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Xi is tractorpilled (hexbear.net)
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[-] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 77 points 6 months ago

I feel like Xi's English is better than people think. I think he uses a translator mostly because he can express himself better in Mandarin.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 32 points 5 months ago

His English is probably enough to get by day-to-day but nowhere near enough to conduct affairs of state in an official capacity.

[-] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's how they say it in the EU parliament. Even if you can talk in English you should just talk in your native language and get interpreted by supposedly best of the best interpreters

[-] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

His English is way better than you'd think. In fact I think when he attended that embarrassing meeting with the U.S. a few years ago he had to interrupt the translator once or twice to correct them while they were trying to relay his statements in English. I wish I could remember the exact meeting.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 67 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Fun fact: Muscatine, Iowa is apparently now a popular destination for Chinese tourists because they wanna see the spot where Xi rode a tractor in 2012

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 44 points 6 months ago

Didn't he lived there as a young student for some years/months?

[-] Des@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago

yep and the family he stayed with still adores him and he has visited them recently

[-] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, the couple on the left are the Dvorchacks who hosted Xi in the Star Trek bedroom which is now forever part of his lore. The lady in red next to him is the one who organized the whole thing. This was from his 2012 visit and they had another reunion during his SF visit last year but it was wisely closed to the press.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 66 points 6 months ago

Tractors transcend language. In Three Body Problem they should have bonded with the Trisolarans over tractors and we'd have had galactic peace

[-] CoolYori@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago

If you make it to the 3rd book that almost comes close to what you are wanting. At least I think so.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

Spoiling the entire series for myself is what got me interested but I know the tractorpill is just a ruse

[-] somename@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

Big machines are just fun! And even more fun when they’re pilotable!

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago

Get into the EVA, Xi shinji-screm

[-] khizuo@hexbear.net 56 points 6 months ago

Socialism is when tractors, and the more tractors you have the more socialist you are.

[-] jack@hexbear.net 32 points 6 months ago

Turns out my hyper reactionary grandpa is actually Lenin reborn based on his home decor

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 49 points 6 months ago

just checking out the competition, China is the #1 tractor supplier to the world

and they don't charge John Deere prices either

[-] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 28 points 5 months ago

John deer actively fight against right to repair laws on their equipment fuck a John deer. The fact that chuds were able to spin that as woke is fucking insane.

[-] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Chuds can spin anything as woke. They have no contact with reality anymore, so they can freely make shit up.

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 31 points 6 months ago

evil chinese dicktator climbs onto a tractor heedless of hurried denials of trained workers xibe-check

[-] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 29 points 5 months ago

Xi really is a guy being a dude

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

Xi confirmed based and Tonka-pilled

[-] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 months ago

welcome to the club.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 20 points 5 months ago

It’s joever

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago

If the Communist Party of the Soviet Union still ruled, we would've gotten Tractor and Tankies as a variant of the typical hammer and sickle.... sicko-wistful

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Crank your tractor!

[-] booty@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago
[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

He's just like me.

this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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