In a recent video on Twitter, he compared the China of today to 2019 and was completely shocked at the speed to progress and change. Says it’s like stepping into the future.
1 - Automation: From trains to taxis to purchases - everything is done seamlessly with super Apple Pay.
2 - EV: 30%-40% of the cars are fully electric. You can get Teslas but you have Chinese brands that offer sedans for $10k.
3 - The air is much cleaner. Partly due to EVs.
4 - People are more respectful of societal norms. There is better service everywhere you go.
5 - Less foreigners, even in touristy areas. Most white people are actually Russian.
6 - In factories, robots do the work in contrast to the perception people have in the US of China just throwing cheap labor at every problem. Factories set up their own e-commerce platforms and sell directly on China’s TikTok.
7 - It feels like over the past 5 years, everything by in China just got better, while everything in the US just got worse.
IBS
Like I said, medical issues excluded.
IBS is pretty prevalent though. More than you likely think it is. Estimated to affect around 10-15% of the global population. So it’s not just this fraction of a percent outlier sorta thing.
Yes, but am I arguing againts public toilets or saying people with IBS aren’t genuinely in trouble without them? Did I not say medical issues excluded?
I am arguing againts this smug asshole who can’t shit in a public toilet if it has no paper in it. And who is trying to frame Chinese toilets so bad that that alone has made him shit himself multiple times, which I do not buy.
Probably shouldn’t say this because it’ll end up as a sign in headline but as someone with IBS I’ve shat myself three times over my lifetime, twice in the states once in Europe, because available toilets were too far or closed or had lines etc. I don’t just shit on the street because that can lead to law enforcement problems so I’m attempting to find a real toilet until it’s too late.
I feel the colon spasms come on and I have five minutes max. Sometimes I don’t make it in time.
Being open about it especially as it can leave me homebound at times when it’s bad has led a lot of people to admit to me they’ve also had accidents or near misses.
As for the guy in the thumbnail it’s probably a mix of four things:
• Making an exaggerated statement to get views
• Genuine unsanitary conditions giving him food poisoning that are improving
• IBS and either not knowing how to manage it through diet or not being willing to
• A crappy gut biome from a normally cruddy SAD diet.