Does anyone know of any events ON Halloween?

>>2728039
There's one at NYCU, idk about any other events

>>2727938
There is literally 0 reasons why I should ever move outside of taipei.

>>2728039
you should be out there lurking on facebook club/bar pages bro. Follow a few resident djs from a few clubs (especially foreigner ones) and you'll be set.

>>2727943
because you're trying to look like a regular type dude. take a few tinder pics where you're overdressed. Try to look like Lucifer from that faggot show.

I want everyone reading this to know how jealous I am of your comfy lives on your comfy fucking island, I spent so many good times in that comfy city I’d give up my eyeballs to be able to live there eating $1.20 noodles every day going to art galleries and hiking on the weekends, Jesus Christ i couldn’t engineer a comfier country.

>>2728034
why do you constantly choose shitty locations for meetups ? It honestly just sounds like you're selfishly choosing a place because you're an exchange student at NTNU looking to make some friends without even trying.

Gongguan riverside plaza is a far better location, great view, treasure hill is 5 mins away, we're 5 minutes away from the biggest 7/11 in taiwan so we can pack a couple beers and chill in front of the river. If it's rainy, the plaza is right beneath Fuhe bridge, so you get to be outdoors even with a shitty weather

Even the tards from the other thread that suggested paying 100$ to meet up at a festival are at least getting some fun out of it. If i'm meeting 4channers i'd at least like it to be fun, not some generic reddit-tier meetup with awkward tards at the least interesting place ever, terrified of being judged or would later make fun of people rather than enjoying an interesting moment.

Alternatively, Maji square is also nice. Good park, good food, free to sit wherever you want, and if you don't want to eat or drink you can just enjoy the vibe, with the same weather protection should things get wet.

>t. the guy with the blueetooth boombox smoking weed at greenriver park

>>2728084
just don't come anon it's not that big of a deal

>>2728084
Okay, anon I got the next spot. We meet up at 雪山, deal?
but yeah I'd be down for going to the festival area, I don't mind wasting 100$. Do people wanna go to the festival both days?

Is China invading the country a real threat or is it a meme? I was under the impression the US would be backing Taiwan in an invasion event

How would you spend two weeks in the country assuming you've never been before?

>>2728128
Normies didn't even know this island existed until mutt propaganda went into overdrive. China isn't going to do shit. It's been 70 years since they tried.

>>2728092
>>2728103
nah fuck you negroes i ain't comin

>>2728142
Why do incels always believe everyone is as lame as they are?

>>2728152
Maybe cause I'm not an incel and have a gf.

>>2728128
It's a meme. Unless the US tries to put ICBMS on the island I guess

>>2728151
nigga come or I'll come in your ass

It feels so good to see how active is the Taiwan general. I will be in Taiwan for the first time at the end of December cycling the #1 route and I cannot wait.
my plans are:
>NYE near Taipei 101
>go clubbing
>befriend Taiwanese qt who would show me around
do you guys have tips for a newcomer?

>>2728189
visionary anon
would you like to be president?

>>2728208
>NYE near taipei 101
Good idea, except the entirety of Taipei will go near 101 at the same time, which means 1) taxis will only get you so far within Da'an and Xinyi districts, so definitely have a plan or just stick around the area. Taipei 101 is gigantic and contrary to Tokyo, Taipei is pretty flat, so you don't worry about seeing the whole thing from afar. this being said the absolute best spot is around elephant mountain, but it will probably be taken over by SEAmonkeys trying to film that shit for the millionth time.

>go clubbing
Haven't been there for a while but it really depends on the kind of shit you're into. Ironically, what few clubs there are in taipei are way better than anything i've found in Japan, but that's not saying much.

>befriend taiwanese qt
get a few apps going five or six days before it, let them know you're coming to taiwan, pretend you're going to live there.

>>2728225
Yes I will happily be president of Taiwan. First official act: decree reunification with the PRC

>>2728137
In the cooler months, I'd head south along the Strait instead of north and east. Too gray and rainy.

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Probably the comfiest city I've been to, but Taipei feels a lot like lite version of a Japanese city, especially in the more upscale areas. Most chain restaurants are Japanese, most of the stuff stores sell are Japanese, even the layout and architecture are similar. Kinda makes sense given their history as a Jap colony

>>2728253
As a rain and gloomfag I kinda loved the vibe of Taipei when I went on December. But yeah, it was a bit of a pain to get around

>>2728128
The average Taiwanese isn't scared at all and after understanding Chinese culture from living in Taiwan and China for 5+ years I realized it's all just face culture shit not actual threats

>>2728151
>Just don't come
>NO I'M NOT COMING
So you are giving him what he wants

>>2728084
>Have Taiwan general for months
>People suggest meetups that never happen
>Some anons finally actually do a meetup instead of focusing on trying to find the objectively best location possible
>The faggots who didn't show up and couldn't get a meetup started get mad
It's not hard faggot. If you want a better spot just say "hosting meet up here at this time". It doesn't matter if it's in the OP or not.

>>2728208
if you like clubbing go to final or pawnshop. final is more avant garde and smaller but it's less gay. pawnshop isn't strictly a gay club but it's where a lot of gays hang out and there's a darkroom for sex. i like the music at pawnshop better and there seems to be more girls there too. there are actually a lot of great clubs in taipei. they're better than a lot of the clubs i went to in tokyo.

