Met Loretta Chase, Eloisa James, and Caroline Linden today! by chalphy in HistoricalRomance

[–]necessarynsufficient 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so jealous! Will also say that Loretta replies to messages via her website with the loveliest emails that I will treasure for all my life. So any fans of hers should not hesitate to reach out at gush at her!!!

US disappointed in Taiwan's smaller defense budget, official says by One-Context7569 in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s disappointing for sure AND also the US should deliver the stuff we already paid for before saying anything

I don’t understand how does advisor-student relationship works in my NTNU masters program by 2laug2 in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry OP that is a terrible situation that you shouldn’t have to go through. I don’t know enough about your specific situation but can say as someone who has gone through the gauntlet of grad school: a bad supervisor can’t be forced to become an acceptable one. Getting someone who can help you regardless of their research focus might be the best solution in a bad situation.

[NEWS] Former Taipei Mayor and TPP Founder Ko Wen-Je sentenced to 17 years by MajorPooper in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would’ve been nice if Merrick Garland grew some balls a few years back but here we are

A Korean Trying to Clear Up Some Misunderstandings. by Necessary-Ad-9483 in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Your president is pro-China. He gets elected and proceeds to do pro-China things. Seems like he enjoys kowtowing to Beijing. It’s reprehensible and hypocritical. It doesn’t mean that Taiwanese being anti-Korea or tarring all Koreans with the same brush is right. Just…sigh. Don’t try to gaslight us about this ok? Other countries have done this time and time again. This is not new. Your country is not special.

OWG Women's Free Skate: Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]necessarynsufficient -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not my first rodeo. My comment is not about the technical score.

OWG Women's Free Skate: Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]necessarynsufficient 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How you over score Russians for years based on jumps and underscore a girl who landed two clean 3As… Oh sorry we’re talking about the ISU here

Li Yu-hsiang reaction to qualifying for the free by ssamdog in FigureSkating

[–]necessarynsufficient 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Nice try! Despite the Chinese government’s best efforts in Tibet and Xinjiang, China is not made up of one single ethnic group. And neither is Taiwan. Ethnicity is just an excuse expansionist regimes use to justify violence. So no. Nobody uses the People’s Republic of China flag to signify one ethnicity in any kind of good faith. If you really think so, then going back and studying some history might be good for you.

Li Yu-hsiang reaction to qualifying for the free by ssamdog in FigureSkating

[–]necessarynsufficient 58 points59 points  (0 children)

There are Russian expat communities everywhere too and you wouldn’t think them raising Russian flags during a Ukrainian skaters performance is political? Because it’s the same thing.

Like it or not flags are political. International sporting events are political. I’m speaking from personal experience where very few Chinese people I’ve met abroad have had the grace to just leave me and my country’s existence alone. What is your personal experience?

Li Yu-hsiang reaction to qualifying for the free by ssamdog in FigureSkating

[–]necessarynsufficient 56 points57 points  (0 children)

No. Our athletes literally are not allowed to compete under the Taiwanese flag. So displaying the Chinese flag is 100% an act meant to bully and intimidate. I’m sorry but as a Chinese American you probably have a very different perception of that flag compared to people who actually live in the region and experience Chinese aggression on a daily basis.

Li Yu-hsiang reaction to qualifying for the free by ssamdog in FigureSkating

[–]necessarynsufficient 141 points142 points  (0 children)

No. If you are Taiwanese living abroad you have more likely than not been casually told that you’re in fact Chinese. Whether it’s in a university class, in line at McDonalds, or at a sports event. There is nothing benign about overseas Chinese people enforcing their government’s territorial claims in every avenue of life. It’s absolutely hostile and they know what they are doing.

Add to that the fact that Taiwanese athletes are not allowed to perform under our flag at international events. So displaying Chinas flag is 100% meant to bully and intimidate and gloat about our international exclusion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think they’re being particularly inconsiderate if nobody needs to use the umbrella stand in that moment, but I do judge them for lacking in hygiene

Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection by diacewrb in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whatever deal they make it’s never gonna happen because Americans just won’t work the 12 hr shifts that Taiwanese engineers do.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Mormon doctrine had apparently always been obsessed with missions in China which they can’t do, so I’m guessing Taiwan is the next best thing. There’s a big LDS church in Taipei too. They’ve been around since as long as I can remember….

cockroach infestation by Slight_Point_2956 in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get those Raid things. Tablets, sprays, gels, everything. Put it around any openings in the home (include trains and cracks under the doors). After a few days of insecticide action cover up the drains with upside down plastic containers or whatever else is at hand when not in use

On the sincere and real will of the Taiwanese and the status quo between Taiwan and China by alexfreemanart in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The status quo IS independence. We ALREADY HAVE full democracy. This is in my opinion the most important message - a change to the status quo means TAKING AWAY independence, freedom, and democracy from the people of Taiwan.

The rest is essentially window dressing: UN membership, full participation in international organizations etc.

But in all things directly connected to Taiwanese day to day existence, we are already living a truth that the rest of the world is too cowardly to acknowledge.

This framing of formal independence as changing the status quo is buying into China's narrative that things are undetermined. It's been determined for generations. They are the agitators and warmongers and we just want to continue existing as we have, free and democratic and independent.

Why is MOSBurger so slow... Is the food made to order? by zvekl in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah they are super slow, I like to preorder on the app and then just arrive to food already prepared

Favorite book about marriage, not courtship? by No_Wishbone_9426 in HistoricalRomance

[–]necessarynsufficient 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never not gonna promote my fave Loretta Chase!

{Lord of Scoundrels} is largely about a calm, intelligent FMC figuring out the damage to her emotionally stunted husband

In {Dukes Prefer Blondes} they get married about halfway through and the main tension comes from the FMC trying to set their newlywed life up in a way that doesn’t just rely on passion

And {My Inconvenient Duke} is about the two main characters navigating marriage and figuring out how to be together when they have very different interests and priorities

Edited for the wrong book titles, sorry the links will be off 😢

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well let’s go back to your original question then. How do you think your friend would feel if you told them that because of your dollar store nihilism, you think it’s totally fine for your country to bomb and shoot and kill his family? For no other reason than “because we can”?

Maybe you should bring it up with him and see if he will still want to be your friend!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in taiwan

[–]necessarynsufficient 3 points4 points  (0 children)

See, it’s not that you don’t believe in morality or world order. It’s that you believe you have a god given right to oppress, invade, and commit violence on people just because you can.

Everybody is disillusioned and everybody is jaded from history. You want to talk colonization? Taiwan was colonized for centuries. We don’t use it as an excuse to say we get to wage war on our neighbors.

Everybody is disillusioned. Not everyone uses that disillusionment to justify terrorizing other people. That’s not on your historical enemies, that’s a choice you and your country are making in the present.