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Have you ever wondered what 1980s Taiwanese Pop sounds like? The first video has nice 80s effects, the second is a moving outpour of emotional flailings, and the third is impossible to describe, like water, or birds.
Now you know the answer.
P.S. One of the compliments I got most often when I was a child was that I look like the guy in the first video, so you can imagine how cool I was.
After Taiwan’s loss to China in Olympic baseball, which is almost as bad as having bunch of missiles pointed at your home ready to be fired, here are some choice quotes from news reports.
On the one hand, Taiwanese people:
“It’s just like in history. Last night we lost to (former coloniser) Japan, and today we lost to the Communist bandits. This is totally outside expectations.”
“They should all go jump in the sea. This is the end for the Taiwan team.”
“It is a day for national mourning. A shame to lose the game and a double shame to lose the game to China. It’s time to disband our baseball league.”
On the other hand, China’s American pitching coach:
“This is Ohio State-Michigan. To win it in the way we won it, it was unbelievable.”
Inspired by parkour and a guy who was walking and juggling at the same time, I present to you And1Walking. It’s pretty self-explanatory, actually. Just watch this and enact it on the streets:
