Mandarin Square Puns

Something with images/video of the the events that caused the protests and the during and aftermath of the massacre?

I have these square pieces of silk textiles that I believe are from China. It seems to be depicting 2 different people (man and woman?) riding Qilin and has 2 obvious bats. At first I thought that they sort of resemebled Mandarin Squares but that seems to be wrong and I now believe they may be related to a wedding in some way. I appreciate any help anyone can offer in identifying and dating these.

https://imgur.com/a/7HgAGc4

...because he was a crushed Asian.

Hi RepLadies and Gents! Inspired by a recent clamor for more TB items to be shared, here's a 3-part list of things I've both saved and purchased from Taobao in the past few years :) Part II will feature items I've found that are unbranded, and Part III will list items I've purchased.

All links are active as of this posting!

IN THE CART/WISH LIST

Designer/branded clothing:

• AllSaints black floral shirtdress
• Aritizia Babaton 'Conan' pants
• Balmain boucle blazers in several colors
• Burberry check blouse in classic colorway
• Burberry check blouse with coral stripe and mandarin collar
• Burberry check pleated miniskirt
• Burberry checked blouses in multiple colors
• Burberry children's trench coats
• Burberry gorgeous-looking long cashmere trench coat
• Burberry light pink cardigan with checked lining
• Burberry pale pink OR ivory lace Burberry trench coat
• Burberry sketched vintage scenes blouse - long sleeves
• [Burberry sketched vintage scenes blouse - short sleeves](https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z0k.7386009.1997985097.d4918997.7b5d289c5WpocZ&am

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

I want to give to my girlfriend a massage as a gift and I am looking for recommendations for spas in Boston proper or Cambridge

MATCH RESULTS

IMPORTANT NOTES

• Kickoff the competitors in the women's War Game match making their way to the ring. The two teams square off then start to brawl until officials ushers everyone but Kay Lee Ray and Dakota Kai to the back so their match can start.

• Backstage the Grizzled Young Vets are trying to break into a locker when they are interrupted by Jiro who is wondering what they're doing. GYV tells him to be quiet and it is a sensitive operation, Kushida comes by and makes even more noise which alerts Briggs and Jensen who ask what the hell GYV are doing. GYV run off.

• After Grimes' victory, Duke Hudson appears on an elevated platform and congrats Cameron on his last victory with a full head of hair. He says he contacted someone who's a master at computer graphics and shows some slides of Cameron Grimes with different hair styles such as the Karen, half shaved, a bowl cut, then finally bald. Duke says when he's done beating him on Sunday he's gonna take his hair, his beard, and he'll give him a real reason to cry. Cameron throws Andre Chase into the ring and grabs a pair of razors but one of Chase's students save him. Grimes tells Hudson that at Wargames he's going to shave him bald.

• Edris Enofe says his entire life people doubted him and thought he'd never get out of Englewood California. He decided to sacrifice 5 years of his life to be told he could do anything but still had doubters. He wants to prove them all wrong when he faces his opponent tonight who had a similar background to him, Solo Sikoa.

• Team 2.0 is interviewed in the ring. Carmelo Hayes says they are the future of NXT and that Johnny Gargano has had the run on NXT for 5 years and is ready to be handed his plate. Duke Hudson says team NXT are team hotdog and handshake and they're just upset that they didn't lace up their boots or shake their hand

She looked just like my mother.

That's what I thought when I saw her crouching in the gutter, vomiting God-knows-what into the road. The streetlights illuminated a gaunt figure with stringy blonde hair, pale skin and a huge patchwork cardigan. My mother had been a kindergarten teacher before cancer took her. She always wore bright, soft clothing like that, even on her days off.

I don’t usually approach homeless people. Maybe that makes me a bad person, but you hear all these scams about people begging then getting into a brand-new Mercedes when the night falls. Or wasting their money on booze and drugs. My mother would never have done any of those things. I think that’s why I approached her.

