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    The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built

    Portrait of a Polluted Land

    Frightening Scenes from China's Pollution Apocalypse

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    Image of 5AMfrenchtoast 5AMfrenchtoast
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    Creepy as FUCK.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    Sure it could have held six million people...for several hours, stacked like cord wood. then the air would have given out. Hey! the air would give out first! We don't need restaurants, showers, food or water, the air will give out! It can hold 12 million people!
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    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    11/19/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo:
    Even if they packed 15 million in there, when they died they could always blame it on Western capitalism. Though, to be fair...
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    looks like a great teen drug takin party spot.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    It didn't help that Mao underestimated the destructive power of Soviet warheads (the Sovs compensated their less accurate warheads with bigger destructive yields) and the actual cost of building a city sized shelter on the then fragile Chinese economy.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    ... jeez, Dixia Cheng literally translates to "Underground City". I thought we Chinese people were supposed to have more flowery terms for these kinds of things? Like Prosperous Subterranean Utopia or something.
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    Image of burlybax burlybax
    11/18/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Maybe since its a dirty, wet, swampy, nasty, nuclear fallout shelter intended to squeeze 6 million people into it, they just said ehh fuck the silly name, just call the kettle black..
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/18/09

    @burlybax: Never underestimate the Chinese tendency to completely euphemize (made up word) something that's utterly shite. Oooh, believe me, I know this first hand.
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    Image of Shini: R.O.A.C.H. Shini: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/18/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Maybe they were feeling really utilitarian that day.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    Nothing dank or depressing here.
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    11/18/09

    @BadUncle: Nope - all you need is an attractive wall sconce, maybe some decorative potporri - would fit nicely in the pages of Better Homes and Bunkers.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/18/09

    @BadUncle: yep, and no possibility of Ghosts or weird underground dwellers, the last insane survivors of political prisoners or fringe science experiments!
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    Image of MrPliskin0 MrPliskin0
    11/18/09

    @goldfarb: So you find the Observer yet?
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/18/09

    @goldfarb: Watch out for the Albino ratboy! He's a bitch when you don't pay your neighborhood fees.
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    Image of Mav Mav
    11/07/09

    In reply to Portrait of a Polluted Land
    "See that? Its the Great Atlantic Smog Storm. It's been going twenty years. We get newsflashes when its safe to go and breathe outside."

    .< #science
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/06/09

    In reply to Portrait of a Polluted Land
    this photo contradicts the image that china wishes to project to the world. therefore you are now an international terrorist. good luck! #science
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/06/09

    In reply to Portrait of a Polluted Land
    With 1.3 billion people, if China didn't have measures to curtail population growth, they would soon evolve into a new species of humans, capable of breathing all that pollution.

    Think about it: human evolution on time scales that we can observe. Take that, creationists! #science
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/06/09


    @Roklimber: The product of his own mad science gone awry, this hideous "glow-in-dark" villain loves radioactivity. Able to control his body's radiation, the Duke uses it to intimidate his enemies into submission. Other characters must wear protective suits if they are going to spend a lot of time around him.
    The Duke consumes radiation to make himself more powerful and must "recharge" himself periodically by exposing his body to massive doses of radiation. His long-term plan is to turn the world into a radioactive wasteland where he and his kind will thrive. Until then, he bides his time, hoping to set off a chain reaction here and there - maybe even a nuclear war.
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    Image of Janglesatwest Janglesatwest
    11/06/09

    @Roklimber: So China would have a version of the Dominion Tank Police? Cool. #science
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    Image of DraconisXC DraconisXC
    11/06/09

    In reply to Portrait of a Polluted Land
    If you look closely, you can see a battalion of Baatezu near the Yellow Sea.

    [en.wikipedia.org] #science
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    Image of hamshank hamshank
    10/26/09

    In reply to Frightening Scenes from China's Pollution Apocalypse
    hold on ... am I the only one to see the set of clothes in #8? Like, lying flat on the dried mud bed? #pollutioninchina
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    Image of strideo strideo
    10/26/09

    @hamshank: I noticed it. It gives the impression that someone just melted away there. :P #pollutioninchina
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    10/25/09

    In reply to Frightening Scenes from China's Pollution Apocalypse
    Environmental refugees are predicted to be the largest group of refugees in a couple of years.
    The question is how many of them will flee their land just to die somewhere else from the damage caused by the pollution? #pollutioninchina
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    Image of ♠ Final ♠ ♠ Final ♠
    10/25/09

    In reply to Frightening Scenes from China's Pollution Apocalypse
    As tired as I am of hearing Green, this Green that, every other minute it serves a point. Even if you don't ascribe to anthropogenic global warming, we could be living in that mess if a few years if a few greedy multinational conglomerates get there way. #pollutioninchina
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    Image of Hachiken Hachiken
    10/24/09

    In reply to Frightening Scenes from China's Pollution Apocalypse
    So, while they may be limited to having only one child, if they're lucky it will have two heads.

    Nice. #pollutioninchina
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/24/09

    In reply to Frightening Scenes from China's Pollution Apocalypse
    Am I safe in assuming that either Lu Guang is a pen name or that he's currently incarcerated and Tazed hourly for revealing "State Secrets"? #pollutioninchina
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