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    Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    If anyone I went to school with is at Planck now, they probably did do this on purpose. ;)
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    Image of ciscokidinsf ciscokidinsf
    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    You guys are missing the point. They did it ON PURPOSE. So that the German readers of Max Planck who can read chinese got the invite to do some whoring in China. Me? I get my kicks from the Nikola Tesla Science Digest, the centerfold of Miss December is just awesome. Ummm, I'll be in my bunk. kthxbai.
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    12/11/08

    @ciscokidinsf: And stay there with your smut and your filth! *psst pass some along to me*
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    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    All your calligraphy are belong to us.
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    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    "My hovercraft is full of eels."


    "Take off your panties Sir William, I cannot wait until lunch time."


    Translation at it's best.

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    12/11/08

    @Hamslicer: I guess it had to be said.
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    12/11/08

    @Hamslicer: "MY NIPPLES EXPLODE WITH DELIGHT"
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    Image of Plague Plague
    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    Did it mention Norks anywhere in it?
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/11/08

    @Plague:

    Sadly no.


    For just 10 cents a day, you could be bringing the miracle of Norks to countless German scientists. Can you, in good conscience, deny them this gift?

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    12/11/08

    @Plague: NORKS! AHAHAHAHA


    Sorry, I'm really hoping that this was an inter-post comment and I didn't just, you know, giggle at another word for bewbs again.

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    12/11/08

    @Belabras: You gotta be holding a doe-eyed German scientist in your arms while you're saying that, or else you're just a screechy white lady with pancake makeup begging for cash.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    I'm just glad it wasn't an ad for 'natural male enhancement'.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    12/11/08

    @Belabras: yea.... I get emails about enlarging my penis (I don't have one) with vague Asian script sprinkled amongst seemingly nihilistic strings of random word association in my spam all the time.


    I read them to pass the time.

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    12/11/08

    @BeccaThePromoMami: Whatever you do for a living, can I join in? I want to see how the Chinese language is butchered in the name of dickpills.
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    12/13/08

    @crashedpc: ha! i'm a sometimes college student and I do PR for local recording artists & clothing lines...


    meaning - I have plenty of time to read penis enlargement emails.

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    Image of Aethelred Aethelred
    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    Never ever get a tattoo in a language you do not understand. Never print text you don't read. Never ever ever get your cover art from the Chinese guy's cubical wall without asking first.
    Just some rules to live by.
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    12/11/08

    @Aethelred: www.hanzismatter.com


    I feel a little violated everytime I see a tattoo of a butchered Chinese word. I took 10 years of calligraphy lessons, damnit!

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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    12/11/08

    @Aethelred:

    You know that most Chinese character tattos say,


    "White crazy western whore"

    "Limit two riders"

    or

    "I have small penis and no brain."

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    12/11/08

    @crashedpc: That and nonsense kanji words as tattoos are a constant source of amusement/pain.


    To combat this I've considered getting my surname done one the back of my neck--Hsiang (Hong in Cantonese or Xiang if you're a filthy Commie).

    Literal translation: neck, more specifically the nape.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12/11/08

    @ManchuCandidate: there's no need to qualify with 'most.' that's exactly what all of them say reguardless of what the literal translations are.
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    12/11/08

    @Grey_Area: So you'd introduce yourself as "Hi, I'm Grey_Area Nape-of-the-Neck"?


    Here I thought British names like Chomondeley were silly.

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    12/11/08

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: I actually have a real first name but I never liked it. Both of my friends call me Mr. Hsiang.
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    12/11/08

    @Grey_Area: Hsiang as in "Fragrant"? heehee!
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    12/11/08

    @crashedpc: No, "neck", Hsiang with the descending tone. My grandfather's birth name was literally "Flat Fragrance" though. He changed that as soon as he could.

    Then decades later he names me Chien-hung which comes out as something like "Origin of a Swan". He claimed it has some cool classic literary meaning but I keep thinking, "what like The Ugly Duckling?"


    Could be worse, A friend of mine had a cousin from Hong Kong who got "Vagina" as her English name.

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    12/11/08

    @Grey_Area: Whoa. I've worked at a Taiwanese company in the past, and some people have amusing English names... Apple, Sailer, Lazer, Asworld (we called him Assworld, naturally), Happy, etc. Then again, my parents gave me my Chinese name to match my English name. Or vice versa. They change stories everytime I ask.
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    12/11/08

    @crashedpc: We are an inscrutable people. Well, I'm Hapa, so only semiscrutable.
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    12/11/08

    @Grey_Area: The next time I crack a swan's egg on the back of someone's neck, I'll think of you.


    Have you considered changing your name to something slightly more Anglo?


    I'm loving the friend's cousin being Vagina from Fragrant Harbor... ties back in to the post!

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    Image of Moff Moff
    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    Well, everyone loves jade-like girls.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/11/08

    @Moff: We paid Moff to do that internal link, people. It's just part of his job.
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    12/11/08

    @Annalee Newitz: Frankly, it's turning out to be not as glamorous as I had hoped.
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    12/11/08

    @Annalee Newitz: that's completely absurd.
    moff would have to do actual work to have a 'job.'
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    12/11/08

    @Moff: Demand more glowing rocks, less string.
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    12/11/08

    @Moff: Oh, oh, do you do toilets too? I need mine cleaned and I'd rather not sully my hands on such a menial task.
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    12/11/08

    @Moff: She lied? She lied to you? You want her terminated immediately?
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    12/11/08

    In reply to Science Journal Accidentally Prints Chinese Smut On Cover
    I'm not sure if my parents would be pleased or disappointed that I wasn't able to read most of that.
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