The COVID-19 Blues

bosstrabs

Not really keen to sing their praises, Dermo, merely explaining something.

Cankles-McJeggings

Fair enough you come across a fawning chinkophile in a majority of your posts. I still dont see why anyone, especially from Britain would want to live there. You’ve had you’re 5 minutes of cultural experiences and there’s absolutely scores of other places you could live especially ones that aren’t at the drop of the hat going to take out Taiwan and then wage war in the South Pacific, more than likely triggering what will be Armageddon. Your most recent plus point being it’s safe at night.The only reason it’s safe at night is because people are terrified of consequences. Said it before, just living there is a show of support to a tyrannical regime that despises you, your family and friends back home. At what point to you recognise that enough to do something about it I don’t know but it will more than likely be too late to get out.

bosstrabs

Cankles-McJeggings Fair enough you come across a fawning chinkophile in a majority of your posts.

Hmm, I don’t think so really.

I like some things, I dislike others. I don’t think many are as disparaging as me about the uneducated, lower class Chinese and their manners. Who introduced the word ‘nong’ to these boards? (don’t say it was you, because it wasn’t, even though you use it) On the other hand, I try to explain a few things about the country based on lived experience and the fact that I’m probably the only person on this board who can speak and read Chinese.

The Taiwan issue is a long-running saga of brinkmanship by both sides. It’s already de-escalating again, Pelosi appears to have climbed down…

RichM

bosstrabs out of interest, how come you live out in China?

Cankles-McJeggings

Surely a complete disregard for genocide and human rights should be your number one dislike?

bosstrabs

Indeed, it’s not a great look.

bosstrabs

That said, plenty of cunts (including on here) holiday in the Dubai at the drop of a hat.

And besides the human rights issues, I’ll tell you from speaking with everyday Chinese people that they don’t hate Westerners anywhere near as much as some of the Arabs/Muslims I’ve encountered. The Chinese consider it something of an honour to dine with a foreigner. Muslims religion actually forbids them from ‘breaking bread’ with the ‘infidel’ or eating meals cooked by a non-Muslim hand.

bosstrabs

RichM I came out to work in 2010 and since then have learnt the language, bought property and am part of an expat community.

Not that easy to just uproot yourself and go back to the UK permanently (although I go back twice a year usually), even if there are long-term trends you dislike about a country.

Dubman

bosstrabs
One of my friends done the same thing working for either Nokia or Siemens as he did work for both. He had a brilliant life and was part of that corporate expat community. He moved back before you arrived in 2010. I don’t think he ever saw the rural parts of the country as he lived and worked in Shanghai

RichM

bosstrabs fair enough. I sometimes wish I had made a move abroad earlier on my life to experience a different culture, although China is a huge cultural difference so not sure I could have managed that. Fair play to you though, and hope you recover from covid soon

Cankles-McJeggings

Long term trend is a very flippant way to describe genocide and horrific human rights atrocities.
It’s one of two things - 1) you have no regard for human rights. 2) you know they exist but choose to ignore them. Neither are things you can simply call trends.

bosstrabs

Not really sure what response you’re looking for here, Derm.

Maybe I’ll just sell up and leave because some bloke who occasionally pops into an online forum (mostly to fling whatever shit he can at anyone who’s around) doesn’t approve.

Cankles-McJeggings

bosstrabs

That’s exactly what you do too.
What I’m looking for is a westerner to wake up and smell the roses. Oppose it not appease it. You’re supporting everything they do.
And with all due respect UAE isn’t about to cause ww3 any time soon. You’re supporting a murderous regime that can and probably will try to end western civilisation. Why would anyone with half a brain choose to live somewhere like that? Especially someone who’s country wil be their main target. Beyond comprehension. No different than living in Germany during the Nazi occupation.

bosstrabs

Cankles-McJeggings that can and probably will try to end western civilisation.

Way too hysterical. Neither possible (mutually assured destruction) nor plausible (as an export-led economy producing manufactured goods, even more dependent on access to foreign markets than Russia is).

I’ll “wake up and smell the roses”, if you broaden your media intake on economics and geo-politics beyond maybe The Sydney Morning Herald/Murdoch’s channels.

Millsy

Cankles-McJeggings My mate lives in China. Has done for about 18 years. I will be sending him that last line lol

-si-

Cankles-McJeggings No different than living in Germany during the Nazi occupation.

Thats why we call him Achtung Davy!

Cankles-McJeggings

Oh give over. I don’t pander to the shite media outlets.
Making your bed and having to sleep in it comes to mind when they decide they don’t like you in their country anymore. They’ll take everything from you overnight. You already have absolutely no rights there and they’ll more than likely slam the lot of you into camps to rot. Again, why would anyone choose to live somewhere like that from a nation who is clearly opposed to them and a political and military enemy? There’s some fucked up logic here that’s not as easy to explain as you’re making it out to be. You’ll get dragged out of your bed one night, probably completely unannounced and that will be that. But you choose to live somewhere capable of that. It’s fucked up.

bosstrabs

You’re clearly bored because you’re repeating the same lines now.

You’ll have to move on to Rhouses for a while now, I’m not going to do this all day.

Cankles-McJeggings

bosstrabs

It’s the Rona talking.

rhouses

Cankles-McJeggings Take care, Dermo. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Haven’t read the rest of the thread. But I just got back from a 4 day trip in Bombay. Life is pretty much post-COVID at the moment. Absolutely no one wearing masks, even though there are signs to do so everywhere. And some of my most paranoid friends (during the pandemic) are carrying on with their lives without a worry in the world. In some ways, the omincron wave in January has helped with this.

Gotta say, all the paranoia and caution I had at home (because of my daughter) in Bangalore went out the window during this trip. And it was kinda nice. Life felt normal for the first time since March 2020.

Cankles-McJeggings

rhouses

Cheers rhousedawg. It’s taken me by surprise this one has. Being vaxxed up led me to believe it would be far less severe etc etc. Seemingly not. Slightly disillusioned by the whole shamola right now.
Ooh just to add - prior to the match last Sunday Queensland health sent a text out to everyone urging/warning to mask up or consider not going as it was being regarded a super spreader event. Then we got one via ticket company saying the same and then one from qld transport. Got to the match and no cunt had a mask on. 50,000 people. Just the odd one. Then today I just read that Queensland, which as you may be aware is pretty much only Brisbane, has had its highest death toll from covid to date. Mainly old, care homes etc but still.

rhouses

Cankles-McJeggings Take solace in knowing you have the natural booster in you now.

Maybe a check up is in order once you test negative. My dad just got it, and while all the symptoms were mostly negligible, we still did a full body check up and ECG after. It would seem long COVID is leading to heart attacks which aren’t being counted as COVID deaths. But again, maybe this is just the media getting to me.

Cankles-McJeggings

rhouses

I’m day 9 now and still pretty fucked. Not sure if I’ll bother but if the migraine continues I might. Also have complete loss of taste this time which I didn’t the first time either. If this so called Omicron is supposed to be better than the first fucker I had then it ain’t happening for me. It’s the opposite. Trusting I have Omicron that is. Who knows.

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