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You're absolutely right. China is desperately fighting brain drain and here we are giving them a helping hand.

by Salgat 7y ago

pluffycat 7y ago
zomg downvoted
- danielscrubs 7y ago
  From Tinder, I’d say height is the primary factor and shyness secondary. Let’s see when the first shy short guy gets the girl in a Hollywood movie. I’d like to stop Hollywoods gangster glorification also but... Plenty of short famous actors so it’s just a matter of not trick filming. Maybe less makeup when we are at it? I’ll stop because I both sound like an incel and as my parents at the same time. I’m not even affected by this in any way. Now that I think about it, it works to my advantage. But it doesn’t feel right.
jtanderson 7y ago
Almost makes me wonder if it's deliberate, as in some quid pro quo agreed upon, implied, or otherwise, between the US and Chinese presidents. Though what the US gets out of it is unclear, I wouldn't be shocked.
- bayesian_horse 7y ago
  More funding for Trump's world wide real estate projects from Chinese banks? More Chinese Business contacts for the extended Kushner family? Access to the President for Chinese business men through the former owner of "massage parlours" recently involved in slave sex labor? More patents and trade marks for Ivanka Trump?
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  Trump wants people to stop buying services from AT&T, as of yesterday; >"I believe that if people stoped[sic] using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big changes at @CNN, which is dying in the ratings anyway. It is so unfair with such bad, Fake News! Why wouldn’t they act. When the World watches @CNN, it gets a false picture of USA. Sad!" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2019 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1135499002626154496 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/11354990026261544... What the US gets out of that is also unclear. I guess you could just take at face value this proposition by the US President that boycotting AT&T to enforce large changes in the editorial policy of CNN is something that is good for the US. But I think that you would also have to be very careful not to think about it very hard.
  - freeflight 7y ago
    > What the US gets out of that is also unclear. It gets the media landscape in-line with the administration: "Don't you dare to report badly about me or I will make you pay for it.", at least it attempts to.

You're absolutely right. China is desperately fighting brain drain and here we are giving them a helping hand.

by Salgat 7y ago

You're absolutely right. China is desperately fighting brain drain and here we are giving them a helping hand.

pluffycat 7y ago

zomg downvoted

danielscrubs 7y ago
From Tinder, I’d say height is the primary factor and shyness secondary. Let’s see when the first shy short guy gets the girl in a Hollywood movie. I’d like to stop Hollywoods gangster glorification also but... Plenty of short famous actors so it’s just a matter of not trick filming. Maybe less makeup when we are at it? I’ll stop because I both sound like an incel and as my parents at the same time. I’m not even affected by this in any way. Now that I think about it, it works to my advantage. But it doesn’t feel right.

jtanderson 7y ago

Almost makes me wonder if it's deliberate, as in some quid pro quo agreed upon, implied, or otherwise, between the US and Chinese presidents. Though what the US gets out of it is unclear, I wouldn't be shocked.

bayesian_horse 7y ago
More funding for Trump's world wide real estate projects from Chinese banks? More Chinese Business contacts for the extended Kushner family? Access to the President for Chinese business men through the former owner of "massage parlours" recently involved in slave sex labor? More patents and trade marks for Ivanka Trump?
inflatableDodo 7y ago
Trump wants people to stop buying services from AT&T, as of yesterday; >"I believe that if people stoped[sic] using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big changes at @CNN, which is dying in the ratings anyway. It is so unfair with such bad, Fake News! Why wouldn’t they act. When the World watches @CNN, it gets a false picture of USA. Sad!" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2019 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1135499002626154496 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/11354990026261544... What the US gets out of that is also unclear. I guess you could just take at face value this proposition by the US President that boycotting AT&T to enforce large changes in the editorial policy of CNN is something that is good for the US. But I think that you would also have to be very careful not to think about it very hard.
- freeflight 7y ago
  > What the US gets out of that is also unclear. It gets the media landscape in-line with the administration: "Don't you dare to report badly about me or I will make you pay for it.", at least it attempts to.