they'll never accept you as human

That's just how it is. Below 40? They're all awesome

[terse sorrel]

jeez i barely pass as white

[south arrow]

Lmao im but a vessel if i must be

[sleek ibex]

I'm basically seen as an alien everywhere I go

[wheat field]

Meh, they won't care. Girls will like you

If you're tall and foreign. Finding the ones that don't just see you as a toy is hard. Happy I met my wife outside the country

Besides that? China is awesome and full of opportunity

I love it here 😄

[south arrow]

||For all women||*

https://tenor.com/view/you-are-a-toy-toy-story-sheriff-woody-buzz-lightyear-gif-5228329

[wheat field]

Huh

[terse sorrel]

so story is more complicated. You got in china because you were doing pretty much working like an ambassador in china

[south arrow]

When my boy thinks she cares like

[wheat field]

Not ambassador. I went around convincing libraries to allow us to restore and catalogue text

[south arrow]

Love yourself stay strong kings ❤️ 🐛

[terse sorrel]

no say I had a non government job that didnt involve china by any means. There is no way i cuould get inside

[wheat field]

....I'm married, I assume my wife cares. Marrying a Laowai is not something people just do here.

I excuse the ignorance on china since nobody besides people who've lived here have a clue

[sleek ibex]

Also due to my birth country's citizenship law.... I'm not a citizen of said country in their eyes due to my father (yeah Arab countries citizenship is determined by the father)

[wheat field]

....what? Dude just get a z-visa when you're done studying

It's easy when you have a degree

[terse sorrel]

yeah but who wants more tech owrkers in china

[wheat field]

If you don't? Um, unless you're skilled then ya, no chance.

[south arrow]

Theres a rare few i have my lady now. But when i was dating.. nothing but cheating married women and ladies that just want a good time but cant blatenly say that so they mislead

Best to be a toy and if you find a cool one that actually wants more, neats. Alot less hurt

[terse sorrel]

u went as like a social worker then switched to tech while inside china

[wheat field]

....foreign tech workers who speak English are invaluable for a host of reasons but mainly that we allow communication between branches with language barriers and provide cultural knowledge

[elder quarry]

Oh rip 🫡

[terse sorrel]

shi im in australia i wouldnt mind working in china

[south arrow]

Hard things to learn human natures something

[wheat field]

So you had bad experience and taste so all women suck except a few? Take it elsewhere

[wheat field]

Then do it

Amazing country, great young people, great food

[cedar hollow]

macbook skin with the club logo!

[south arrow]

A majority is all i was saying

[terse sorrel]

so what should I do until my degree finishes in 4 years? 100 devs?

[wheat field]

Awesome

[wheat field]

Yes

[thorn pewter]

but even then everywhere they see you as an alien still 😭

[terse sorrel]

then apply for z visa? I have a western passport so they might want me idk

[wheat field]

100 Devs or whatever you want. 100 Devs is a free full stack dev programme that allows you to have a full portfolio

[south arrow]

And i wish it was just 1 but after so many examples in a short time frames doesnt boad well for the generalisation. I cant say most guys are any better

[wheat field]

They don't care about your passport.

[wheat field]

This is sexist and wrong, stop, thanks.

[south arrow]

How im simply stating if youre dating around expecting to find the one right away is unrealistic

In my expierences anyway

If you found the one your first go thats great

[elder quarry]

And really rare

[south arrow]

Id say but anyhow

[terse sorrel]

they prob do. Thenwhy dont indians who have been coding since where were babies not working in china ?

[wheat field]

I didn't but that's not what you were saying. You made it out as if the majority of women are going to cheat and/or treat you poorly

[wheat field]

They are

They don't care about your passport, they care about what you can offer their economy

Indians mostly choose not to come here because of the prejudice. Chinese don't like Indians

Unfortunately

[thorn pewter]

thats not what he said

[south arrow]

I was saying expecting anything more, could lead to hurt yes

[wheat field]

I'm not arguing with a child about this.

[thorn pewter]

what??

[wheat field]

Whatever man, it just got a bit "too edgy for me"

[south arrow]

Your the one butthurt dude

[thorn pewter]

wtf you dont even know me

[terse sorrel]

whats like the median salary of a chinese tech job?

[wheat field]

Enough

[gleaming rose]

not a lot

[south arrow]

So tech

[thorn pewter]

like 3 cookies\ idk

[south arrow]

5000 series

Prices suck

[thorn pewter]

do you know even my age dude

[wheat field]

Doing what. I made 35k yuan a month doing it part time. Depends how good you are and if you're valuable to company. Once I finish my masters they'll employ me full time and I'll make say 65k yuan a month

[wheat field]

Depends how you look at it, cost of living is lower and hongbaos exist.

I save more here than I would living at home

[terse sorrel]

damn not bad. Also how long were you a full stack dev for before they employed you

[wheat field]

I just applied with the portfolio and a few side hustles I did online after completing 100 Devs

[south arrow]

Gross one sec

[terse sorrel]

sound too good to be true but ill take your word for it

[wheat field]

Mainly web development stuff to start

[terse sorrel]

wait if it's a US remote job why don't I just apply from australia

[boreal vine]

RAHHHHHH

[wheat field]

...that's how a lot of full stack Devs get started. It's a five month course, took me six months. Take it or leave it

[boreal vine]

we selling ewaste with this one 🗣️

[terse sorrel]

or are they specifically looking for chinese residents?

[wheat field]

You could do that

[wheat field]

No, not really. Add me and I can send you listings within the company when you finish 100 Devs

Without some proven work experience you won't get paid that much and you'll be paid in Yuan if you work for my branch

Getting paid in Yuan in Australia? Lol

[terse sorrel]

yeah will do thanks for the advice man I've always wondered about moving out this hellhole which i saustralia

[wheat field]

Good luck

[wheat field]

No worries. If you ever wanna be added to a group chat on WeChat of expats let me know.

[terse sorrel]

added you

what is 100 devs anyways

[wheat field]

Oh also, if you're going to work in China don't get spooked, happens to newbies.

Generally the Chinese officials have no idea what to do with you as foreigners are rare and they don't give a shit about you outside of you not causing trouble

Wait until you going into a BOC! Hahaha fucking mayhem

"a, a Laowai, you have account?"

Two hours later you've withdrawn cash

[terse sorrel]

https://leonnoel.com/100devs/ ?

[wheat field]

Yessir

It's free and it's dope, changed my life unironically

Let me know when you start and I'll add you to the study group

[terse sorrel]

im in data science but i'll give it a shot

[wheat field]

👍🏻 awesome

[terse sorrel]

ill look into it tmmrw for sure

what time is it in shanghi 2 am?

