I used to read RT quite a lot 4 years ago because I was quite tired of the biased reporting that I saw in American and BBC news sites when they reported world news, but I stopped after reading stories that had so much spin and was full of bald-faced lies backed up with no facts at all that it was too much for me.

RT…

I’m not sure. They always drive around, even when there are police nearby and no one ever chases them or flags them down. It could be that the police don’t care, just like how they’re technically supposed to stop people from cycling on sidewalks or using headphones on their bikes but they never do. Or it could be…

It’s a business that operates near Shibuya. You pay to drive around like you’re in a Mario Kart game. It’s pretty popular with tourists

Entertaining passengers through friendly conversation isn’t always considered civility depending on what country you’re in. Do that in Sweden and Japan and you would be considered annoying or possibly rude. Talking and being open to strangers isn’t as universally acceptable as you think. It just depends on who the…

It amazes me how much people get triggered by someone else’s feelings.
Getting offended at someone being offended is too common

The article was about how to be diplomatic, not how to burn bridges

Um, Japan and Seoul South Korea have sidewalk bumps and beeping crosswalks everywhere and subway stations are much much more accessible than in most countries in North America and most of Europe, I reckon. Even in Hong Kong and Singapore those systems are in place and much more common. It was one of the things that…

And yea, you’re right it’s not just Trump. I was disappointed to see so many people jump on the anti-NAFTA bandwagon because that rhetoric was working, even with people who were libertarians and free-market advocates who started pandering to that crowd.

Right, I should clarify that trade still has a role in the decline in manufacturing. My point would be though that mechanization has been much more of an explanatory variable for the decline in trade as Chinese manufactured goods that compete with American goods didn’t ratchet up until the late 90's to 2000's with the…

Mhm. So improving education and lower taxes income taxes and corporate taxes is socialism? Well guess what, your president elect is proposing to do all of those. I guess he’s socialist too, right? Or is the very existence of social welfare programs the definitive def of socialism? Because in that case, every single…

Not sure how reducing taxes and bureaucracy, especially corporate taxes and capital gains tax along with making starting businesses easier fits into socialism, but if doing sensible economic policy that works is socialism then I guess I am a socialist. And you, who is proposing trade barriers which is anti-free market…

No, we don’t give up. We adapt to the situation.

We do what countries like Singapore and other European countries are doing. We work on providing great education that’s accessible to everyone regardless of income levels at the primary and secondary level, increase access to higher education, utilize community colleges…

Mexico has an advantage in that it has more free trade agreements with countries than the US excluding NAFTA. That’s why many non-American car companies are also investing in building car manufacturing plants there. Cutting off US car companies from producing in Mexico doesn’t just raise prices across the board…

Wukong is one of the most famous legends of course he’s going to be popular

Except, your door isn’t edging into someone else’s space, nor does opening it make another person uncomfortable. It isn’t hard to take the time to warn the other person that you’re going to recline. It’s just good manners and like all manners, you don’t have to observe them but in doing so, you have no one to blame…

You ask because it’s polite. It’s manners, just like how you should open doors for the person behind you, stand to the side of an escalator to let people pass, or give up your seat on the bus and subway to the elderly, handicapped, or expectant mothers.