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[wierd]

Same story for Tibet, and likely what is in the future for Taiwan (if China gets its way), and for Hong Kong.

[ChairmanPoo]

Well probably not. AFAIK Taiwan is culturally not separate. They regard themselves as Chinese. Hong Kong... maybe? But I dont think so. It´s just too valuable to ruin like that. Odds are they´ll agree to a compromise

[Jopax]

Ugh, today seems like a shitty day in making, no particular reason for it to be like that, nothing particularly shitty happened so far. But I feel like I'm circling that drain of horrible thoughts and I'm kinda too tired from work to simply stop myself every time I notice it (or hell to even notice it in time). To make matters worse I'm kinda too drained to actually busy myself with something productive, or hell anything just to occupy me until I fall asleep.

[TamerVirus]

Well probably not. AFAIK Taiwan is culturally not separate. They regard themselves as Chinese.

This is quite wrong. If anything Taiwan takes more culturally from the Japanese

[scriver]

There are at least three different layers of Taiwanese. Firstly, the original indigenous people(s). Then the original Chinese colonists from when it was originally colonised in... 16th or 17th century iirc. And then lastly the exiles and refugees from modern times. I also believe that the latter two largely see themselves as Han, even if they don't consider themselves "Chinese" Chinese. But I am simply going by what I've read about them.

[Il Palazzo]

Well probably not. AFAIK Taiwan is culturally not separate. They regard themselves as Chinese.

This is quite wrong. If anything Taiwan takes more culturally from the Japanese

That explains why they called themselves 'The Republic of Japan', right?

[Rolan7]

There are at least three different layers of Taiwanese. Firstly, the original indigenous people(s). Then the original Chinese colonists from when it was originally colonised in... 16th or 17th century iirc. And then lastly the exiles and refugees from modern times. I also believe that the latter two largely see themselves as Han, even if they don't consider themselves "Chinese" Chinese. But I am simply going by what I've read about them.

This sounds right to me, and handily explains why the government would call itself the Republic of China regardless of the ethnicities it governs.

[TamerVirus]

That explains why they called themselves 'The Republic of Japan', right?

Taiwan was literally a colony of Japan. My grandmother self-identifies as Japanese specifically because she grew up in a Japanese controlled Taiwan.

And if you think Taiwan, governed by the democratic KMT would emulated the culture of Communist China then you're stupider than I thought.

[Il Palazzo]

I would feel offended but I can't be bothered.

[TamerVirus]

Yes! YES! Let the mild irritation flow through you!

[Eschar]

You underestimate the power of the Beige Side.

[Naturegirl1999]

I fat-fingered my legal name on a job application, and only discovered in when I read the confirmation email. Guess we can chuck 'attention to detail' out the window, eh.

Idea for future avoidance of fat fingering

If home row doesn’t work, or if you’re using a touch screen, use your pinky instead of your index finger, as the pinky is thinner than your index finger. It will take some getting used to, the new hand orientation, test various pinky chicken peck orientations on touch screen and find the one most comfortable for you. The reason to use pinky finger is because it’s the thinnest finger on your body, and is thus the least susceptible to fat fingering. I hope this helps.

As for mild upset, a very persistent upsetting thought, is that the only way to meaningfully change the world is with power, and often the methods of gaining power result in corruption of those who gain it, focusing on using their power to get more power rather than using that power to make a meaningful difference on the world

[Reelya]

Attontion to dertail

[TamerVirus]

I fat-fingered my legal name on a job application, and only discovered in when I read the confirmation email.

At least you didn’t fat finger something that involved money.
Like taxes.

[ChairmanPoo]

I dont get this sudden forum obsession about the sex life of overweight women.