Oddly, I read that as “Oldsmoboro”. I’ve clearly been acquainted with Chinglish for too long. Seriously, though, did anyone fail to guess, based merely on the headline alone, that this story was somehow going to be Chinese-related?

From what I understand, the Titanic was built with Grade A steel plate, which at the time was the shittiest and most brittle form of steel, whereas it should have been built with Grade E steel, which at the time was the best for ships, being quite resilient to impacts instead of just breaking. That’s just what I…

“Could such a fire weaken the steel?”

“... it was a system of events which led to that ship sinking.”

it’s a sign the camera hasn’t been sent any commands back to China since it was last rebooted.

Regarding driving over signs, you may find this amusing, or not.

Not gonna lie, that is fucking brilliant. I’m in Canuckistan, and we have exactly the same problem here. In one city in Ontario I lived in, it took 5 months to repave roughly 100' of road, with no-one to be seen on the job at any hour of the day.

“Forget it, Jake. It’s Indiatown.”

You are correct, but the fuckheads outside the West do even worse, so...

Nah, fuck ‘em: “1.4 billion of the assholes, and they can’t find 11 guys to play soccer! Sad!”

Regarding #2 (I posted this above as well, but I’m doing it again because it’s also relevant here): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/23/oscar-move-shanghai-worrying-chelsea-china

Great point about the bubble. Check this out, from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/23/oscar-move-shanghai-worrying-chelsea-china

“I’m not saying there’s no decent Chinese players”