>>2728128
the invasion threat is mainly used by the CCP for internal propaganda. they can't even take kinmen after 80 years and you can swim to kinmen from xiamen.

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>>2728317
So you are saying china will try to invade and fail? (Again)

>>2728317
"China's final warning" (Russian: пocлeднee китaйcкoe пpeдyпpeждeниe, romanized: posledneye kitayskoye preduprezhdeniye) is a Russian ironic idiom originating from the Soviet Union that refers to a warning that carries no real consequences.[1]

Relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s were strained because of disputes over the political status of Taiwan. American military fighter jets regularly patrolled and performed fighter maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait, which led to formal protests being regularly lodged by the Chinese Communist Party in the form of a "final warning".[2] The People's Republic of China released its first "final warning" to the United States on 7 September 1958 during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.[3] By the end of 1964, more than 900 such "final warnings" had been issued.[4] However, no real consequences were levied for ignoring the "final warnings".[2]

Which major city in Taiwan has the least amount of white devils?

Tainan?

>>2728353
TWO

>>2728353
"China's final warning" (Russian: пocлeднee китaйcкoe пpeдyпpeждeниe, romanized: posledneye kitayskoye preduprezhdeniye) is a Russian ironic idiom originating from the Soviet Union that refers to a warning that carries no real consequences.[1]

Relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s were strained because of disputes over the political status of Taiwan. American military fighter jets regularly patrolled and performed fighter maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait, which led to formal protests being regularly lodged by the Chinese Communist Party in the form of a "final warning".[2] The People's Republic of China released its first "final warning" to the United States on 7 September 1958 during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.[3] By the end of 1964, more than 900 such "final warnings" had been issued.[4] However, no real consequences were levied for ignoring the "final warnings".[2]

>>2728353
Nobody cares wumao.

>>2728366
China's last final warning

>>2728366
whataboutism
we're talking about China and Taiwan, not western countries

>>2728353
>>2728366
China can barely build new ships at the same rate they sink. Speaking of funny diversity hires sinking ships:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjrq0ewj77o

If you thought russia's army turned out way weaker than anticipated, that's nothing compared to how incompetent and weak china's army is.

>>2728411
Russia beat the combined force of NATO with rusty shovels and washing machine parts

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>>2728366
Earn those 50 cents

>>2728128

Russia can't even beat Ukraine but I'm supposed to believe china can beat Taiwan? No they aren't dumb enough to try
LOL

>>2728366
Can you imagine the absolute seething when chinks start getting cut down on mass by rainbow haired tumblrites, because even those vastly surpass the Chinese.

>>2728436
Black women are better fighters than Chinese men. Trannies are stronger than black women.

>>2728366
>Lmao, you NATO diversity hires care since your job is literally spreading united states propaganda
bro, you're the one flooding every taiwan thread since covid with mainlander propaganda. What people say here is what the taiwanese believe and what is probably true - china won't do shit, it's not convenient for them to do shit.

They've said something about China possibly launching an invasion during election season, but we're a literal week away from it and they haven't done shit. Know why ? Because they know better than we do that everyone across the board is pro taiwan. We're not relinquishing our presence in the Pacific yet -and good for us. It takes a literal traitor to your own people to side with China. I bet you're sucking putin's cock in every eastern european thread too.

Also, i'd take the captain of the good ship lollipop over any admiral of the chinese navy. And that's after watching their own presentation of their own shit, kek.

謝謝妳Jannie

>>2728084
Bro, different people have suggested different meetups. Just suggest a different location.

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Who else lives in middle of nowhere Taiwan? I like it except for the fact only old people live here

>>2728142
>Normies didn't even know this island existed until mutt propaganda went into overdrive
How bad is the education where you're from?

>>2728613
I live in Hsinchu, truly in the middle of nowhere; it is just a pit of boredom

>>2728615
Not him but same for me except like 2019

>>2728613
How easy is it to rent a monthly apartment with kitchen? I think I'd like to cook my own meals there, cheap Taiwanese eats don't hit the spot and nightly hotels cost too much ($22/night averaged last visit)

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Is this typhoon gonna disappear like the last one?
>picrel
windy nanliao harbor
>>2728664
>cook your own meals
ngmi, but just buy an electric cooktop

>>2728664
Yes but not in Taipei

>>2728617
Hsinchu isn't boring, you are.

>>2728670
This one looks like it's gonna be huge. In 6 years this is the only one I've been remotely "concerned" about.

>>2728084
lol you sound like a total fag, but you are right. Hanging out at Maji Square or the riverside plaza at a picnic table with stuff we bring does sound more fun.

i'm calling an emergency meeting of /twg/ council at the peak of 玉山 at 8pm TONIGHT be there or be square attendance is mandatory

>>2729009
aight bro I'm in Hsinchu big city rn, just come pick me up and take me there bby girl

How's Tainan?

>>2729322
I heard it has really good food, idk what else.
On a side note, I heard from a local slut that Kaoshiung has a lot of sluts

>>2729430
>muh food
>muh sluts

Grow up

>>2729435
>muh autism

seek help retard

>>2729435
Both food and sex are basic physiological and psychological necessities that all adult (grown up) human beings require.

