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    23 hours ago

    And presumably, not visit either.

    Try buying a rail ticket, or asking directions, or talking to someone in a shop, or even just telling your Didi driver the last four digits of your phone number because he wants to be sure he’s picked up the right passenger, with the “they’d prefer you speak English” theory.

    And sure, if you’re the kind of dumb yank who thinks nobody will ever need to visit China, you’re probably right - you can stay on your farm in Dumbfuckistan fiddling with your cousin and wondering why everyone you know is on crack for the rest of your life. The rest of the world knows where the future is and it ain’t Alabama.