The Off Topic Topic

[Eddie Teach]

Look at those arms!

[Habbaku]

 

[crazy canuck]

That is a great picture

[alfred russel]

It is great that young black girls can see such pictures. You can see her thinking, "if I also marry a man who is going to the top, and do lots of bicep and tricep workouts, I too may have a giant picture on the wall!"

[DGuller]

Wait, that's Michelle Obama? 

[Josquius]

If they build it, they will come, ultimate version.
Pretty bizarre pictures of this metro station in China:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/chongqing-china-metro-station-nowhere/index.html

[celedhring]

If they build it, they will come, ultimate version.
Pretty bizarre pictures of this metro station in China:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/chongqing-china-metro-station-nowhere/index.html

Blatant corruption I guess. This kind of bridge to nowhere thing was sadly common in Spain's boom years too.

[celedhring]

My favorite China bizarreness of the past weeks:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-funeral-strippers-crack-down-rural-attract-mourners-death-a8220866.html

China vows to crack down on funeral strippers
Some hire them to boost numbers as high attendance seen as a way of honouring the deceased

China has launched a fresh crackdown on funeral strippers.

The Ministry of Culture said it would target "obscene, pornographic and vulgar performances" at funerals and weddings.

It followed reports in the state run Global Times newspaper about roaring crowds, applauding and cursing as women performed at funerals.

The tabloid claimed that they sauntered into the crowd and rubbed mens crotches, while occasionally reminding them not to take pictures.   

The culture ministry set up hotlines to offer monetary rewards for those who report "funeral misdeeds" in 19 cities in Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Hebei provinces.

Some rural communities in China believe hiring performers can increase attendance at funerals, with high attendance seen as a way of honouring the deceased.

In a bid to show off their disposable income and boost numbers, some households pay out more than their annual incomes for strippers, but also actors, singers and comedians, the Global Times reported.

Beijing first banned funeral strippers in 2015, after two cases where exotic dancers staged "obscene performances."

At the funeral in Hebei province, two strippers "wearing revealing clothes danced on a stage at a public square in our village at night," an eyewitness said at the time.

Authorities also arrested six exotic dancers at the funeral of an elderly resident in Handan.

Five people were detained in Jiangsu in 2006 for "obscene performances" following striptease acts at a farmer's funeral, where 200 people were said to have attended.

One expert quoted in the Global Times report partly attributed the practice to fertility worship.

"In some local cultures, dancing with erotic elements can be used to convey the deceased's wishes of being blessed with many children," Huang Jianxing, a university professor, said.

"I don't take the performances as 'trash of traditional rural culture.' It has an inheritance of local civilization," he added.

"Rather than simply decrying them, it is more important for the authorities to provide the rural people with finer cultural products."

[Tonitrus]

If they build it, they will come, ultimate version.
Pretty bizarre pictures of this metro station in China:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/chongqing-china-metro-station-nowhere/index.html

Blatant corruption I guess. This kind of bridge to nowhere thing was sadly common in Spain's boom years too.

We should import some cheap Chinese rail/rail stations over to here...like we do everything else.

[mongers]

Nuclear, Coal and Gas currently doing the heavy lifting for our electricity generation here, 71.5%.

Plus our French and Dutch friends are each chipping in a few percent.

Wind is on 14.5%, hydro 1.25%, biomass 3%(essentially on very expensive power station burning imported N.A wood)

And I think pretty much all of the pump storage is being used for an additional 3%

[Eddie Teach]

Isn't there an energy thread for that?

[mongers]

Isn't there an energy thread for that?

Couldn't remember what it was called, so stuck it here till some kind soul,like yourself pointed me in the right direction. 

[Eddie Teach]

Green energy revolution MEGATHREAD. Surprised it's been over a month, but still on page 2. 

[mongers]

Green energy revolution MEGATHREAD. Surprised it's been over a month, but still on page 2. 

L.I.D.

[Eddie Teach]

N.F.E.