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KYli said:

Good, this should send a message.

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In my opinion, this isn't about sending a message. It's about common sense and protecting the health of the Chinese people. Nobody really knows what long-term effects the water will have on the human body. I know that the IAEA has called the water safe, but we shouldn't forget that in the past, cocaine in carbonated drinks, asbestos in buildings, leaded gasoline, etc. were considered safe. I cannot imagine the consequences that Japan will face if this water ends up poisoning people. It will make North Korea's isolation on the world stage look like child's play.

horse said:

Got to admit, I really don't like Blackpink.

Why?

Simply because they got no damn talent.

Just look at that classic song in that video.

Can't sing, can't dance, can't play the piano, like WTF?

Why is the audience screaming at this?

Sometimes I feel really disappointed at society in general.

Makes me think. Maybe I should become a fucking hermit and get the hell out of here.

Yeah, maybe that is what I will do. Blackpink, more like black hole of talent!

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You should listen to this masterpiece from Russia, China's great ally.


Sadly, this kind of music is not popular.

horse said:

You're asking the wrong guy! As the Americans like to say.

The truth is, I don't really listen to much music, I make it a habit to not listen to it at all during the week days, as I do not want to get distracted.

Popular music, I do not listen to at all. No joke. The only time when I listen to popular music, is that I happen to be inside a building that is playing it.

On the weekends, I might listen to classical music, and that is it. Classical music is what I like the most. Jazz is good too. A lot of popular music is good too, objectively speaking, but I won't listen to it if I don't have too.

My feeling is that people, the modern person, cannot handle the psychological pressure of silence. They need a distraction, which is the music.

What I cannot understand is why white people basically hate classical music.

I believe it is true what they say about classic music dying in the West.

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True, it is a shame that classical music is dying in the west. I think the sex and LGBTQ has polluted the music scene so much that it drives people crazy. In some ways, music itself can be a big reflection into the heart of a nation and from I hear from the west and increasing in places like Japan, music as of lately has gotten quite dark to put it mildly

emblem21 said:

In some ways, music itself can be a big reflection into the heart of a nation and from I hear from the west and increasing in places like Japan, music as of lately has gotten quite dark to put it mildly

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It is. I can't remember where I heard of the adage "to find out how well a kingdom is governed, listen to their music."

emblem21 said:

True, it is a shame that classical music is dying in the west. I think the sex and LGBTQ has polluted the music scene so much that it drives people crazy. In some ways, music itself can be a big reflection into the heart of a nation and from I hear from the west and increasing in places like Japan, music as of lately has gotten quite dark to put it mildly

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Unfortunately, in the early 2000s something bad has happened to music. Ever since then, every female singer will always sing about one of two things: either how she loved a bad boy, he f-ed her and dumped her, or how she loved a bad boy, he f-ed her, dumped her, and she explicitly wants everyone to know about how much SHE DOESN'T CARE. And every male singer will always sing about how life was hard, but now he has stacks of money, and how he f-ed a bitch and left her.

Personally nowadays I've switched to almost exclusively instrumentals.

It's July 2023, bruh.

I suppose that The Suckonomist has once again ran out of materials to write.


Accurate depiction.

Tootensky said:

Unfortunately, in the early 2000s something bad has happened to music. Ever since then, every female singer will always sing about one of two things: either how she loved a bad boy, he f-ed her and dumped her, or how she loved a bad boy, he f-ed her, dumped her, and she explicitly wants everyone to know about how much SHE DOESN'T CARE. And every male singer will always sing about how life was hard, but now he has stacks of money, and how he f-ed a bitch and left her.

Personally nowadays I've switched to almost exclusively instrumentals.

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Yeah, things like they really destroyed my once strong interest in western music and is on its way to doing the same to other countries music like Jpop and K-pop so in the end, I am starting to come around to Chinese music. It’s really quite soothing when you listen to some of the instrumentals. Really helps me to relax at times. Really, I do feel like a dark spirit has taken over the west, especially when much of those song writer are not the singers themselves but independent song writers that are seriously polluted by an evil agenda and desire to stir the crowd down a dark place with intent

Oof

KYli said:

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Meanwhile in South Korea. They are just gonna test the seafood imported from Japan.
That country have truly become a sellout to the US and Japan.

azn_cyniq said:

In my opinion, this isn't about sending a message. It's about common sense and protecting the health of the Chinese people. Nobody really knows what long-term effects the water will have on the human body. I know that the IAEA has called the water safe, but we shouldn't forget that in the past, cocaine in carbonated drinks, asbestos in buildings, leaded gasoline, etc. were considered safe. I cannot imagine the consequences that Japan will face if this water ends up poisoning people. It will make North Korea's isolation on the world stage look like child's play.

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The IAEA should never be trusted. The IAEA practices double standards with Iran and Israel. No nukes for Iran, but no problem for Israel. The IAEA sent inspectors to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power station and wont mention anything about Ukraine shelling that place. A soldier could determine where the shelling came from. Why can't the IAEA do it with all their specialists? The IAEA has been compromised already, just like the OPCW, and WHO.

So when the IAEA says that the water is safe, don't trust them. China could perhaps send some scientific teams near to the area where Japan dumped the radioactive water and do their own studies. That is the best way for China to find out the truth.

emblem21 said:

I wouldn’t call it weak, simply untested in the current setting. I mean Ukraine was considered to be the strongest army trained by the west in Europe and Russia as a gas station in the middle of nowhere and right now the USA is trying everything from nuclear threats, blowing up pipelines of Allie’s and begging for weapons around the world because they far from being a strong military, is in fact a weak military propped up by the dollar and the fact they have nukes and even now their economy is in such a state that they sent Yellen to China to try and get them to save them like it is 2008. I believe in due time China will iron out its differences but really I believe that China is already very powerful (heck powerful enough to blow the USA back to hell if they get first strike and with Russia willing to help out because of basically everything the USA has done to them now, they have a very good chance of success there) but merely prefers to win a fight with an extreme advantage rather then start a fight now when it isn’t even required, especially with the USA looking to be in more of mess in a mere few weeks

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In order to preserve peace, it's better to prepare for war.

The large size of the US military gives Americans undue confidence, even if in reality it may not be as powerful as a better equipped and trained small force.

The root of the problem is low Chinese military spending and a lack of open communication about China's security guarantees. If you speak too much about territorial aggression like Zelensky does, you'll eventually wear out everyone in the global community, but if you speak too little about it, it might project an image that you don't care. Russia went into Crimea because Yanukovych didn't make it seem like they cared. And if there is a risk that America will go into Taiwan, it's because not enough people in China seemed to care.

In short, China needs to make public and condemn American threats, justify a real military buildup in order to match Americans numerically, rally more partners to openly condemn American encroachment, and maybe most importantly, create a public roadmap for national defense, where it is made clear to America how exactly aggression will be punished, from small infractions leading to sanctions to large infractions incurring Chinese countersupport for territorial aggression against NATO.

Despite on paper already being the largest by a small margin, China's economy is deceptively undervalued. Stats such as electricity consumption, goods production and industrial capacity reveals an even more lopsided gap between US and China. Therefore, a porcupine strategy will work well, because there is no way America can out build and out invent China.