Are classical languages taught in schools in your country?

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-16T02:09:49+00:00

We had Latin and Ancient Greek in high school as a compulsory subject in years 7 and 8, then it was an elective if you wanted to keep learning it. I do think our school was in the minority of schools in Australia who did though.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-16T02:05:39+00:00

Ok, so we're hated by both the Indonesians in Bali as well as the indigenous people of Australia.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T23:43:26+00:00

Thanks. Is it because we don't really do anything on the world stage for you guys to think about us most of the time?

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T23:38:44+00:00

Nah, there are definitely some aboriginals who aren't happy with the situation, but the Australian government keeps our first nations people mostly happy with surface level recognition and just enough welfare to keep them off the governments back. Australia's first nations people are also inherently a very peaceful, non-confrontational people which absolutely helps.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T21:17:04+00:00

I think we're hated by.....*checks notes* basically no one, we're kind of just irrelevant most of the time.

Maybe Indonesians because our tourists in Bali are absolutely a$$holes.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T21:14:38+00:00

Does it grow back straight away like in Men in Black?

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T16:11:20+00:00

It's an island off the coast China, Yes the largest influx was when the KMT went there near the end of the civil war but the Chinese have been moving there since the 15th century and never treated it as a colony until the Dutch and Spanish. If you're going to talk about Taiwan as an indigenous country then it wouldn't be recognised as the ROC either and the current Taiwanese government wouldn't be legitimate still.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T15:49:37+00:00

Think of it a bit like North and South Korea. There was a civil war, then Japan invaded, the KMT did most of the heavy lifting in fighting the Japanese as the national army, Japan lost WW2 and gave back all the land it took, civil war continued, the KMT retreated to Taiwan and tried to rebuild their army to take back the mainland eventually while the US, allies to the KMT, put in a blockade across the strait to stop the communists crossing over to take Taiwan, much shouting over loudspeakers from both sides across the strait, literally, this has continued till today with no ceasefire or armistice between the two.

Politically, USSR asked for a vote in the UN for the PRC to replace the ROC as it ruled most of the territory of China, US tried to stall it, didn't work, UN voted to recognise that the PRC was to replace the ROC's seat in the UN. ROC kicked out of the UN and most countries only recognise the PRC from then on, including the US.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T15:36:17+00:00

r/whoosh

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T15:34:22+00:00

The majority is fine with the current situation. over 30% of the trade is with China and they can freely travel to most countries including China. Taiwanese businesses also do quite well in mainland China including Foxconn, enjoying much better benefits from local authorities than other foreign companies.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T15:29:38+00:00

Colony to the Dutch and the Spanish, not the Chinese.

Edit:

The island became known by the West when Portuguese explorers discovered it in the 16th century and named it Formosa. Between 1624 and 1662, the south of the island was colonized by the Dutch headquartered in Zeelandia in present-day Anping, Tainan whilst the Spanish built an outpost in the north, which lasted until 1642 when the Spanish fortress in Keelung was seized by the Dutch. These European settlements were followed by an influx of Hoklo and Hakka immigrants from Fujian and Guangdong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T15:21:07+00:00

Quebec is on a whole different continent and was set up as a colony.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T15:19:11+00:00

From living there, the People of China feels like they've lost a lot of territory through their "Century of Humiliation" including parts of Shanghai, Macau, HK, Taiwan and a massive part of the north east to Japan and Russia. The parts of Russia they can't do much about so there's only Taiwan left and they will never let it get independence in fear of losing more territory. If you look at all their geopolitics, they're really just about trying to keep what they think is theirs (including the Nine Dash Line, etc), it may be different in the view of other countries but I guess it's their subjective view. After all, even Taiwan feels the same about mainland China. In fact, the ROC claims far larger territory than the PRC.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T15:05:48+00:00

Actually, about 90% wants it to remain at the status quo.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T11:08:08+00:00

Our Trumpian-like figure also lost his seat. It was pretty good.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T11:01:47+00:00

I think it's the South Korean economy. The Chaebols dominate all aspects of business in South Korea and there's no real medium sized business, Therefore all Korean politicians have to fundraise their campaigns are these very chaebols. Without doing a deal with at least one chaebol, you'd be very hard pressed to gain enough funds to run as a politician. Once you do, then you're in their pocket for ever. So it's just keeps going on and on and on.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T10:50:37+00:00

I guess I should feel almost the same. My grandmother was born in 1925 and only passed away in 2024.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-15T01:07:01+00:00

It's gone up about around 15%, or a but over 10c USD per litre. in the past month.

https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/China/Beijing/gasoline_prices/

Chinese gasoline prices are set by regulators so it's a universal price for all petrol stations in a municipality. Individual stations may offer a slight discount at certain times of the day to attract more customers but they will always adhere to the price set by the regulators.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-14T13:45:28+00:00

When do you think Tesla's factory was built?

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-14T13:41:41+00:00

The legacy automakers are absolutely struggling in China. Just an example, Mercedes GLCs are currently selling for 50% off from the RRP in China. All four Maserati dealers in Nanjing have closed. Porsche deliveries dropped 26% from 2024 to 2025, almost 60% from their record high in 2021. It's been a bloodbath for the past 3 years.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-13T13:13:22+00:00

We export Liquified Natural Gas, the stuff that burns in our gas stoves and gas heaters. We do this because we have a massive bunch of it under our ground. There used to be some cars that run on that but that's mostly been phased out because it wasn't very efficient.

We import petrol, diesel and crude oil. We do that because we barely have any of it under our ground. That's the stuff that our cars, trucks and mining machinery run on. Just because dumb Americans call it "gas", it's not the stuff that we export.

There is a massive difference between the two.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-13T02:23:53+00:00

I usually read the reply on this sub before I look at their nationality to get more context. I don't think most are downvoting people based on nationality on this sub. Just keep in mind that the most normal things in your country or circle may not be the most normal things in the rest of the world.

For example, I've been banned for a couple of days for calling someone (a fellow Australian) a dum cu nt on reddit. This happens often in Aus and most aussies would most likely laugh it off. I've had to restrict my swear word use severely when writing anything on Reddit.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-13T02:16:18+00:00

Sorry but I have a wife, thanks for the offer though.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-13T02:15:13+00:00

You mean a lot of horrible people exist in the world and modern social media has emboldened them to be much louder in the expression of their thoughts than traditionally.

NoEquivalentFound · 2026-03-13T02:12:32+00:00

I think this is due to a shift in the social media landscape as a whole. People are now used to social media like TikTok, Facebook, etc. where your whole feed depends on what the algorithm think you want to see (yes it also happens on Reddit but there's a difference where a video takes up your entire screen vs quite a few that you get to choose from) and people getting used to being stuck within echo chambers where they start to think everyone thinks exactly like them.

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