[P2TM Chat] The Restaurant at the End of the Multiverse

[Nature-Spirits]

(whereas, y'know, look at any English-speaking country's heads of state or government and their repertoire of languages)

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

[Nationstatelandsville]

(whereas, y'know, look at any English-speaking country's heads of state or government and their repertoire of languages)

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

Stephen Harper actually spent fifteen years in a Juarez jail on a case of mistaken identity.

[Roski]

Indeed. Great diplomat, not so great economist.
Didn't say they were nice, but they're certainly quite capable of conducting themselves non-idiotically and flinging their weight around.

Yes, I agree; internationally if not domestically.

Under current ideologies, China's chances ultimately come down to whether the US needs them more than they need the US; and I think, frankly, they're fucked on that point.

Vietnam doesn't seem to think so.

I mean, there's no doubt China likes to throw a big tantrum; but, unlike Putin, they've yet to dig themselves into a hole.

That housing bubble seems to state otherwise.

[Nature-Spirits]

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

Stephen Harper actually spent fifteen years in a Juarez jail on a case of mistaken identity.

Eh, he deserves it.

[Nationstatelandsville]

Yes, I agree; internationally if not domestically.

Under current ideologies, China's chances ultimately come down to whether the US needs them more than they need the US; and I think, frankly, they're fucked on that point.


I mean, there's no doubt China likes to throw a big tantrum; but, unlike Putin, they've yet to dig themselves into a hole.

That housing bubble seems to state otherwise.

I genuinely don't know what you're talking about. Please explain.

[Gvozdevsk]

(whereas, y'know, look at any English-speaking country's heads of state or government and their repertoire of languages)

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

There goes my dreams of being Prime Minister.

[Nationstatelandsville]

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

There goes my dreams of being Prime Minister.

Just sip some red wine and constantly smell of garlic; they'll fill in the blanks.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

There goes my dreams of being Prime Minister.

Just sip some red wine and constantly smell of garlic; they'll fill in the blanks.

I swear, I'm having a deja-vu right now.

[Constaniana]

There goes my dreams of being Prime Minister.

Just sip some red wine and constantly smell of garlic; they'll fill in the blanks.

Well, he might have to speak at some point. Luckily, all that requires is a snobby repetition of "hon hon hon".

[Roski]

That housing bubble seems to state otherwise.

I genuinely don't know what you're talking about. Please explain.

There's been talk of China's endless expanding building cities, China's building cities with the intent to generate revenue, and give the absolutely gargantuan population a place to live. Sounds all nice and dandy, and it would seem to someone who didn't pay very well attention that China was building something beneficial.

However, here's the problem: They're costing too much money to make for what their output is, in fact, entire towns that have been built still have a population of 0, despite the fact that they cost a lot of money to make.

Even worse, China's not letting up. Its a bit like a cancer cell at this point - China won't stop making cities, even though they are doing absolutely nothing to generate revenue.

And some think this will pop during the next few years, and that China will not be able to survive it.

[Nationstatelandsville]

I genuinely don't know what you're talking about. Please explain.

There's been talk of China's endless expanding building cities, China's building cities with the intent to generate revenue, and give the absolutely gargantuan population a place to live. Sounds all nice and dandy, and it would seem to someone who didn't pay very well attention that China was building something beneficial.

However, here's the problem: They're costing too much money to make for what their output is, in fact, entire towns that have been built still have a population of 0, despite the fact that they cost a lot of money to make.

Even worse, China's not letting up. Its a bit like a cancer cell at this point - China won't stop making cities, even though they are doing absolutely nothing to generate revenue.

And some think this will pop during the next few years, and that China will not be able to survive it.

Well, that's different from power projection - but I wasn't aware of any of that.

Gonna' steal these sources for my Debate team now, thank you.

[Roski]

There's been talk of China's endless expanding building cities, China's building cities with the intent to generate revenue, and give the absolutely gargantuan population a place to live. Sounds all nice and dandy, and it would seem to someone who didn't pay very well attention that China was building something beneficial.

However, here's the problem: They're costing too much money to make for what their output is, in fact, entire towns that have been built still have a population of 0, despite the fact that they cost a lot of money to make.

Even worse, China's not letting up. Its a bit like a cancer cell at this point - China won't stop making cities, even though they are doing absolutely nothing to generate revenue.

And some think this will pop during the next few years, and that China will not be able to survive it.

Well, that's different from power projection - but I wasn't aware of any of that.

Gonna' steal these sources for my Debate team now, thank you.

I don't recommend taking the second one, it is 60 minutes...

[Nationstatelandsville]

Well, that's different from power projection - but I wasn't aware of any of that.

Gonna' steal these sources for my Debate team now, thank you.

I don't recommend taking the second one, it is 60 minutes...

Ha!

See, I'm a Speech guy, which means there's no one to actually call me on my bullshit.

[Roski]

I don't recommend taking the second one, it is 60 minutes...

Ha!

See, I'm a Speech guy, which means there's no one to actually call me on my bullshit.

Nice

[Nature-Spirits]

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

There goes my dreams of being Prime Minister.

See, this is why you should learn French.

Just sip some red wine and constantly smell of garlic; they'll fill in the blanks.

Well, he might have to speak at some point. Luckily, all that requires is a snobby repetition of "hon hon hon".

... Hun, French Canadians don't say "hon hon hon".

They say "hein hein hein".

[Nationstatelandsville]

Ha!

See, I'm a Speech guy, which means there's no one to actually call me on my bullshit.

Nice

A teammate of mine was asked to give a 7 minute speech on the following question this Saturday; "Who will win the Superbowl?"