>>2729435
>two most popular things ever for biological organisms
>"grow up"

Kek

>>2729430
One time I went on a tinder date with a Taipei girl and ended up going home with her friend from Kaoshiung. Make of that what you will

>>2729543
>>2729430
Kaohsiung air is filthy. You decide if it's worth risking your lungs for a gf.

>>2729549
I live in mainland so I think I'd be fine

>>2729549
>>2729549
Haven't been there, or Taiwan in general yet, but I heard the air quality in Kaohsiung is only bad during Winter. Still not going to stop me from checking it out though when I come visit though /shrug

>>2729504
>"Biological necessity" requires me to work 50 weeks to take a 40 hour plane ride to eat greasy slop and have sex with a skank who would abort my kid if she got pregnant

That's how you cope. You could go buy happy meal and get a bj from a dude at a gloryhoke and that's the same degenerate urge. Or you could man up nancyboy and be a decent human being

>>2729601
My favorite city in Taiwan almost zero white people so the locals want to come up and shake your head or say hello

What's the most normie introduction to Taipei you guys can recommend? I'm going for like 3 days as a side trip from Japan just to see the country at least once before the 10% chance it gets flattened by Xi, but don't really know what I should check out besides the night markets and just eating dim sum and shit. I don't think I'll have time to leave Taipei

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>>2729620
Book a hotel, walk around Taipei, lmao there's no secret spot to discover the real Taipei, it's all traffic, crowded sidewalks, deep fried slop tiny people selling crap from stalls nothing unique except for the anti Chinese propaganda of Taiwanese sympathizing with Hong Kong that's really fun looking at the seethe

Is it true that you can get around Taiwan decently enough speaking Japanese?
It seems a bit too good to be true.

>>2729684
No, the only people that speak Japanese are some old grandparents or workers at restaurants/bars that cater to Japanese business travelers.

>>2729625
Man Chang you really are still seething at Taiwan.

>>2729750
Looks like the seething Wumao came back to the thread. Ignore and report

I got a job in Taiwan starting in August. Anything I should know about the place? Any must sees or places to avoid? I've never been to Asia before. I'm going to try to learn some Mandarin but it's difficult to find resources that use traditional characters.

Anyone live in Hsinchu and know some decent and affordable hotpots? 6owl Door is pretty good, just thinking if there are anything else like that in the area.

>>2729684
not at all true. i've met 2 people who are old enough to have learned japanese in school. but for both of them this was only in elementary school now 80 years ago. so if you consider your level of language in elementary school plus 80 years of lost time plus a weird pidgin of hokkien/mandarin/colonial japanese intelligible, and you only want to talk to people knocking on deaths door, then sure you can speak japanese in taiwan no problem.

most people in taipei under 30 barely even speak taiwanese anymore they all speak mandarin.

>>2729620
>day 1: elephant mountain, taipei 101, chiang-kai shek memorial, lungshan temple, then ximending
>day 2: palace museum, aboriginal museum, go to hot springs in beitou
>day 3: go to jiufen if the weather is shit, if the weather is good go to yangmingshan or a beach like fulong depending on your prefrence. all of these are day trips from taipei.

that's a pretty classic taiwan vacation right there.

>>2729768
I like this one. Cheap and decent.

蕪媽臭臭鍋

>>2729767
>I'm going to try to learn some Mandarin


Lmao, why bother, total waste of time

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We're meeting at Barcade by NTU at 9 tonight for the /twg/ meetup

>>2729767
Anki the first 600 words (learn Pinyin before characters outside of food specific words) then watch peppa pig for 500 hours.
>>2729804
Only if you are a balding sexpat who lives in Taipei.

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>>2729805
This one right?

>>2729806
Why do incels focus so much on baldness as the cause of their problems? Nope it's because you are worms, crybabies, bad personality shut-ins who are financial failures, sure but blame it on being bald or only 6 feet tall or indians stole all the good women. Lmao

>>2729815
Baldie spotted

>>2729804
This is what Taibaibies actually believe

>>2729767
Find an HSK anki deck
Only focus on the "speaking" and "writing (pinyin)" at first. Focus on getting to at least level 3 if not 4. By the time you are level 3 start watching Peppa pig or other elementary school level cartoons for an hour a day. Make sure to try actually speaking Chinese to people whenever possible.

>>2729815
>indians stole all the good women
I don't think anyone has ever had to worry about that one, currycel.

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I was up at 七星山 earlier and barely managed to catch the last bus back, was wet as fuck! Saw nothing but fog. Nice hike anyways
Just fucking around in Shilin night market now and it's super crowded here, lots of stalls though

>>2729826
White incels cry nonstop that indians are taking their jobs, houses, women, even their entire countries. Maybe it's true!

>>2729807
That’s right

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Thanks to everyone who showed up to the meetup!

Thanks for letting me smell your girlfriends

>>2729767
Pretty sure Skritter has a traditional option. First learn all basic radicals, then focus on HSK1 words.
Pirate the Michel Thomas mandarin course. Spoken Chinese is piss easy, not hard at all.