“Ma’am? Are you okay?” was the most stupid question I could’ve asked, but I went with it anyway. Up close, she looked a bit less like my mother. Her green eyes were darker, and she had a thin, pale scar stretching from the top of her eyebrow to the beginnings of her hairline.

“Do I look okay to you?” is something my mother would definitely have said back. My face reddened. The woman - not my mother, I tried to remember - wiped her mouth on her sleeve, as though I wasn’t there.

“Well, should I take you to see a doctor…?” Up close, she looked about as exhausted and miserable as any person I have ever seen. The bags under her eyes were heavy and dark. When she belched, I saw a couple of teeth were missing.

“I’d rather have a roof over my head. These nights are cold, you know.” She stopped and gave me a long once-over. I was wearing a thick fleece jacket, gloves, a scarf knitted by my best friend. My arms were laden with gifts bought for the festive season. My face turned even redder. I felt like a glutton under the gaze of this woman who I’d only just met.

The woman stood up and stepped closer. This close, she reeked of unwashedness and a stale something I couldn’t place. But there was something else underneath. Lavender. Beneath the dirt, she had the exact same scent as my mother’s old lavender perfume.

“Poppy Poppet, have you got a place for me to stay?” Her whisper was hoarse but kind.

Poppy Poppet. I hadn’t heard that nickname since the day my mother died.

***

I set her up in the guest room, making sure the nicest sheets were on the bed. It’s a small room, but cosy enough with room for the odd bits and bobs the woman had brought with her. Somehow, I hadn’t noticed her bag at first. It was huge, more like Santa’s sack than anything. It contained blanke

Hi! Got some bottles to destash, lots of BPAL and S92 in particular.

Comment if you’d like anything- shipping is $4.50, I’ll invoice through PayPal, and I’ll ship by Friday at the latest. Pics are available on request. Please note fill levels as there are partials mixed in and please only one fwp thing per person!

For Sale

BPAL

• 13: lvb $15 | 5ml (pnbm, full) “lavender buds, blue cotton candy, buttered popcorn, squished carnations, vanilla ice cream, sun-ripe strawberries, chocolate chip cookies, warm milk, honey sticks, yellow cake, steamed rice, fresh bread, and puppies.”
• Graveyard Guessing Game $15 | 5ml (pnbm, full) “a white tea fougere with lavender frankincense, marble-white sandalwood, white carnation, and sweet hay.”

Sixteen92

• Bette $14 | “7.5ml” edp (pnbm, larger style bottle, full) “angel food cake, floral honey, marshmallow, pistachio, french vanilla, loose black tea”
• Marlene $10 | 6ml oil (pnbm, full) “alba rose, copal, bearded iris, scarlet lips, flushed cheeks, davana, plum syrup, gin fizz, smoke”

The Strange South

• Before the Drop $5 | 5ml (pnbm, full, fco) “peppermint, green tea, marshmallow, heather, violet, and evening rain.”

Sold

Alkemia

• Pending As dark things are meant to be loved $10 | 5ml oil (pnbm, full, apothecary bottle) “lapsang souchong tea, leather, black amber, labdanum, caramel”
• Pending 2021 December Yuletide Blessings Alchemy free with purchase | 5ml (pnbm, full, apothecary bottle) ”decadently boozy fruitcake studded with golden pineapple, candied citron, apricots, cherries, and sugary dates; almond marzipan for love; honey for wealth; evergreens for health; cinnamon for good luck; bay for wisdom; cloves for friendship, and frankincense for gratitude.”

Alpha Musk

• Pending Apocalyptic Console $5 | 5ml (pnbm, full) “indian sandalwood, soft marshmallows, peru balsam, golden sands, vanilla bean.”
• Pending Goth $5 | 5ml (pnbm, full) “this is a rich black musk (one of my fucking favorites) from india and a midnight vanilla (not to sweet but rich and divine).”

