Fun to read, but nothing really new.
Chinese version.
Fun to read, but nothing really new.
Chinese version.
I think Australians and New Zealanders both will be surprised to learn the Maori are indigenous to Australia!
In the United States, there are Indians; In Australia, the Maoris; In Yunnan China, the Miao, and there are many other native communities in other places in the world, whose culture has its value but might not necessarily be considered an iconic feature that can represent the country.
Interestingly, that sentence about Maoris doesnât appear in the Chinese version of the article.
Most of these features are iconic bad. Pretty pathetic tbh.
its cool that some taiwanese are as critical as the writer. most follow the cha bu duo outlook and donât have a problem with any of the things in the list. the iron bars thing is just a negative straight up, and should be done away with as quickly as possible. same for tie pi wu. and those adverts that cover half of building fronts. scooters can go in the bin too, at least if i had my say.
some of the things like night markets sure are dirty and chaotic but its part of the fun. would a sanitised night market be as fun? iâm not sure about that.
not really sure about the tea either. people donât drink tea in tea cafes like they drink coffee? doesnât mean there is not, and hasnât been a tea drinking culture here though.
Thatâs a shocker. I left him a note on behalf of my Maori cousins.
Who cares about the iron bars? They are such a non-issue.
if they are such a non issue why are they not banned yet?
ontop of being ugly as shit, they are a safety hazard. you canât escape your building if you need to. iâd say that was a fairly big issue.
What people need is a fire alarm.
What people need is to not live in firetraps.
Donât get the writer. He says that itâs not coherent to say that X is something iconic in Taiwan and at the same time donât like X or not use it (or whatever applies to each case).
People like him are the ones who ask you âfrom Spain? do you fight bulls?â. Fucktard.
These idiots should stop writing.
Also the idiot asks people (supposedly, maybe he didnât go out and asked anybody) what cultural feature is iconic in Taiwan and then when people say something definitively iconic he objects that that feature is not distinctive. But he never asked what cultural features made Taiwan different.
I find hard to believe that an English native speaker who supposedly makes a living writing articles came up with this trash.
âGive me one example of an iconic cultural feature of Taiwan.â
âEndless neurotic hand-wringing about Taiwanâs supposed cultural failings.â
âWhat failings are particularly a problem to you?â
âI donât know, why donât you tell me dumbassâ
i was assuming it was written as a taiwanese person as a kind of critical look at the cultural features of taiwan? if so i think it does its job. if not i have a bit of a different impression of it.
Until your whole family dies.
Other than that, itâs a non-issue.
http://taiwanenglishnews.com/family-of-four-incinerated-in-own-home-fire-department-cautions/
No⌠I mean, maybe you are right but he still does what I say: he asks people what they think that is a typical/iconic cultural feature in Taiwan. People points out things that are very Taiwanese in way or another, things that catch your attention. Then he objects that the person who gave that answer doesnât personally like that feature and/or that that feature is not unique to Taiwan.
To me this article is half pointless half common places, and entirely unnecessary and somehow annoying.
The writer seems to be only interested in things that can be mainstreamed and monetized. Often that means cuisine/foodstuffs and pop culture/fashion.
Boba and Gua Bao has crossed over somewhat. Taiwan style fried chicken should if it hasnât already.
Pop culture is more difficult⌠maybe the Pili Puppet shows have potential to be imported.
Iâd like to see blue sandals go global.
So true. Why arenât they illegal?
So true. They are pointless. Are people really that afraid of some robbers who are willing to climb up to rob you vs dying in a fire trap.