Dapittock's picture Dapittock Submitted by Guest on Fri, 08/28/2020 - 10:14

I'm familiar with Georges Perec's Oulipo novel "La Disparition," which didn't use the letter E, but I've never heard that Aleister Crowley claimed to have done the same. Curious where that's recorded...    

Giovanni Martini wrote:

"Hoper Select was already well-liked for its quality pour-over coffee, but its hole-in-the-wall, to-go-only..." (unquote)

The hyphen-to-word ration here is 1 to 3. (7 hyphens; 21 words.) That has GOT to be a record. Aleister Crowley claimed to have writter a book--in English-- without using the letter "e." Think you could do one with only hyphenated-words? "It was a dark-and-stormy mid-night. Of-a-sudden, a crashing-shot rang-out in the Carthusian-abbey..." It's harder than it looks, but you're making strides in that direction.

xz576's picture xz576 Submitted by Guest on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 14:57

Giovanni Martini wrote:
jknotts wrote:

Not seeing how these things are related. Maybe we need to up our standards for the comment section...

You are one prissy little bitch. Ban me if you have the balls.

Mr Knotts, he asked you nicely to ban him. It would really be impolite of you not to. I know he's your "best customer" in terms of improving marketing or user engagement metrics (due to reading and commenting on every article), but in the interest of community, please consider complying with his request.

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 14:33

pengusius wrote:
jknotts wrote:
pengusius wrote:

Have you guys become that desperate? We want to place an ad selling a bicycle, and your screening process flags it as inappropriate and disapproves it. And then this sad story about a couple tiptoeing to bang one another, from the 1800s just so happens to be okay for the front page. For Pete's sake , have some standards.

Not seeing how these things are related. Maybe we need to up our standards for the comment section...

If I have to explain how these things are related, then that shows exactly the kind of crowd this piece is targeted towards ; naive people who still get a kick out of stories depicting how a couple of adults might have been discovered sleeping together by the homestay ayi(and the horror of it).

If you don't see the low standards of journalism right there, then, my friend, I congratulate your on having and keeping a piece of mind. Some of us express our distaste, in the hope that the beijinger would at least not have these mundane stories on the front page.

Some of us express our distaste, in the hope that the beijinger would at least not have these mundane stories on the front page.

That horse has been dead for quite a while.

Pardon

pengusius's picture pengusius Submitted by Guest on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:41

jknotts wrote:
pengusius wrote:

Have you guys become that desperate? We want to place an ad selling a bicycle, and your screening process flags it as inappropriate and disapproves it. And then this sad story about a couple tiptoeing to bang one another, from the 1800s just so happens to be okay for the front page. For Pete's sake , have some standards.

Not seeing how these things are related. Maybe we need to up our standards for the comment section...

If I have to explain how these things are related, then that shows exactly the kind of crowd this piece is targeted towards ; naive people who still get a kick out of stories depicting how a couple of adults might have been discovered sleeping together by the homestay ayi(and the horror of it).

If you don't see the low standards of journalism right there, then, my friend, I congratulate your on having and keeping a piece of mind. Some of us express our distaste, in the hope that the beijinger would at least not have these mundane stories on the front page.

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 05:15

Giovanni Martini wrote:

Tom, I have savaged some of your stuff in the past. But this article is a rarity for me: a restaurant review that makes one want to eat there. It actually dwells on the food. If that food is as good, I'll be overjoyed. Well, maybe just "joyed."

If that food is as good...

judging by the photos Imma nope right on out of trying. Dominoes FTW.

Dirol

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 05:13

jknotts wrote:
pengusius wrote:

Have you guys become that desperate? We want to place an ad selling a bicycle, and your screening process flags it as inappropriate and disapproves it. And then this sad story about a couple tiptoeing to bang one another, from the 1800s just so happens to be okay for the front page. For Pete's sake , have some standards.

Not seeing how these things are related. Maybe we need to up our standards for the comment section...

Maybe you can delay comments from some commentors. Oh, wait...

Crazy

jknotts's picture jknotts Submitted by Guest on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 14:34

pengusius wrote:

Have you guys become that desperate? We want to place an ad selling a bicycle, and your screening process flags it as inappropriate and disapproves it. And then this sad story about a couple tiptoeing to bang one another, from the 1800s just so happens to be okay for the front page. For Pete's sake , have some standards.

Not seeing how these things are related. Maybe we need to up our standards for the comment section...

pengusius's picture pengusius Submitted by Guest on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 13:29

Have you guys become that desperate? We want to place an ad selling a bicycle, and your screening process flags it as inappropriate and disapproves it. And then this sad story about a couple tiptoeing to bang one another, from the 1800s just so happens to be okay for the front page. For Pete's sake , have some standards.

sozz7's picture sozz7 Submitted by Guest on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 09:06

Tim USA wrote:

so, if it is related to chinese movies as the US is related to US movies, that means it is going to have one great attraction and the rest will be shitty,,, as it is with the chinese movies,,, complete lack of talent and directing ability...

considering that practically everything used by US film makers was made in China, cameras, computers, etc, this comes over as a very arrogant/ignorant comment

sozz7's picture sozz7 Submitted by Guest on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 08:21

Street vedors and markets bring vibrancy to a city, every decent city makes plenty of space for this, look at London, Newyork, Barcelona, it's a shame to let the conservatives and small minded block this open and startup businesses, which really bring commerce to the people and away from the corporate monopoly, probably the same people with investments in generic boring malls, big chains and upper class apartments which they dont want to be tarnished by a vibrant and cultural street trade

sozz7's picture sozz7 Submitted by Guest on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 08:01

why not teach people to judge the effects and decide for themselves, rather than a top down control, blanket banning and basically being a nanny state, please allow the Chinese people to be wise and responsible, then China will be equal to any other nation in innnovation and creativity, no holding you back then