[wheat field]

1 am, I'm working

[terse sorrel]

yeah perth as well. omg why dont u smuggle gpus in

to deepseek HQ

ai age pablo escobar

cyberpunk pablo escobar

living in night city (chongqing)

[wheat field]

Shhhh Wàiguó rén, you'll expose Xi plan

[thorn pewter]

sell it with you're 3060ti

[wheat field]

Chongqing is not night city hahahaha

It's chill as fuck, just a lot of neon

Beijing is thematically more akin to night city

[glad fog]

im the king of the lunatics

[wheat field]

I love people who haven't lived here who aren't just negative about the country

It's a nice change of pace.

[terse sorrel]

ive been to china twice

[wheat field]

Just don't get lost in the sauce over here....it's easy to um, let the kool aid seep in

[terse sorrel]

when I was a lil kid.

[thorn pewter]

LMFAO

[wheat field]

No way! Where?

[sleek ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/kool-aid-man-oh-yeah-wall-break-family-guy-gif-8149689

[terse sorrel]

Went to beijing olympics

i believe 2013 or 2014 i forgor

then shanghi

[wheat field]

Woah! Beijing sucks sadly, might've been better back then

Ever come out to Shanghai?

[boreal vine]

me when english no englishing

[wheat field]

Nice! Shanghai is awesome, the NYC of china

[compact narwhal]

i gave in and bought the official one. heard a lot of great things about this iron

[wheat field]

You speak mandarin?

[terse sorrel]

yeah i have but i only remeber the great wall and few other places

[wheat field]

👍🏻 dope

[thorn pewter]

you once had a facebook mk offer for a cheap 3060ti, idk if you bought it or not

[wheat field]

Mandarin? Galileo?

[terse sorrel]

nah i dont but where i work it's all asian people so they give me insutruction in chinese

theres "shong xie" idk just what i hear

[wheat field]

你会说普通话？

[terse sorrel]

it means restart apparently

then i go and restart the converyor belt

[wheat field]

Hrm, no Hala Hala? ni chi le ma?

Xiexie?

谢谢?

Hahaha very nice!

[limber nacelle]

its funny how we ask if you've eaten yet in canto too

[wheat field]

Oh man if you come here I'll send you a link to a mandarin school. I'm HSK 5

[wheat field]

Ah you speak canto? Hong Konger?

[limber nacelle]

though we say something equivalent to 你吃饭吗？

[limber nacelle]

Canadian, ancestors from guangdong

great grandfather worked on the cpr ^^

[wheat field]

Hrmm... Ni chifan ma?

[wheat field]

Haha awesome!

[limber nacelle]

that but in canto

[dim patio]

guys I wanna get my first pc and I have a 700$ budget(only for pc/case) what should I get?

[limber nacelle]

we add rice lol

[terse sorrel]

chungwa

[wheat field]

Oh, I'm going to try learn this year, it's harder than mandarin tbh

[wheat field]

Mei fan?

[limber nacelle]

9 tones 💀

[wheat field]

Lmfao fuck that

[thorn pewter]

#1027757333117415424

[limber nacelle]

gotta learn the words for dimsum dishes though 🙏

worth it, trust

[kindred halo]

I think I just found a great deal for retro hardware

[wheat field]

I love me some dim sum. There's a huge canto pop here in Shanghai

[kindred halo]

25 US

[sleek ibex]

Category V (highest in difficulty) for English speakers

[wheat field]

Hehe that's what I am in mandarin

[limber nacelle]

never been to Shanghai tbh, would like to see it one day in the future

[wheat field]

Not canto, nowhere close. I did an intensive course over here

[dim patio]

I posted in #1106613567966429224 but no one replied ( 😢 )

[limber nacelle]

only seen taishan, hongkong and uh

probably a few smaller places in china

[wheat field]

Taishan!!!! Goated.

Hong Kong is beautiful but....hard on the wallet

[limber nacelle]

haha for sure yeah

[wheat field]

You have xiaohongshu?

[limber nacelle]

@vivid pagoda makes me want to visit taiwan

[sleek ibex]

Also no one is a native speaker of Fusha (MSA) since it's only used for news reporting, education, books, dubbing, etc

[limber nacelle]

nah I only really use discord and reddit

[vivid pagoda]

Fuck Hong Kong

[wheat field]

Taiwan is lovely.

[terse sorrel]

accept my friend req whenever u free bro. Anyays its 1 am here am going to bed gnnn

[wheat field]

Rude.

[south arrow]

XD

[limber nacelle]

sending this to sagara, you're done for xd

[sleek ibex]

Speaking Fusha is like speaking English when Shakespeare was alive

[wheat field]

I like the mainland more than SAR or Taiwan personally though. Taiwan is more fun but less opportunities for study and work

[wheat field]

Fusha?

[limber nacelle]

mmmm

[wheat field]

Middle eastern?

[sleek ibex]

Modern standard Arabic

[wheat field]

I wouldn't even try Arabic. I'm currently learning German

[south arrow]

[limber nacelle]

ooo German sounds fun

[wheat field]

It's hard, no schools here for it either so my classmates who's from Köln is teaching me

[sleek ibex]

Although if anyone does, they'll respond in their native dialect and it depends on their education level

[vivid pagoda]

It lost its shine

[gloomy sleet]

sometimes i wish my iems werent better then all active noise cancelling ive ever used

[wheat field]

Hong Kong? Meh, I know what you mean but that's honestly not true, people just said that post one china

[vivid pagoda]

Guanghua 😄

[gloomy sleet]

i cant hear how good my keyboard sounds :(((

[limber nacelle]

tbf I haven't been there since 2012

[wheat field]

I understand why you dislike that though given you're Taiwanese. We won't discuss it haha

[median warren]

Hearing aid

[vivid pagoda]

I was there a few months ago. It’s fucking dead

[gloomy sleet]

this is how id define a 1st world problem

[gloomy sleet]

jesus christ im not that old

[wheat field]

Not looking in the right places. I went there on business nine months ago and it was hopping

[sleek ibex]

Also there's white Arabic. Which isn't a dialect per say but rather a way of combining MSA with whatever dialect. This helps for people with different dialects to understand each other

[median warren]

Hey man some people are born with hearing problems, I'm just saying, should have gone to specsavers

[vivid pagoda]

Just because I’m Taiwanese doesn’t mean shit 😂 I just have it out of convenience.

[gloomy sleet]

they do hearing now dont they

[wheat field]

Fair enough, I just don't want to get into politics in the discord.

[median warren]

Yes yes

[gloomy sleet]

my mum had to get some hearing aids and shes only 54 so im not too far off them id guess

[vivid pagoda]

Eh. Not the same as before… pre protest things.

