carrotfox @ carrotfox @piefed.social

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They didn't actually change his name, they just transliterated it with different characters. Names of non-Chinese people all need to have Chinese characters so people in China know how to pronounce them.

Sometimes these characters have no special meaning, but other times the meaning of the characters chosen may flatter or unflatter the namesake. In this case it sounds like the Chinese government chose some characters with not-so-charitable meanings to transliterate "Marco Rubio".

That change is that technical fix that allowed him to enter the country, since "Marco Rubio" with the previous spelling is sanctioned and banned from China.

Or worse, it incentivizes all games to be subscription-only.

Your capitalization had me initially thinking the slave was from Bath, England

Multi-alignment means no alignment, doesn't it?

Relatable content right here

I have the same taste in scenery as rats and pidgeons, if that serves as consolation

Awesome recommendation, thanks!

Terrible

They'd have to be real idiots to move this critical industry out of Taiwan

Big if true

Monday do be like that

This suggests the mayor doesn't really understand why birth rates are low in the first place

3. Getting married changes nothing about the relationship. Until recently, the government didn't even recognise same sex marriages. So if a straight couple gets married, should that make their relationship more valid because the government decides to put a stamp of approval on theirs and not on a gay couple? I hope not.

Depending on where you live, even if you don't get married, a long de-facto union would be considered equivalent and you might face the same obligations here

Really just shows what George Carlin said for a long time, there's no such thing as "rights". They're temporary privileges that can be revoked whenever convenient.

Not shame, that's for sure

I think this is already happening in China

Another self-own

I'm not familiar with it, is it a private venture? If so it sounds like a different thing

Much better! Much more readable.

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