Finally, Common Ground...

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• Bababasti@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The game’s called “Earthbound”, right?

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    • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Tho, I don’t believe this is a dialogue from the game.

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    • tflyghtz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes it is

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• Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Gratuitous “the”.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yeah needs to match on both sides either “the americans and the chinese” or “americans and chinese” not this weird othering mix.

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    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      To be fair, they’re not entirely equivalent. I wouldn’t bristle at all at being called “an American,” but I would never call someone “a Chinese.” In the plural form with a definite article, it doesn’t feel as bad, but I’d probably prefer to say “Chinese people,” whereas “American people” feels a little clunky, though it’s probably the best option if you want to keep both terms the same.

      I don’t think this is necessarily a racist thing though, because I’d probably tend to say “the English/ french/ spanish” and “Guatemalans/ Nigerians/ Tibetans.” Demonyms are definitely a weird area of language that feels biased when you see a direct comparison though.

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  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    OK, so I’m one of the original SJWs

    I’m old and have a bit of a reputation for getting in the face of the ignorant, which isn’t always wise, but I’m a principled cunt

    But there is a point where the little things don’t fucking matter when the person clearly doesn’t have any malicious intent, and only someone trying to be offended would have a problem

    To whit, I was asking an indigenous friend whether they prefer “indigenous” or “aboriginal” when I’m speaking to them.

    They said “the fact that you’re even asking means that you’re obviously not a part of the problem, so pull the stick out of your arse”

    I suggest you do the same.

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    • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Perhaps your indigenous friends opinion isn’t as valuable as you think?

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  • SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m going to start using “the american”

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  • Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We aren’t bringing back “Chinamen” if that’s what you’re asking.

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    • evthestrike@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      What do you mean by the second sentence 🤨

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    • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Chinese would suffice.

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    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature.

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• Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This post is misinformation.

  [Statistical Communiqué for 2024 on national economics by the National Bureau of Statistics of China] (www.stats.gov.cn/…/t20250228_1958822.html):

  “In 2024, the per capita disposable income nationwide was 41,314 yuan, an increase of 5.3 percent over that of the previous year or a real increase of 5.1 percent after deducting price factors”

  Tell me how growing your disposable income by 5% a year is “not being able to afford anything”

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  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    41,314 yuan

    So, in average they had 5k dollars to spend on everything that isn’t food and rent… And you are proposing they are rich?

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    • Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When you can get a fucking delicious and nutritious bowl of noodles and vegetables for 5 yuan or a metro/bus ride for 3 yuan in the USA let me know.

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• shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  isn’t china struggling with deflation nowadays, though? they can afford things perfectly well, they just don’t do it

  (correct me if i’m wrong i know fuck all about economics)

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  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It‘s not going well for the average Chinese worker in recent years from what I‘ve heard. The pandemic and crumbling real estate market followed by countries diversifying their economies away from China (albeit slowly) and Trumps arbitrary trade war aren‘t good prospects for China. Xi Jinping‘s rhetoric in speeches went from „prosperity for all“ before the pandemic to „prosperity in moderation“ to essentially saying people shouldn‘t expect anything at all in his „eat bitter“ speech last year and that was before tariffs. Order books are empty and unemployment is rising just like it is in many places of the world right now to be honest. These are economically turbulent times and export economies are struggling when nobody can afford shit.

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• mech@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can only afford Amazon’s Choice Jiekeshidd Best Hi Qaulity American Car Raise Excrement

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