[wheat field]

Meituan please deliver me a spicy garbage burger

[gloomy sleet]

yummy

[wheat field]

Wait awhile and it'll mellow out again. China is opening up again anyway, I imagine the z-visa rules are about to come loose in 4ish years

[sleek ibex]

I barely understand Algerians, Tunisians, and Moroccans

[wheat field]

We'll be back to happy giraffes

[vivid pagoda]

I enjoy the mainland besides the government. I like the mainland more than Hong Kong. I only use Hong Kong for cheaper flights and take the HSR 😂

[median warren]

You're like 15 no?

[wheat field]

Hahah fair! HSR is dope

[vivid pagoda]

Hong Kong ain’t that nice for money laundering anymore

[wheat field]

Depends on where in mainland. I was depressed out of my head in Beijing

[wheat field]

Shhh dad will hear

[thorn pewter]

nost people who even try to learn arabic non natively will prob do egyptian arabic

[sleek ibex]

I believe it since it's basically the American English of Arabic dialects

Especially for films and music

[thorn pewter]

yeh

[wheat field]

@vivid pagoda what you think of the water reservoir meme

[vivid pagoda]

Eh. Very meh

[median warren]

I got a relic

[vivid pagoda]

I have a E Visa… kinda interesting for China

[elder quarry]

Sick

[median warren]

If only it worked 😔

[wheat field]

Pretty funny that all the crazy mainlanders got in a bunch over it.

The ultra nationalist guys suck, but it's mostly the same as guys in the west who like trump and Andrew Tate

[thorn pewter]

i mean its nice to learn fusha but i dont think many people wil understand you

[wheat field]

Same vibe

[thorn pewter]

especially younger folks

[elder quarry]

I think I have a quadro fx1800 that works

[sleek ibex]

Yep. The younglings will think you sound like an anime/cartoon character

[random gyro]

Replace the metal panel if it works

[median warren]

Wanna trade

[elder quarry]

Hm

[median warren]

I don't know tbh, there is a lot of rust and I'm not sure what else is damaged

[vivid pagoda]

Tbh I got ROC Citizenship kinda for the Taiwan Compatriot permit

[median warren]

I found it in the middle of some train tracks next to a bunch of garbage

[random gyro]

Eh if you got some g31 or whatsoever lying around. Try plugging it in. Just clean the board to make sure theres no conductive stuffs on it

[sleek ibex]

Though if anyone does understand, it'll depend on the person's level of education and chances are they'll respond in their respective dialect

[wheat field]

I went to Kuwait before and didn't enjoy it that much

But that's life I suppose

[median warren]

Perhaps.

[wheat field]

But then wouldn't you have to understand that dialect to continue the conversation?

[wheat field]

Where'd you get those

Do you guys have taobao in Taiwan?

[vivid pagoda]

For such an advanced place like Taiwan with making world leading semiconductors I’m surprised they still use Chops

[median warren]

Not mine, but opinions on the pc case?

I'd buy that

[wheat field]

It's cool

[quick hamlet]

so when i restart my laptop with hdmi cable connected it shows black screen with loading cursor
but if i remove hdmi and restart
it is restarting and i can reach the lockscreen and if i connect back hdmi everything works like normal
but with hdmi connected while restarting laptop gets stucked on black screen

[thorn pewter]

yeh, it might be even harder for northen africa's dialects to even understand lmao, like 1%> that most people who speak arabic can understand lol

[median warren]

I'd sell my left kidney for it

[vivid pagoda]

Yes/No. we can buy off Taobao. As long as we stay under 2000 NTD. We are fine.

[wheat field]

What's that in yuan?

[vivid pagoda]

Like 442 RMB

[wheat field]

Damn that's uh

[vivid pagoda]

Nothing lol

[wheat field]

Not that much, like 50ish US?

[median warren]

Vpn?

[vivid pagoda]

60 ish

[wheat field]

LetsVPN or mullvad

For china

[wheat field]

Damn

[median warren]

Nordvpn

[wheat field]

No, not for china.

Doesn't work right

[vivid pagoda]

But stuff on Taobao is hella cheap so…

[random gyro]

Ive had a mx 440 lying around💀

[wheat field]

True!!!

[vivid pagoda]

NordVPN is shit for China. Need something like LetsVPN

[wheat field]

I got this on taobao for like 15 bucks

For a convention

Picture is taken in my friends lane house

[median warren]

Make a wall of every gpu that's every been made

Now that's a flex

[wheat field]

Careful though, mullvad is better given that we know who owns it

LetsVPN is dubious

[vivid pagoda]

Yeah… but LetsVPN is pretty consistent. MullVad is eh.

[wheat field]

Works for me

But true, no Linux option for let's tho

Guess you could just run it under a compatibility layer

[random gyro]

I have never had a voodoo myself 😭

Would yearn for one. Not gonna spend alot on it tho

[median warren]

Dw me neither, my first gpu was a 1070

[wheat field]

@vivid pagoda do you guys have meituan?

[sleek ibex]

There's a work around. People for example who speak dialects that are wildly different, they can speak MSA and a combination of their respective dialect that's commonly shared with MSA

[random gyro]

Bruhhh mine was gt 610

[quick hamlet]

Someone help

[wheat field]

Interesting

[vivid pagoda]

Foodpanda & UberEats. Same shit.

[random gyro]

Then i swapped to a 660

[wheat field]

More expensive, no?

[random gyro]

Then 2070

[vivid pagoda]

Food in general on this island isn’t cheap. It’s not like China. Mass produced. Price stuff down to rock bottom.

[wheat field]

😦 damn

Food in china ain't bad tho

If you stay away from western takeaways!

[vivid pagoda]

Around 100 NTD.

[wheat field]

KFC here made me vomit

[wheat field]

Pork belly?

😋

[vivid pagoda]

Ngl KFC is great here. In China & Taiwan. The egg tarts 🤤

[limber nacelle]

duck

[wheat field]

In CHINA? Nuh uh, I almost died

[vivid pagoda]

Yup and some chicken.

[wheat field]

Behind

[limber nacelle]

NOOOOO

[vivid pagoda]

Tf? How

[wheat field]

No idea, granted this was in Beijing.

[vivid pagoda]

Fuck I want KFC now

[limber nacelle]

fuck I want some duck now

[wheat field]

Beijing just sucks

I'm gonna order something

[vivid pagoda]

Btw American fast food sucks in Asia tbh. Besides KFC.

[vivid pagoda]

Where you at now? I’m thinking of going to Yunnan and hang out there

[wheat field]

Have to say, and you'll kill me, but burger king here? Not bad.

[sleek ibex]

Yep we call this "white Arabic/accent" or "neutral Arabic"

[wheat field]

I'm in Shanghai 😦

[vivid pagoda]

Ew Shanghai

[wheat field]

Hey!

[vivid pagoda]

My family used to own a factory there lol

[wheat field]

I love Shanghai

It's the New York of china

😂

[vivid pagoda]

Yeah but Shanghai people have a superiority complex like Hong Kong. Chongqing people are more down to earth

[wheat field]

True but that's why it's like New York. Chongqing is ultra based but no good schools tbh

Native Hong Kongers are either epic or assholes

[vivid pagoda]

9/10 hong kongers I know are asshole

That’s why I hate Hong Kong also.

