# Discussion **URL:** https://tw.forumosa.com/c/discussion/7.md?page=3 [Latest](https://tw.forumosa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://tw.forumosa.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://tw.forumosa.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Taiwan needs to stop subsidising fuel](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-needs-to-stop-subsidising-fuel/256713)
**Author:** [@comfy123](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/comfy123)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-needs-to-stop-subsidising-fuel/256713 "2026-05-07T06:35:24Z")
I’m an EV owner, and honestly, Taiwan’s current policies don’t make much sense to me. Right now, the government is effectively pushing the market away from EV adoption by subsidising fuel during this crisis. I get that … --- ## [Please help me represent Taiwan on Mr Beast’s Game Show!!](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/please-help-me-represent-taiwan-on-mr-beast-s-game-show/257255)
**Author:** [@annhua](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/annhua)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/please-help-me-represent-taiwan-on-mr-beast-s-game-show/257255 "2026-05-06T04:37:34Z")
beastgames.com/vote/yen My name is Yen Yen, and I’m a Taiwanese piano and English teacher with students mostly from Taiwan and Japan. I’m one of three finalists competing to represent Taiwan on MrBeast’s game show, … --- ## [NHL playoffs 2026](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2026/257315)
**Author:** [@gooner](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/gooner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2026/257315 "2026-05-02T01:52:35Z")
Seems appropriate. --- ## [Anyone try the new one now can get landing permission in Shanghai w/o first having taibaochang?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/anyone-try-the-new-one-now-can-get-landing-permission-in-shanghai-w-o-first-having-taibaochang/257266)
**Author:** [@JCS](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/JCS)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/anyone-try-the-new-one-now-can-get-landing-permission-in-shanghai-w-o-first-having-taibaochang/257266 "2026-04-29T18:14:41Z")
I read online it’s now possible, or maybe possible for a number of years already, for an ROC passport holder with Taiwan ID card and/or proof of being on Taiwan household registration to enter China simply by flying into… --- ## [The Good News Thread](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-good-news-thread/183813)
**Author:** [@anon38216271](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/anon38216271)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-good-news-thread/183813 "2026-04-26T00:57:19Z")
Starting this thread as a way to post good news articles. Something to remind folks of the good in the world or just a place to spread it. Kicking it off is: Flight Attendant’s Sweet Note to Deaf Teen Flying Alone for … --- ## [My 10th Forumosa Anniversary](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/my-10th-forumosa-anniversary/257093)
**Author:** [@11173](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/11173)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/my-10th-forumosa-anniversary/257093 "2026-04-19T19:06:23Z")
10 years on a forum about a country I’ve never even been to. Cool! --- ## ["All the cool kids... uh, countries... are doing it!" -- the Cannabis Countdown Thread](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/all-the-cool-kids-uh-countries-are-doing-it-the-cannabis-countdown-thread/187323)
**Author:** [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/all-the-cool-kids-uh-countries-are-doing-it-the-cannabis-countdown-thread/187323 "2026-04-17T12:00:05Z")
I’m sorry. I don’t want to agitate for or against this, really I don’t. But this is serious, one way or another. Who can ignore a marketing strategy like that? :dizzy\_face: This is clearly a rising trend, and every … --- ## [Japan reacts to annoying American Vlogger](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-reacts-to-annoying-american-vlogger/246485)
**Author:** [@comfy123](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/comfy123)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-reacts-to-annoying-american-vlogger/246485 "2026-04-15T02:39:05Z")
In the aftermath of Johnny Somali and a bunch of other colored Americans being disruptive in public and on trains, Japan has decided to put up posters of noisy colored monkeys to ask foreigners to not disturb the peace. … --- ## [Uni staff overpaid?: at Aussie uni boss makes 900,000$+](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/uni-staff-overpaid-at-aussie-uni-boss-makes-900-000/256931)
**Author:** [@PeiHua-Connie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/PeiHua-Connie)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/uni-staff-overpaid-at-aussie-uni-boss-makes-900-000/256931 "2026-04-11T18:49:11Z")
the boss at UTS, a Aussie Uni makes $900,000+, seems over paid to me. Overseas students pay for a lot of it, now fewer Taiwanese students think it is too expensive and has bad value. As well as cites become bad with to… --- ## [Australia: International students are cash cows?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/australia-international-students-are-cash-cows/248502)
