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Ringsword

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The cons far outweigh the pros. Gaming addiction is absolutely horrible. My father's friend used to be proud of his son. My father told me to look up to him growing up. Top of his class, aced every high school subject, admitted to Bejing University med school, athletic as well. Once he left home to attend medical college, his sudden freedom allowed him to go about his gaming unchecked. He spent all his money, borrowed more from all family friends for internet gaming. He failed all his classes. His father spent all his free time going from internet cafe to internet cafe looking for him, spent several tens of thousands in RMB buying presents for his professors and program director to give him a second chance. They did, and he failed everything again. His former athleticism in track has been replaced with a somewhat hunched back from sitting in front of the computer gaming in a slumped position. Playing Call of Duty does not make you a soldier, not even a little.
I so agree 100 %-teach these kids especially youngmen to experience and taste real life-camping,hiking,fishing even hunting,hard demanding jobs, to get bruised,exhausted,dirty ,hungry-thirsty and be exhilirated overcoming pain,fatigue,fear ,failure etc-not some simulated screen experience.Overcoming hardships,limitations ,strengthening oneself,mentally and physically and spiritually otherwise hide from life with all of its bitterness,pain,hardship and also its sweetness,joy,thrill-of-victory is to deny life itself and become just a form of early death(otaku?)(didn't China have a "Self-strengthening Movement early in 20th Century?)Gaming addiction like alcohol,opium etc is deadly."Pen and Sword in Accord" always-no frippery/peurile foolishness-life is just too serious/precious/demanding to fritter it away.
 
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supersnoop

Colonel
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Playing Call of Duty does not make you a soldier, not even a little.
Playing Counter-Strike:
“Ha! Ha! Yes! I bought the M249! Awesome!”

Using LMG at the range:
“Ha! Ha! Yes! This is even more awesome than CS!”

After 10+Km patrol also carrying spare ammo:
“F this, I want to chuck this POS into the woods!”

Source: Trust me, bro
 

Chevalier

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Back in the 90’s, flight sims like Joint Strike Fighters provided a glimpse into the exciting capabilities of the next generation of US fighters. 30 years later, the planes delivered are half functional and only causing havoc on governmental budgets. Instead of flight sims, you’d probably be more successful releasing a retro-8/16-bit graphics business sim to reflect the time period where the programs were conceived.

Welcome to F-35/JSF.biz!
You are the CEO of the Defense contractor in charge of the US-led multinational advanced fighter program! You will need to manage your budget and reputation across countries while completing projects towards the final program goal. Good luck!

Bad news, the recently released GAO report has citizens complaining about the ballooning budget. (Reputation USA: -10%) What will you do?

A) Launch nationwide TV and web advertising campaign [Cost: $2.5M, final reputation: no change]

B) Launch advertising campaign in major markets only [Cost: $1M, final reputation: -5%]

C) Bribe politicians with lobster for dinner and hookers and blow for dessert [Cost: $50K, final reputation: no change, 25% chance of getting caught, final reputation: -20%]
Ngl I would play this game
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Lmao. Here's your "based" right winger bros. Keyword: Talent Mobility

I'm pretty sure she's just a puppet at this point.
you’ll find the nepotistic Indians being mass imported in every nation friendly to Washington’s with the exception of Israel. The servants of the Zionists need to be embedded in every nation on earth and democracies simply facilitate this based on raw Numbers alone. Only the annexation of the Japanese archipelago into China proper can save nippon.
It does explain why Jai Hinds care more about the optics of May 7th and Tejas crash more than the loss of material and personnel.
the belief is incredibly solipsistic and requires negating empathy for others.
 

GulfLander

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Google translated
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said on the 24th that the Japan Coast Guard’s large drone, the Sea Guardian, was damaged when it landed at Kitakyushu Airport on the 23rd local time, with its propeller and other parts coming into contact with the runway.

The incident has been classified as a "major accident" by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Transport Safety Board will investigate it.
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Xi Jinping speaks on the phone with US President Trump
According to Xinhua News Agency, on the evening of November 24, President Xi Jinping had a phone conversation with US President Trump.
Xi Jinping pointed out that we successfully held a meeting in Busan, South Korea last month and reached many important consensuses, calibrating the course and injecting impetus for the steady progress of the giant ship of China-US relations, and also sending a positive signal to the world. Since the Busan meeting, Sino-US relations have been generally stable and improving, and have been widely welcomed by both countries and the international community. Facts have once again proved that China and the United States "both benefit from cooperation and lose from confrontation" is common sense that has been repeatedly verified in practice. "Mutual achievements and common prosperity" between China and the United States are visible and tangible reality. Both sides should maintain this momentum, adhere to the right direction, uphold the attitude of equality, respect and reciprocity, lengthen the list of cooperation and shorten the list of issues, strive for more positive progress, open up new cooperation space for Sino-US relations, and better benefit the people of the two countries and the people of the world.
Xi Jinping clarified China's principled position on the Taiwan issue and emphasized that Taiwan's return to China is an important part of the post-war international order. China and the United States once fought side by side against fascism and militarism, and now they should work together to safeguard the results of the victory in World War II.
Trump said that President Xi Jinping is a great leader. I had a very pleasant meeting with President Xi Jinping in Busan, and I fully agree with your views on the relations between the two countries. Both sides are fully implementing the important consensus reached at the Busan meeting. China played an important role in the victory of World War II, and the United States understands the importance of the Taiwan issue to China.
The two heads of state also talked about the crisis in Ukraine. Xi Jinping emphasized that China supports all efforts committed to peace and hopes that all parties will continue to narrow their differences and reach a fair, lasting, and binding peace agreement at an early date to solve the root cause of this crisis.
 
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tokenanalyst

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Fake data. Increase from 2023 to 2024 was only 500k births thanks to the year of dragon. The only province who has 1.7 tfr is Guizhou, almost all the rest are close to 1.0 and below.
Unfortunately looking at prematurely data from 2025, tfr is back to 2023 lvl of close to 1.0.

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That map is wrong and probably fake. Even doing a basic calculation the fertility rate has never dropped close to 1.2, in 2024 was closer to what macrotrends said.
The bigger issue that I found is that the male population is dropping while the female population is increasing. Old men are dying faster than old women, so women do live longer than men.
 
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