>>2730084
I forgot to add, fuck Anki ten times over, RIP to all the sad motherfuckers who make it a part of their daily sufferfest.

What are some good rural villages in north or central Taiwan?

>>2730093
I know this one rural village in north Taiwan called 'Hsinchu' it's a bit boring but check it out

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There's some kind of kite thing going on at Nanliao harbor right now

So if I have a graduates (MBA) degree from public university in US, and like 10k saved up, is it possible that I can just basically show up and find a job teaching english in any city off of tealits or davesesl? Just find an AirBnB in a city for two months, and job hunt and find more stable housing during that time? Native English, pretty decent Spanish, zero Mandarin.

>>2730368
Damn, are u retarded? Stay in US and draw a US salary. Come to taiwan on vacation.

>>2730368
Pretty sure you need either a TEFL cert or a teaching license to legally get a visa for a job, but you can easily get a TEFL cert in just a few days. The job market in Taiwan seems pretty good but almost all jobs are in Taipei.

t. knower

>>2730370
I mean yeah. Also not looking to vacation. Looking for gap year country. Salary isn't really important as long as making some kind of surplus

>>2730371
taipei rent seems pretty pricey but I think youre right. It seems that this is where most the interest is in learning English.

>>2730376
Yes pretty much

Redpill me on Changhua

>>2730368
TEFL cert helps but you're already massively overqualified. unironically if you're white and a native english speaker that's all it takes really besides some elbow grease.

>>2730371
It's the opposite. There are more jobs outside of Taipei because of lack of competition with other foreigners

>>2730376
Don't move to Taipei if you are looking for work. There is more demand outside of Taipei so you can get paid more. Only move to Taipei if you want to live in Taipei. You can literally work anywhere as long as the city has over 40k people. I live in a rural area where there are 4X more jobs than foreigners. People beg me to work for them.

>>2729873
did you hike a mountain before coming to the meetup? somebody smelled like a sweaty garbage can with AIDS

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>>2730408

>>2730411
anon we need you to not smell bad when you hang out with us

>>2730408
No, I completely missed that there even was a meetup.... I brought a change of clothes with me though (because I was completely wet afterwards)
Next time pls spam more about the meetup, and maybe use a pic of cute anime girls or twgirls in the post

>>2730419
Just checked again and you did use a pic of an anime girl, damn my bad lmao

>>2729550
my cunt just got visa exemption to mainland, which cities are nice to travel to? Most advice days Beijing, Xian & Shanghai, but I was also considering Chengdu and Chongqing

>>2730419
>>2730420
Probably another meetup in 2 or 3 weeks

>>2729430
Women in mainland china are sluttier. I had more sex in 1 month in china than 2 years in Taiwan

>>2730421
Beijing is good if you've never been before. Shanghai is easy mode but less interesting. Chengdu and Nanjing are great. Chongqing is ok but overrated imo

>>2730440
Seems like I have to go to the mainland then lol
>Amitabha, if I don't enter hell, who will?
How's their English?

>>2730625
>How's their English?
Bad not necessarily worse than Taipei tho in T1 cities

>>2730390
I feel like saying I’m massively overqualified just because I have an MBA is an overstatement no? I know zero mandarin and have no class experience. I feel like I would bomb an interview because of this. I wonder what you mean exactly by elbow grease


>>2730397
Yeah but not knowing mandarin is why I would probably gravitate more towards Taipei in hopes of getting broken English more available

>>2730670
rip oh well. Do you speak Mandarin? I've been trying to learn it but suck ass

>>2730368
Yes. All you need is a college degree and a 120hr TEFL certification (can be completed online in a single sitting for about 50 dollars). Although I recommend just coming here via one of the large schools (HESS, Shane, Eagle, etc). They do a lot of the leg work getting you in the country, helping you find an apartment, and the jobs are simple. However, the job might suck, it's very branch dependent. You can easily just quit after a year once you've got yourself settled in.

>>2730700
the main qualifications are being 1) a native english speaker 2) have a college degree and 3) not being a crayon munching retard. having an MBA from america knocks off all 3

>>2730702
I never got a tefl. It's not required if you have other qualifications like work experience, an MA, are white, ect

Anyone got advice for what to do in Kaoshiung?

>>2730732
Yeah, look at Google moron

>>2730732
Lotus pond
Zoo/Monkey mountain next to the zoo
Big Buddha temples I forgot the name of

>>2730701
Yes I am fluent. If you spend enough time in country you can be too fairly easily

>>2730735
nigga meet me on 雪山 and I'll fuck your ass with a stinky tofu kebab
>>2730753
Thanks will check out those tomorrow if possible in one go. Have you been to Lambai island?

>>2730834
what causes you to live in mainland? It doesn't really seem worthwhile in terms of jobs for me unless I get something remotely

>>2730847
It offers the best lifestyle in all of Asia imo. Best combination of reasonable (if not outright low) cost, but first world and casual (not uptight autistic rules society like Korea/Japan). Taipei is better as a standalone city than anything mainland has to offer (except maybe Shanghai) but for me the access to a bigger country for travel without needing to cross border makes Mainland better homebase overall.

