11/14/24 - Dipping your hand in iodine so you can sanitise while you’re beating the shit out of someone.
“What do the characters say on this lost pigeon?
My friend found a lost pigeon. Is this a carrier pigeon? Why does it have writing on it? Can we just let it go back to the wild?”
Comments say, “Don’t return it to its owner. Race pigeons who can’t even complete the competition would just get eliminated. If you can keep it and take care of it, that’s the best. Don’t let it go. Pigeons are domesticated animals. They have a hard time surviving in the wild. It’s fate that you found it. Good people have peaceful lives.” [Similar to a generic blessing like “God bless you”.]
“Don’t let it go! Racing pigeons who land early don’t get to live, whether or not it makes its way home.”
“Even if a lost racing pigeon made its way back home, it would still get eliminated. Humans are too cruel. We bet on a pigeon’s nature to be stubborn and homesick. They risk their lives just to return home, and this has become a game of humans. They have to face all kinds of emergency incidents while racing—being chased by birds of prey, bad weather, no wood or water…Countless racing pigeons die in the wild or become injured, or manage to get home on their last breath just to get sentenced to death…There aren’t that many winners in the world. No one can guarantee they can always win. Racing pigeons are one of the most tragic animals. If you found it, take care of it. It loves home and family and has no ability to survive in the wild. They’d just become food for birds of prey.”
“Did you understand these unspoken hints from the judge?
When the judge wants to help you during a hearing, you have to know what these unspoken hints mean!
If the Judge asks you specifically whether or not you accept arbitration instead, what they’re trying to tell you is that arbitration would be more advantageous to you. If you keep going, the result probably isn’t going to be what you want.
When the Judge asks you whether these are your only demands, they’re actually trying to tell you that you can get much more if you can get your evidence in order and present it.
When the judge asks you whether you want your evidence to be appraised judicially, they’re actually telling you that this piece of evidence is very key and will affect the result of the judgement. You should get it appraised right away or you might get screwed.
Have you guys experienced these?”
Comments say, “People who are constantly in court already know…”
“Makes sense.”
“This kind of judge is too rare. If something is 3-5 years, it means rich people with connections get 3 years and poor people get 5 years.”
#British Museum accepts donation of 1700 pieces of Chinese porcelain. “The Global Times, the BBC, The Times, The Guardian, and other media sources report on the 13th that the British Museum has announced that day that The Percival David Foundation of Chinese ARt are going to donate 1700 pieces of their Chinese porcelain collection to the British Museum, despite the current scandal that they’ve lost 2000 pieces of their collection. These porcelain are valued at over 1 billion British pounds collective, including valuable treasures like Ming Dynasty rainbow cup, Yuanzhi blue flower dragon pattern elephant ear vase.
The report claims that these relics belong to the Percival David Foundation and has been displaying in Room 95 of the British Museum since 2009. The Foundation’s trustee is now officially donating these items to the British Museum. The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art is a small private museum established in 1952. The founder, Percival David, spent his life collecting large amounts of Chinese cultural relics, mainly porcelain. Later on, due to bad management, the Foundation has lent its collection to the British Museum for safekeeping.
Information shows that the Percival David Foundation and its collection has always been notable for the quantity of its porcelain collection, their quality, and their fame. The amount of excellent Ru porcelain which survives to this day does not exceed more than 90 pieces, and the Percival David Foundation alone has 12 pieces in its collection, all intact, rare, beautifully coloured treasures.
Supposedly, the relics the British Museum obtained this time span from the 3rd to the 20th century AD, most with a year marker on them. This is very important for the purposes of studying empty period of Chinese porcelain manufacturing. The Yuanzhi blue and white dragon elephant ear vase, or the “David Vase” is claimed by western scholars to be “the most famous vase in the world”, and is a typical example of lost Yuan blue flower art. It is the earliest known example of a Yuan blue flower vase with a specific year, which is vital to the study of Yuan blue flower art. This vase was even selected as a part of the “British Museum’s World History in 100 Relics” expo.
The British Museum has the largest collection of lost Chinese relics. The history of its collection can be traced back to its establishment in 1753. The British Museum’s official website shows that it has more than 23,000 pieces of Chinese relics, with 2000 pieces being on permanent display, including artefacts from the Stone Age to coloured porcelain from the Ying Shao culture, to bronze relics from Shang, Zhou, and the Warring States period, to lacquerware and jade in the Han Dynasty, painted figurines from Tang and Song, porcelain from the Five Famous Kilns, Yuan blue flower, enamelware, and almost all categories, with most of their collection being priceless artefacts. Three of their Ten Greatest Treasures comes from China, specifically the Admonitions Scroll, Dunhuang Wall Art, and the David Vase.
