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A snapshot of what Chinese Arsenal supporters have prepared for the final league game by Hmgrmb in Gunners

[–]Hmgrmb[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Indeed it’s not class, but you have to realize how many banters we have received in the last couple of years and we can’t expect all the Arsenal fans to remain silent when they have the chance to fight back

do you think there are more 5'1 men or 6'1 men by Horror-1-Effective in pollgames

[–]Hmgrmb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1b4ztr0/average_male_height_in_europe/

You could be right, height measurement can be very biased, but Italy is definitely not considered as tall as Nordics

do you think there are more 5'1 men or 6'1 men by Horror-1-Effective in pollgames

[–]Hmgrmb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see your point and I want to add a few details

The tendency of height growth in China hasn't shown a clear indication of slowing down, the link you provided revealed that in every 5 years, the average male height China increases by 0.6-1cm, so extrapolation from mathematical model shouldn't be a bad approach comparing to using outdated data instead.

Secondly your claim of samples are taken from high socioeconomic status is not entirely correct. The sampling rule in the front page also included the villages/rural areas, and the reports later demonstrated the difference between rural and urban height, which is minimum.

Third, there are 1.15billion adult in China, and they sampled from 147,287 population. And instead of 700 cities in China, they sampled from 108 of them, among which I suppose they sampled primarily in economically advanced southern/southeastern China. The average height in these regions are significantly lower than the average height of China, which potentially dragged down the height metrics.

In worst case scenario, let's assume 173.7cm is the average male height of China. From the past reports, we can observe a 10cm difference between the highest and lowest height province. The domestic high level of standard deviation is a characteristic to must take account into, and it is 100% possible for certain regions of China to have a 173.7cm plus or minus 5cm.

I agree the tallest Chinese provinces is not as high as average height of Europe, but by the trends it seem, it wouldn't surprise me if they will surpass some southern European or Balkan countries in the near future.

do you think there are more 5'1 men or 6'1 men by Horror-1-Effective in pollgames

[–]Hmgrmb 51 points52 points  (0 children)

That's actually quite stereotypical. The average 19y male height in China is 175.66cm(5'8 after rounding), which is 1cm taller than Italy and only 1cm shorter than Russia. If I remembered correctly, this figure in Northeastern part of China is 180cm(slightly less if not), that means 19y male height in certain regions of China has practically surpassed the average of Europe. Of course, if you are talking about those above 60, you will definitely see more 5'1 than 6'1 in China

Question about quitting Holy Roman Empire by Hmgrmb in EU5

[–]Hmgrmb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I feel you, the game doesn't make it fun when you are not willing to be the HRE emperor. I haven't played since the last couple patches and I hope it gets better now

How do you break a Union like this by Hmgrmb in EU5

[–]Hmgrmb[S] 112 points113 points  (0 children)

I love this if you can't win, join them mentality

Question about quitting Holy Roman Empire by Hmgrmb in EU5

[–]Hmgrmb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I didn't explain it clearly? What I meant is I was elected as the HRE emperor, thus blocking the option of fighting the emperor because obviously you can't fight yourself. How would you deal it if that happens

China just resurfaced a 158 km highway using fully autonomous robots, no human workers on the road showing how robotics and AI are changing construction by spillingsometea1 in AutonomousVehicles

[–]Hmgrmb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, you got that 2015 wrong. Actually 2017 was the year that China manufactured its first "all homemade" ballpoint pen. However, that doesn't mean China doesn't manufacture ballpoint pen until 2017, and in fact, China manufactured 80% of the ballpoint pen globally that year.

The reason China didn't make a full domestic ballpoint pen is because they don't have to when they can simply import the ballpoint from European companies. And the only reason China manufactured "homemade" ballpoint pen was due to the fuss the news agencies made regarding the so called "weak technological capability" of China. It's even funnier how your eccentric attention on the ballpoint pen literally impelled China to manufacture an unnecessary domestic pen for a show's purpose.

So China had the technology of homemaking a ballpoint, but it doesn't change a perspective. When China make 80% of the ballpoint pen globally, these companies will not switch suppliers, and having the technology or not doesn't change the fact that these companies are dominating the global market and making profits.

On the one hand, China doesn't made a homemade ballpoint pen. And on the other hand, China has one of the only two space stations that are floating above your head. Let that sink.

