I ask my mate in Shenzhen what he thinks of China and Xi.

He hates Xi and so do most of his friends. His wife is even a member of the CCP.

If you don’t fully commit to the party line and pay increasing fees you don’t progress in the CCP. Sounds a lot like Scientology tbh and they see it as more of a tax. Because leaving is a huge no-no. She wishes she never joined.

I take his (Chinese) opinion of China much more highly than a bunch of angry Zoomer kids on Lemmy.ml posting puff-pieces by the CCP.

“Just”

That one word has done a fuck ton of lifting over my career.

“Can’t you just make it do this”

I can’t “just” do anything you fuck head! It takes time and lots of effort!

Sounds like the average lemmy.ml user. Very quick to criticise the west. Completely ‘objective’ when discussing China.

He’s got a kid called MySQL?

Interesting idea but I would utterly hate a person like me.

The old saying about “you hate in others what reminds you of yourself” feels like it was written for me!

I really need someone to contrast my personality. I’d kick clone out within minutes.

He prefers to go by the name Exotic Dinosaur-like Turtle, thank you!

Americans? Do they visit this place? Why would they?

Nah.

I’ve been using Arch Linux for years. I’m gay but not a femboy. Explain

No I’ve done meth but if you#'re taking life advice from a recovering meth addict online who’s being sarcastic you need to hand in your license to life because you’re a fucking moron that would cut themselves on mouldy bread.

Jesus fucking christ. Take shit you see online less seriously.

Doing meth would change your attitude.

I don’t really care about the environment. I just like gargling nutty milk.

Swarfegga!!! Fucking great memories of playing in my grandads workshop and cleaning my hands with the green jelly before going into the house.

Linux is so much better than sex.

Hello world in Java = 500 lines of code.

Hello world in Rust = 3 lines of code.

Java is over-engineered corporate bullshit used by banks and Android development. Nobody programs Java for the fun of it.

Are you one of those people who wants to have sex with cartoon horses?

This seems like a very middle class response. Pottery? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one. Is that something that exists in the Cotswolds?

Yes but more importantly: Thoughts on his beard?

Jesus fathered himself after raping his own mother.