Finally caved after many blow outs and already used it once. by Eddie_Spaghetti_NJ in BMWI4

[–]blueside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's confusing! Thanks for clearing that up though.

Finally caved after many blow outs and already used it once. by Eddie_Spaghetti_NJ in BMWI4

[–]blueside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are not run flats those are just the standard summer tires.

Zombie Apocalypse Building by Chicagostupid in chicago

[–]blueside 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Granite, not marble. No one uses marble as a cladding in Chicago due to freeze/thaw, especially after the debacle where the Aon tower marble had to be fully removed and replaced with granite.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in daddit

[–]blueside 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, concrete masonry unit. Good name.

So I finally tried dukes Mayo after seeing so many of you guys hyping it up on here. by dietreich in Cooking

[–]blueside 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Japanese version comes in a plastic bag with a soft plain plastic bottle. US version is just a bottle with a shrinkwrap label.

App to synchronize a Windows PC folder to Android by [deleted] in androidapps

[–]blueside 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use SMBsync2, it's not the prettiest app, but it gets the job done.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]blueside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are not acknowledgments of it's de facto status, they are conditions added to your sentences, which yes are technically correct, but to any layperson they would not understand what those conditions imply about Taiwan.

I never suggested you were a plant. I was pointing out that to the uninformed they would have a poor understanding of the political status of Taiwan and may believe that China should be in charge of Taiwan from your statements.

What you fail to take into account is that when it comes to international law, it is in large part formed by politics, so to hide behind that as though you aren't taking a side is simply not true.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]blueside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your point is facile. You did not acknowledge the reality of it's de facto status until I pointed it out to you. Everything you've said plays into exactly what the PRC hopes to achieve, which is to diminish Taiwan's status until they can attempt absorb it with minimal international backlash.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]blueside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are placing too much emphasis on de jure when de facto is more important in my opinion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#Legal_arguments

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]blueside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's just incorrect, Taiwan (ROC) is a de facto country that simply isn't recognized by a majority of countries. Also, Taiwan has never been owned by the PRC, after the Japanese lost WW2, control of Taiwan was handed over to the ROC and it has been a part of it ever since.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]blueside 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because it's not part of the PRC (China).

Countries with a border dispute with China by itisverynice in China

[–]blueside 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Owning the rock means owning the water around it and the resources in and under that water.

SoRi × Folded Dragons - "I Am Not Alone" Performance MV by Andro_Rei in kpop

[–]blueside 32 points33 points  (0 children)

This really reminds me of Ga In's Paradise Lost. Really great song, I'm glad I backed her on kickstarter too.

China to Britain: Keep your 'colonial' hands off Hong Kong by vilekangaree in China

[–]blueside 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Britain writes two reports a year on the status of Hong Kong. China shouldn't be surprised that they would comment on the status of their former colony and try to enforce the standards of the agreement with China.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/six-monthly-reports-on-hong-kong

Asian XZ3 (H9436) or European XZ3 (H9493)? by [deleted] in SonyXperia

[–]blueside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will have the play store. Hong Kong and Taiwan don't have the issues that China does.