The people. 😂

[wheat field]

I'm going to get some pork belly and pig feet

[vivid pagoda]

These fuckers won’t give me directions when I ask. And if they do. They purposely screw with me.

When there is plenty of room in an elevator they force the door close cuz… lol self centred.

[vivid pagoda]

🤤

[wheat field]

They're hyper individualistic weirdos just like Beijing or Shanghai

Hilarious that they critique the west for the same shit they do

[vivid pagoda]

They are also pretty back stabby

[vivid pagoda]

It’s hilarious because they are worse than the west. In my experience

[wheat field]

All my mainland friends are from elsewhere besides two Shanghai dudes

[wheat field]

Go to Shanghai and Beijing, what is there? Seven giant shopping malls within 500 metres

[strange atlas]

any chance rx 6800 has stopped getting updates on?

[wheat field]

Lol!

Nobody cares and PewDiePie has a video if someone does, don't clog the chat

Danke

Interesting, and when did you realise you had diarrhea of the mouth?

[random gyro]

😭😭😭

[vivid pagoda]

Taiwanese beef noddle soup slaps 🤤

[wheat field]

The food is top tier. Need to go out and find good Bao here

The pork buns are nice but eh, they skimp on the meat here

used to be THICK in Beijing

[eternal cloak]

<@&750150305383186585> Nothing much to say here innit

[wheat field]

My wife wants to go to Tokyo in the summer 😢

[left dove]

Nani the fuck did I wake up to

[gloomy sleet]

wild

[wheat field]

@vivid pagoda dunno if you've been there but they are very similar to HKers

[eternal cloak]

Mmm, nice, Tokyo in 30 to 35 degree weather, clogged up by sweaty people

[wheat field]

Exactly why I don't want to

Kyoto is much nicer and the people are aces there. Don't like Tokyo nearly as much

[eternal cloak]

Convince her to go to Sapporo in February
Equally sweaty, but cold and beautiful snow festivals going on

[wheat field]

Osaka is nice too

[vivid pagoda]

Yeah the bao nowadays have too much bread.

[sleek ibex]

Osaka sounds like an interesting time

[limber nacelle]

sapporo sounds nice 🙏

[wheat field]

THAT'S WHAT IM SAYINNN

[eternal cloak]

Basically all of the people from Kyoto I know are giga racist lmfao

[limber nacelle]

60% bao and 40% filling is ideal imo 🙏

[wheat field]

Young or old? Most of the people I met there were actually nice and pleasant. Tokyo felt more judgy and prejudice imo

Very similar vibes to Beijing or HK

[sleek ibex]

I heard the passive aggressiveness of Kyoto is on a whole different level

[eternal cloak]

A mix of both, I'm aware the older generation are more racist

[wheat field]

👍🏻👍🏻

[eternal cloak]

Ye, the meme is that they hate just about anyone that's not from Kyoto city

[limber nacelle]

i feel like 50/50 is a bit much ngl

[sleek ibex]

Like how they ask for tea when visiting one's house.... What it basically means is they want you to leave

[limber nacelle]

70/30 is just wrong too

[wheat field]

I just like to actually taste the pork

[vivid pagoda]

When the west bitches about racism… you should see China. They will fucking bash on someone from the next town over 😢

[limber nacelle]

idk 60/40 is goat, enough filling that it's not just bread for most of your bites, but has enough where it's not too much filling

[wheat field]

Hahaha china is insane

[eternal cloak]

I'm Japanese

[limber nacelle]

same in italy loooooool

[eternal cloak]

I know

[wheat field]

At least in China you know it's not because you're white, they hate their own too

A student in my comp sci class who's from the states complained to me about the lack of mental health awareness and I was like "...you know where you are, right? Don't tell anyone about that here, do online therapy"

I know that sucks but honestly the help you can get here sucks

[sleek ibex]

[wheat field]

They looked at me like I was crazy and emailed the class coordinator who promptly told them to resign if they couldn't handle it

Mfw

[wheat field]

Nice sticker

[wheat field]

@eternal cloak do you guys also put Dorian on pizza?

I hate it so much

[eternal cloak]

Pizza barely exists here

Apart from that do I also barely know what Durian is to begin with

[limber nacelle]

oh i was about to ask who is dorian and what did he do to deserve to be on a pizza

[median warren]

We need another like linus roasts viewers setups

[wheat field]

Auto correct lol

[wheat field]

Based

[eternal cloak]

I phrased it wrong

Pizza definitely exists here, pizza variation barely exists here

[vivid pagoda]

Pizza in Asia sucks

[eternal cloak]

I don't think I've seen much pizza apart from margherita and salami and because of Japanese culture add-yourself restaurants aren't that popular

It's always gotta be a fixed menu

[wheat field]

Homeslice in Shanghai is good, originally ran by a new Yorker and the chef is from new York

[eternal cloak]

You get what's written on there, if you want something removed or added? No can do

[wheat field]

Same thing more or less here.

[eternal cloak]

Ye, it's roughly the same sentiment across East Asia

Even in NK as far as I know lol

[left dove]

I wish to consume french toast

but I have none

[wheat field]

@eternal cloak 😋

[limber nacelle]

fuck man i could go for some xiaolongbao rn

14yuan too 😋

[left dove]

god thats cheap as shit

[wheat field]

...china

[limber nacelle]

the equivalent in canada would be like, fucking, 50 yuan

[left dove]

oh

[limber nacelle]

it's still cheap

just a dollar or two usd

[sleek ibex]

Absolute bonkers

[wheat field]

Still cheap

But not crazy cheap added up to 33 yuan, about what you'd expect for decent food

Unless you're eating American

Haha good luck with that, 70 yuan for a burger?

[eternal cloak]

I do not trust a single thing in China

[wheat field]

Said the Japanese man hahaha

[limber nacelle]

i mean it's cheap at least compared to what you'd pay here in canada for decent xiaolongbao

[eternal cloak]

I will question unironically every single food, take it into the interrogation room and ask if it's digestable

[south arrow]

Food: shakes visciously

[sleek ibex]

Same here in the states

[eternal cloak]

And part German, even worse

[left dove]

goiman!

[wheat field]

Most food in tier 1 cities is good and you can judge by meituan ratings. It's honestly pretty stupid to question food that's from a good rated restaurant. If it's some shit shack in the middle Nanjing? Have a barf bag

But I did the same when I arrived

[wheat field]

Oh yikes hahaha

I still remember eating a "meat" stick in Beijing and throwing my guts up

[wheat field]

And authentic!

[eternal cloak]

True, in the US I only either cook myself or go to a single almost certainly unlicensed airstream food.. truck? run by two 65 year old black men.

