What would you qualify as foreigner. Is first generation immigrant included ? What about long term APRC people I donât consider them foreign but legally speaking they are I guess.
Are you looking forward to the tens of thousands of new migrants coming to Taiwan? The world is finding out the joy of getting a fourth-tier degree in Taipei and money to live on as well.
And specifically how Taiwanese rake us over the coals so many times for doing exactly what they do and many times for even less than what they do.
We could also call this thread the âDo as we say, not as we do!â Or âThe xenophobic hypocrisy of Taiwanese blaming foreigners for behaving exactly like Taiwaneseâ!
Well the authorities donât do squat about drivers doing whatever the hell they want, which often involves acting like toddlers and always endangers the lives of others, so I would be surprised if I were them too.
This makes more news which in turn makes it look like they are busy enforcing laws rather than giving tickets and fines to local drivers , or scooters parked in side walksâŠ
This thread is cringey as all fuck. Itâs hard to discern the retardedness from the sarcasm. Yikes!!
Meanwhile, skateboarding has certainly became a fad in recent years. Slowly winding down a Bit I guess? But I see skaters in many areas of TaiwanâŠ
Caring about their passports when they either do or donât destroy public property seems about as childish as it comes. From both sides of the argument.
This type of nonsense just screams xenophobia. From both the taiwanese retarded and the foreign born retarded
If you are a Taiwanese citizen, just stand your ground. Itâs like when racists in North America call genetically âAsian, black, etcâ folks immigrants. Itâs dumb as fuck. As with north america, in taiwan, only the indigenous have proper rights to judge anyone else as a foreigner. Ethnic chinese, white etc all the same boat. If they argue, have a conversation about how important kilometers and days are lol. Still local, fuck off. The good thing in Taiwan is that if you stand your ground with logic, not emotion, they come around with smiles REALLY quick. 99.9% of the time. And then normal conversation can ensue. People just get frustrated because they may need to have this same conversation multiple times daily. It is annoying, but its not terrible. Education is all.
The nice thing about Taiwan is its often ignorance, not hate filled racism. And despite taiwans massive face culture, they are very readily willing to forfeit their face to you, the âforeignerâ , as they assume you have a sense of authority on the matter. Somewhat like a an elder, teacher, boss or other form of authority. Han folks here tend to be more curious than anything, albeit sometimes they come across as dumb as all shit (as do many other types of foreigners). They just have poor social skills, worth forgiving if conversation can move forward
Make an enemy or create a friend. Taiwan is amazingly easy to do both.
Whenever a fellow countryman is in trouble, I am always willing to help out with my expertise and commentary. I know itâs a huge public service to care so much, but I just canât help it .