I have no idea what the job situation is like. If you have to ask you're probably not a candidate for the cushy expat jobs but idk. I came digital nomading many years ago and married into PR

>>2730845
Lambai is great, well worth a visit. Extremely overcrowded but this is Asia. The weird little hiking trails are very cool and you can snorkel with sea turtles.

>>2730700
Bro, you’ll be fine. I got hired as an English teacher just a few weeks ago and I got no experience working in the classroom nor with kids. The only main requirements immigration cares about are:
1) you’re from the big seven countries
2) you have a bachelors degree from an accredited university
3) you have a clean background check

My degree’s not even related to education at all, and the interview I had with the school were mostly getting to know me. Be confident, don’t be a pussy, and realise you’ll either be teaching simple shit like “pin” or “win” to small kids or grammar like infinitives. I don’t speak any Chinese at all and don’t live in Taipei and I’m doing fine. That other poster who says you NEED a TEFL is wrong. TEFL, CELTA or any other certifications can be useful, but it’s not mandatory. Most of my coworkers I met with don’t even have a TEFL certification, and the ones that do have it they don’t even use what they were taught because the school has their own teaching philosophy. If you work for a reputable, decent school, they will train you up during orientation. I had nerves on my first day and it was a lot better and easier than I expected. Don’t be a drooling retard, learn and adapt to your surroundings. I can’t say anything about the big chains like HESS and Shane, but I know a coworker started her teaching career at HESS and she told me there have some sketchy practices. If you ever apply to HESS, don’t accept their advance loan and don’t give your passport to them. They WILL take your passport away and you can’t leave the country until you pay that shit off. That’s word of mouth, but also have read reviews about that online.

>>2730862
Another thing you should know is that semester started in September. Peak hiring season usually happens 1-2 months before that in June/July. The next semester starts in February. If you were to apply now, I would suggest looking for schools that hire all year round. You may not necessarily be teaching full time when you get hired. You could be either coteaching or working as a substitute teacher to fulfil your minimum teaching hours.

>>2730440
That's what I like to hear

>>2730854
>but first world
Lol

>>2730862
>>2730863

I appreciate all the good info bro, glad things are going well for you. Did you find your work on tealit? I’ll keep all this info in mind. How did you go about finding housing relative to where you work?

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>>2728034
Another day~

https://soundcloud.com/krauter/opportunity

Visiting Changhua tomorrow. What is there to see?

>>2731470
Nothing in the city proper. There is small art museum near the train station I guess. You should just take a bus or rent a scooter and go to 鹿港老街, a much better use of your time.

>>2731494
>rent a scooter
How possible is this without a motorcycle license? Would an international car license be sufficient?

>>2731518
It's not impossible, but just forget it. Plenty of buses you can take.

>>2730964
Shanghai has more of a first-world feel than anywhere in Taiwan outside of a couple neighborhoods in Taipei, yes. And I say that as someone whose favorite city in the world is Taipei fwiw

>>2731533
First World means everything clean, well-maintained and with a high level of social order. Taiwan has built countless high-rises, but traditional urban street life still thrives, it hasn't been erased by western-style gentrification. If you don't look up from time to time it's easy to forget the tall buildings even exist.

so how weird are the people who show up to the meets exactly? like on a scale of drives a hummer in taipei to regular human being

>>2731518
They don't ask for id

>>2731533
Shanghai is a third world shithole with tall buildings and Taipei is a boring ass city not even the third best city in Taiwan.

>>2731644
50% balding manlets
50% cute Taiwanese "girls" dtf

>>2731644
All 30 year old boomers

>>2731644
one of the girls let me see her feminine bulge

>>2730965
>Did you find your work on tealit?
No, I applied to schools directly. See if they have a contact form, a vacancy page or an email so you can introduce yourself and send them your resume.
>How did you go about finding housing relative to where you work.
I was in the country before I got a job offer. I suggest you apply, get a job offer and then weigh your options. It’s no point looking at housing accommodations in Taipei if your job is in Kaohsiung. I also doubt that real estate agents and landlords will be willing to rent housing out without any proof of long term stay. Some schools also have a benefit where they either have temporary housing for new teachers to settle in Taiwan or will try to assist you with accommodation and other paper work. Another option is for you to stay at a hotel for a few days and sort out your accommodation while you’re in the country.

Anyone in Hsinchu wanna do anything? Anon is feeling kinda lonely desu

>>2731643
>First World means everything clean, well-maintained and with a high level of social order
Yes? That's exactly my point. Lots of Taiwan is SEA-tier. I still love it though

>>2731654
>Shanghai is a third world shithole
You can dislike the PRC without resorting to kneejerk, unequivocally false statements
>Taipei is a boring ass city not even the third best city in Taiwan
Which cities in Taiwan are more upscale than Taipei?

>>2731812
>You can dislike the PRC without resorting to kneejerk, unequivocally false statements
It's polluted, you can't drink the water, people shit on the floors, the average person is poor, trash everywhere ect.

