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[tinselwolverine]

If you DON'T like paid vacation, time off from work, and spending time with your family and friends, America is a great country to live in.

We've gotten be near the bottom in those things.

People I know from other countries that immigrated here tend to regret time off and vacation the most.

But hey... at least we can buy 10 different types of oreos. And the top 1% Americans get more or less permanent vacation, by virtue of being "leisure class."

so we can be proud of that.

Just be the secretary of transportation and adopt a child with your same-sex husband.

You can take all the paid vacation you want.

This is not the first time in this conversation has happened, you know.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_e2igZexpMs

I really don?t think black lesbian Anita is going to be as good as Rita Moreno.

At least Rita Moreno is going to be in the remake, maybe that will save it.

Too bad she?s a fucking racist.

 

[byco42]

He probably said that because I like fast trains. I'll get over my train envy if our cars are ever autonomous.

It will be awhile I expect. I wrote, produced, and directed a video for Buick that covered that very topic. Back in 1997. I wish it was still available.

 

[Gulo Blue]

It will be awhile I expect.

Agreed

 

[Michchamp]

He probably said that because I like fast trains. I'll get over my train envy if our cars are ever autonomous.

China has something for everyone.

Even Byco: Buick only exists still as a nameplate because the Chicoms love it and insisted GM expand it in China

 

[byco42]

China has something for everyone.

Even Byco: Buick only exists still as a nameplate because the Chicoms love it and insisted GM expand it in China

I don?t work with the automotive industry anymore, my Buick ties are 20 years behind me.

 

[Gulo Blue]

J?Biden also loves fast trains.

So does the secretary of transportation.

They are so great. When they bank, it feels like an airplane.

 

[Michchamp]

trains are better for the environment and urban planning than cars.

I thought it was funny that SimCity's designers couldn't use America as a model for their game because it would be all parking lots.

I also saw once that the entire Medieval city of Florence (15,000 people) could fit in the size of a single highway interchange outside Atlanta, GA. can't find the article now

The land use required due to cars is batshit insane. Future archaelogists will be perplexed by our success (not our downfall), and conclude we were one of teh dumbest societies in history.

 

[zyxt9]

China has something for everyone.

Even Byco: Buick only exists still as a nameplate because the Chicoms love it and insisted GM expand it in China

China does not have Freedom, so your assumption that they have something for everyone is false and misguided. Freedom, for me, comes before all else.

So go move to China. Enjoy your perceived wonderful world. I'm not forcing you to stay in the US, nor is anyone else... so feel free to move to China. I have a friend who worked there for years in your favorite industry, oil. He said it was mostly OK once you get used to certain things. So you probably would really enjoy it there.

 

[tinselwolverine]

China does not have Freedom, so your assumption that they have something for everyone is false and misguided. Freedom, for me, comes before all else.

So go move to China. Enjoy your perceived wonderful world. I'm not forcing you to stay in the US, nor is anyone else... so feel free to move to China. I have a friend who worked there for years in your favorite industry, oil. He said it was mostly OK once you get used to certain things. So you probably would really enjoy it there.

Don?t tell me, let me guess; eating bat soup, right?

 

[zyxt9]

trains are better for the environment and urban planning than cars.

I thought it was funny that SimCity's designers couldn't use America as a model for their game because it would be all parking lots.

I also saw once that the entire Medieval city of Florence (15,000 people) could fit in the size of a single highway interchange outside Atlanta, GA. can't find the article now

The land use required due to cars is batshit insane. Future archaelogists will be perplexed by our success (not our downfall), and conclude we were one of teh dumbest societies in history.

Well thanks to China, the one city in the US where more people used to take trains every possible moment has scaled back on how many ride the rails everyday.

NYC then proceeded to defund police, making it even more risky than merely gambling with COVID. Heck, a man got his ticket punched (get it... cuz he was on a train...) recently when someone stabbed the guy. These things are becoming far more common with the pro-China mayor de Blasio in charge.

Yea!!! Let's all go board a train with psycho hose beast people carrying COVID, knives, guns, and who knows what else!!!!! I will say that at least China has a very large police force that they have funded and use to kill people everyday. Not sure exactly how THAT is deemed a good thing by Champ, but to each their own.

 

[Spartanmack]

Young American tourist dude meets a hot chick (she?s Russian; ergo she?s hot and willing) on a train in Europe.

It should be; what the fuck else should it be about?

God created trains in Europe so Americans could meet Europeans and fuck.

Even our stupid fucking president knows this.

Even our stupid fucking Secretary of Transportation knows this.

