China warns tourists against spitting overseas

[Terra Nullius]

... Sober??... ... Australian???...

Maybe you should go ask for help in the linguist thread.

[Timexwatch]

Originally posted by MOBIUS
Yay for racist threads!

It's not racist to discuss differing national norms. Chinese manners are different than ours, and ours are different than Chinese. If this was an article on how Americans eat too much, are too loud and dress inappropriately, nobody would bat an eye.

[DaShi]

That's what I find weird about the use of civilized here. Why are they trying to force Western ideals of "civilization"?

As for the spitting, as the article says, it's not done to be rude but because many people believe it's healthy and acceptable to spit in public. To the West, this may seem rude, but there are things we do that seem rude to the Chinese.

I remember when I received a gift from the lab I was working in in China shortly before I left. I opened it in front of them and complimented them on the gift. I later learned that this was not the appropriate response. I should have taken the gift and opened it at home, not making a big deal about this. I remember that that is how they treated the gifts that I gave them. I was worried that they didn't like them.

As for the drunken bar fights, the only one I've ever been involved in was in China. I posted a thread about this a while back. A friend of my was assaulted by a drunken Chinese man in a bar. Then we had to deal with the corrupt local police. Eventually our employer's connections resolved the issue. This was the only fight I saw in a bar (plenty of others outside of bars there), and I hung out with Irishmen.

[Mao]

Originally posted by DaShi

I remember when I received a gift from the lab I was working in in China shortly before I left. I opened it in front of them and complimented them on the gift. I later learned that this was not the appropriate response. I should have taken the gift and opened it at home, not making a big deal about this. I remember that that is how they treated the gifts that I gave them. I was worried that they didn't like them.

...you did what!?!?!?! jesus, you're lucky they didn't kick you out of China right then and there!!!

...

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by Footie Mad
People should stop farting in crowded areas all the time, I hate walking into someones smug little anus cloud. Just because you can't be caught in a crowd doesn't mean it's ok.

Actually I recently read in a book of useless trivia that on average on daily basis we breath in about 64 cubic inches of fart

[Dis]

it's stuff like that I really don't need to know. Like that fact that peanut butter is allowed to have up to 2 insects in it. I can't remember the exact details, I prefer not to. But it had something to do with the USDA's allotment of insects in peanut butter.

the less I know about stuff like that, the better. ignorance is bliss. stuff like that grosses me out.

Like dust is mainly made up of human dead skin I heard. So when you breathe in dust, you are breathing in crap from other humans. And when you breathe in farts, you are breathing in gasses that resided in the ass of other humans. I really don't like to think about that too much.

[Barinthus]

By the way, a large percentage of dust in a house (70% IIRC) comes from humans (dead cells, hair, and so on).

Don't you feel so fulfilled now knowing this?

Here's one trivia to cheer you up - according to a book I read, at least once a day everyday at least one dust from the space lands on you. It's cool when you really think about it.

Also for your sake I'll refrain from mentioning the horrible truth behind chicken eggs...

[Frozzy]

Originally posted by Tingkai



A completely sober Brit or American? Have you ever met one?

I am one.

[Dis]

I'm sober right now. I quit drinking to save money. Though if someone buys me a drink, that doesn't count.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Mao


...you did what!?!?!?! jesus, you're lucky they didn't kick you out of China right then and there!!!

...

They did. Why do you think I left?

[Traianvs]

Originally posted by Barinthus
By the way, a large percentage of dust in a house (70% IIRC) comes from humans (dead cells, hair, and so on).

Don't you feel so fulfilled now knowing this?

Here's one trivia to cheer you up - according to a book I read, at least once a day everyday at least one dust from the space lands on you. It's cool when you really think about it.

Also for your sake I'll refrain from mentioning the horrible truth behind chicken eggs...

I want to know the horrible truth behind chicken eggs!


ps: what do you mean "at least one dust from the space lands on ya"?

[Dis]

I think he's talking about cosmic dust (dust from space). That's cool. Too bad I can't figure out which one it is.