>>2728034
bros I'm flying in tomorrow
I just wanna have some beers and check stuff out I'm not trying to coom or have some faggot "kicked a soccer ball with the children" experience or whatever

pls guide me

>>2731938
Depends on how many days you are staying. See Taipei 101, Chiang Kai Shek memorial, Taipei zoo Gondola, Jiefen
I'm assuming you are only staying long enough to just see Taipei

>>2731717
Sure. Let me know what time works for you. I can get the other guys from /twg/ to join

>>2731940
just 2 nights

>>2731943
Ok then. Morning Taipei 101 and Chiang Kai Shek memorial
Noon Gondola
Afternoon Jiefen.
Next day you can see Yilan or Hualien

>>2731945
chaka brah thanks

I plan on traveling to Taiwan by myself in April for three weeks, I'm trying to figure out a rough itinerary, I looked at the past /twg/ and looked at the lonely planet book and made this plan.
Can anyone please tell me if this is a good idea, or if there are any better ideas.

Taipei 2
Jiufen && Jinguashi 1
Taroko National park if available 2
Taitung 1
Lanyu Island 2 I plan on diving here
Kenting 3
Kaohsiung 2
Tainan 1
Alishan 2
Taichung 2
Taipei 3 this was just to fill in 21 days,

I plan on doing more active things than just visting temples since I have been to Kyoto before.
I just want to do fun things and see cool shit, I don't plan on renting a car, but I plan on getting an IDP to drive a scooter in Lanyu.
I've thought of climbing Xueshan, but I don't think I should do it by my self considering I've never hiked before lol.

>>2731937
You are thinking of India saar

>>2731656
>>2731658
interesting. im only 80% sure you're joking about the trans girls, i see a lot of them here on dating apps chasing white guys, but i doubt any of them would lower themselves to hanging out with people from 4chan

>>2732067
I'm a chad though
4chan takes all kinds

>>2731945
dear friend
what neighborhood should I find a hotel or airbnb if I want to drink and coom and then do 101 tomorrow morning

Where to meet qt girls who will talk to me?

>>2732020
Seems nice trip. Just one question: How do you plan to get to Lanyu and then Kenting? Ferry?

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I planned on taking a flight to lanyu from taitung and the ferry to kending.

Only issue with all of this is how to deal with luggage, doubt taking a massive suitcase makes sense. Does anyone know some good backpacks which can hold a bunch of shit without costing a bunch.

>>2731945
Goon nondola

>>2732251
they are everywhere
it's insane
I've only been here 2 days and pulled a couple. not sloots either, nice girls

>>2732631
my boss(female mainland Chinese) told me before coming here that Taiwan had tons of cute girls, and she's right af. Literally everywhere, much better than my home cunt

>>2732655
don't be an awkward faggot
>pretty girl serving me a drink
>hold up phone with google translate "your hair looks really pretty"
OMG DANK YURR TEE HEE
>she grabs my arm
wow so beek!
>we talk via google translate and her broken engrish
>she's a nice girl and knows I'm not a LBH sexpat coomer
>we meet up at a different place after her shift is done at work
>walk through night market and act surprised by the "exotic" foods she has me try
hahaha u so fanny big man
>find a couple people drinking at a bar cart outside
>drink with them all night and have a blast, one of them is from HK and speaks good engrish so she translates for me
>late night hit her with the g2g bby come over to my place?
no I sawy I have to go home to parents or they worry
>np qt I'll see you tomorrow
>sweet sweet goodnight kiss in the rain
>whatsapp messaging each other bad google translations all night
>wake up to heart emojis
>late breakfast date this morning before she had to work again

and now I'm about to meet up with the other girl from a couple days ago

gg ez

>>2732661
the only move that works is the anti-move

like if you have a plan, or you try a "line," you're basically fucked, they can smell a trap and they shut down

just be genuine and candid and pretend you don't give a shit about anything aka be confident

>>2732661
you want to get their attention, then get their name, then get their time. the best approach is to just be honest
>hello
>"hi"
>i wanted to talk to you because you look cool/cute/interesting/whatever you noticed about them
>"oh thanks"
>i'm anon
>"i'm girlname"
>what are you doing
>"i'm meeting my friend/going to work/nothing"
>oh you should hang out with me instead
most of the time you won't even get that far because people have their own lives or already have boyfriends or just aren't in the mood. but after you get past the first 5 minutes there's no secret to attraction: it's all proximity, eye contact and smelling good.

a lot of people are like you where they "make lots of eye contact but never say anything." the number 1 thing that generates a connection between 2 people is proximity. that means you literally have to be close to each other. it's just a psychological fact that people don't develop relationships by staring at each other from across the street. and whether you like it or not men are braver than women. so you have to physically walk up to the girl and start the conversation. but that's the hardest part. statistically speaking for a successful relationship the moment when you first meet is when she likes you the least. after that the proximity and eye contact is continually generating more and more attraction to each other.

>>2732251
Dating apps?
If you're like me and you don't like approaching random women they can be a pretty decent alternative

>>2732682
you're acting like you can win a boxing match without getting punched. yes it is scary. do it anyway! first one seems impossible, first 10 are terrifying, after 100 it's honestly just kind of boring because you realize how predictable peoples' reactions are.

Hello /twg/. Starting next week I'll be living in Taipei for 6 months and half. Wenshan district. Why? Uni scholarship.
I need advice on.. everything. I've never left my country before so this is all a new experience for me. One thing that bothers me the most though: I can't find a decent place to rent, and I fear getting ripped off. Guess I'll try to get an hotel or an airbnb for the first week or two and try my luck from there, dunno.

