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I spend ads for a car company. CBS is asking too much for Colberts spot. If we can't afford it, most companies can't.

Almost 50. I'm driving up the numbers here.

I work at a large car company that utilizes ad placements. CBS is asking too much $$$ for their placements. We ended up going with Fallon, which was 1/2 price for around the same impressions.

I live in Taipei. It is one of the most dense cities in the world.

We have an amazing subway system, but I still own a car. I also own a bicycle and a stand-up electric scooter.

I take whatever transportation is the most convenient. Sometimes it's the bus. Sometimes, it's the subway. Sometimes it's by car. My point is it's a city infrastructure, not the mode of transportation. If you vote for a government that cares about infrastructure, you will live in the city you want.

I mean, some countries, parents can sell their daughters as wives. Like, that is currently happening now. It's not a stretch that it can happen here.

My wife puts on her meta raybans and listens to soft music to relax. This is so she doesn't look like she is disconnected too much with normal headphones.

Went to HS in the late 90s. I didn't "dress up" but I didn't want to look grundge or a homeless person. My classmates used to call me Metro or a yuppie.

Every girl wore sweats, and every guy dressed like a hobo in the 90s.

Honestly, my fear is that if it does get released, the government will try and normalize it and the public going along with it. I fear for all the daughters and women out there.

In Taiwan, we do roundabouts all wrong. We add traffic lights in the middle of them.

So did Japan before they became an independent country.

Wha-ha-ha? If you mean their archaic dead Chinese variant that was mostly used for poetry and feudal prestigious stuff, it may not be a good comparison to mandarin as the main language. Actually many of the kanji pronunciations are how it would sound, or even whole phrases. I speak neither of the three (third being Japanese), just repeating what my sister would say (she studied lost of languages).

No, Chinese Characters was written language of Japan before Japan even had a written language. Chinese was first written and used in Japan from the 4th AD up till the 9th AD when Japan officially created their own written language. As a matter of fact, most of China wasn't even a united country during that time.

So did South Korea.

I think the situation is similar to Japan, except much of their vocabulary is Chinese in origin. But, ahem, the variant is too a very specific dead idiom.

Once again, you're wrong. Korea also used Chinese characters from the 4th Century till the middle of the 1400s. Fun fact, the Chinese language was used for 1100+ years and modern korean was used for around 500 years.

So your argument is flawed.

My argument is fine

First of all, thank you for having a civil conversation with me.

I disagree with you on the semiconductors. China doesn't need Taiwan for that. They are capable at either making it or at the very least, stealing it from Taiwan. They already can't have anything smaller than 5nm. They are still doing well.

Unfortunately, the CCP built a large country, not because of you. It is benefiting the CCP and if you benefit indirectly, its purely by accident. If one day life isn't very good for you, you have zero recourse except for accepting your fate. A society functions when everyone has a voice at the table.

In Taiwan, we too were colonized by multiple countries. The Dutch, Spain, and most recently Japan. Our current government that we voted for, at least for now, the benefits are all for the people. We actively prosecute sitting majors and government officials. The major of Taipei is in jail right now because of corruption.

If you're Chinese, you can stop it. You didn't pick your government. Fight for your right to vote for your government.

Do what you did in 1949 when your people fought CKS. But fight for freedom.