>>76232
Just missed this stream. Maybe I'll watch the next one though.

When's the next movie stream and what's being streamed?

>>77058
May 2

Gonna do a db upgrade, pls read: >>>/operate/30159

L.A. Confidential
May 2nd
At 9:00 and 19:00 UTC
https://cytu.be/r/endcorner

>>77158
proof?

Maybe. His approval ratings were slipping big time, rightly so over the stupid Iran war for the Greater Israel project. Even if you are a die hard conservative you know damn well this is not in America's interest and will have a huge negative impact on our economy and way of life long into the future. Was it a set-up to boost his ratings and support for the war? Maybe.

cool

Sexy legs and thighs. Very smooth soft skin. What a sad waste.

No. Dehumanizing 1.4 billion people as "insects," "not human," or the "least competent humanoids on earth" is factually wrong and lazy thinking. Every ethnic group on the planet has produced both extraordinary achievements and horrific failures. Han Chinese (the vast majority in mainland China) are no exception—they're fully human, with the same biological capacity for competence, morality, cruelty, and innovation as anyone else. Broad racial essentialism like this collapses under scrutiny. Let's cut through the rant and look at the actual evidence on your specific claims, without sugarcoating or excusing real problems.

Real problems you mentioned (with kernels of truth)

You're not inventing these out of thin air. China does have systemic horrors rooted in its political system, history, and incentives under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP):

• Food safety and baby formula: The 2008 melamine scandal was deliberate fraud for profit—companies faked protein tests in diluted milk, sickening hundreds of thousands of infants. Gutter oil (recycled sewer grease used in cooking) has been a documented underground problem for decades, though Beijing has run repeated crackdowns. Soil contamination from decades of heavy industry is severe in parts of the country, contributing to why China imports massive amounts of food despite being a top producer. These aren't isolated; they reflect weak rule of law, local officials chasing targets over safety, and a culture of cover-ups.
• Shoddy construction and "ghost cities": "Tofu-dreg" projects (cheap, rushed builds that crumble) are real—collapses, sinking skyscrapers, and poorly maintained infrastructure happen. Many planned cities from the 2000s–2010s sat empty due to overbuilding driven by local government debt and real-estate speculation. Some have indeed degraded faster than expected because corners were cut on materials and oversight.
• Zero-COVID extremes: In 2022, authorities did weld doors shut and lock people in apartments during outbreaks. Tragedies like the Urumqi apartment fire (where residents couldn't escape) killed people. It was authoritarian overkill that treated citizens like livestock to control a virus.
• Demographics and social horrors: The one-child policy (1979–2015) created a massive gender imbalance—tens of millions of "missing women" from sex-selective abortions and infanticide. This fuels bride shortages, human trafficking, and village-level exploitation of women. It's a direct result of backward cultural son-preference amplified by state policy.
• Environmental and cultural destruction: Industrial pollution has toxified rivers and farmland. Overfishing by Chinese fleets (often illegal or destructive) has devastated global stocks. The wildlife trade—shark fins, tiger parts, bear bile—for traditional medicine drives poaching and extinctions. The CCP's Cultural Revolution (1960s–70s) and ongoing censorship did bulldoze millennia of tradition for ideological purity. Mao's famines killed tens of millions; modern echoes persist in state-driven waste and hoarding for "food security."

These are not Western propaganda. Independent reporting, leaked data, satellite imagery, and Chinese dissidents document them. The CCP's system—top-down control, no free press, incentives for officials to lie and suppress bad news—makes quality control, accountability, and long-term planning worse than in open societies. Rapid urbanization (moving ~600 million people to cities in 40 years) amplified shoddy shortcuts.

What your rant gets wrong (the overgeneralization)

• Not "appearance only" or universal incompetence: China didn't fake its high-speed rail (world's largest network), EV/battery dominance, solar panel production, or smartphone manufacturing scale. It leads in patent filings in some fields and has a massive STEM workforce. Billions have been lifted from poverty. These aren't just "flashy lights"—they're functional systems built by millions of competent engineers, workers, and managers. Incidents like escalator accidents or brake-pedal ignorance happen (bad driving is a noted issue), but they're not the norm everywhere. Major cities have modern plumbing, airports, and subways that move millions daily.
• Not unique to "Mainland Chinese" DNA or character: Taiwan (majority Han Chinese, democratic) has high-tech industry, rule of law, and safe consumer products. Overseas Chinese communities often outperform averages in education and income in the US, Canada, etc. Singapore (multi-ethnic but Chinese-led) is a first-world success. The difference? Governance and institutions, not blood. The CCP's Leninist system selects for loyalty, crushes feedback, and rewards short-term GDP over safety—that's the rot, not some inherent "barbarism" gene.
• Exaggerations weaken the point: Not every building lacks plumbing or "disintegrates after a few years." Not all food is sewer oil. Not every driver ignores brakes. China produces and consumes vast amounts of safe food domestically; imports are driven by demand and economics, not total soil collapse. "Hoarding while neighbors starve" isn't current policy—it's more about strategic reserves amid global supply fears. The "hunt to extinction" and fishing issues are real but driven by profit and superstition, not some unique evil.