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>>2732896
Hotels are expensive anon! Use this site and find an apartment 591.com.tw everything's in fucking Chinese but deal with it using Google translate. Anyways be excited for 7/11 and let's meet on 雪山 soon

>>2733007
a phone is pretty likely

>>2733533
ill fuck you Anon

>back to back to back to back typhoons
i just want to go outside bros

>>2733602
bro I'm serious, wanna go to 雪山 next week?

>>2733686
xueshan is the most magnificent hike I've done in the 40+ countries I've visited. I chose it at random, figuring I had to leave the city at least once to hike something. We barely had any visibility the whole time, but that made it feel like walking through an old landscape painting. I was smiling like a dipshit at the top.
Unfortunately the permitting process is annoying as fuck and I got escorted into a ranger station office where a whole group of park officials tried to talk me out of climbing "because it was raining". I understand people die in that region pretty frequently but they must be city folk with no gear or experience. I really resented having to beg permission to use the permit I'd applied and paid for a month before. The altitude sickness did kick my ass, I admit.

Anyway good luck I wish I could do it with you guys.

hello, I'm a sperg
I've gone on tinder dates 3 times with taiwanese girls, 1 with a girl who is extremely direct and just wanted sex
The other 2 were normal dates ending with me sleeping in their bed, but I don't do anything more than that. Is it normal to just let strangers sleepover?

>>2733827
idk wtf bro, she invited me to her birthday next month so I guess it's not all bad? I'm clueless

>>2733826
What was the last letter of the name of the girl who was direct? Y?

>>2733827
I was actually waiting to make a move on a woman once we went to bed a few months ago because I knew she was interested and I saw no point of rushing it. We got into bed and before I started anything she asked "do you even like sex?" Lol

>>2733844
Yeah, she said that she's used to guys trying pretty hard pretty quick and we'll before bed time, so she kicks them out.

>>2733838
>Y
LOL YES?? lmao, how'd you know?
>>2733839
I have cosmic levels of autism, but only in regards to intimacy rest is fine.
Do you just start touching her or what? I'm risk adverse and will not do anything unless I'm certain.
She was complimenting my eyes again this morning, calling them charming while in bed, but uhh idk where to go from there

>>2733849
Because I have also had sex with her a few times and I know what she's like. She goes through a lot of men and she has practically no standards. I really want to know what her deal is, but she's super private so she never lets anything on.

She is a sexy little thing too, but the sex is way too boring for me to go back again. Got some other women instead.

Also please don't be a turd and share her identity with others, she's weird but she doesn't deserve to be treated badly.

Hm girl who goes straight for sex with foreigners and name ends with a Y. There is one person I'm thinking of but she lives in Taichung, not Taipei.

>>2733852
>gay
she did ask if I was gay when I said I never had a girlfriend lmao
>>2733853
wild that you could guess it based off that lmao, small country
yeah idk really. We also just hung out for a few hours last time, which was chill, but not really sure what's going on in her mind
>share
obviously not, that would be weird af

>>2733855
That could be her, she travels to Taipei usually on Thursdays.

Any idea what her deal is?

>>2733858
Her husband is a literal cuck and she loves fucking foreigners. Not that hard to figure out. Years ago she used to post her hook ups on Reddit. Shame she deleted her account.

>>2733855
mmm the girl I'm thinking of definitely doesn't live there

>>2733868
Probably lots of such girls I guess?
Doesn't really matter anyways

>>2733868
Is that so? I guess she could have lied about her age but when I hooked up with her last year she was apparently 20, so it might be someone else. Or I can't tell age for shit.

Damn I want to solve this mystery, too bad that reddit account is dead. Ah well, no point dwelling on boring sex.

There is still content up. I don't really care so just search jennytaichung and you can decide if that was her or not.

>>2733878
Nah that's not her. Doesn't matter, I'll batman this another day

What's the best/comfiest city or town in south/east Taiwan to explore for a day? I'm going cycling around the island, starting in Taipei, and want a rest day somewhere in the south before heading back north. I'm guessing Tainan is the obvious choice, but thought I'd ask if there are any nice off-the-beaten-track towns in the area for fattening up and maybe visiting some museum or historic sites.

>>2733988
I really enjoyed Kaoshiung and everything was close (on bike)

>>2733853
>has practically no standards
Speaking of, what's the standard for
the average taiwanese woman? Is being tall, not fat, and having hair enough to pull? It can't be that easy, right?

>>2734438
Most of my women friends here have given chances to short ugly bald guys, who then fuck it up by being gross sexist fuckwits.

Bring a decent person works. I'm average looking and poor as hell but I still found some amazing women by not being 4chan minded.

>>2734530
>just be a decent fucking person dude
Reddit is down the hall and to the left

>>2734544
A perfect example of what I'm talking about.

Don't be a 4chan cliche like this dude is and you're most of the way there already

>>2734530
Thanks for the heads up, I was talking more about the female gaze type of thing to make a good first impression, but that's good too.
I don't even care about sex at this point, I just want to load tinder/bumble and get a qt to show me around, a tourist guide you may say lol. There is probably an specific app for what I'm asking but I'm not well versed in those.

