Myth-Busters Debunked
The American reality-television show titled “Myth Busters” so-called “proved” that jet-packs could never work. They had an entire show debunking the claims that jet-pack plans that you can find on the Internet were just a hoax and that if you built those plans, your contraption would never fly.
They concluded that only government approved mechanisms could fly and anyone who was going to try and build their own rocket-pack was a stupid dupe. That instead you should listen to the American government and not have someone steal your money.
So… Americans listened to them.
The sales of on-line jet-pack plans plummeted and so were the incidents of failure, problems and injury. Meanwhile, in the rest of the world, those not under the American propaganda machine did their own thing without fear. So now you have jet packs being flown all over the world… except in America.
Here’s a jet-pack flying over Singapore…
Too bad that the American government will not support innovation, and good-old “elbow grease”. Instead, Americans have been bombarded with a “it cannot be done” narrative.
Fishing.
I do love to fish. Did you know that in China you don’t need to get a fishing permit, or ask permission to fish? Yup. Heck, you can even fish at night. Can you believe that?
It takes a little bit of getting used to. I well remember trying to ask some Chinese friends where I needed to go to get a fishing permit. They had no friggin’ idea what I was trying to ask. They kept on trying to figure it all out. They could not understand why or what the purpose was to ask about being able to fish.
It was crazy. Finally after conferring among themselves they figured out what I was asking. They told me that the government did not treat fishing like driving a car. They explained that the odds of me hurting myself fishing, or hurting another person was not considered (by the Chinese government) to be serious enough to warrant a policing agency and laws.
People that is what freedom is.
Here is a video showing people fishing.
Boss
Bosses are treated quite differently in China, and in Asia than they are treated in the United States. In America a boss is just some one who makes just a little bit more more money than you, and who has just a little bit more respect.
In China, however, the rate of difference is not linear. It is exponential. Here we see a Chinese boss entering a banquet for her company.
A Glimpse at Modern Contemporaneous Chinese Culture
Here is a video of a girl wearing traditional Han clothing. This is very typical. Traditions are celebrated in China. Not disparaged as “racist” and “homophobic” as they are in America and out West in the UK.
I would like to point out some things, that the average viewer might miss…
- Sword
- Hard Alcohol drinking
- Beautiful
- Long, flowing comfortable clothing
- Beautiful girl
All of these are contemporary elements of modern Chinese culture. Including swords. In fact, there are classes on how to fight with swords, and they are often used during morning exercises.
Cool videos, eh? Yeah. I think so. There’s more here…
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Links about China
Here are some links about my observations on China. I think that you, the reader, might find them to be of interest. Please kindly enjoy.
China and America Comparisons
As an American, I cannot help but compare what my life was in the United States with what it is like living in China. Here we discuss that.
The Chinese Business KTV Experience
This is the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal press. This is the reality. Read or not.
Learning About China
Who doesn’t like to look at pretty girls? Ugly girls? Here we discuss what China is like by looking at videos of pretty girls doing things in China.
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events, while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
What is China like?
The purpose of this post is to illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is, they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
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