Last year, in August, 2000 pieces were stolen from the British Museum, becoming the “largest scandal” in their history. The Times even used the words “national shame” to describe this case. After the case, the director and deputy director both quit. Afterwards, the cries for the British Museum to “return China’s relics for free!” has climbed to the top of the trending hashtags on Chinese social media.
According to the newest announcement the Museum has posted in March of this year, they’ve recovered 628 pieces of stolen or lost relics, but thousands remain missing. The chairman of the Museum Council, Osbourne, claims that work is continuing in recovering lost or stolen relics. The International Art Recovery Company’s CEO, Marinello, said candidly that it might take decades to recover the lost artefacts, and it is going to involve very complicated legal and appraisal problems.
The theft scandal has drawn a lot of doubt and criticism towards the British Museum’s identity as “keepers of culture”, and cries for Britain to return its stolen artefacts have reached a new height. Nigeria, Greece, Egypt, and many other countries have all demanded a return of their relics.”
Comments say, “This is just an exchange between two bandits to try to give themselves a better name.”
“A country of thieves.”
“There are scandals on the internet all the time of workers exchanging relics for fakes. Does it happen at the British Museum too?”
A compilation of the worst people for an accountant to marry:
“My husband works at the courthouse. I’m an accountant at a private company. He says that worst comes to worst, he’ll send me to prison himself XD”
“Back in the day, my teacher told me that accountants should marry doctors. One is after your money, the other is after your life. It’s the perfect match.”
“I’m an accountant. My boyfriend is a policeman. Our friends say that I’m his Third Degree Honours.”
“Just marry a prison warden. If you’re both inside, you can raise your kids together and still have one person bringing in income without having to be absent XD”
“My mom is an accountant and my dad is a judge. My mom’s so sensitive about the law. She never touches anything she’s not supposed to. Because my dad is always telling her stories of accountants and financial people and cashiers being arrested again XD” [Cashiers here being somebody who deals with a company’s cash. A lot of unskilled labourers in China demand to be paid in cash, so construction teams or sweatshops will often have large amounts of cash stored up, and it’s the cashier’s job to make sure it’s all accounted for, transported safely, given to the right people, etc. I can’t find a better name for this job, and Google Translate reassures me I can use “cashier”. If someone can come up with a better idea, let me know, because I’m not sure this job exists in America.]
“My brother is an auditor. I’m a cashier [same as above]. My SIL is an accountant. My brother repeats every day, “Don’t you two get into trouble at work!””
“I’m the odd one out here. I married an artist. My boss is like, “We don’t have any receipts.” And I can be like, “It’s okay, I can photoshop one.””
“I’m an accountant and my parents are police. They’ve successfully talked me into switching jobs now.”
“But I’m just an accountant making 5K a month. Where am I supposed to find all these lawyers and police? Do I just start flirting with whoever serves me court summons?”
#Man dies after riding scooter into a heating pipe. “Lately, in Shanxi, Changzhi, someone from Xin County claimed that on the afternoon of the 9th of November, a middle aged man riding a scooter ran into a heating pipe built across the road. After falling over, he was unable to be resuscitated and passed away.
On the afternoon of the 14th of November, a local told Dahe News reporters that this situation has been happening for years. You have to bend over to get under the pipe.
The Xin County government workers responded to reporters, claiming that they are paying attention tot his case and relevant departments are dealing with it.”
[Here is a video showing what the pipe looks like. It is only 1.3m off the ground at the lowest point. Don’t worry, nobody dies in it.]
Comments say, “They haven’t fixed it after all these years? Good job.”
“I can’t imagine how powerful this construction crew must’ve been.”
“This is kind of ridiculous.”
A blogger reposts what they consider, “The best post and comment section today.”
“Paracetamol Ice Cream, for when you have a fever or a headache.”
The comment section reads, “This has the same kind of beauty as dipping your hand in iodine so you can sanitise while you’re beating the shit out of someone.”
“So Sichuan hotpot has to be paired with Mayinglong?” [Haemorrhoid medicine]
“My grandma’s made me Isatis indigo flavoured ice cream as a kid.” [Chinese cold medicine]
“Killing yourself while taking care of your health.”
“But they’re so sweet. They even labelled the dosage. Why isn’t this covered by health insurance?”
“Adding drugs to food is illegal in China XD”
> I can’t find a better name for this job, and Google Translate reassures me I can use “cashier”. If someone can come up with a better idea, let me know
How about "cash manager"? In context, your readers will think, oh - that is something in China that we do not have.
In US history there was a time when most jobs were paid in cash. "Payroll" comes from a roll of paper money. There may have been a word for this job that we do not use any more.
> I can’t find a better name for this job, and Google Translate reassures me I can use “cashier”. If someone can come up with a better idea, let me know
Treasurer.