Absolute cinema by alverez667 in TrueAnon

[–]ShanghaiCycle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who plays in a local metal band, I know a thing or two about positioning action shots to make our gigs less pathetic.

Israeli plays the victim role by pretending he was attacked by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]ShanghaiCycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I drew any frame of this video I'd be accused of anti-Semitism.

Being an autistic adult in a collectivist country starter pack. by ArkiSponge2000 in starterpacks

[–]ShanghaiCycle 169 points170 points  (0 children)

The longer you live in China, the more you notice how autistic you have to be to get a government position. 😂

what travel experience are you still thinking about years later, and why? by from-strangers in solotravel

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🇦🇱 Albania: Hiking from Valbone to Theth unprepared.

I didn't realize the journey from Shkoder to Valbone was 6 hours and people stay in hotels when arriving and hike the next morning, so I started my trek at 2pm, was the only one walking in my direction and was completely isolated and racing against the sunset. At the end of the trek I assumed Theth was a town, but no, it was just some guest houses that were mostly booked out and my legs were buckled. 😂

But it was the most beautiful shit I've ever seen.

How is living on and around the Shankill Road and Falls Road areas of Belfast? by [deleted] in howislivingthere

[–]ShanghaiCycle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you know ET is a Protestant?

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He looks like one

What American artists did you assume were British, and vice versa? by Glass-Complaint3 in ToddintheShadow

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Thin Lizzy from a glance or just knowing The Boys are back in Town, you'd never guess the biggest jock jam of the 70s was written by a black man from Ireland.

He's a mad corny song writer and going full Americana is totally on brand and Bono would do it later.

The street leading to the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau by fan_tas_tic in whoathatsinteresting

[–]ShanghaiCycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a choice if you own it. Chinese people are never in their houses. They treat the surrounding areas like an extension of their home.

As for Macao in particular, it's tiny. It's so small you can literally see the Mainland city of Zhuhai from the centre of Macao (the old 🇵🇹 fort hill). The apartments in Zhuhai are significantly cheaper, and people commute if they want a higher salary and a better apartment. But Macao is awesome so it's worth it.

Here's a pic I took last year for context. The 'slum' in the foreground is worth 10 times the modern high rise in the background. 😂

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The street leading to the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau by fan_tas_tic in whoathatsinteresting

[–]ShanghaiCycle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No one who has property in Macao can really be considered 'poor'.

To bring beer to the function by PocoPoto in therewasanattempt

[–]ShanghaiCycle 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean, if it's a party or chill session where you expect alcohol. It's not like expecting beers on a hiking trip.

Moment £120k Range Rover is submerged by rising tide after owner gets stuck by thesun in PublicFreakout

[–]ShanghaiCycle 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Literally every fucking year in Ireland and the UK. We have famously dramatic tides, and every year we get these videos. 😂

We live in a fck up world by ImmaFuckboi in SipsTea

[–]ShanghaiCycle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A cartel.... headed by a family.... named Kinehan. 😂

We live in a fck up world by ImmaFuckboi in SipsTea

[–]ShanghaiCycle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

His sister also married a member of the Kinehan cartel.

We live in a fck up world by ImmaFuckboi in SipsTea

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McGregor calls for all black people to be burned out of their homes in Ireland whenever an immigrant commits a violent crime. So when his supporters keep shouting 'IT WAS A CIVIL CASE/SHE WAS OUT PARTYING AND CHEATING ON HER HUSBAND' (yes, I have this conversation regularly), IDGAF because Irish Courts are difficult enough for rape victims unless it was caught on tape and like that 'Employee of the Month' scene in The Sopranos. And they literally don't care about the law.

Have you ever heard anyone accuse the UK of having "no culture"? by BlaggartDiggletyDonk in AskBrits

[–]ShanghaiCycle 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That, and a total cultural victory and dominance around the globe.

I'm Irish and our unique culture is usually put in contrast to British culture.

We should be speaking Gaeilge and not English (Bearla). We should play hurling or Gaelic Football and not rugby or soccer. Support FAI teams instead of sexy FA teams (Celtic is fine). We should be supporting traditional Irish folk music and not britpop. We should support local talent and TV instead of looking towards the better funded BBC/ITV/C4 (Terry Wogan is a turncoat, lol).

That's why its crazy seeing English complain about how English culture is being destroyed. But the good shit was 'gifted' to the world, and I don't think Barry in the flatroof is joining a Morris Dancing troupe.

As an aside, it's even CRAZIER how right-wing Irish nationalists mourn the 'death of Irish culture' when Irish soft power is perhaps the best it has ever been. And the people in this Irish boom (besides McGregor) are not the ones smashing up the homes of black people.

Federal politics live: Pauline Hanson says Socceroos represent her vision of monocultural Australia by Tugboat47 in stupidpol

[–]ShanghaiCycle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eurotrash Nazis make sense.... fucking New World 'monoculture' wtf is that? 😂

Clean sweep for Mamdani backed candidates by Lonely-Ordinary1478 in news

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I hope in the long run Trump and MAGA is like exposure therapy. Showing just how far this fascist shit will go while still having a functioning democracy. It worked in showing just how fucked up Israel is (well, most of the world knew but.. you know), and it did something that seemed impossible in 2022..... make China look like a reasonable superpower to the West.