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Finally, Common Ground...

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Bababasti@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wish the average people realized this instead of bickering about which of their country is superior.

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      • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I wish people would stop disparaging others just because they happen to live in a particular country.

        Guess what, a single person can’t control everything their country does. Get over it.

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      • SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Watching over-personification continues to become the death of our species. We deserve an AI apocalypse in many ways at this point. maybe everyone will snap out of it before some theoretical grand tipping point towards certain “dystopian” outcomes ends up coming to pass, though probably not, especially at this rate which I have been seeing continue throughout this year

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    • ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The game’s called “Earthbound”, right?

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      • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Tho, I don’t believe this is a dialogue from the game.

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      • tflyghtz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes it is

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  • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Gratuitous “the”.

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      yeah needs to match on both sides either “the americans and the chinese” or “americans and chinese” not this weird othering mix.

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      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        To be fair, they’re not entirely equivalent. I wouldn’t bristle at all at being called “an American,” but I would never call someone “a Chinese.” In the plural form with a definite article, it doesn’t feel as bad, but I’d probably prefer to say “Chinese people,” whereas “American people” feels a little clunky, though it’s probably the best option if you want to keep both terms the same.

        I don’t think this is necessarily a racist thing though, because I’d probably tend to say “the English/ french/ spanish” and “Guatemalans/ Nigerians/ Tibetans.” Demonyms are definitely a weird area of language that feels biased when you see a direct comparison though.

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    • SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m going to start using “the american”

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    • Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We aren’t bringing back “Chinamen” if that’s what you’re asking.

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      • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Chinese would suffice.

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      • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature.

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      • TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The Chinaman is not the issue dude.

        And please Asian American is the preferred nomenclature

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      • evthestrike@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        What do you mean by the second sentence 🤨

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  • Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This post is misinformation.

    [Statistical Communiqué for 2024 on national economics by the National Bureau of Statistics of China] (www.stats.gov.cn/…/t20250228_1958822.html):

    “In 2024, the per capita disposable income nationwide was 41,314 yuan, an increase of 5.3 percent over that of the previous year or a real increase of 5.1 percent after deducting price factors”

    Tell me how growing your disposable income by 5% a year is “not being able to afford anything”

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    • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      41,314 yuan

      So, in average they had 5k dollars to spend on everything that isn’t food and rent… And you are proposing they are rich?

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      • Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        When you can get a fucking delicious and nutritious bowl of noodles and vegetables for 5 yuan or a metro/bus ride for 3 yuan in the USA let me know.

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      • TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How much money do you think the median American takes home these days with cost of living and suppressed wages? -2000 in credit card debt once the budget gets tallied?

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  • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    isn’t china struggling with deflation nowadays, though? they can afford things perfectly well, they just don’t do it

    (correct me if i’m wrong i know fuck all about economics)

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It‘s not going well for the average Chinese worker in recent years from what I‘ve heard. The pandemic and crumbling real estate market followed by countries diversifying their economies away from China (albeit slowly) and Trumps arbitrary trade war aren‘t good prospects for China. Xi Jinping‘s rhetoric in speeches went from „prosperity for all“ before the pandemic to „prosperity in moderation“ to essentially saying people shouldn‘t expect anything at all in his „eat bitter“ speech last year and that was before tariffs. Order books are empty and unemployment is rising just like it is in many places of the world right now to be honest. These are economically turbulent times and export economies are struggling when nobody can afford shit.

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      • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There was a YouTuber I like who went to view some of the new state of the art factories and they were operating at 1/6 capacity due to very low demand. The world economic terrorism trump is doing is making it tough out there for every country.

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  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is my gripe with tankies. One of the most salient points of 1984:

    “It was now impossible for any human being to prove by documentary evidence that the war with Eurasia had ever happened.”

    “Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.”

    All war is fake except the class war.

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  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s been so fun seeing USians freak out at the remote prospect that they might have to live like people in other countries do. USians on Reddit spent the entire 2023 complaining about prices of Doordash delivery, and then they’re also irked that games cost 60$ now. But cooking at home for a couple days instead of ordering pizza again? Not an option. “Ooh we have to work all day, we don’t have time for cooking.” Well guess how people eat in other countries? They cook at home after work. Boo fucking hoo.

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    • Soulg@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s very funny how consistently ignorant you people are while you’re putting on your “me smart and better than those silly Ameridumbs”

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      • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, so ignorant, we even know how to cook. Unlike the enlightened USians who just have someone else cook for them every day and have yet another guy bring it.

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    • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Eww that’s so 1980’s though

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can only afford Amazon’s Choice Jiekeshidd Best Hi Qaulity American Car Raise Excrement

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  • Obnomus@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it’s everywhere in the world.

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  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Let’s get them, boys! Haha just kidding. Am I? Yeah. Haha.

    Ha.

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