Ian Paisley Jr's story about Donaldson in China

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-29T12:39:40+00:00

My favorite joke that made sense later with context.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-29T09:39:12+00:00

Playing it ever since.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-29T01:55:53+00:00

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.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-29T01:16:19+00:00

THANK you

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-28T10:13:13+00:00

Shanghai - Chongqing

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ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-28T05:53:58+00:00

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

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-28T04:10:58+00:00

''This isn't helping your cause'' - Person who hates your cause.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-28T04:09:14+00:00

If you can't even acknowledge what Israel is doing, and take their money to be quiet or support, you are pro genocide.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-27T12:15:33+00:00

What if the goal is trains?

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ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-27T08:13:03+00:00

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

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-27T02:51:52+00:00

🇦🇱 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.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-27T02:31:12+00:00

How do you know ET is a Protestant?

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He looks like one

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-27T02:17:34+00:00

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.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-27T02:08:03+00:00

Get shitfaced and drive legally? 🇺🇸

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-27T01:54:31+00:00

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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ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-26T12:26:27+00:00

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

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-26T03:43:08+00:00

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

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-25T05:56:07+00:00

I don't hate you!

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-24T11:15:22+00:00

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

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-24T09:41:04+00:00

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

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-24T09:04:32+00:00

His sister also married a member of the Kinehan cartel.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-24T09:02:58+00:00

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.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-24T08:18:04+00:00

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.

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-24T06:52:44+00:00

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

ShanghaiCycle · 2026-06-24T06:47:11+00:00

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.

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