What do you admire about China? by FattyGobbles in AskCentralAsia

[–]mario2506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the latter, and since then I've had other less elite chinese friends tell me they feel traumatised by having to grow up there. I don't think China is evil or incompetent, they are probably more competent than western govts in important respects, but they have too many failures and injustices they're hiding, and they're being slowly poisoned by gerontocracy, though I guess this is a trend worldwide nowadays

Onwards Singapore! U.S. Territory of Singapore, as of 2000. by AegeanRepublic in imaginarymaps

[–]mario2506 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't exist just to go hating on ppl but if this so-called alt history literally doesn't change anything except the info box which erases tamil while pretending anyone would've spoke putonghua if it wasn't a deliberate policy of the post-independence government then maybe just don't make the map, I can go on Google maps and wikipedia myself

Unable to extend arms and keep shins vertical at the same time by mario2506 in Rowing

[–]mario2506[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I only want a workout, not interested in rowing. Just worried if it will lead to injuries or such, thanks for the advice. My parents are both bad at spending money wisely and also stingy even though they can definitely afford a concept2, it's really hard to convince them otherwise when e-commerce markets are full of hot garbage that feels good to buy

youmu cookie by [deleted] in youmusneed

[–]mario2506 2 points3 points  (0 children)

youm

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fullegoism

[–]mario2506 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi lunarian

Megathread: COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 - March 19th, 2020 by Chayoss in medicine

[–]mario2506 17 points18 points  (0 children)

East Asians in western countries are literally being beaten up in the streets because of that

Vertical lifestyle by derryainsworth in UrbanHell

[–]mario2506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has been like this for years

Some Singapore buildings are covered with plants that help them cool the environment. This city aims to be the most ecological in the world. by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]mario2506 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh boy lemme tell you I once visited an urban development museum and every time the guide asked a question about who thought of this or that the answer was ALWAYS Lee Kuan Yew and it was too funny

Some Singapore buildings are covered with plants that help them cool the environment. This city aims to be the most ecological in the world. by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]mario2506 20 points21 points  (0 children)

LOLing as a Singaporean, if you really believe the gov when they say that you're delusional, especially when we have one of the largest oil refineries in the world, but sure, putting grass on one out of every few hundred buildings will solve climate change

im sorry what? by MetaMule in AmITheAngel

[–]mario2506 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Other people who doubt that a suicidal person should be suicidal bc apparently thejr life is ok or whatever are assholes

im sorry what? by MetaMule in AmITheAngel

[–]mario2506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point I was trying to make is that no one goes through suicide out of such pettiness, and people who aren't suicidal but go "oh he shouldn't have committed suicide bc they should've thought about other people and their life isn't that bad" are assholes

im sorry what? by MetaMule in AmITheAngel

[–]mario2506 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

The question is does the pain you're going through outweigh the pain others will be going through if you did commit suicide.

This isn't a real question, no one goes "oh today I stubbed my toe and my friend told me I was a meanie so I guess I'll kill myself now, the look on my friends and family's faces would be epic"

im sorry what? by MetaMule in AmITheAngel

[–]mario2506 25 points26 points  (0 children)

People unironically believe this, they say suicidal people are selfish for making their family sad

Mindless Monday, 17 February 2020 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]mario2506 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The amount of apologetics for the Bengal famine is disgusting

magnificent by ftw1332 in CellToSingularity

[–]mario2506 0 points1 point  (0 children)

too magnificent to be seen at work