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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: What can you do in China but not in your country?
This what I can do:
1. I can watch or download unlimited supply of movies, television series and songs for free.
2. Walk home late night at 2 a.m in a major city without fear of being mugged
3. I can spit at public places without any concern
4.Use my cell phone any how without offending the people around me
4. walk through a farm land without any fear of trespassing
5. Hang out on the streets all night long
6. I don't need to smile at strangers
7. I can look over your shoulders to see what you're reading or even yank a book/newspaper out of your hand to get a closer look.
8. It is OK if I ask about your age, salary, income, clothing costs and similar private matters.
How about you?
That mugging part, while mostly true isn't. You still must watch out. You can be stabbed and robbed in China.
crimochina:
that we know about. because the police will simply write it off as a"dance floor fight"
I can make more money than most Chinese by just talking and playing the guitar badly.
I can run red lights while drinking beer with 3 women on my scooter, about the 3 women, o yeah baby.
Enjoy long hot summers, I'm Canadian, it's alright if you like ice fishing and hockey but I'd rather be mini-skirt watching any day. Endless legs.
Use force to keep everyone behind me...then get on the bus first . The look on my wife's face - priceless!
tomcatflyer:
Same here, in fact when we are waiting for a bus and it is busy my wife will send me on first because she knows I will always get there and save her a seat. She normally gets on about twelve people after me. No one pushes past me.
I can go into a restaurant and throw water on the floor or anything else for that matter then tell not ask the waitress to clean it up. I can half do things that I have sta............
Have far less tolerance for neurotic white people and their uptight sniffy little problems. It's like I'm in heaven.
sam239:
Minus the racist undertones, I almost agree with you. Politically correct mentalities are like a new form of totalitarianism, controlling what you can think and say and do, but it's almost entirely fake, a bad thing pretending to be good.
Something China is good at is taking advantage of the good things that have come out of European civilizations while not importing what doesn't suit China (such as PC mentalities).
I can smoke almost anywhere I please without people glaring at me...
I can party like a rock star!
I can poop in the street if I so desire..
I can smoke almost anywhere.
I can drive like a complete asshat while blending in naturally with the local drivers and without fear of getting shot by a roadrager.
i can lie, use people, without feeling too guilty because it is expected here and everyone else does it.
i can be rude, inconsiderate, because that is the norm.
i can abuse the private space of a foreign company, ie i'll go to starbucks and sleep on their outdoor bench without buying anything. i can go to mcdonalds and play with my phone along with everyone else and just sit there while real customers stand around looking for a seat.
just because we can do things here that we couldn't at home does not mean it is a good thing.
flip side. i can walk in any neighborhood without being bothered by the police (WWB or DWB walking while black, driving while black) i can walk around with a hoody and holding cola and skittles and not worry that some racist is going to shoot me. i love talking the bus here. because the buses actually go where people need to go!!!!!!!!!! and i don't have to wait 30 -120 mins.
livingfree85:
boooooooooooooooo
and the lame award goes to........
jayknox! whoever he is and wherever he came from.....
- Breathe obscenely bad air.
- Drive like an utterly insane maniac and get away with it.
- Walk down the streets at night without being harrassed by power-tripping pigs who hate indians more than they hate black people.
- Take night photographs without being harrassed by power-tripping pigs, getting carded, and forced to undergo unconstitutional checks, etc.
- Avoid nearly getting shot by pigs when I pull over my vehicle to avoid texting/phoning while driving.
- Get employed solely based on the color of my skin/nationality. Flip side: not getting employed because of the color of my skin/ethnicity. (postive racism vs. negative racism?)
I'm going home soon. Remind me to download software that automatically uploads camera data to youtube while filming in real time. I dislike pigs, but have great respect for actual law enforcement officers.
sam239:
Wow, can I ask where the pigs are like this? I find it ironic how many people describe Asian po-po as being corrupt, since the ones in western countries too often behave like you describe, almost like SS thugs.
Hulk:
In some parts of the U.S., usually rural areas, cops can be huuuggggeee douchebags.
Honestly, I've NEVER had any problems with the po-pos in China (unless you count their fear to get involved). I'm actually surprised.
- Act like a slob at the dinner table.
- Push in line at queues.
- Stare at girls as people stare at me.
- Make ridiculous amounts of money just for being white skinned.
Drink beer on the sidewalk while munching on street food. This is great , especially in the summer!
brown:
By the way, have you tried Lucky Joe's Sidewalk saloon?
Free peanuts, shells belong on the floor
pizza toppings; rabbit, squid, bullfrog, turtle, etc.
I can walk into a dentist office and get some done without an appointment, or $500.
I can walk into a doctors office and get what I want without an appointment
I can walk into a lawyers office and talk with a lawyer, without an appointment or $500.
I can go to the fish market and/or the fruit/ vegetable market with 100RMB, come home with change, and have some fresh food for a couple days.
brown:
I am not bothered to ring. Just walk into any hospital and find myself surprisingly surrounded by a group of medics ready to work on my ass*
I can let out my venomous rattle snake and sneeze it on the streets
Drive like crazy and nobody cares
Run red lights and not get stopped
Turn up late to the factory and not get fined