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Forums > Living in Kunming > Interesting article on an internet problem

This is about Websites comments sections being like radioactive waste. We have seen this on forum section here too.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk/[...]

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"...Prof John Suler outlined a theory of disinhibition for online interactions ... He highlights dissociative anonymity – i.e., it is relatively tricky for others to know who you are online, which allows you to feel your comments are unconnected to your real-world identity. While the unmasking and prosecution of particularly aggressive commenters has become more common, this is still the biggest source of security for ultra-negative commenters.
The paper also suggests there are elements of fantasy to the average hardcore commenter's approach... "It's All In My Head" and "It's Just A Game". Suler says: "People may feel that the imaginary characters they 'created' exist in a different space, that one's online persona along with the online others live in a make-believe dimension ... separate and apart from the demands and responsibilities of the real world.

That view is supported by [others]...some individuals see their online lives as a game where the norms of every day life do not apply. That seems clear in the case of the most mischievous and aggressive commenters who, when unmasked, are often revealed as rather mild-mannered...

Comments, at least on popular websites, aren't conversations. They're cacophonous shouting matches."... the idea that websites are obliged to host those comments and spend huge amounts of resources weeding out the barmy and the bigoted is wrong. Ask yourself: how often have you genuinely learned something valuable from a comment section? If we can't have a decent debate, is that debate worth having to begin with?"

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Chinese Medicine for Plantar Wart????

I am not being funny here, but if you go to the pharmacy and place your bare foot on the counter they will sort something out. They may laugh momentarily, but most pharmacists are like a doctor here.

I don't know the names and am not in China now, but the gave me two items that seemed to work for my hand wart when both used.

A tiny plastic bottle of something that smelled like acetone as a prep.
A spicy smelling red/pink cream to apply and rub in.

These worked together where the red cream on its own had failed.

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PR 101. Apologize, then find out what happened. It is hard to apportion/accept blame if it is too early to have the facts. If you don't know what happened don't speculate, because if you are wrong it will only come back to bite you. But it is never to early to apologize.

If you don't know what has happened an apology is not an admission of guilt.
From the looks of things OSI have taken action, and are fully cooperating with the authorities to make sure this does not happen again.

As for McD and KFC, they are paying the price for the actions of an unscrupulous supplier. It is unlikely that McD Corp or Yum Brands are in any way culpable. They do not appear to be the villain in this case.
Responsibility ultimately rests with OSI, for poor supervision. There is also the Chinese practice of 'open inspections' (the government inspectors tell you when they are going to visit), and the problem of a legal system where the penalties are not hard enough to be a real deterrent.

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Trying to defend or explain it away would be worse PR, as it would look like the old shift the blame game. A favourite tactic in face cultures.

In fairness to OSI, on Sunday they started recalling ALL meat products and withdrawing them from this market.

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This has moved.
The cut flowers are about 700m east on Duonan Jie. The plants and trees are about 700 m west and follow Duocai Section.

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A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.

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Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.

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In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.

They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.

They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.