He picked the Seahawks out of resentment.

[Roski]

Nice

A teammate of mine was asked to give a 7 minute speech on the following question this Saturday; "Who will win the Superbowl?"

He picked the Seahawks out of resentment.

I would have said "What's a superbowl? You mean the Deflata-bowl? I think the patriots have this in the bag tbh"

[Constaniana]

Nice

A teammate of mine was asked to give a 7 minute speech on the following question this Saturday; "Who will win the Superbowl?"

He picked the Seahawks out of resentment.

I'm the opposite. I want the Patriots to win, because Seattle won last year, the Packers must be avenged, east coast loyalty and whatnot, and to top it all off my sister in law and her mum are from Seattle.

[Nationstatelandsville]

A teammate of mine was asked to give a 7 minute speech on the following question this Saturday; "Who will win the Superbowl?"

He picked the Seahawks out of resentment.

I'm the opposite. I want the Patriots to win, because Seattle won last year, the Packers must be avenged, east coast loyalty and whatnot, and to top it all off my sister in law and her mum are from Seattle.

I just want the commercials not to fucking suck this year, is all.

[Astrolinium]

A teammate of mine was asked to give a 7 minute speech on the following question this Saturday; "Who will win the Superbowl?"

He picked the Seahawks out of resentment.

I would have said "What's a superbowl? You mean the Deflata-bowl? I think the patriots have this in the bag tbh"

See, I would have said "The Chicago Cubs" and then proceeded to talk about their best point guard, Eric Staal.

[Nationstatelandsville]

I would have said "What's a superbowl? You mean the Deflata-bowl? I think the patriots have this in the bag tbh"

See, I would have said "The Chicago Cubs" and then proceeded to talk about their best point guard, Eric Staal.

The judges probably would have gone with it.

[Alleniana]

(whereas, y'know, look at any English-speaking country's heads of state or government and their repertoire of languages)

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

Well, at least he speaks English decently. *looks at Abbott*

Indeed. Great diplomat, not so great economist.
Didn't say they were nice, but they're certainly quite capable of conducting themselves non-idiotically and flinging their weight around.

Vietnam doesn't seem to think so.

Vietnam doesn't need to have an opinion on the matter. The biggest, greatest haemorrhages of government spending and force can't possibly hope to slow down the steaming train that is the internal development of China.

I genuinely don't know what you're talking about. Please explain.

There's been talk of China's endless expanding building cities, China's building cities with the intent to generate revenue, and give the absolutely gargantuan population a place to live. Sounds all nice and dandy, and it would seem to someone who didn't pay very well attention that China was building something beneficial.

However, here's the problem: They're costing too much money to make for what their output is, in fact, entire towns that have been built still have a population of 0, despite the fact that they cost a lot of money to make.

Even worse, China's not letting up. Its a bit like a cancer cell at this point - China won't stop making cities, even though they are doing absolutely nothing to generate revenue.

And some think this will pop during the next few years, and that China will not be able to survive it.

Survive? That's a bit like saying that the US plasma television industry's collapse will result in the union's dissolution.

[Zeinbrad]

(whereas, y'know, look at any English-speaking country's heads of state or government and their repertoire of languages)

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

It seems that everyone on the internet hate's their head of state.

[Roski]

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

Well, at least he speaks English decently. *looks at Abbott*

Vietnam doesn't seem to think so.

Vietnam doesn't need to have an opinion on the matter. The biggest, greatest haemorrhages of government spending and force can't possibly hope to slow down the steaming train that is the internal development of China.

There's been talk of China's endless expanding building cities, China's building cities with the intent to generate revenue, and give the absolutely gargantuan population a place to live. Sounds all nice and dandy, and it would seem to someone who didn't pay very well attention that China was building something beneficial.

However, here's the problem: They're costing too much money to make for what their output is, in fact, entire towns that have been built still have a population of 0, despite the fact that they cost a lot of money to make.

Even worse, China's not letting up. Its a bit like a cancer cell at this point - China won't stop making cities, even though they are doing absolutely nothing to generate revenue.

And some think this will pop during the next few years, and that China will not be able to survive it.

Survive? That's a bit like saying that the US plasma television industry's collapse will result in the union's dissolution.

The US Government hasn't quite put 1/4th of their GDP into Plasma TV's either...

[Nationstatelandsville]

Good god, does Harper's French ever bug me. I mean, he at least has a basic to intermediate grasp of the language (not that that means anything -- all of the candidates for Prime Minister have to speak both French and English), but every time he speaks in French I can't help but think that he has a Mexican accent for some reason. >.>

Well, at least he speaks English decently. *looks at Abbott*

Vietnam doesn't seem to think so.

Vietnam doesn't need to have an opinion on the matter. The biggest, greatest haemorrhages of government spending and force can't possibly hope to slow down the steaming train that is the internal development of China.

There's been talk of China's endless expanding building cities, China's building cities with the intent to generate revenue, and give the absolutely gargantuan population a place to live. Sounds all nice and dandy, and it would seem to someone who didn't pay very well attention that China was building something beneficial.

However, here's the problem: They're costing too much money to make for what their output is, in fact, entire towns that have been built still have a population of 0, despite the fact that they cost a lot of money to make.

Even worse, China's not letting up. Its a bit like a cancer cell at this point - China won't stop making cities, even though they are doing absolutely nothing to generate revenue.

And some think this will pop during the next few years, and that China will not be able to survive it.

Survive? That's a bit like saying that the US plasma television industry's collapse will result in the union's dissolution.

Well, how do you think it went down the first time, you fool?