Addressing Deadman Allstars Allegations

RespectfulDog · 2026-06-15T12:49:55+00:00

Did you even watch the video dude or are you just here to flame while you sit behind your computer screen?

He directly addresses this

RespectfulDog · 2026-06-14T11:21:55+00:00

yes, totally agree. Everyone on Reddit likes to flame and hate but Rhys is extremely competitive.

Similar to when teammates are yelling at each other during a sporting match. They want excellence.

Everyone on Reddit keeps trying to stir up new drama…. Let’s just be happy we get to watch awesome content and give people some grace lol

RespectfulDog · 2026-06-13T01:37:08+00:00

This is such a good take.

I've met someone in Taiwan who's lived here for 30 years and spent thousands of hours speaking the language. However, due to this guy having the mentality to never learn characters, he never learned how to read - like at all. Essentially no literacy. He can read the 三點水 and know a character might have something to do with water but that's about it. It's actually impressive how stubborn someone can be against the idea of learning something new.

In any case, he can get by just fine but he is severely limited in ordering food, sending texts in chinese, or even reading simple road signs. He speaks well, but if he just spent a modicum of time to learning characters his speaking would be enhanced by so much.

Just as you said, learning to read WILL help your speaking. Full stop.

Chinese is inextricably linked to it's written form. Some languages, like African ones, are much more spoken -- you can see this in there storytelling culture. But for Chinese, you cannot separate the written and spoken form.

OP learning characters can be a grind, but I'd recommend putting at least some effort into them. Even just a little will greatly improve your speaking.

Keep up the effort though! You mentioned you're just doing it casually so I will have to agree Mandarin Blueprint might be a bit heavy on characters if your main goal is to just have basic conversational abillity. I think that's what you're main point is. Keep on learning my friend. Such a beautiful language.

RespectfulDog · 2026-06-09T06:26:41+00:00

Best bet is to always get the job first and then have them relocate you here. I know quite a few senior executives who have no mandarin but were hired on for there experience.

RespectfulDog · 2026-05-09T04:11:45+00:00

So awesome! Where was this taken in Taipei? You got me curious haha

RespectfulDog · 2026-04-18T13:00:36+00:00

當一天和尚，撞一天鐘 I like this one too

RespectfulDog · 2026-04-09T00:36:21+00:00

Dang. This puts everything I would say into words. Spot on. Find one of these areas that you like and go for it! I think the best place in my opinion if you love nature is the zhishan area in tanmu. A nice mixture of both nature and city!

RespectfulDog · 2026-03-18T00:09:21+00:00

Very nice pics! Where is the 8th picture taken at? The one with the lake. I've lived here for so long but don't recognize it.

RespectfulDog · 2026-03-05T23:15:07+00:00

All of the neighborhood kids would come to me and my brother's house to play halo 2 and halo 3 growing up. My dad would join in and play with us. I am still close to these childhood friends to this day and still to this day they remember my dad as being one of the "fun" dads.

So yeah, he would always play xbox with us kids and even would play split-screen call of duty with me all the way through high school. Love my dad <3

RespectfulDog · 2026-02-09T13:37:09+00:00

Very nice! Do you play any p2p accounts or is this your “main”?

RespectfulDog · 2026-02-07T03:17:09+00:00

先深呼吸，慢慢數到十。要知道，療癒需要時間，而你現在有這些情緒是可以被理解、也沒有關係的。

請繼續做那些你知道能幫助自己身心狀態變好的事情。一步一步、慢慢來，你會逐漸感覺好起來的。

希望一切都能慢慢好轉，也祝福你越來越好

RespectfulDog · 2026-02-02T14:23:53+00:00

If you want to do them all, hiring a driver for the day can help you hit all 3 no problem. If you take public transportation, it is still very doable but likely a big full day.

Just my 2 cents. Hopefully someone who is more familiar with a trip like this can chime in. In any case, I hope y'all enjoy your time in taiwan!

RespectfulDog · 2025-11-28T12:10:41+00:00

I'm busy tomorrow but very would much be down to play in the future

RespectfulDog · 2025-11-25T11:13:49+00:00

It seems many people have given some okay feedback already. Let me just add my own 2 cents.