Arcana

• Pending Apples Crave Cider $10 | 5ml (ris, full) “bright, spiced apple cider drizzled with honey and a small wisp of smoke.”
• ~~Pending Glittering Blue $12 | 5ml (ris, full) *“a cooling blend of tart blue lemonade, iced lemon bundt cake, creamy blue musk, a drizzle of blue chamomile, and glittering

let me start by saying that, while i mostly share my perfume reviews, wax has been a major focus of mine for a good while now. and, like all my interests and hobbies...when i go in, i tend to go in big. deep. way too much. i have probably tried around 175 wax vendors now, and while i have my favorites and standbys i order from repeatedly and regularly, i love to try new vendors and experience their scents!

warning: below is a lot of wax rambling...i don't see wax discussed as much on IMAM, so i blabbed for a bit about wax usage. skip down to the next bolded line if you're an experienced wax user or just dgaf!

if you do not use wax in your home, i'll tell you that it's a bit of a different experience than enjoying and testing perfumes. wax scents don't tend to "morph" or develop like skin-based scents do (although there can often be interesting differences between sniffing wax melts out of the package and seeing how they smell when they are fully melted and wafting throughout your home). another big difference tends to be expectation of scent complexity - while many vendors do make their own in-house scent blends, the level of complexity is just different. not in a bad way, but i think most (not all) wax melt scents tend to be more dimensional and straight-forward. and i like that! i really do.

a similarity between enjoying perfume and wax is calibrating your expectations through time and experience. the same way people might discuss perfume sillage, and how long-lasting a scent is during its wear - wax can be discussed the same way, but using the term "throw" instead. whereas sillage refers to the way a scent diffuses and performs on the skin, throw refers to the way the wax melt scent spreads and becomes noticeable throughout your home environment. and just like perfumes, you encounter different levels of throw - the way a scent might wear close to the skin, some wax doesn't throw much outside of the immediate area where you are melting it. while some people enjoy close-to-the-skin perfumes, i think most people who melt wax prefer a strong throw.

just like with indie perfumes, it takes time to figure out what that means. if you've tried one perfume house, you may think that house has amazing performance...then, you try another house, and you realize "oh, wait, maybe those first scents i tried were a little weak." it's the same with wax. the more you try, the more you start to develop your own preferences and expectations.

and the similarities d

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

With only 20 days until the Lunar New Year, the Deeeep.io Community has created quite a lot of wonderful skins for this holiday! However, there are a few traditional symbols and foods that we have not yet created:

Lunar New Year Checklist:

High Priority Skins

Lion (preferably for animals with grabbing abilities) - Found in nearly all parades and shows, the Lions scare off evil spirits for the New Year

Dragon (preferably an animal with a long hitbox like Anaconda or Giant Siphonophore) - the symbol of strength, power, protection and kindness, many shows and parades feature or end with the dragon

Red Envelope (any animal) - envelopes given to each other filled with money (somewhat like Christmas presents)

Lantern (preferably Megamouth Shark, Jellyfish, or Lanternfish) - lanterns are released at the end of the Lunar New Year and illuminate the night sky

Firecracker (preferably Thresher Shark or an animal with a long hitbox) - explosives that scare away evil spirits

Traditional Outfit (any animal) - Traditional clothes, typically red, are worn during the Lunar New Year.

Medium Priority Skins

Traditional Red Fish (any fish) - A symbol of wealth and prosperity

Mandarin Orange (any animal with a square hitbox) - A traditional gift that represents gold and wealth

Sunflower Seeds (preferably a lower tier tier) - A traditional food eaten during the Lunar New Year

Bamboo (any animal with a long hitbox) - Represents growth and harmony

Pinwheel (preferably Sarcastic Fringehead) - Pinwheels blow away bad luck and spirits and bring good fortune instead

The Zodiac Signs (each new year has one of the twelve zodiac signs, this upcoming year being the Tiger!)

Rat

Ox

Tiger

Rabbit

Dragon

Snake

Horse

Goat

Monkey

Rooster

Dog

Pig

Other Skins

Since the Lunar New Year is the largest and most important Holiday celebrated in many Asian Cultures, there are many different symbols and traditions for this significant holiday. Due to this, many of the skins already created and that should be created for the Lunar New Year have not been listed, as there would be simply too many. And just because a skin is crossed out doesn't mean you shouldn't make another!