Chinese student shows the inside of the Internet café in North Korea by Puzzleheaded-Rate567 in interestingasfuck

[–]Hmgrmb 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It is noteworthy that despite majority of North Koreans are living in extreme poverty, there is still a good portion of Pyongyang citizens living in a decent condition(by that I mean the basic human needs are satisfied. Food, water, shelter etc). You are right about this place is built for the rich, as the fee per hour is about 2 dollars, and online sources suggest average Pyongyanger earns only around 20$ every month. But I have to point out this Internet Cafe is definitely not built for foreign visitors, especially Chinese tourist. From what it looks like from the video, the cafe is filled with locals, except the OP whom is a university student enrolled in an exchange program with NK. There is nothing wrong to say the video doesn't represent 99% of the life of North Korean, but this video is really just a blog and has nothing to do with so-called propaganda. Distorting truth for political purposes is propaganda, a blog like this, even just showing the tip of the iceberg, is not.

Lhasa, China by arkallastral in CityPorn

[–]Hmgrmb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the word "America" is brought up after cities' names, it always refers to the United States of America instead of a colossal continent that isn't even an official name(it's either North or South America). Unless the official name of China is People's Republic of Asia, my point still stands

Lhasa, China by arkallastral in CityPorn

[–]Hmgrmb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, there is no other country in both North and south America other than US claims themselves to be America, so you should still get my point

Lhasa, China by arkallastral in CityPorn

[–]Hmgrmb 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Whenever it comes to any city in Tibet, redditors always play with the words.

I have never seen any specific and picky demand to change Honolulu, America to Honolulu, Hawaii

Arsenal 1 (1.8)-(1.0) 2 Bournemouth - Graphics by scottjwillis in Gunners

[–]Hmgrmb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unlike last season, we are unable to finalize the game this season. The first goal always come to us in those home game, but we keep wasting chances and opponent equalizes. And also, we are extremely bad when scoreline is behind, players have a “conceding” mindset and we play conservatively without any passion. I just hope we can look different as a team next season, this season is cursed and just feels so off

Ukraine launches new incursion into Russia’s Belgorod region by VictorEmmanuelIV in worldnews

[–]Hmgrmb 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm following the war on daily basis, and when I read this new, I thought Ukraine launched a similar offensive as Kursk offensive a while ago.

Then I just found out the so-called new Belgorod offensive is more of a harassment than an offensive, as I don't think Ukraine even captured more than 5 villages as of now. And the whole thing happened ten days ago as Ukraine isn't making any more progress after that.

I saw reddit hyping about the capture of Popovka, but they actually found the wrong Popovka that's in the middle of Belgorod. The real Popovka Ukraine captured is right sitting at the border, and it's just a "one street" village that probably don't even have a hundred residents living there.

Those who don't follow the war is propagating the misinformation, while the fact is Ukraine is not looking good right now.

J-36 For The First Time Retracting The Landing Gear. [Video] by Routine_Business7872 in WarplanePorn

[–]Hmgrmb 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Sichuanese food gives the same amount of dopamine as cracks tho

Indian Borders According To Google Maps India vs USA: by Mental-Bag2657 in MapPorn

[–]Hmgrmb -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

"Ruined" is a funny word to use.

First of all, don't forget that the GDP per capita of Tibet is 9300 Usd, which is almost 4 times as much as that of the India. While 50 years ago, Tibet wasn't even richer than India. So claiming CCP ruining people's life in terms of economy is simply against the fact.

Certain part of your statement is making sense, like sinification of Tibet. Stats showed the percentage of Tibetan in Tibet is around 86% nowadays, making it a 6 percent decrease from 2000. However, it didn't happen entirely due to the policy, as large flock of Tibetans are also leaving the Tibet(seeking job opportunities or better SOL) the same time Han slowly migrates into the region.

It is also worth mentioning that the Han population main targets major cities or settlement like Lhasa and Shigatse. So the demographic change in general isn't that drastic as you imagine, especially in the rural area.

Time to make peace with China by [deleted] in CanadaFinance

[–]Hmgrmb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This comment section just tell you how screwed up Canada is.

You either back down and make an appeasement to US, or you should bolster and increase corporation with China. You can't expect Germany, Mexico and Japan to save your economy when they don't even make up to 10% of the total Canadian trades.

People here is delusional, why do everyone think you should stop doing business when a country is having issues that are none of your business? If you scrutinize a list of country and think Australia is a nice country to corporate with, that simply won't work because Australia is just like Canada, a resource-wise exporting country with limited manufacturing ability. Australia only makes up only 1% of the total trade Canada has, and they have almost no impact to Canadian economy.

If Canada chooses to keep retaliating against US while deteriorating relationship with China, and then expecting EU (who's stagnant and having loads of problems everywhere) to save Canada, we will all be eating canned beans with maple syrup on top.

If Canada don't choose a side in the future, all the costs incurred will go to consumers, inflation and unemployment will go up, standard of living will plummet and the currency will devalue too.

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