**Author:** [@PeiHua-Connie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/PeiHua-Connie)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/australia-international-students-are-cash-cows/248502 "2026-04-10T13:45:00Z")
Cash cows? I was happy to study in Europe, hope it does NOT get this bad. Students in Australia pay a lot. A lot of Taiwanese go there study and work but news reports say 80% had some or very bad expere… --- ## [Telegram owner has made 100 kids](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/telegram-owner-has-made-100-kids/255424)
**Author:** [@PeiHua-Connie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/PeiHua-Connie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/telegram-owner-has-made-100-kids/255424 "2026-04-09T08:11:12Z")
Busy man, so many babies --- ## [Is whitey's niceness in SE Asia being taken advantage of?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/is-whiteys-niceness-in-se-asia-being-taken-advantage-of/240793)
**Author:** [@HenHaoChi](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/HenHaoChi)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/is-whiteys-niceness-in-se-asia-being-taken-advantage-of/240793 "2026-04-08T08:25:59Z")
Been out of Taiwan about a year. Had an amazing time, all told… But I realized that 10-30% of the population will take advantage of nicey-nice gwailo / bule / barang / farang in a million subtle ways… No point in grip… --- ## [Führerschein eintauschen](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/fuhrerschein-eintauschen/256890)
**Author:** [@Chris59](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Chris59)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/fuhrerschein-eintauschen/256890 "2026-04-08T00:47:00Z")
Hat jmd. in letzter Zeit seinen deutschen B-Führerschein gegen einen taiwanesischen eingetauscht und den deutschen behalten können? Ich höre unterschiedliche Stories über das Vorgehen. Könnte auch am jeweiligen Sachbear… --- ## [🇬🇧 Brits in Taiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/brits-in-taiwan/251683)
**Author:** [@meishijia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/meishijia)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/brits-in-taiwan/251683 "2026-04-07T14:16:04Z")
After a decade in Taiwan, I think I feel more British now than I ever have, even more than when I lived in the UK. I guess Taiwan does that to you. Yet, I only have one British friend in Taiwan. On the way back from wor… --- ## [San Francisco is worse than the third world in some places](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/san-francisco-is-worse-than-the-third-world-in-some-places/170691)
**Author:** [@nonredneck](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/nonredneck)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/san-francisco-is-worse-than-the-third-world-in-some-places/170691 "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z")
Seems the Democrats have succeeded in turning what was once a nice city into a third world slum --- ## [Great news - Canada making citizenship easier](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/great-news-canada-making-citizenship-easier/256871)
**Author:** [@comfy123](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/comfy123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/great-news-canada-making-citizenship-easier/256871 "2026-04-04T23:05:55Z")
Great news everyone. Canada is making it easier to pass down citizenship to people born overseas. Exactly what the country needed right now. Because if there’s one thing Canada has been struggling with, it’s definitely… --- ## [The peak nostalgia thread](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-peak-nostalgia-thread/223908)
**Author:** [@DrewC](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DrewC)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 8:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-peak-nostalgia-thread/223908 "2026-04-04T08:34:51Z")
Endless TV show revivals, retro cereal boxes, geriatric action stars brought out of retirement… and now… Happy Meals for adults? Is nostalgia mining going too far? What does it say about a society that desperately wants … --- ## [Forumosa like forum for Canada?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/forumosa-like-forum-for-canada/249591)
**Author:** [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/forumosa-like-forum-for-canada/249591 "2026-03-25T05:36:38Z")
Pretty much as per title. Are there any good, well moderated, open and busy forums for canada? Specifically NOT Facebook, reddit type styles. A proper forum that is comfortable, varied and has a broad range of topics t… --- ## [Freedom of Speech - What it Means - Also Public Insults/Defamation/Slander/Libel](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/freedom-of-speech-what-it-means-also-public-insults-defamation-slander-libel/218946)
**Author:** [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/freedom-of-speech-what-it-means-also-public-insults-defamation-slander-libel/218946 "2026-03-22T12:15:44Z")
I’d rather not gravedig a 2004 topic. But it’s a good conversation topic. @Mithrandir I’d really like to ask you what freedom of speech means to you. There seems to be significant debate between what freedom of speech a… --- ## [A network for those who once called Taiwan home](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/a-network-for-those-who-once-called-taiwan-home/256613)
