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05-19-2008, 03:11 PM
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Actually, a Korea/China reunification topic would be political and not racist as long as it doesn't involve insults. But I do have to say that SFUDropout has some blind patriotism going on here. You have to realize that a large part of RS are some variant of Chinese (Taiwan, HK, Mainland, CBC) and, relatively speaking, the level of "China Bashing" is low.
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05-19-2008, 03:22 PM
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mainlanders started comin recently...
cuz u couldnt really before...
u can try to defend china as much as u want..but what grandstand has said bout mainlanders and east indians are true
ask anyone in the service sector of town and many will tell u who are the annoying ignorant ones.
im from HONG KONG...and yea..alot of HONG KONG CHINESE have much to say bout mainlanders..
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05-19-2008, 03:38 PM
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Heres the $64,000 question:
Who here LIKES that house?
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05-19-2008, 03:56 PM
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#54 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Los Bastardo  I don't know when Grandstand turned the corner and started saying things I began agreeing with, but this is one of them.
One of the things my friend said to me when she came to visit from the states is how ugly our skyline is. Too many glass buildings and generic looking condos.
In an area of the world thats expecting a significant earthquake we seem to be in love with building towers constructed seemingly from only glass and concrete. I'd hate to be in the street when the big one hits and be greeted with a shower of bloody death.
Vancouver's highrise architecture is cheap, looks cheap, and will prove to be unsafe.
Also, why do we need so many windows in a city that gets so much rain?
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Funny that you say this because many of our so called "cheap and unsafe highrises" in the downtown core have won awards for design. Oh and the serria building downtown is one of the most earthquake safe buildings on the planet.
And about your windows comment, i can only guess that you havent been up a few floors to realize when you look out the window at the amazing veiw we have. From my apartment i get a 250 degree veiw. Spanning from false creek all the way around english bay and to the far left i can see grouse mountain. Also im guessing that people dont like working in caves and like the sunlight coming through.
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05-19-2008, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Synaptik Actually, a Korea/China reunification topic would be political and not racist as long as it doesn't involve insults. But I do have to say that SFUDropout has some blind patriotism going on here. You have to realize that a large part of RS are some variant of Chinese (Taiwan, HK, Mainland, CBC) and, relatively speaking, the level of "China Bashing" is low. | Sorry, Korean unification is just out of the question. They separated what, couple hundred years ago? Only arrogant Mainlanders would even think about it that way; which is 'whatever we once owned should reunite with mother China'. Hell, that's like British guys asking for America, India and half of Africa and another 1/3 of the planet to reunite with England.
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05-19-2008, 08:37 PM
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05-19-2008, 08:59 PM
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#57 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by darthchilli mainlanders started comin recently...
cuz u couldnt really before...
u can try to defend china as much as u want..but what grandstand has said bout mainlanders and east indians are true
ask anyone in the service sector of town and many will tell u who are the annoying ignorant ones.
im from HONG KONG...and yea..alot of HONG KONG CHINESE have much to say bout mainlanders.. | why?
why?
why?
Hong Kong Chinese? are you serious?
I have no comment, my dad's past HK friends who are top executive at various companies have praised how the reunification with China has helped Hong Kong's economy tremendously, no jokes. You can tell by just shopping in Hong Kong, everything is back to normal and prices arn't cheap anymore. Things are actually more expensive now, you know before when Hong Kong's economy was shit? when China opened doors to Hong Kong's tourism, BOOM! please don't deny.
Most of my friends are from HongKong and i'm from China, yes, they love the easy gold digging whores(i don't mind either), but they also want to work in China and make a crazy living there.
When you talk about mainlanders, think about what we did to help thrive "HK Chinese" economy, please, all this shit talking won't get you anywhere. Especially when you have this attitude about "mainlanders", cause you know what? if you wanna make money in Hong Kong, you better fucking know mandarin.
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05-19-2008, 09:01 PM
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05-19-2008, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by FiveDime Funny that you say this because many of our so called "cheap and unsafe highrises" in the downtown core have won awards for design. Oh and the serria building downtown is one of the most earthquake safe buildings on the planet.
And about your windows comment, i can only guess that you havent been up a few floors to realize when you look out the window at the amazing veiw we have. From my apartment i get a 250 degree veiw. Spanning from false creek all the way around english bay and to the far left i can see grouse mountain. Also im guessing that people dont like working in caves and like the sunlight coming through. |
Sunlight, when we get it, is nice. I'll admit the city is gorgeous during those six weeks we have nice weather each year. What I really meant with the rain comment is the dust and pollen and grime coating the windows which much be a bitch to constantly have to clean.
But the safety issue wasn't about building crashing down, it was about glass shattering when structures begin to shift. I'm not opposed to the idea of glass but the cookie cutter style of construction in this city contributes to the drab feeling.