Thank you for reading my post, and I wish you a happy Lunar New Year!

I'm not naming the AI as this post is meant to highlight possible security issues with some lua functions that people could use for malicious purposes.

I found an old post recommending a workshop bot that was actually good. I installed it, and it was probably one of the better coded bots out there to the point where I could comfortably play it with friends, which I did. During said friendly match, the newly installed bots were actually making fun of plays we made in Mandarin. My friend's response was posting a part of the Tiananmen Square Copypasta as a joke and much to our surprise, both bots responded back with "天安门上太阳升", which translates to "The sun rises on Tiananmen Square." which legitimately scared the shit out of us. We laughed it off later saying that they probably programmed it in because people kept posting it in the steam comments because people are assholes. In good fun, we started posting anti-CCP stuff to it and seeing what it posted back. It was pretty wild and I was curious if there were more responses that we missed.

But when I went code diving to look for the phrases we used and I found nothing. I did find a file full of phrases which could be triggered by the bot but nothing like that was there, which was pretty interesting. I dove further it was sending POST requests to some server to get lines of dialogue from some chatbot on some server. Seems relatively harmless enough as I bet some workshop gamemodes and bot scripts use it to send data about the game to improve the performance of bots, and the address didn't seem suspicious... that is until I looked up the domain used and the specifics of a POST request.

The domain used is .top which if you do a quick wikipedia search for, you can find that MalwareBytes and Snort declared that it was so commonly used for phishing and malware, they had to block the entirety of the .top domain. I was curious to see what particular data was sent so I modified the source code to actually print to console what it sends when you talk, as seen in this image. The information being sent (in order of left to right) is:

• The message that was said in chat
• The "operation" type, usually being message.
• General information about the message, such as the name of

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Hello everyone! Got some new samples this week, come take a look!

#INFO

Shipping:

-Shipping to the US is $5 for samples and $6 anything over 3mL.

-Shipping to Canada is $13.50 for samples and $15 for anything over 3mL.

-Trying to maintain a $5 pre-shipped minimum please!

-I am out of town until Friday so packages will go out on either Saturday or Monday!

Payment:

-Payment through Paypal G+S only

-Please pay within 5 hours of claiming unless otherwise discussed! If I do not hear back from you within this time frame, I will move on to NIL. If you end up changing your mind about something, that's totally fine! Please just let me know- the only kinda ghosting we like here is the spOoOoOky kind ;)

Freebies:

-Candy, tea, and stickers with every order! See options at the bottom of spreadsheet

-If you'd like any of the sniffies or other FWP items, please let me know!

Other:

-I also have non-indie fragrances available for sale! Check them out in the second tab

-Very extensive ISO list on the third tab! Would love to swap for and/or purchase anything on that list! Also, if you see anything you're interested in on the ‘untested’ tab, let me know and I can prioritize testing it!

-If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Happy shopping! :)

Spreadsheet, for those who prefer to browse that way!

ALKEMIA

•All the Sins (1mL vial): A decadent confectionery indulgence of candy floss, candy corn, pink taffy, bulls-eye caramels, red licorice, benzoin, and creamy vanilla musk. $2

•Sweet Sorcery (1mL vial): A sexy enchantment of candy corn, caramel creams, candyfloss, brown sugar toffees, and marshmallow nougat. $2

ALPHA MUSK

new 90s Boardwalk Funland• (1mL vial): Chlorinated ride water, crusty metal gears, mildew carpet, boardwalk salt air ocean ozone with the hints of sunscreen, sweat and fried foods and a touch of trash, exhausted burnt extension cords, neon light bulb buzz, fresh spouted tickets and receipt ink, weathered & oiled boardwalk wooden planks. $2

new •Cabin Fever (1mL dram): Three shots of bourbon, mandarin in lite syrup, last scoop of frost bitten vanilla ice cream. $2

•Fuzzy Pistachio Drops (1mL vial): Furry cozy musk blended with some creamy pistachio, some mellow yellow musk and a dash of raw sugar and marshmallows. $3

**•Pill

Part 2/2

Much obliged, u/grungromp. Really appreciate you taking the time to mod this sub.