**Author:** [@antoinesjc](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/antoinesjc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/a-network-for-those-who-once-called-taiwan-home/256613 "2026-03-19T15:18:41Z")
大家好， We recently started a community for former expats in Taiwan. The goal is to stay in touch with people who once called Taiwan home. We’re planning to organize a gathering in Brussels sometime in April. The commun… --- ## [Is life in Germany better than here?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/is-life-in-germany-better-than-here/180032)
**Author:** [@owleyes](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/owleyes)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/is-life-in-germany-better-than-here/180032 "2026-03-19T13:04:51Z")
Any of you Formosans have lived in Germany long time before? Or are there Germans here? I have visited and stayed short time in Germany and there is a chance to move there now. How would you compare Germany with Taiwan?… --- ## [Courage of one's convictions](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/courage-of-ones-convictions/3770)
**Author:** [@Comrade\_Stalin](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Comrade_Stalin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/courage-of-ones-convictions/3770 "2026-03-18T21:44:45Z")
Exactly what I’ve come to expect from certain groups. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Human shield Britons leave Iraq Up to a dozen Britons who travelled to Iraq to form a human shield against military action are … --- ## [Anyone here lived in Dubai before?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/anyone-here-lived-in-dubai-before/86722)
**Author:** [@robert\_the\_bruce](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/robert_the_bruce)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/anyone-here-lived-in-dubai-before/86722 "2026-03-16T21:05:04Z")
I saw lots of work advertisements online, many foreign companies there and I am thinking about applying. I wonder if someone here know about the city and can share something. --- ## [White Refugees From South Africa](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/white-refugees-from-south-africa/248777)
**Author:** [@comfy123](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/comfy123)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/white-refugees-from-south-africa/248777 "2026-03-15T23:47:35Z")
I just finished watching this video from Serpentza who used to live in China and even came to Taiwan a few times. I know a bit about the problems with South Africa, but many South African friends are telling me “it’s no… --- ## [A tale of two Olympians - LIU vs GU](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/a-tale-of-two-olympians-liu-vs-gu/256284)
**Author:** [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/a-tale-of-two-olympians-liu-vs-gu/256284 "2026-03-14T00:04:55Z")
Ok i dont have regular tv (too cheap to pay). I used to pay a lot of attention to the olympics and try to watch when can. Now no tv coverage thats free so I have been just on the sidelines but the controversy against Gu! … --- ## [Paid (1000 NTD) Neuroscience Research Study Recruiting Participants in Taipei/Hsinchu!](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/paid-1000-ntd-neuroscience-research-study-recruiting-participants-in-taipei-hsinchu/256525)
**Author:** [@Kent](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Kent)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/paid-1000-ntd-neuroscience-research-study-recruiting-participants-in-taipei-hsinchu/256525 "2026-03-13T05:49:04Z")
:police\_car\_light: Final Recruitment Round – NT$1000 Total Compensation (NT$500 + NT$500 March Bonus) :police\_car\_light: Hi everyone! :waving\_hand: I’m sharing a paid research opportunity for international students and… --- ## [Florida Man](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/florida-man/234594)
**Author:** [@DrewC](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DrewC)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/florida-man/234594 "2026-03-08T04:12:14Z")
Post your Florida Man stories here! --- ## [Pygmies from The Mummy Returns](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pygmies-from-the-mummy-returns/88047)
**Author:** [@hansioux](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hansioux)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 6:57am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pygmies-from-the-mummy-returns/88047 "2026-03-05T06:57:15Z")
The Mummy Returns (2001) was on TV, and I watched a part of it, and the similarity between the Pygmies in the film and the Austronesian legends of the “Little Black People.” In the film these pygmies are short enough … --- ## [Jeb! Bush talking about Chiang, a Mystical Warrior](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/jeb-bush-talking-about-chiang-a-mystical-warrior/88272)
**Author:** [@hansioux](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hansioux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/jeb-bush-talking-about-chiang-a-mystical-warrior/88272 "2026-03-04T02:57:36Z")
gawker.com/jeb-and-rubio-agree-c ... 1739415732 Back in 2005, Jeb! gave Marco Rubio a sword, which he called the sword of Chiang. The video is making rounds again because of Marco and Jeb!'s rivalry in the GOP primary… --- ## [Happy Threesome Day!](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/happy-threesome-day/256384)
**Author:** [@comfy123](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/comfy123)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 9:46am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/happy-threesome-day/256384 "2026-03-03T09:46:45Z")
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