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05-19-2008, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Los Bastardo Sunlight, when we get it, is nice. I'll admit the city is gorgeous during those six weeks we have nice weather each year. What I really meant with the rain comment is the dust and pollen and grime coating the windows which much be a bitch to constantly have to clean.
But the safety issue wasn't about building crashing down, it was about glass shattering when structures begin to shift. I'm not opposed to the idea of glass but the cookie cutter style of construction in this city contributes to the drab feeling. | Glass used in high rise buildings have a concave design. They're built to shatter into the room and not onto the street below.
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05-19-2008, 09:29 PM
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#61 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Maybe SFUDropOut is XL's bitter ex
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05-19-2008, 09:38 PM
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Asian_XL.... you probably posted SFUdropout's house in china....
i'm waiting for grandstand to post his small little boat, along the lines saying that he have a boat and can afford a better house or something LOL
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05-19-2008, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyde Asian_XL.... you probably posted SFUdropout's house in china....
i'm waiting for grandstand to post his small little boat, along the lines saying that he have a boat and can afford a better house or something LOL | I'm still waiting for you to post pics of your girlfriend and the porsche.
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05-19-2008, 09:44 PM
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#64 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by fetched why?
why?
why?
Hong Kong Chinese? are you serious?
I have no comment, my dad's past HK friends who are top executive at various companies have praised how the reunification with China has helped Hong Kong's economy tremendously, no jokes. You can tell by just shopping in Hong Kong, everything is back to normal and prices arn't cheap anymore. Things are actually more expensive now, you know before when Hong Kong's economy was shit? when China opened doors to Hong Kong's tourism, BOOM! please don't deny.
Most of my friends are from HongKong and i'm from China, yes, they love the easy gold digging whores(i don't mind either), but they also want to work in China and make a crazy living there.
When you talk about mainlanders, think about what we did to help thrive "HK Chinese" economy, please, all this shit talking won't get you anywhere. Especially when you have this attitude about "mainlanders", cause you know what? if you wanna make money in Hong Kong, you better fucking know english. | fixt
you make it seem like it was charity that the mainland trades with hongkong.
people who want to live/work in China suffer from the big fish syndrome. they are shit in their own countries.
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05-19-2008, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Grandstand I'm still waiting for you to post pics of your girlfriend and the porsche. | LOL...werd...at least grandstand has a cool boat to show off.
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05-19-2008, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by asian_XL LOL...werd...at least grandstand has a cool boat to show off. | Only 39 days till she's in the water  | |
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05-19-2008, 10:01 PM
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#67 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by fetched why?
why?
why?
Hong Kong Chinese? are you serious?
I have no comment, my dad's past HK friends who are top executive at various companies have praised how the reunification with China has helped Hong Kong's economy tremendously, no jokes. You can tell by just shopping in Hong Kong, everything is back to normal and prices arn't cheap anymore. Things are actually more expensive now, you know before when Hong Kong's economy was shit? when China opened doors to Hong Kong's tourism, BOOM! please don't deny.
Most of my friends are from HongKong and i'm from China, yes, they love the easy gold digging whores(i don't mind either), but they also want to work in China and make a crazy living there.
When you talk about mainlanders, think about what we did to help thrive "HK Chinese" economy, please, all this shit talking won't get you anywhere. Especially when you have this attitude about "mainlanders", cause you know what? if you wanna make money in Hong Kong, you better fucking know mandarin. | HAHA...yes, a lot of mainlanders come to hk shopping, BUT it has been worse
than the british colonial era. It's going downhill, not up. "Helping", only the rich
people. They got richer cause they paid money to get access to the market
in china.
seriously, between 1980-1997...it's hk's golden time. then asian crisis, IT
bubble, SARS, H5N1, edison&gill, government scandels, and Fei Fei's daughter.
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05-19-2008, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomac Glass used in high rise buildings have a concave design. They're built to shatter into the room and not onto the street below. |
I stand corrected.
I still think those buildings have no punch, no personality. Just my opinion
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05-19-2008, 10:12 PM
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China sucks. My grandfather on my moms side was put in hard labour for over 20 years because he wrote about the lack of freedoms in communist China and my other grandfather was killed by the communist chinese for being a canadien citizen and going back to China to marry my grand mother.
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05-19-2008, 11:46 PM
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#70 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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the designer should be shot!
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05-20-2008, 09:05 AM
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#71 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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i am from the british colony!
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05-20-2008, 09:21 AM
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Design? What design?
I'm in design, and the best work I see is naked women everywhere! 
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05-20-2008, 09:47 AM
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05-20-2008, 11:49 AM
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that "house" doesnt cost that much $$ asianxl is mistaken
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05-20-2008, 01:15 PM
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#75 | | I don't get it
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looks more like a museum than a mansion to me...
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