They make killer burgers

[wheat field]

Based

Should've ordered chicken feet

Next time....next time

[limber nacelle]

man haven't had chickenfeet in a long time

[left dove]

those are the best food trucks tbh

[wheat field]

So good

[limber nacelle]

i could go for some pig ear right now

[wheat field]

Pork feet with the marrow soft? Mmmm

[dim patio]

guys I wanna get my first pc and I have a 700$ budget(only for pc/case) what should I get?
things i want to do on it :

1-PCVR (for meta quest 2 and meta quest 3)
2-Minecraft
3-game making (blender, unity, etc.)
4-rocket league
5-valorant
6- team fortress 2 (TF2)
7-content creation
8-Recroom
9-Fortnite
10-apex legends
11-poppy playtime ( I just wanna try it out)
12-halo
13- I just want it to be able to play a large amount of games

[wheat field]

#1106613567966429224

[left dove]

wtf is "poppy playtime"

[wheat field]

Cringe YouTube bait game

[eternal cloak]

Ironically, whenever I was in Shi He Zi the best food I had was grilled bugs

[thorn pewter]

fucking 4 yo peoples games ( no offence)

[dim patio]

Ik just wanna try it out to see why people like it

[thorn pewter]

never played it nor will ever

[dim patio]

I haven’t got any replies

[left dove]

so just watch gameplay of it

[wheat field]

Grilled bugs? 🐛 Pretty gooood. What insect did you partake?

[eternal cloak]

The soups were okay, the chicken feet was lowkey garbage, the pork bits were kinda nice

[limber nacelle]

wait for it

[dim patio]

I wanna play it myself tho

[wheat field]

OMO bad chicken feet?

[left dove]

We aren't paid to be attentive customer support agents

[eternal cloak]

I only said grilled bugs because I don't know the name of the bug in English kek

[dim patio]

how much time, people reply to me more here

[limber nacelle]

bad chicken feet is crayz

[wheat field]

Hahaha

[limber nacelle]

idk have some patience

[wheat field]

We're talking about chicken feet Laowai

[limber nacelle]

it's a virtue, you know

[dim patio]

ok

[sleek ibex]

There is one food truck where I'm at that's a fusion of American, Lebanese, and Mexican. Owners are Lebanese immigrants who hail from Beirut.

[left dove]

Ennui where is my poutine

[limber nacelle]

that sounds so good

[wheat field]

Labanese food is the bomb

[dim patio]

ooo

I like chicken breast more lol

[limber nacelle]

i'm going to say it poutine is b tier food

[eternal cloak]

And just as I said it, I remembered; fried crickets mainly, but also tarantula leg and mealworms

[limber nacelle]

[left dove]

it's still comfort food

[limber nacelle]

fair enough

[left dove]

LOAD THE TREBUCHET

[limber nacelle]

i hear spiders taste like crabs

is that true?

[wheat field]

外国人更喜欢鸡胸肉

[limber nacelle]

or at least, i recall hearing that from somewhre

[eternal cloak]

For me it wasn't much different than chicken skin kek

[sleek ibex]

My area has a large MENA community. I live near six middle eastern restaurants within a mile radius

[left dove]

oh man I love chicken skin

[wheat field]

@eternal cloak insects generally taste very chickeny to me!

[eternal cloak]

Ironically, that didn't use to be the case up until the 1960s

[limber nacelle]

foreigner something likes chicken somet meat...? (chicken breasts...?)

[wheat field]

Ya haha

[eternal cloak]

Westerners fucking hated chicken breast until someone invented the boneless wings

[limber nacelle]

LETS GOOOOOO

[left dove]

chicken titty is so good though :(

[gloomy sleet]

they say it as cheap food like rabbit

[wheat field]

I've returned to my roots. I eat everything but the breast now, but the breast is good

[limber nacelle]

can't say i've ever tried any

[thorn pewter]

why did you phrase it like that😭

[broken saffron]

chicken breast s the best

[wheat field]

It's good

[limber nacelle]

have you ever had frog legs though

[broken saffron]

easy protein no fat

[gloomy sleet]

regular ones are fine too

[limber nacelle]

frog leg straight up is just chicken i swear to god

[left dove]

Humor

[wheat field]

Frog leg is yummy

[broken saffron]

https://tenor.com/view/frog-jumping-gif-23922460

[thorn pewter]

there is like a couple 15+ miles away lol

[wheat field]

Duck blood broth with some chicken feet is the bomb thi

[broken saffron]

wtf

[wheat field]

What

[eternal cloak]

Because it's technically not incorrect
i.e Turkeys' breasts were bred to be so large they've become a problem

[limber nacelle]

i'm not big on blood things, but i haven't had it since i was a child so

maybe i'll give it a try again to see if i like it now

[broken saffron]

nothing man enjoy your food

[wheat field]

It's good bro.

Westerners eat black pudding but cry over duck blood

[wheat field]

(I'm a westerner)

[left dove]

I was about to say

[wheat field]

Twas the joke

[broken saffron]

whats a black pudding

[wheat field]

American?

[broken saffron]

no asian

[vivid pagoda]

Duck blood is more… slippery and soft…

[wheat field]

Wild

[hexed tapir]

My level 4 plates came today 😊

[left dove]

I thought you were indian

[eternal cloak]

Like, they've become so big in some cases the Turkeys literally cannot grow properly

[broken saffron]

india is in asia

[vivid pagoda]

I love black pudding. 😂 they sell them on a stick here.

[left dove]

Fair

[wheat field]

I'm just saying that people think Chinese food is gross but they eat equally gross things in the west

"gross"

[thorn pewter]

brainfart

[wheat field]

Wait you're Indian? Top tier food, ngl

[hexed tapir]

Stick pudding?

[broken saffron]

ig your points fair too

[left dove]

Like me with pizza and applesauce:3

[wheat field]

That's whimsical

[broken saffron]

rank top 5 fav indian food

[limber nacelle]

samosas are the bomb ngl

[broken saffron]

im calling butter chicken top 3

[eternal cloak]

I don't think Chinese-style food is gross, I think eating Chinese food in China, especially in tourist traps, is just straight up gonna kill you

[sleek ibex]

My grandparents gifted me a cookbook to pass down the heritage

[thorn pewter]

i havnt had apple sauce since like 3rd grade

[broken saffron]

fr

[vivid pagoda]

Tbh. Tong zi dan is fairly disgusting

[sleek ibex]

Should cook from it more often

[left dove]

Applesauce and cheese sticks is good too

[limber nacelle]

ok that's enough internet for today

[vivid pagoda]

LMFAO

[thorn pewter]

do a recipe a week, and report here

[limber nacelle]

frick u man

[wheat field]

Tandoori
Butter chicken
Vindaloo
Chaat
Kachori

Had to think about that one 🤔

[limber nacelle]

i hope u get food poisoning again

[coarse forge]

Yo chat urgent question

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZbCP8Q

Should I change anything (max £610) to get more performance?

