Did you know people in the US spend more for Halloween than every holiday except Christmas? Candies, costumes, day-after pills (only in some states!), and liquor all cost money, and if there’s one thing we know, it’s that adults are more than happy to spend in the name of socialized buffoonery and fun. Some of... Read more »Read more »
As if we needed more proof that it’s difficult getting from point A to B in this city, here’s documented proof. Via Global Times: It took Beijingers an average of 52 minutes to commute to work this year, the longest journey time among 50 cities nationwide, according to a report from the Chinese Academy of... Read more »Read more »
Impact Wrestling, the No. 2 pro wrestling promotion in North America, employs old, over-the-hill superstars, but those old and over-the-hill superstars include some of the biggest names in the wrestling industry. You don’t have to like wrestling to recognize these names: Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Sting… Hulk Hogan. It’s this last personality whom our... Read more »Read more »
On Tuesday at the intersection of Airport Avenue and Pujiang Street in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, a bus lost control on a slick road and rammed into a Nissan parked in another lane. There were no serious injuries, but let this be a reminder to everyone that roads are not safe, and much less so when it's been raining. Read more »
It’s not the worst we can imagine, but it’s certainly the worst we’ve seen try to get passed off, without irony, as a real picture. The good people at the Zhaotong Politics and Law Commission in Yunnan province wanted to drum up some positive publicity for an officer helping someone recover his lost motorcycle, so... Read more »Read more »
Here’s another reminder that being a flagrant asshole to others can have consequences. A foreigner recently got the crap kicked out of him by security guards after he said “fuck you” to one of them in English. According to The Nanfang (via Southern Metropolis Daily), the incident happened last Friday in Tianhe District in Guangzhou when a... Read more »Read more »
We are, in spite of everything (slower Internet, mostly), looking forward to the upcoming National Congress that starts next Thursday, because it means we’ll get to see silliness such as pictures of photojournalists taking pictures (WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS’ WATCHERS???), and there’s always the chance that someone will literally die out of boredom. One thing we are... Read more »Read more »
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