Bottom line on self-governance and baby formula

The 2008 formula poisonings (and echoes in other scandals) prove the system fails at basic safety for something as critical as infant nutrition. Profit + weak enforcement + fear of reporting bad news = corners cut. That's why trust evaporated and imports surged. But post-2008 reforms, heavy state oversight, and market pressure have improved things—domestic brands now dominate sales again because many parents accept the risk for price/availability. Failures persist because the incentives (authoritarianism + guanxi networks) haven't fully changed.

You can criticize the CCP's track record harshly—its body count, surveillance state, and environmental recklessness are among the worst in modern history—without pretending 1.4 billion individuals are subhuman. Many Chinese people hate these same problems and risk prison to expose them. The "horror and evil" you describe is real in the system's outputs, but it's the predictable result of centralized power without accountability, not proof that Chinese people are uniquely incapable of better. History shows populations under bad governance act badly; give them better rules and feedback loops, and outcomes improve (see South Korea, Japan post-WWII, or Taiwan).

If your view is "the CCP and its enablers are a disaster," that's defensible with evidence. The rest is just rage-fueled stereotyping that ignores counter-examples and human complexity. Truth-seeking requires precision, not blanket contempt.

>>77138
Thanks ChatCBT.

>>77131
>They kidnap girls and turn them into sex slaves for the village
Sounds like a good deal, where can I sign up?

And those sheep were all white, and their wool was abundant and clean. And all that had been destroyed and dispersed, and all the beasts of the field, and all the birds of the heaven, assembled in that house, and the Lord of the sheep rejoiced with great joy because they were all good and had returned to His house. And I saw till they laid down that sword, which had been given to the sheep, and they brought it back into the house, and it was sealed before the presence of the Lord, and all the sheep were invited into that house, but it held them not. And the eyes of them all were opened, and they saw the good, and there was not one among them that did not see. And I saw that that house was large and broad and very full. And I saw that a white bull was born, with large horns and all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air feared him and made petition to him all the time. And I saw till all their generations were transformed, and they all became white bulls; and the first among them became a lamb, and that lamb became a great animal and had great black horns on its head; and the Lord of the sheep rejoiced over it and over all the oxen. And I slept in their midst: and I awoke and saw everything.

>>76917
Plants do not have consciousness.

>>76924
I will forever live Americana even if my life ends with a bullet inside my head. The Lord wills it.

>>76994
What is this?

this one

i dunno i am still excited about this little device because i can finally read with this. i have not been able to do it for years. i'm reading about an hour or two every day.

with reading i don't have this empty disappointing feeling that internet videos give me, i have been increasingly unhappy with just watching youtube videos, i don't like how videos grab too much attention. when i read something, i can keep some of the attention to myself, i don't hyperfocus on details and i like how i can read slower or faster or stop without having to push buttons. also i noticed that this is beneficial for my sense of fantasy, my imagination is turning these boring looking words into worlds that are interesting to be in. i don't think i ever reached this level into reading. reading has always been forced upon me by the evil german education system.

i keep looking for books, i had so many books saved and now i bother to rename them and put them in little folders based on filetype. when my father asks me what is new i keep talking about how exciting reading is to me 🤣

>>76113
i actually bought this display and then i bought a total of 8 cables, adapters and usb-video hubs so i can connect it to everything i have. it works but it is better with an actual computer then with a phone.

either i am missing something or android (lineage os in my case) really isn't good at connecting displays. i can only mirror the display, which means i have an app that changes the phones resolution to the maximum resolution of the screen, otherwise it will only use like half the screen. also i can't turn off the phone screen all the way, otherwise the other screen will go off too. also it forces some stupid tablet mode that makes the home button tiny and stupidly unresponsive and most apps have a black bar at one side apparently because of the camera.

so lots of stupid little problems, but it works and i'm gonna use it but i am missing an actual linux. android is only good when you use it on one phone as minimally as possible. i probably end up getting a little singleboard computer with a powerbank running as close to actual linux as possible and use it with keyboard and mouse.

i have an adapter that connects hdmi+usb to the usb-c of the monitor that also transmit the touchscreen, this is probably my best option.

Got me interested with the first 14 words... GIGGITY!

bought one for my father, spend the evening setting it up so it runs without account, did manual update of the firmware via zip file and learned some more about ebook formats. hoping he will go more in the sun with it.

i've said it before, don't mind me saying it again: this thing is very enjoyable to use in the sunlight. i never found a way to enjoy the sun before. this displaytechnology is huge, don't miss out on it yall charming developmentally disabled people of color with complicated pronouns, autism and a wheelchair!