I'm gonna switch to am5 in 2 years after this is built

!!!

[dim patio]

huh

[vivid pagoda]

Shut up we are talking about food

[coarse forge]

Mb 😢 😭

[broken saffron]

no chicken tikka?

[limber nacelle]

food-chat1

[left dove]

Food

[coarse forge]

I thought this was a tech chat

[wheat field]

That's for basic bobs

[broken saffron]

@wheat field you gotta try out chole bature

[limber nacelle]

no this is food-chat#1

[gloomy sleet]

im really sad i missed the oppitunity to say im more of a chicken ass guy

[wheat field]

What's that?

[broken saffron]

up your game a lil

[coarse forge]

Fr

[wheat field]

Chaat is actually probably my favourite but it's more of a snack

[eternal cloak]

Tbf in most cases when people eat Chicken Tikka (Masalla), they almost never eat actual Chicken Tikka, they just prepare that shit Jamie Oliver style

[broken saffron]

its like spicy chickpeas with a deep fried bread

[vivid pagoda]

🤤

[limber nacelle]

FUCK YOU

[wheat field]

Yum

[limber nacelle]

NOOOOO now i want taiwanese beef noodles

[gloomy sleet]

jamie oliver is a prick

[coarse forge]

Looks good but needs some of my curry on top

[limber nacelle]

and he fucked up fried rice

[forest lotus]

Hehe. Toshiba time

[gloomy sleet]

he got rid of the turkey twizler off the school menu

[broken saffron]

nah im talking about chicken tikka not masala. chicken tikka masala sucks so hard

[limber nacelle]

tbh i've seen british chinese food.... y'all scare me

[gloomy sleet]

he can go suck a toe

[vivid pagoda]

Oh god

[wheat field]

Vindaloo is a better curry

[limber nacelle]

why are y'all putting GRAVY on fried rice

i will wipe britain off the face of this earth

[eternal cloak]

I'm also putting gravy in noodles, fuck you

[wheat field]

Am Irish, can attest to British and Irish food sucking

[broken saffron]

yeah idk why people even eat tikka masala over normal tikka

[limber nacelle]

sleep with one eye open

[vivid pagoda]

If you’ve seen Chinese British Food… Chinese American food doesn’t seem. Bad

[broken saffron]

barbecue that shi its so good

[limber nacelle]

yeah american chinse food is ... aight

[vivid pagoda]

Shut up and enjoy your potatoes

[wheat field]

Let me answer "oh chicken tikka masala? We have that home, don't we Mary!"

[vivid pagoda]

[wheat field]

I will in hotpot

[limber nacelle]

it's different than authentic chinese but it's not necessarily bad

[broken saffron]

😭

[vivid pagoda]

Tbh so true

[broken saffron]

what even is british food bro

[wheat field]

🙏🏻 bless the 200 yuan hotpots

[broken saffron]

beans and potato

[limber nacelle]

"food"

[wheat field]

Gray and bland.

[eternal cloak]

Because Tikka Masala is one of the stereotypical Indian dishes

[coarse forge]

Fr

[gloomy sleet]

we traded the turkey twizzler and bean special for shitty curry

[vivid pagoda]

$1.83 Bubble Tea. 🤤 Taiwan

[coarse forge]

Damn cheap

[broken saffron]

man i gotta beat up whoever made it popular

[limber nacelle]

🤮

[coarse forge]

Lucky

[eternal cloak]

Tf is wrong with Britian and their shitty beans

[broken saffron]

tf

[limber nacelle]

everything

[gloomy sleet]

i like beans

[wheat field]

My meituan rider is gonna get got. He's 2 km away and the expected time is 2:30 am. No money for him, I'll give him a hongbao. I hate how it works here

[coarse forge]

I want fish curry

[gloomy sleet]

its better then whats on the right

[vivid pagoda]

Tbh. I like my jacket potatoes. Beans & Cheese. Delicious on a buttered up Potato

[coarse forge]

And rice

[limber nacelle]

isn't lny over?

[broken saffron]

try rajma rice

[coarse forge]

And then meat curry

[gloomy sleet]

i have its ass

[coarse forge]

And then chicken curry 🍛

[broken saffron]

get it from a good place

[gloomy sleet]

id have beans on toast over that

[sleek ibex]

Man this is making me want good ol' Iraqi style curry

[coarse forge]

With green chilli

[elder quarry]

Mod is so funny

@tidal geyser a phenomenon

[wheat field]

They just say hongbao as "money as a gift" it's not exclusively a lunar new year thing

[gloomy sleet]

i made it at home following some recipe my indian grandma gave me

[left dove]

I could go for some hamburger helper

[broken saffron]

its not rajma if its not from jammu

[wheat field]

It's also used to refer to working side hustles

[tidal geyser]

what

[gloomy sleet]

idek where that is

[elder quarry]

Look at the name

[wheat field]

That stuff is made by the devil. Had it in New York and couldn't understand

[broken saffron]

ask her bro

[vivid pagoda]

Tbh I miss a good Koobideh…

[eternal cloak]

Apart from that, I'd be surprised if you actually kept your LNY money anyway

[gloomy sleet]

i dont like the fundamental aromatic base of south east asian dishes

[wheat field]

How do you mean?

[tidal geyser]

what name

[limber nacelle]

I've never really recieved red envolopes outside of lny and birthdays

[elder quarry]

#tech-chat-1

[left dove]

It's so good

[tidal geyser]

ooo in that way

[gloomy sleet]

thatd be difficult

[wheat field]

We don't give envelopes. If you receive a bit of extra cash here you say "I got a hongbao" just a slang term

[elder quarry]

ITS BACK

[tidal geyser]

well TECH chat is more like everything chat

[elder quarry]

O:

[limber nacelle]

oh word

[broken saffron]

mb

[wheat field]

👍🏻

[elder quarry]

It disappeared

[eternal cloak]

Most of the LNY money given to my friends, and also in my own case, is mostly just straight up stolen by either close or distant relatives under the guise of 'monetarey problems' or 'birth fees' (I'm serious)

[broken saffron]

chat is an indian dish

[vivid pagoda]

I only use red pockets for bribery

[elder quarry]

RIP Food chat (a few minutes)

[tidal geyser]

unless they break any rules other then that one then it is reasonable to call mods

[left dove]

no chat is here

[wheat field]

Ew...