And God is fine with it if same sex people meet on trains in Europe and fuck; he made trains and same sex people and Europe expressly for that purpose.

Had I known this, I might have supported high speed rail in the US during my single days. But I'm happily married so f that crap.

 

[Spartanmack]

If you DON'T like paid vacation, time off from work, and spending time with your family and friends, America is a great country to live in.

We've gotten be near the bottom in those things.

People I know from other countries that immigrated here tend to regret time off and vacation the most.

But hey... at least we can buy 10 different types of oreos. And the top 1% Americans get more or less permanent vacation, by virtue of being "leisure class."

so we can be proud of that.

when was the last time you didn't have paid vacation? Also, I know you hate that people who earned money have the ability to give it to their kids, but that's their choice, we're not subsidizing the leisure class. Go to any major university town and you'll hear stories about Chinese government officials' kids living in apartments their parents bought or built and driving Ferraris and Lamborghinis while they attend our universities or how they're driving up major city real estate prices overpaying for apartments sight unseen with money the siphoned off from the CCP.

 

[Spartanmack]

Just be the secretary of transportation and adopt a child with your same-sex husband.

You can take all the paid vacation you want.

And he can push for race neutral high speed rail with gender neutral bathrooms.

 

[Spartanmack]

Well thanks to China, the one city in the US where more people used to take trains every possible moment has scaled back on how many ride the rails everyday.

NYC then proceeded to defund police, making it even more risky than merely gambling with COVID. Heck, a man got his ticket punched (get it... cuz he was on a train...) recently when someone stabbed the guy. These things are becoming far more common with the pro-China mayor de Blasio in charge.

Yea!!! Let's all go board a train with psycho hose beast people carrying COVID, knives, guns, and who knows what else!!!!! I will say that at least China has a very large police force that they have funded and use to kill people everyday. Not sure exactly how THAT is deemed a good thing by Champ, but to each their own.

Probably because he hasn't seen the stats on how many black and latino people the Chinese police murder. When he sees the stats and learns most of their victims are Chinese, be prepared for a barrage of "stop Asian hate" and "Chinese police rank and file are a bunch of white supremacists"

 

[tomdalton22]

If you DON'T like paid vacation, time off from work, and spending time with your family and friends, America is a great country to live in.

We've gotten be near the bottom in those things.

People I know from other countries that immigrated here tend to regret time off and vacation the most.

well...did they go back?

 

[Spartanmack]

well...did they go back?

and how many Russians and people in Eastern Block countries are longing for the good ol' days of communism?

 

[zyxt9]

Don?t tell me, let me guess; eating bat soup, right?

LMAO... no he was referring to the ever present Chinese police that was visible and the ever present knowledge that others around were not so easily recognized. The food was ok after getting sick initially, but that often happens when visiting other nations until the body adjusts.

Plus there was all the questionable activities in terms of environmental practices that his company attempted to do but the Chinese ignored and did things "their way". Just had to recognize he had no control over that shit. Refineries are bad enough, but their waste removal would violate laws elsewhere. His refinery would process correctly and the Chinese would just take it and dump it in the river in plain sight. They just didn't care at all what happened downstream or around them and certainly were not to be bothered with transporting to a proper facility.

But hey, Socialism/Communism is GREAT according to all those Liberal Environmentalists and defenders of the "little guy" like Champ. Right??? All those Muslims being confined in China deserve their situation because... umm... China!!! Yeah, that's it!

 

[tigermud]

I can't help shake the feeling that WAR with China looms. Post winter games I have a bad feeling.

 

[zyxt9]

I can't help shake the feeling that WAR with China looms. Post winter games I have a bad feeling.

I can't help but agree, though I think it might be a proxy war like all of the Cold War shit. We already fought China in Korea and Vietnam... next up might be Korea again, but more likely Taiwan suddenly has an insurgent group try to take over with China's help or similar situations in South China Sea area. I don't think US and China want a direct conflict, instead preferring using other territories that suffer all the consequences.

Of course Champ will blame the US for creating another senseless war. Those being taken over should have just embraced losing their freedoms and Chinese tyranny!!!

 

[Spartanmack]

I can't help but agree, though I think it might be a proxy war like all of the Cold War shit. We already fought China in Korea and Vietnam... next up might be Korea again, but more likely Taiwan suddenly has an insurgent group try to take over with China's help or similar situations in South China Sea area. I don't think US and China want a direct conflict, instead preferring using other territories that suffer all the consequences.

Of course Champ will blame the US for creating another senseless war. Those being taken over should have just embraced losing their freedoms and Chinese tyranny!!!

especially if they get fast trains and paid vacations.