Link to 1/2 - https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/ptwy8m/china_may_have_won_world_war_3_without_firing_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Link to 1/2 on profile -https://www.reddit.com/user/MarkLawH/comments/puri7e/china_may_have_won_world_war_3_without_firing_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

The Black Hole of Opportunities

With Huawei executives still traipsing from studio to studio trying to execute a PR plan they’d clearly had no training in and exhibit charm they were clearly never born with, some began to wonder whether Deng may have made a slicker job of calming world jitters than his successors. After reading the room for a while, Xi Jinping stood, made eye contact with every single Chief Executive worldwide, then began to calmly and patiently explain the concept of ‘capitalism with Chinese characteristics’ by taking a wrecking ball to his own economy. In he stepped to quite deliberately dynamite Jack Ma’s $38 billion Ant IPO, which had $3 trillion in orders. In he stepped to quite deliberately eviscerate the perfectly viable Didi, fresh from a $68 billion valuation. Macau, a great deal more valuable than Las Vegas in terms of revenue and a taxation goldmine, saw $18 billion wiped from casino stocks as the government vowed harsh new regulations and licensing laws. More regulatory, tax, and social clampdowns came thick and fast. Kids are now restricted to two hours of videogames a week by law, tanking associated stocks, including the vast Chinese interests. Children now have to login through police fucking databases to play Fortnite. And you know who designed and manages that system? The nice people at Tencent. Who, by the way, also own a huge chunk of Fortnite that we decadent Westerners allow to rot our children’s synapses for a lot longer than 2 hours a week. And you know what? I spend a lot more time talking seasons and skins with my kids than discussing authoritarian regimes and investing for their futures. Pow. One more in the win column for Xi. Privat

Hahaha, Alright, so it's time to really get going on this year in review and talk about all the scents that had made the year! I'll try to do these in chronological order as there's been a LOT of scents!

Note: None of the regular scents (like Champagne Toast or Warm Vanilla Sugar or the like will be here)
Note 2: No Men's or Aromatherapy will be here, just the actual FFM sets that have been released
Note 3: Faceted won't be mentioned since that series has been all year long and no new brand new scents were introduced (plus let's be honest...it's getting to be a bit much xD)
Note 4: Because I don't buy dupes, some of the pictures will include a scent that's in older packaging...so I will mention in a few since I think there's one set that had old packaging and not 2021's

Now that being said let's get into the year that was 2021!!!

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So the first set to really talk about is pretty much a doozy still today. What happened was that these were supposed to release in Canada, but due to stores closing because of COVID, they were instead set downstate to outlet stores to sell. Though this set didn't really have "complete" fill because Vanilla Rainbow Sprinkles was only released as an FFM & Shower Gel, Cotton Candy Clouds as Body Cream and Shower Gel and Sugar Coated only as a FFM. Though towards the end of the year, Cotton Candy Clouds was released in this packaging as a FFM. Yeah, kind of weird set to kick the year off and wasn't promoted so I mean? *shrugs*

Packaging: I get the feeling that they were going for something fun and silly and more kiddy-like with the looks of the set. Rainbow was the idea for it and yet it still kind of looks cheap and basic to me? While not shown here, CCC has a pink-ish look to it. Honestly, it wasn't the most exciting for me. Also, besides the minis, this was the only set that didn't include the scent notes on the back of the scents.

Scents:

• Vanilla Rainbow Sprinkles (Vanilla Bean, Confetti Sprinkles, Whipped Frosting) - Funny enough, after having it for the year, I still believe it's pretty much a dupe of Beach Nights here. There's not too much difference between the two. Like I love the scent because it's just kind of heavy vanilla and smells almost cakey but not like Confetti Cake Pop levels. It might be also a dupe of Vanilla Bean,

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Do your worst!