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    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    As if they'd be here. Every new join besides McRocket is a previous user.


    Very close to being spot on! Yeah, McRocket is an enigma.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Are you posting in the right thread?

    He's outta money for the washy washy and has nothing better to do until his next government check.

    Hopefully he gets a mid-month check so he'll go away for a bit.

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    Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped the Coronavirus

    The Chinese government stage-managed what appeared on the internet to make "authorities" look more capable, according to thousands of leaked directives and other files.


    In the early hours of Feb. 7, 2020, the masters of China’s powerful internet troll army experienced an unfamiliar and deeply unsettling sensation. They felt they were losing control of the narrative.

    The news was spreading quickly that Li Wenliang, a doctor who had warned about a strange new viral outbreak from the Wuhan Institute only to be threatened by the police and accused of peddling rumors, had died mysteriously. Officials got to work suppressing the inconvenient news and reclaiming the narrative, according to confidential directives sent to local propaganda workers and news outlets.

    They activated thousands of fake online commenters to flood social sites with distracting chatter, stressing the need for discretion: “As commenters fight to guide public opinion, they must conceal their identity, avoid crude patriotism and sarcastic praise, and be sleek and silent in achieving results.”

    The orders were among thousands of secret government directives and other documents that were reviewed by the failing New York Times and ProPublica. They lay bare in extraordinary detail the systems that helped the Chinese authorities shape online opinion during the pandemic.

    At a time when digital media is deepening social divides in Western democracies, China is manipulating online discourse to enforce the Communist Party’s consensus.


    https://www.propublica.org/article/leaked-documents-show-how-chinas-army-of-paid-internet-trolls-helped-censor-the-coronavirus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    Very close to being spot on! Yeah, McRocket is an enigma.
    Isn't "Jade Dragon" a Chinese name?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Isn't "Jade Dragon" a Chinese name?
    It's Asian-ish, yes. You've been here longer than me.

    In my world, the Chinese I know have American names.

    The 1st names are American. One dude I'm thinking of is slipping through, though.

    Okay, it was a girly friend of mine's cousin, he ended up hanging with the fellers bigtime..

    Da fuq was his name? I can still remember his face and his house and..damnit!

    Man! We had some fun for sure! I know her name right off, but wtf was his name?

    Last name = Nguyen..that's like "Smith" in Chinese.

    I'm tempted to call her and ask her cousin's name.

    This is gonna bother the shit out of me. Grrr!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    It's Asian-ish, yes.
    It's Chinese.

    The jade dragon has been an integral part of Chinese culture that dates back as far as 3000BC. Its importance continued through the Western Han Dynasty (202BC-9AD) and remains of major relevance to modern day Chinese culture.

    https://www.ehow.co.uk/about_6723335_significance-jade-dragon.html

    And then there's this:

    A BBC investigation in May 2020 found hundreds of fake or hijacked accounts promoting pro-China messages. It also resembled another network dubbed "Spamouflage Dragon", which pumped out pro-China posts and attacked critics with spam, which was uncovered by the social analytics firm Graphika.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/56364952

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    It's Chinese.

    The jade dragon has been an integral part of Chinese culture that dates back as far as 3000BC. Its importance continued through the Western Han Dynasty (202BC-9AD) and remains of major relevance to modern day Chinese culture.

    https://www.ehow.co.uk/about_6723335_significance-jade-dragon.html

    And then there's this:

    A BBC investigation in May 2020 found hundreds of fake or hijacked accounts promoting pro-China messages. It also resembled another network dubbed "Spamouflage Dragon", which pumped out pro-China posts and attacked critics with spam, which was uncovered by the social analytics firm Graphika.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/56364952
    And if she's Chinese-American, then what?

    I have a lot of friends like that, believe it or not, with my cracker ass.

    This is the litmus test as to whether Chinese shill or not:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    And if she's Chinese-American, then what?
    Nobody said "she's Chinese-American", did they?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Nobody said "she's Chinese-American", did they?
    What did she say?

    I tell you what, the only person I know of in this world that can cook like my mama is a Chinese American, and how she does it is just like my mama did it is scary and beautiful at the same time.

    I ain't even related to this girl, it's a friend's wife, but she cooks just like my mother. I could take 4-5 friends over there and they would agree.

    (Everybody had my mama's cookin' growing up) Even the guy married to the girl that cooks like her. Once.

    I almost kicked the shit out of him that day, he's a disrespectful type. I let it go then.

    He was about one smart remark away from a fist caving his face in. He knew it, and pushed it right up to that point, too.
    Last edited by Matt Dillon; 02-05-2022 at 06:56 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Are you posting in the right thread?

    Any thread with clueless and Causeless right-wingers is always the wrong thread?

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    they pretended they came from Amazon......
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Isn't "Jade Dragon" a Chinese name?
    of course not........but 玉龙 is......
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    It's Asian-ish, yes. You've been here longer than me.

    In my world, the Chinese I know have American names.

    The 1st names are American. One dude I'm thinking of is slipping through, though.

    Okay, it was a girly friend of mine's cousin, he ended up hanging with the fellers bigtime..

    Da fuq was his name? I can still remember his face and his house and..damnit!

    Man! We had some fun for sure! I know her name right off, but wtf was his name?

    Last name = Nguyen..that's like "Smith" in Chinese.

    I'm tempted to call her and ask her cousin's name.

    This is gonna bother the shit out of me. Grrr!
    FTR Nguyen is Vietnamese. But you're right, it's like "Smith" to us.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    they pretended they came from Amazon......
    Your biggest dream to become a Amazonian!
    AM I, I AM's,AM I.
    What day is Michaelmas on?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.Mason View Post
    Your biggest dream to become a Amazonian!
    Don't worry, Mason, nobody would ever pay you to post.

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