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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure you don't own anything made in China then. Canada, famous producer of consumer goods farquaad-point

Whatever little is actually made in Western countries anymore is shit quality designed to fall apart to make more profit just like everything else.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

winnie pooh is pleased with your doing

Nothing never happened day:

[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

soypoint-1 WINNIE THE POOH TAIANAMMENNMEN 1989 CHINESE CAN ONLY DO BOOTLEGSsoypoint-2 (totes not racist to show an Asian man with yellow skin btw)

Can you do soypoint-1 SOCIAL CREDIT soypoint-2 so we can do all the greatest hits?

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

China is such an excellent test for how gullible someone is. So many people will believe any bad thing they read on the internet about it, no matter how absurd, and no matter how easy it is to disprove.

https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/entertainment/theme-park/characters-meet-pooh/

So there's a whole fucking Hundred Acre Wood exhibit, Pooh and all, but I guess if you text someone about it Xi appears from under your bed and black bags you? xibe-check

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

have you even seen the video of the thing that never happened?