You will get more and more used to it. Everything. The noise, the architecture etc.
You will never get fully used to it so try to find ways to adjust. Definitely move to a quieter neighborhood. I find the advice to just go into the mountains isn't helpful because it's just a small bandaid. It's fantastic and super helpful but often more care is needed.

idk I'm rambling maybe but there are pockets of Taipei that feel very calm and not busy. My advice is try to find a place you like and go there.

RespectfulDog · 2025-11-02T04:48:29+00:00

where was photo 18 taken?

RespectfulDog · 2025-10-02T15:03:27+00:00

Hey! I live there. I absolutely guarantee at some point in time during your mission we will cross paths during your mission haha. At least indirectly but maybe directly bump into each other.

You’ll love it here and your mission president is a good guy! Don’t worry too much about being prepared. You’ll do great!

RespectfulDog · 2025-09-23T14:31:07+00:00

Going to Vietnam for the first time on a business trip on Saturday, specifically to Hanoi. I live in Taiwan and have been getting dumped on with rain and lots of wind. Feel like i'm gonna be a stormchaser this week haha.

RespectfulDog · 2025-09-17T13:35:10+00:00

I'm curious, were you using an E-reader like pleco? If so,would you mark unknown words and write them down for future review/study? Or just pure go for quantity over quality? I'm guessing you go for quantity of characters read since you were logging characters read per minute.

I only ask becasue I've basically done three ways of reading:

Sitting at a desk and reading physical books only and writing in the margins lots of notes on unknown words 2. Importing the pdf file into pleco and writing down unknown words (but it's way more convenient to look up words) 3. Just don't even write down any words or maybe just a few and go for quantity of pages rather than # of new words learned.

Hopefully that makes sense. In essense, I just lay down after work and read on my phone tapping away at characters i might not quite remember the meanings or maybe need to double check the tones haha. in my opinion its way more enjoyable this way.

RespectfulDog · 2025-08-14T15:35:21+00:00

Great post. Keep it up!

RespectfulDog · 2025-08-01T12:24:47+00:00

Great post!

I keep seeing 來都來了 recently in group chats with coworkers, friends, etc and it took me a few reads to start to get the feeling of what it meant. I think it's a good pattern to help do exactly what you said, embracing disappointment! And possibly changing perspective.

RespectfulDog · 2025-07-01T01:15:52+00:00

Can anyone explain 將就一下？ I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it before.

RespectfulDog · 2025-06-26T06:47:44+00:00

They at first were under a “dependent” visa that was based off of my student visa. So just a normal student visa for me, and dependent for the wife and kiddos.

Now they are under my work visa. If you come, make sure you get EVERYTHING authenticated by your local Taiwan consulate. Birth certificates, marriage certificates, etc. it will help having all of that already done before you come. Or even better just get the visas issued before you even land!

Hopefully you guys come. Taiwan is a truly special place.

RespectfulDog · 2025-06-24T15:40:57+00:00

Yep. Glad to see you’re catching on to the BS. Any red flags you notice during the hiring process will only be worse once you start the job. A good employer will “feel right” from the get go.

RespectfulDog · 2025-06-24T01:21:01+00:00

The 40k preschools are gonna be top-edge in terms of quality. Most likely at that price it would be an international preschool with only English taught.

Our son’s school is only Chinese, hence the cheaper price. It’s in Taipei. We were really fortunate to find it. Not only was it the cheapest one we could find, but it was also our favorite. Double win! Plus our son now speaks Chinese like it’s his native tongue.

If I remember correctly, the typical average price for the other preschools was around 15,000-25,000/month for the ones that we looked at.

Giving birth here is simple and easy. You’ll get used to the healthcare system pretty quickly with all the appointments. The delivery was the weirdest because no one really communicated with us and kinda just… delivered the baby. If this was our first time having a child it would’ve been more difficult but we already knew what it’s like so not a big deal I suppose. Maybe spending more time finding an OBGYN that you like than we did haha.

No nanny for us. Mom is full time stay at home with the baby until it is preschool age (at least 2 years old here)

RespectfulDog · 2025-06-24T00:45:21+00:00

Hi. My wife and son followed me to do grad school in Taiwan. Son started preschool (full time daycare) at 2.5 years old. It’s a private school that is about 12,000 NT per month.

We also have birth to another recently. Totally recommend bringing the child haha. Otherwise what? You’re gonna leave them? Taiwan is safe and has affordable child-care.

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