[broken saffron]

i eat chat

[wheat field]

Hehe, I registered late when I moved and had to give a 700 rmb red pocket to the officer

[limber nacelle]

no it's a cat

[wheat field]

😄

[limber nacelle]

but french

[sleek ibex]

Little Throwback

[eternal cloak]

Ye, that's why you also gotta be careful in bigger Chinese cities, because people on LNY will straight up pickpocket you

[vivid pagoda]

🤤

My favourite bento spot is closed for repairs… 😭

[left dove]

what is "bento"

[eternal cloak]

Pey

[gloomy sleet]

a box of food

[eternal cloak]

You're a weeb, stop trolling

[gloomy sleet]

even i know this

[limber nacelle]

frick u warship

[vivid pagoda]

They kinda chuck everything into a box. With a bunch of food. I just got it to stay and not to go. Bigger portions

[left dove]

no deadass I know it's like a little box thing but is bento just the form of food in a box or is it like a specific cooking/meal style

[eternal cloak]

(It's a lunch box)

[broken saffron]

Is chat cat or is cat chat

[vivid pagoda]

Taiwan has heavy Japanese influence soo… eh

[limber nacelle]

cats are chats in french

[sleek ibex]

Some time ago when I made dolma

[limber nacelle]

yeah cause they don't want to associate with china loooool

[eternal cloak]

In Japanese culture, a bento is basically anything resembling a lunch box, the west tends to overinterpret into it

[eternal cloak]

And because part of Japan is less than 500 km away from it lol

[broken saffron]

But it's pronounced shaat

[sleek ibex]

The left pot had grape leaves and onions, and the right had eggplant and Zucchini

[left dove]

Ahh

[vivid pagoda]

Omg Shaved Ice + toppings 🤤

[solid grotto]

I’ve just cloned my OS from a 2tb HDD to a 256gb SATA SSD. Tried to change boot order in bios but it didn’t appear as an option. I went to boot override and tried it there n it said it failed or summet

[limber nacelle]

oh looks delicious

[left dove]

ok but this ramen tho

[limber nacelle]

I LOVE EGGPLANTS

[gloomy sleet]

i just learnt that you can control the screen of the ak820 pro with the volume knob

[limber nacelle]

i'm sorry pey that doesn't look good 😭

[gloomy sleet]

this keyboard is so fucking cool

[left dove]

wym it was DELICIOUS

[wheat field]

Aubergine?

[limber nacelle]

lemme send you some places you need to go whilst you're here

[broken saffron]

Ye

[limber nacelle]

yes!!!! i love aubergines

[eternal cloak]

Ye, the west likes to make it a big thing as if all bentoes have suger cute art on it or has super complexity to it with several layers of lunch boxes

Like bruh, it's literally just a lunch box with food in it, mostly sorted by the character it starts with kek

[dim patio]

at this point this should be called “food chat”

[broken saffron]

We call it brinjal

[gloomy sleet]

should be called off topic

[vivid pagoda]

🤤 my favourite meal

[dim patio]

true

[wheat field]

I love the sprite cans

[left dove]

All the bento boxes I've ever seen were like, just generic solid color plastic or woven wicker

[broken saffron]

You can't discuss tech if you don't eat

[vivid pagoda]

Soo tiny

[wheat field]

The red bull cans here are based

[coarse forge]

I eat cpus

[wheat field]

They're yellow and PHAT

[eternal cloak]

Ye, that's about it with them

[gloomy sleet]

fair

[vivid pagoda]

I argue food is on topic. Without food fuelling the people designing the chips. How could we have our electronics

[broken saffron]

How do you get rid of the pins

[wheat field]

The creation of food is also its own technology

[sleek ibex]

We used to grow grape leaves in the backyard for when we would make them. Though sadly we don't make them as much

[wheat field]

Speaking of the creation of food, anyone watch clarksons farm?

[sleek ibex]

Stuffing the grape leaves are a bit of a pain

[coarse forge]

Use tweezers and eat em

👁👅👁

[wheat field]

I looove the show

[eternal cloak]

'Omg so pretty bento box, how can the Japanese make this so clean omg'

The first search result when I googled lunch box instead of bento box:

[broken saffron]

Must be painful on the way out

[eternal cloak]

IT'S THE SAME SHIT

[sleek ibex]

Used to also have Pacha and biryani growing up though it's very rare now

[coarse forge]

But yummy

[limber nacelle]

oh cool

[wheat field]

It's because most westerners have no idea about Asia in general. It's like my mom asking if I've eaten dog everytime I come home

[limber nacelle]

vegetables from your garden hits diff

[broken saffron]

Ye dip it in the thermal paste

[eternal cloak]

Aye, it's hideous

[vivid pagoda]

Yes

[normal tusk]

i bought a 2kg can of stuffed grape leaves for $12 at store the other day (i know is not as good as homemade dolmas and allat but its also less work)

[coarse forge]

Ur making me hungry

[eternal cloak]

I don't understand why people choose those shitty metal boxes anyway, unless they're made in a certain way, they lose heat much faster than high quality plastic does

[wheat field]

I usually ask her if she only eats potatoes and she looks at me with a kind of slack jawed gaze

[wheat field]

Aesthetic..

[primal void]

1000w 36euro psu 😛 😛

[wheat field]

Nothing parts sooner than fools and their money

[eternal cloak]

I hate humans

[wheat field]

Speaking of lunar new year I was absolutely disgusted with the behaviour by tourists this year

[eternal cloak]

Oh I can send you my favorite tourist clip this year, if I can find it

[limber nacelle]

didn't we tell you not to buy it yikes

why do people ask "should i do this", then disregard all advice and do it anyways

[wheat field]

Usually in Beijing nobody would care a white guy was around, same is MEANT to go in Shanghai.

Hair touching, girls asking for pictures, Koreans being obnoxious oh and one woman literally grabbing my arm and taking a photo of me with flash.

Could swear I was in the countryside

[limber nacelle]

just fucking do it without asking then

[primal void]

1 year warranty 🤬
There's nothing else better to buy except 550w PSUs at this price point

[left dove]

they want affirmation

[coarse forge]

Bomb

[limber nacelle]

why bother asking then

[coarse forge]

Jk

[wheat field]

I've lived here for awhile and it hurts my soul when I remember I'm just another white monkey

[coarse forge]

It looks good for the price

[eternal cloak]

This woman was singlehandedly responsible for banning tourists in certain Kyoto areas

[left dove]

because they're lonely

[sleek ibex]

Fair. Though the variant I had growing up we would also use to stuff cabbage, peppers, eggplant, onion, or even zucchini. Loved the onion ones

[limber nacelle]

bad behaved tourists are the worst

[left dove]

wtf is she just getting pics of kids??

[limber nacelle]

goes for any country

[eternal cloak]

To her credit, she stopped when people told her that it was a really dumb idea

[vivid pagoda]

I blend in. So I lack all the benefits of being a foreigner, while getting all the disadvantages.

