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「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」

@ WongKaKui @piefed.ca

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  • But why do they even need to hack elections? The folks over at .ml told me that elections are pointless and the rich already controls everything!

  • I mean quick online search mentions the idea of local facebook groups to find people to do meetups with...

    👀

    sigh

    Guess I'm selling my soul to corporate lmfao

  • Lol, miss the random fediverse infodump and traumadump? xD

  • They're in China... (my family's country of origin)

    I don't have a passport yet... submitted application still waiting for the US State Department... 👀

    Also requires visa from PRC Embassy...

    I thought it was too much hassle to have to deal with VPN and firewall issues and I didn't bother...

    If I knew I'd feel this lonely, I might've tagged along

    That reminds me, haven't been on a plane since we arrived in the US in 2010... 16 years away from my birth country... 👀

    Also my brother seems to think I'm trying to harm him or something... mom asked me to help with finding the cheapest plane tickets, then there was some webpage loading issues, then he just said he would just do it on his computer instead...

    And then I was curious and asked which seats he picked... I mean I'm always curious about stuff

    He didn't respond...

    Like c'mon... it's not like I'm gonna put poison on a plane seat lmfao... wtf bro?

    So yeah...

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    Anyone just depresed af right now? How's life going?

  • ???

  • According Chinese society: 38 would be too old, nobody would want you.

    Dad was 31 and Mom was 24 when they married, you're late to the train according to them.

    My older brother is 28, he's on a trip to China right now to supposedly meet "marriage candidates"

    Mom is pressuring him cuz "once you get older nobody would want you anymore" 🤔

    I'm 23 and mom is already jokingly like: "Hey I know this person's daughter, do you wanna meet and 'maybe become friends'?" (heavily implying marriage) I just fucking laughed... I'm so depressed I can't even take care of a cat, how am I supposed to start a family lmao... I need to fix depression first...

    Once when I was in my teens I heard mom want me to "hang out" with her best friend's daughter and "become friends"... lol... maybe she should've thought about that before moving away from Brooklyn where they lived... we used to live like right across the street from them... but rent is a big hassle and parents wanted to have home ownership thats why we moved to Philly...

    and I have been to their house... I'm shy af and didn't wanna talk...

    Yea I'm gonna be forever alone... I don't even have the courage to talk to people lol...

    Btw: Arranged Marriages =/= Forced Marriages

    You have the choice to "veto" in an Arranged Marriage, but not in a Forced Marriage.

    The "Arranged" is referring to who's in the captain steering the ship, so parents and relatives are heavily involved in the matchmaking process and looking for "candidates".

  • Off on a tangent, but:

    I hear some Naturalized US citizens still attempting to use their Chinese passport to enter China...

    China does not allow dual citzizenship... 👀

    If they get on the CCP's radar, they can't get help from the US Embassy anymore since they entered with a Chinese passport...

  • And the worst part is the knowing winks like “I know you prefer cash” with the implication I’m a tax cheat. Fuck you, asshole! You’re just making more work for me! Now I have to log this myself and report it separately from my W-2s.

    Nice comment, now the government is off your back 😉

  • But what happens when a daddy country and a mommy country gets really close and start to have feelings?

  • Gaming.

    Don't have the mental energy for it anymore... depression...

  • They never trusted their company to make it through the month?

    Companies in China flop all the time, probably act this way because of their learned experience.

    Or they never trusted themselves to have anything left after the weekend?

    My parents were the type to always save.

    They claim that Americans (they mean Americans that are not of Asian descent) cant afford anything because they always spend they entire paycheck at some bar and just constantly depend on their next paycheck in order to have money.

    They own a house in Philly... and then they look at the renters and was like: "Hey son, you see all these people renting? It's because they're lazy and don't work and/or they waste money gambling or doing drugs, don't be like those people"

    And then once my depression became a thing... they say that "America turned me lazy"... bruh its called depression jesus christ mom, do you want me to kms ffs

  • Oh I guess this is just Verizon MVNO fucking with me... fuck my life lol

  • My parents (and their parents) certaintly think my generation is better than theirs.

    The summary is this: They lived in post WW2 Rural China, I get to live in the 21st century and also get to grow up mostly in the US... mom said her family money situation growing up was kinda shitty, in contrast she said in my childhood, I got to not worry about starving... they had rationing system...

    Parents were born in mid- 1960s to mid- 1970s

  • Sure my credit card number is 0408 1516 2342 6769

    Make sure to go buy a plane ticket with it.

    (I'm not responsible for any plane crashes 😉)

  • I think it's because: "If love wasn't the reason to get into a marriage, then lack if love wouldn't be the reason to get out of a marriage" (I read this from some random forum/website and it actually make so much sense).

    In Traditional Chinese marriage, they look at practical stuff like if they have the wealth, housing, career, to raise children... that sort of stuff... love is secondary ti those things...

    So in my parents time, people of marriage age would just get introduced to those who are also of marriage of the opposite sex. And like if they feel okay with it, they just settle and get married.

    I think once I ask my mom why she went with my dad, she said something like "he doesn't smoke, he doesn't gamble, he doesn't drink"... like... lol...

    I feel like a lot of people in China have those aforementioned problems.

    They're still married to this day... I doubt they have much sex besides for procreation so like... probably only those 2 times creating my older brother then me....

    My mom is kinda scary tho, she once went full tiger mom mode and threatened to divorce my dad... because some stupid disagreement... and I was a teen during that time... kinda messed up my mood... I mean that feels world shattering if it happens... so... luckily it never did.

  • I'm the "Asian Nerd", I'm always expected to do everything... 👀

  • So it's a Germanwings 2? Electric Boogaloo?

    So confused...

  • Nothing to described is unheard of in Canada/the States. I’m kind of waiting for the “SIKE I WAS DESCRIBING THE US ALL ALONG” but figured I’d comment in case it was useful to anyone.

    This isn't some trick question. I was born in Guangzhou, China. My knowledge of these employement stuff from my parents experiece in Taishan and Guangzhou (there as Taishan Hukou-holder migrant workers, so basically second class residents), as as for the US, its from Brooklyn-NY and Philly...

    Which might be kinda limited in scope...

    Its kinda interesting both US and China has these "grass greener on the other side" type of people...

    We as a species are so similar no matter where we come from

  • Is rural America different?

    My immediate family has only been to Brooklyn-NYC, and Philly

    So maybe my experiences are limited... 🤷‍♂️

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    How often do people typically get paid where you are? How is the overtime? (Specify location)

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    In cultures where marriage is a social obligation and arranged marriages are common, marriage feels like those group projects in school.

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world

    YSK that your phone lockscreen password will not protect your eSIMs (or physical SIMs either, for that matter), factory reset often times does not remove eSIMs

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world

    "AI"/LLMs are a great tool to find recommendations on movies/tv/anime/songs etc... since there's not much harm if you don't like it ("truthfulness" is not as important in this context)

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world

    I felt more anxious after a video call session of um... "therapy" (or whatever)... and now I feel so awkward...