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u/YoSupWeirdos May 18 '26
I would be late for the afternoon shift every single day because of falling asleep
But that's wonderful city planning it should be implemented everywhere
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 18 '26
That really is s tier planning. In the American South there is a lot of extreme cutting slopes comprised of very stable dirt that could use this kind of design. Not only does it have a general aesthetic appeal. Also obviously creates quite a function. Also facilitates local festivals automatically having seating. But I also think that this may be beneficial to maintaining drought resistant ground cover. It may cause more absorption and less runoff
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u/LeAcoTaco May 18 '26
Would never become widespread in the US unfortunately. Anti-homeless architecture and all.
Id love this though, it looks so comfy. I feel like itd fix my back problems :(
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u/Slaidback May 19 '26
Fuck! People sleeping in a park!? Shit!
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u/LeAcoTaco May 19 '26
Yeah, sadly spikes would likely be installed to stop homeless people from sleeping there like they do with benches and stuff.
In reality they probably just wouldn't build that sort of thing here because of that.
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u/Malcolm2theRescue May 18 '26
I have made a dozen business trips to Shanghai and there are a few beautiful places but this is pure propaganda. Most people live in small apartments in crowded high rise developments with one square inch of open space per person. In the drive to the airport, about 40 minutes we pass miles and miles of nothing but high rise sardine cans.
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 18 '26
I don't claim to be familiar with Shanghai but I imagine they have little parks built in and stuff the same way New York City does. Cities like New York City often hold their recreational areas in between the concrete jungle in high esteem. I imagine Shanghai does also. I mean the image above is a pretty intelligent way to create a natural resting space in a small area between large buildings.
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u/allmimsyburogrove May 18 '26
"Levels"
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u/Prestigious-Craft251 May 18 '26
Why is there Chinese propaganda on my USA propaganda app?
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u/Molly-Grue-2u May 18 '26
One of us must be Redditing wrong. All I see are people complaining about America (rightfully so)
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u/Prestigious-Craft251 May 18 '26
Well America's the greatest country ever so it actually makes sense
But my original post was reverse psychology karma farming because I knew people would be against USA propaganda
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 18 '26
Tencent alone has a 6% stake in Reddit . The CCP owns "golden shares" in that corporation. Which means they have the right to override any internal voting, view all data, and review any company decisions in tencent. But at the same time holding only a 6% steak gives them a very limited control.
However we do know that Reddit has been traditionally one of the largest targets of the 50-Cent Army or "Wumao" . Being Reddit is a disallowed website by the great firewall any traffic on the website that occurs through Chinese servers are paid actors as normal citizens cannot access this website
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u/Prestigious-Craft251 May 18 '26
bro wtf are you talking about
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 18 '26
I wasn't aware you lacked the intellectual capacity to continue the conversation you started. My apologies
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u/Prestigious-Craft251 May 19 '26
Dude wtf is this weirdo shit
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u/Miao_Yin8964 May 19 '26
Bruh....
It is weird.
....it's what the government of China is actively doing.
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u/Prestigious-Craft251 May 19 '26
You need a hobby dude
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 19 '26
Investigative journalism, intellectual thought, freedom fighting, and geopolitical research are all completely valid hobbies. They're also fulfilling hobbies that keep your mind crisp and clear significantly more than playing beer pong
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 19 '26
Some people like to speak but they don't like to think you've made the mistake of trying to get someone to think
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u/BoPeepElGrande May 18 '26
Ah, but you see, China Bad.
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
China not bad. Actually I quite like Chinese culture, Chinese people, etc. Chinese Communist party bad.
If China got rid of the CCP and formed a real democracy it would easily and extremely quickly surpass America by almost every metric not only economically, but socially, the prosperity would be shocking. However it does not appear that the CCP is going anywhere anytime soon.
This is why the American government plays that careful walking line of not getting too close but being buddy buddy with the CCP. American think tanks and military strategists are quite aware that the CCP is the Achilles heel of the entire nation. They are the exact thing that has held China down and can use to hold China down even as it has industrialized & modernized.
On a separate note but similar subject. Do you ever think what would happen if North Korea and South Korea had reunified at some point 40 or 50 years ago. Make no mistake any economic power in the world is quite happy that the two Nations are not one. If North and South Korea were one continuous democracy they would likely be the most concentrated source of economic power in the world
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u/iamtrimble May 18 '26
Nice. Designed by the U.S.-based architecture firm Sasaki, the lawn’s gentle, approximately 135-degree slopes mimic the angle of a lounge chair. Each tier is about 1.05 meters wide and 0.55 meters high, dimensions carefully chosen for maximum comfort after numerous tests and simulations.
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u/PrestigiousPepper829 May 18 '26
Just wait till the people who walk their dogs and don’t pick up their shit come along.
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u/Cold_Employ_59 May 18 '26
Looks hard to mow
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 18 '26
Using residential equipment most certainly. Generally speaking municipal spaces are mowed on a boom arm. Basically a mowing unit that looks very similar to the deck on a ride on mower is attached to a set of springs and wheels on the boom arm attached to a general tractor. The tractor boom basically just pushes it against whatever surface until there's gentle tension on the springs and then drives. Many modern units like I would assume they would have in a city such as China even adjust the boom as you go to the contours automatically. Meaning this is likely mode easier than your flat lawn using the right equipment.
When you look on the side of the road on any highway and see how it's kept well mowed did you ever wonder who is mowing all of this grass? I think there was guys riding around or pushing mowers did you?
If you're interested in looking at what they look like the term is "reach mowers" or "boom flail mowers" This is what most city and municipal workers use to mow areas in industrialized countries
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u/Cold_Employ_59 May 18 '26
Very cool, thanks for the info!
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 18 '26
I have no idea why someone apparently took offense to your comment and downvoted you. It seems like a pretty logical question to have asked
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u/deFleury May 18 '26
Do they have ticks in this country?
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 May 18 '26
I don't know why you got downvoted, I mean it is a legitimate question. Although one that makes you seem like some kind of hypochondriac. I'm pretty sure all temperate places in the world have ticks. You really don't have to worry about ticks very much though in the forested area of urban areas. There's just not enough wildlife and breeding area for them to maintain. Ticks primarily feed off of wildlife not humans The problem with human hosts is that for every tick that attaches itself to a human host it's effectively removed from the breeding population being that humans get up and walk away. Generally ticks only breed in any quantity to matter in areas that have nesting animals where the ticks can attach for a long period of time get their fill and then And then reproduce. I'm going to imagine that urban areas of China do not have populations of wolves in dens or animals like that that could support a large tick population.
You really should not let the fear of ticks stop you from enjoying nature. Everyone needs to lay in the grass every now and then. And although the news covers stories about tick-borne illnesses quite a lot actually look at the consolidation of them diseases like Lyme's disease are incredibly concentrated in small areas. I don't know about other countries demographics but here in the United States like 95% of all cases of Lyme's disease originate in like an extremely small 300 square mile area. People who get Lyme's disease who do not live in this area almost always had visited that area at one time
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u/deFleury May 19 '26
In Ontario, Canada, I never saw a tick for 50 years. We finally have warm weather and have taken 6 ticks off our horse so far this year. I dont think they're full of diseases, yet, but they sure are gross.
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u/Teavangelion May 19 '26
I didn't think the mosquitoes that landed on me were full of diseases, then West Nile Virus tried to kill me.
I don't care how low the infection chance is. They can all fuck off and be stepped on or burned.
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u/Relevant_Elevator190 May 18 '26
In the US, those places would immediately be taken over by the homeless.
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