[limber nacelle]

ehhhhh idk i feel like it's a bit of common sense to not take photos without consent

[eternal cloak]

No, that's a geisha, she's blocking the way of the geisha to take images
That's a huge nono, very easy way to get pulled to the side alley and beat up

[tidal geyser]

does not look like it uses ATX

[limber nacelle]

but like, i feel like people leave their common sense and respect at home when they go travel

[wheat field]

Fucking Laowai

[tidal geyser]

also more like 900w psu

[vivid pagoda]

I’m hungry 🤨

[left dove]

same

[limber nacelle]

ME TOO AND ITS ALL YOUR FAULT

[wheat field]

Whites in Japan have a bad rap because of this stuff. It's super common

[limber nacelle]

im going to send you a poisoned cup of mcdonalds coffee when you're back

[primal void]

It uses ATX, just doesn't comply with any ATX standard. It uses some weird dell standard but it is compatible with normal motherboards

[limber nacelle]

and when i say poisoned i'm not going to do anything to it, it's just gonna be regular mcdoanlds coffee

[eternal cloak]

Nah
American, 50+ years old, super ugly shorts she clearly thinks are fashionable? I don't assume common sense anymore

[nova solstice]

Where should I put the two fans of the nh-d15 an case (I have 3 case fans) and what orientation should I put them?
I thought about going for two fans on the right and one on the left with the fans of the CPU cooler mounted middle and right blowing to the left.

[left dove]

When I had a weekend date in summer last year up in portland we hit up this mexican place and oH MY GOD

[vivid pagoda]

At least 7-11 in Taiwan has good food

[wheat field]

Consume

[tidal geyser]

did you get the cables for it?

[vivid pagoda]

Isn’t it 2:44am in China????

[limber nacelle]

sigh not so common sense

[wheat field]

Ya, I'm working late

[tidal geyser]

do not worry about that

[left dove]

well I guess less of a date and more of I probably can't say here

[covert rain]

Should I go with AMD instead of Intel? I am thinking about getting an i7 14700K, but feel like I'd be making a mistake in future proofing?

[limber nacelle]

oop well almost time for me to go to sell my gpu

byebye all it was fun chatting

[primal void]

Came with psu, 4x pcie, 1x CPU "8" pin, 24pin, Sata cable

[left dove]

Seriously look at these nachos they were AMAZING

[wheat field]

I can't eat anything that's white like that unfortunately. Food aversion, I'll just throw up unless I cover my eyes

[eternal cloak]

Nah, I don't kick that way
I hate it when Chinese people specifically use 'foreigner' in their wording to describe people, that's why I don't queue with them in World of Warcraft, always ends with snarky comments from Chinese people. I don't like that in the Japanese language either, btw; same shit

[tidal geyser]

first of all its not possible and then yeah amd will last longer and you know near zero risk of committing death

[left dove]

I enjoy the cream of sour

[covert rain]

Wdym

[wheat field]

Fair enough, we use it to specifically refer to obnoxious tourists within my expat circle but I gotcha.

[jaunty apex]

I mean its like that with americans too is it not

[tidal geyser]

you wanted to go with a 14th gen K intel cpu?

[covert rain]

Yeah

[left dove]

4 u

[covert rain]

But wasn't the issue with the microcode fixed?

[wheat field]

American racism is usually less subtle

[eternal cloak]

Nah, Americans generally don't go 'You stupid foreigner' towards people

[tidal geyser]

do you live under a rock

[jaunty apex]

Fucking (ethnicity) people Istg

[vivid pagoda]

???

[limber nacelle]

3060ti

[eternal cloak]

They at least somewhat bother to try figure out what the ethnicity is, China, SK and Japan just say 'foreigner' to literally anything

[left dove]

they have like 8 gpus its fine

[tidal geyser]

first of all it does not fix already broken units and then there is always some risk still but yeah mosly fixed claimed by intel

[jaunty apex]

Fair.

[south arrow]

I got love for everyone, except those with a stick up their bum

[tidal geyser]

aka i would just not get 13th or 14th gen if you can

[vivid pagoda]

Well any white person moving to China will always be considered a foreigner even if they naturalize

[left dove]

so, most people?

[covert rain]

BIOs update was rolled for it as far as I remember, and I doubt they'd still be selling the damaged CPUs

[south arrow]

Yeah for some reason most people are just pricks these days really rubbing off on my kind nature

[normal tusk]

depends on the area

[wheat field]

He's having a dumpling

[left dove]

DUMPLING CATTO

[eternal cloak]

For sure, that's still missing the point though

[tidal geyser]

yeah does not mean intel fully fixed it

[vivid pagoda]

Their superiority complex?

[left dove]

how dare you not respond to me

[eternal cloak]

I have a problem with the 'foreigner' part

[wheat field]

Oh ya, you'll never be considered anything but that

[eternal cloak]

At least call them 'The white guy' or some shit

[elder quarry]

You got blocked

[wheat field]

As a white guy who's lived here for awhile there's nothing you can do about it unfortunately

[limber nacelle]

I was called a 死美国鬼 (but in canto) when I said something in English when I visited when I was a kid

[left dove]

I know for a fact that I did not

[eternal cloak]

I probably laggede, so what'd you say

[limber nacelle]

Basically they said "fucking americans..."

[elder quarry]

You got ghosted

[left dove]

#tech-chat-1 message

[covert rain]

I mean true, but like it seems kind of affordable right now an i7 14700K costs $420 and the Ryzen 7 7800x3d is about $630

[eternal cloak]

I don't want deep fried vomit

[left dove]

pizza and applesauce!

[covert rain]

That's like $200 difference, I could get a whole ass motherboard for that money, smth like the MSI MAG Tomahawk

[tidal geyser]

why are you comparing it to the 7800X3D?

[tidal geyser]

exactly thats why you do not buy it

[eternal cloak]

That unironically looks like something that's been deep fried ngl lmao

[normal tusk]

this is why i fake a british accent to perform false flag operations against the british

[jaunty apex]

I thought it was like.. deep fried tacos or smth idk

[tidal geyser]

r7 7700 is plenty

[covert rain]

Well what else should I compare it to

[wheat field]

Ya well the irony that Chinese are hyper individualistic and consumerist will never actually be known to them. They're actually a little worse than Americans

[left dove]

no its pizza dipped in applesauce 😭

[south arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-food-dumplings-steam-hot-gif-17083911

[covert rain]

I mean I'm not a Ryzen expert, never had their CPUs

[tidal geyser]

also will it have a 4090 at 1080p?

[left dove]

its one of my favorite comfort things

[elder quarry]

It’s burning

[vivid pagoda]

In Taiwan. I get local prices when I point. The moment I open my mouth. Magically the prices go up

[wheat field]

Reality

[normal tusk]

korea also does this

[covert rain]

It'll have a 4080 Super

[south arrow]

Looks sticky but good

[tidal geyser]

1440p?

[covert rain]

1080