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Hello echinacities! I am relatively new to China and my rabbi recommended that I join this forum to see what other expats are doing in this wonderful city of Shanghai.
I discovered a lovely way of making friends. I give someone I am familiar with a hongbao (the red envelope with money in it) and then that person is suddenly super friendly toward me. This method is very helpful when I need to get things done, like getting someone to hang up my wet raincoat or tell the boss that I am in the bathroom when I am really taking a long lunch break. I gave a female colleague a large hongbao and she smiled nervously at me. Savoring to collect on that one!
Have any of you found this method useful? What other techniques have you employed?
6 years 9 weeks ago in Money & Banking - China
It's beyond belief how far the haters go. Sockpuppet accounts all over, totally debunked fake news etc.
Why do they hate so much?
The haters need to fuck off.
Why does Engteach hate Jews?
Why does ambi hate black Presidents?
Am I supposed to teach my daughter to hate people based on skin colour, race, religion?
If thats what you want me to do... then fuck you.
I want my daughter to be better than me.
She has a thousand mile head start on the right wing fucks who post on here.
ScotsAlan:
Downvote as you please. I am looking forward to your expanations as to why I should teach my daughter to be racist. She is the next generation after all.
Thats pretty funny, I assume your trolling, give anyone from anywhere an envelope with money in it for no good reason and 9 times out of 10 you're making a new friend...no wait..10 times 10 you will.
I keep a pack of smokes on me. Thats great way to meet people, mostly men though...Exchange a smoke with someone and that's a good way to get talking. Its cheaper then handing out money lol.
ChaimGoldberg:
What is trolling? That’s interesting about the cigarettes and thanks for sharing. Chinese like to smoke. I’ll try using them!
Englteachted:
Biggi, on another thread this guy sad beards aren't kosher, Chinese troll too dumb to research the character he's trying to portray.
Stiggs:
I wonder if he's ever been to Argentina or referred to himself as being melanated.
Welcome to Shanghai. Be very careful with this website, some desperate leftover women are seeking for white foreign men to get married with especially men who already had children before!
Engteach sock puppet.
I suspect Engteach has been given admin rights and is now creating work for himself.
It's beyond belief how far the haters go. Sockpuppet accounts all over, totally debunked fake news etc.
Why do they hate so much?
The haters need to fuck off.
Why does Engteach hate Jews?
Why does ambi hate black Presidents?
Am I supposed to teach my daughter to hate people based on skin colour, race, religion?
If thats what you want me to do... then fuck you.
I want my daughter to be better than me.
She has a thousand mile head start on the right wing fucks who post on here.
ScotsAlan:
Downvote as you please. I am looking forward to your expanations as to why I should teach my daughter to be racist. She is the next generation after all.
This is a reply to old mate scots above. [I'm still working towards that ecc raincoat for Mrs iWolf's friend].
Have you been posting on the sauce again mate?
Personally, I think you are chasing shadows. And a bit obsessed with left/right politics. The important thing to remember is that although they may disagree with you they are not wrong and you are not right. It is simply an opinion or in the case of your gun op, an obvious troll to get the gun enthusiasts excited so you can take a shot at them later because you believe they are wrong.
Embrace the differences in opinion. That is what makes a forum interesting. I love the (to my mind) out of the box ideas that members propose.
If we all subscribed to blind, bleeting leftardism or gung-ho right is our rightism that would only give us two points of view. Life's rich tapestry is filled with contradictions and shades of grey (not the shit movie). Extreme leftism is as bad as extreme rightism. But equally amusing for those of us in the cheap seats.
Why not judge each issue on its merits and the evidence available. Encouraging your daughter to be a critical thinker may give her a much better chance in life than simply following an arbitrary socio-political code.
I trust my rambling makes some sense. Chill out bro....and maybe think twice before beating up your keyboard whilst on the suds.
ScotsAlan:
Always on the Soy sauce Iwolf :-) I watch and read more right wing news than is good for me. I remember the Obama mustard scandal. And the Obama tan suit scandal. Last week I paid particular interest in Breitbart news. They were ripping the florida shooting survivors to shreads. Alex Jones was on about them being crisis actors. So out of order. But here is the thing. Youtube gave Alex Jones a strike against his crisis actor shit. One more strike and he gets de-monitised. Youtube will pull the add money. I dont agree with such censorship. Alex Jones should be free to say what he wants. But others should have the right of reply. The right wing should be free to say what they want. But right of reply should apply. Just look at the Britain First Facebook page for an example of censorship. I beleive Hotwater is banned from posting there :-)
iWolf:
He's banned? lol...I'd liked to see what he said to cause that to occur. Alex Jones is certainly extreme but amusing. And i do believe that his rants are often driven by monetisation of the platform.