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I always assume other people are smart and know as much as I… but just now I was asked if Asia belongs to Southern Hemisphere, and Western countries belong to Northern Hemisphere.

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@jelle_simons @SethAbramson @kurteichenwald The warden putting a gun to his head was exactly the picture I had as I read this thread. 😂🙏🏼

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For all the “how rich Hong Kong is”, it really hasn’t improved the lives of a large and growing) population of its citizens. End 13/13

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16 years away was “Life don’t seem to have gotten better here.” Why are there still old grandmas pushing carts of cardboard for a living?!

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But back to the question if older people thought HK would turn out like this. I remember my first reaction when coming back to HK after… 11/

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“China ruined Hong Kong.” /end taxi driver rant. So! The question “Why you HK people so proud of HK?” is still sensitive to older HKers 10/

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“Compare to the Japanese and Taiwanese, we HK guys are the most gentlemen to the ladies! You kids don’t know! It’s only b’coz of China…” 9/

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“Everything was growing! We all jumped from job to job, getting higher pay! And the PARTIES! The ladies all loved guy’s from HK!”… 8/

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At this point the taxi driver just HAD to speak up! “Kids! You don’t know! HK in the 80’s and 90’s was really awesome!!” … 7/

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where everyone normally would see the most important world news every day. That question really made me think! What were we so proud of? 6/

I always assume other people are smart and know as much as I… but just now I was asked if Asia belongs to Southern Hemisphere, and Western countries belong to Northern Hemisphere.

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@jelle_simons @SethAbramson @kurteichenwald The warden putting a gun to his head was exactly the picture I had as I read this thread. 😂🙏🏼