Why do Chinese sound like hens clucking when they talk?

[nietzsche]

Seriously, it's not pleasant to the ears.

[notyou2]

Pretty sure it's their wooden dentures

[DaGip]

I think it's because of all the chickens that live in their houses.

[mrswdk]

The Beijing accent reminds me more of the Caribbean pirates of old than of a hen.

[BigBallinStalin]

Not sure about hens, but the language sounds effeminate. It's a land of wimpy men and passive women.

[mrswdk]

Not sure about hens, bt the language sounds effeminate. It's a land of wimpy men and passive women.

You're thinking of the south, where a history of trading relations with the West has indeed turned many of the locals into passive bananas who can't drink or fight to save their lives. A culturally pure northerner would kick your ass in a heartbeat though.

[betiko]

Not sure about hens, bt the language sounds effeminate. It's a land of wimpy men and passive women.

You're thinking of the south, where a history of trading relations with the West has indeed turned many of the locals into passive bananas who can't drink or fight to save their lives. A culturally pure northerner would kick your ass in a heartbeat though.

Are they all freakin kung fu ninjas and shit?

[BigBallinStalin]

Not sure about hens, bt the language sounds effeminate. It's a land of wimpy men and passive women.

You're thinking of the south, where a history of trading relations with the West has indeed turned many of the locals into passive bananas who can't drink or fight to save their lives. A culturally pure northerner would kick your ass in a heartbeat though.

Are they all freakin kung fu ninjas and shit?

No, they only sound like pirates. Their lungs are too polluted to put up any sustained resistance. After one or two kung fu moves, they collapse to the ground--heaving for fresh air but only getting government-provided pollution.

[nietzsche]

inb4 lock

[Serbia]

in 4 block

Bollocks.

[notyou2]

inb4 lock

This isn't the PL. You can't lock this thread you dictator bastard.

[betiko]

When someone says he s going to eat chinese he should actually do it. After all they eat dog and shit.

[mrswdk]

only getting government-provided pollution.

The pollution is provided by the free market.

[BigBallinStalin]

only getting government-provided pollution.

The pollution is provided by the free market.

No wai~! Authority to conduct business on a large enough scale requires bribes, inside connections, and what have you. Therefore, government-provided pollution. They essentially own the land anyway.

[mrswdk]

Beijing has bad air pollution, everyone knows this. However, the pollution is not due to industry inside Beijing. The Beijing local authorities introduced relatively strict pollution regulations a while ago, driving the heavily-polluting industry out of the city. It now occupies the neighboring provinces, where it is not as heavily regulated and continues to pump out pollution for the wind to carry across to my neighborhood and fill my little lungs up with. The looser the regulatory environment, the more heavily-polluting the industry.

Kinda like how there are few bars in the US where you can walk in an be served fake alcohol, but plenty round my way. It's like this because the regulations here are more freely ignored (and thus, in effect, don't exist). The upside: things are significantly cheaper. The downside: things are significantly riskier.

[nietzsche]

The upside: things are significantly cheaper. The downside: things are significantly riskier.

Just like your services.

[mrswdk]

The upside: things are significantly cheaper. The downside: things are significantly riskier.

Ai caramba, me gusta.

[DaGip]

The upside: things are significantly cheaper. The downside: things are significantly riskier.

Ai caramba, me gusta.

I knew it! I knew it all along! Nietzsche's a Mexican!