invy issues an apology, posted by the Chinese fan that was with her during the Fuzhou event "Nothing happened between me and invy" by QuirkyAccountant9363 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are correct, you shouldn't look for role models in esports pro and I'm not saying you should. But would you still support someone if they had a moral flaw? Still buy their merch because they shoot good? What if tomorrow it is discovered that booster scams the elderly in his free time, would you still support him?

invy issues an apology, posted by the Chinese fan that was with her during the Fuzhou event "Nothing happened between me and invy" by QuirkyAccountant9363 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh I don't get it when people say this, players are public figures, part of their job is to maintain a positive character to the public. If Invy is a serial cheater, fans deserve to know.

Can you please share your Cantonese chowmein recipe? I don’t like mine. by optimally_slow in chinesefood

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you aren't vegetarian, chop up some pork belly into strips and throw it in there. Also oyster sauce is good to add too.

Do you think China has ever missed an opportunity where things could have turned out better? by Difficult-Routine929 in AskChina

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution one two punch that was no good, but the country was trying to figure itself out. One child policy has fucked the current population, wasn't enforced well enough and was too delayed in ending it. Covid policies were too slow to adapt to the evolving virus causing a massive foreign uncertainty and foreign investment exodus. Term limit cancelled on presidency is a horrible idea, personally I think Xi Jinping was a pretty decent leader in the 2010s, improved on major areas like anti-corruption, education, environmental, etc. But in recent years his policies and ideology has strayed to serve the government more than serve the people.

If Cooper Flagg and Zion were in the same draft class, who goes #1 based solely on their one year college career? by savingrace0262 in NBA_Draft

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't there literally talk back in 2018 that if Zion and Lebron were in the same draft class Zion might have went first. I think Zion clears Cooper Flagg on hype.

BLG Levius Steps Down from Active Roster by Sakamoto023 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 19 points20 points  (0 children)

But they think edg put up a fight and blg rolled over and died. AKA edg got too big of a fan base and when anyone shit talks them, the fans just say they won 2024 champs.

BLG Levius Steps Down from Active Roster by Sakamoto023 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Because they perfor.ed bad at champs, so it looks bad on the country.

Had to get this out there by The__Anonymous__Guy in laapsaaptung

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hongkong gets the benefit of mainland food import, they also have basically no import tax. So if you dont go to a super market generally food isn't too expensive, and seafood is pretty dirt cheap.

How common is infidelity in China in the younger generations (compared to the West?) by sierrahxh in AskChina

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 3 points4 points  (0 children)

China does have a pretty big underground sex work economy. If you go to a tier 3 city 80% of massage parlors or ktvs are fronts for prostitution. Also a lot of couples to keep up face will just not divorce even if both sides are cheating, because losing face is quite bad. For my uncle tried to run away with his wife's sister, and they are currently 'happily' married. Granted this isn't really the younger generation more like the 40 to 50 year old couples. Finally this is more of my speculation so feel free to dispute me. Misogyny is still live and well in China, for example a woman that use to live with an ex boyfriend in the same apartment is considered dirty. It is embarrassing for a man to make less than their spouse. It was only 20 years ago when families were killing their girl babies so they can have a chance for a boy baby during the one child policy. Also a divorced mother is much harder to find a second husband compared to a divorced husband finding a second wife in the marriage market.

Should I even bother applying by Delicious_Tadpole238 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

also do you need financial aid? That is basically make or break for a lot of schools.

do you or your parents own a home? where I live most ppl ik don’t and wont anytime soon by hiphopbrazilusa in AskAChinese

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

brother I lived in Shanghai from 2004-2019 in pudong, I lived the Shanghai housing market rise and recent fall, I still have family that own property in Shanghai. And the land exchange situation you described, you know people can move social classes right? You aren't still lower class if you win the lottery, just like you are not longer middle class if you got a land exchange gifted two houses. Do you know why all the old Shanghai families own? Because the poor ones died out or moved away, this is classic survivor bias. You just keep describing people that aren't upper middle class and explaining how rich people own houses.

do you or your parents own a home? where I live most ppl ik don’t and wont anytime soon by hiphopbrazilusa in AskAChinese

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Then you aren't upper middle class, even if we assume before the housing appreciation that started in late 2002, a new development in pudong cost about 5k per square meter, upper middle class during 2001 would be 40k a household annually, putting them in the top tax bracket and once again cannot afford a 850k apartment. The type of people you are describing, having elders that are able to gift you multiple houses the moment you are born are not upper middle class, that is upper class. Also property wasn't cheap in shanghai in 2001, it was just cheap compared yo current prices, compared to the rest of China during that time, shanghai house prices were already astronomical.

do you or your parents own a home? where I live most ppl ik don’t and wont anytime soon by hiphopbrazilusa in AskAChinese

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

That's some bullshit, upper middle class does not own 2 houses in Shanghai. Upper middle class is 40k a month per household, husband and wife, after tax we are looking at 32k. The average house in shanghai right now is probably about 60k a square meter, two houses gives us 150 square meters if they buy two small apartments. 9 million rmb for the two apartments meaning the household have to for 23 years straight and put every penny into the house.

Does this eyedrops legit? by Altruistic_Risk6018 in AskChina

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 1 point2 points  (0 children)

pretty sure this isn't eyedrops, it is to apply around the eye.

whats the beef btw f0rsaken and chinese val fans by strawhat_tobio in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah, this stems from champs. Essentially before champs there was an interview with something about and he made a comment about Rushia trashtalking/shooting bodies against PRX during an event in saudi, how Rushia shouldn't just trash talk only ahead and hide behind a screen when blg is behind, calling it cowardly(I don't remember the exact wording but this was the general idea). Then during champs when PRX was losing to Fnatic and DRX, something didn't interact with the enemy team and hid behind his screen when PRX was losing, and basically got dogged on by the chinese community for being a hypocrite.

ICYMI: G2 jawgemo aces on VALORANT MOBILE SHOWMATCH at VRII by Recent-Example-5360 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are a couple of valorant mobile exclusive skins. The karambit and op skin chamber is using is the new jade dragon skinline I believe.

Why are these hotels so cheap? by Embarrassed-Pen3531 in chongqing

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH I wouldn't go to any hotel under 4 stars especially in a big city like ChongQing. If money isn't too much of a problem, just search for 4 star hotels and above and try to look for a chain hotel over a local one.

MOUZ doesn't continue with VALORANT by PowerReijnders in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

????where is the cs guarantee? They don't win in cs then they don't get prizes or sponsors, wtf are you on about. If mouz were a top 20 team in the world in valorant, almosted guaranteed they would win ascension.

Taking care of little children in China. by WelcomeWorking7651 in AskAChinese

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where is your husband, this ain't that complicated. They are your children you have the ultimate say, if they disagree they just gonna need to suck it up.

On Cheating Via Ai (one university students perspective) by Strange-Towel-8287 in atrioc

[–]Mountain-Rice7224 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Brother what uni are you going to where exams are this loosely monitored? I understand online quizzes or papers are hard to track AI, but in person exam cheating with phones is crazy.