>>2734600
That's ezpz even for this retard here, just do it

>>2734567
I am a 4chan cliche sexist fuckwit and I have plowed thru half of Taipei

>>2734683
If you're hiding who you are and lying about who you are it doesn't really count. That just means you admit that your core being is repulsive, assuming you're tell the truth and you most likely aren't

But if all you're after is sex then by all means, count it

>>2734600
Sorry, should have responded to you first

There are a lot of women here legitimately looking for actual language exchange, not 'language exchange'. Be honest about it and you can probably find a friend to help you

>>2734687
Im not hiding it though. Obnoxious douche-maxxing as a solid PUA strategy has been common internet knowledge for over a decade. You can find it distasteful but acting like it doesnt work is cope. And unironically doing a "just be a nice guy!" bit is retarded

>>2734692
Lol whatever you say

>>2728342
why don't they just Naruto run onto it

>>2734530
I've had my life destroyed twice by giving women the benefit of the doubt. I'm currently behind on alimony payments by 14 months and can't renew my passport until I pay up.

>>2733826
>Is it normal to just let strangers sleepover?
They were waiting for you to make a move. By not fucking them you probably left those women with crippling self doubt and worry that there is something wrong with them they can't see.

>>2735300
uwaaa my baaad, I thought they were really cute >.<
anyways, if you're just in bed together, what excuse do you have to make a move? I was on another 2 dates since then and was able to make a move while watching a movie, felt natural

The weather in Hsinchu is SHITTY

>>2735384
Did they know any english? I find broken english very tiresome, not sure if I could hold a conversation for more than an hour.

>>2735594
One of them had pretty shitty English

>>2735384
>if you're just in bed together what excuse do you have to make a move?
is this a joke? if you're in bed together its already game over. you won and this is basically the female way of begging to be fucked

>>2735748
Nah dude, I seriously have ZERO idea.
While watching movies the girl leaned her thighs up against me and put her hand on my arm, the only comfortable spot I could have my hand was on her thigh. Going from there was easy.
But if you're just in bed together? What do?

idk, anyways, I'm just getting drunk in some random park in Taipei rn
What's everybody else up to?

>>2735763
will apply your wisdom next time shifu

>>2735762
as the other anon said, just get naked at that point. they will likely go on autopilot from there

>>2735765
The girls basically told me to get naked both times xddd lmao
>Anon do you want a shower?
>Here Anon, wear this shirt
>You don't need pants

>>2735762
Getting park beers and not inviting /twg/ to join you is unacceptable behavior.

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anyone in Taipei up for a beer? hit me up

smeltats@proton.me

>>2735786
will invite next time. Maybe we should plan a meetup soon?
>>2735804
why so many cops?
>>2735801
no u

>>2735908
Police do raids on clubs pretty regularly to check for drug dealers/visa overstayers/Thai hookers

The security weren't too happy at me taking pictures

>>2735804
>>2735908
I'd love to hang out for some beers but I'm broke living off seveneleven sausages for the last week.

>>2736112
weak

maji seven beers cost nothing

>>2736207
Alright fuck you tell me where and when then.

>>2735804
I'm not white...

anyone lift weights and not a pussy? will consider ditching bali and returning to Taipei if I have a sickkunt to lift n club with

>>2736281
Yo
You sound annoying though and potentially Australian so I'll pass

>>2736288
you sound dyel and a pussy

>>2736273
>>2736207
I wanna do Maji Square!
Maybe this Saturday?

>>2736357
I almost want to walk by to see what a group of 4chan people look like

>>2736273
>>2736357
Send an email, maji Sat night beers

>>2736357
>>2736583
I'll see if i can get there depending on my schelude

>>2736357
>>2736583
I'll see if i can get there depending on my schelude

I'm the only one in this thread that actually lives in the country side. I read posts here from faggots that thought Touyan wasn't a big city.

>>2736281
I do but I live in the middle of no where. Why are expats all addicted to that one city dough?

How many people usually attend /twg/ meetups?
>>2736583
An email??
But sure, uiop50869@gmail.com
>>2736725
yesh!

>>2728034
I've heard the air outside of Taipei is giga polluted but Taipei is giga expensive. Seems like a catch 22. Where should I go if I'll be there longterm?

>>2737434
The air is only fucked in Kaoshiung. If you want to be there long-term go to Taipei but some shit like Nangang or something if poor.
Taichung is also nice

Going to Tainan this weekend

Any recommendations for bars or music?

It is saturday, are we actually doing something or nah?
>>2736964

>>2737740
I'm not white...

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>>2737740
I emailed you faggot you didn't respond

Anyway I'll dump some Taiwan /p/ for interested anons

>>2737757
>>2737755
>>2737740
have something earlier to do during the day, but I'll probably post if I get there. Just make a post if you're there desu

Im on my way
You fags better not dissapoint

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>>2737831
I'll be up for a beer next week

>>2737835
You better
Let's set a specific time and place
>Maji Square
>Next saturday 7pm
Whoever gets there first decides where to find the other(s)

>>2737846
Deal, I'll send dick pic at location

>>2737846
Friday night maji 9pm

>>2737948
No gay shit

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Tainan at night

>>2738011
How's Tainan? Anything interesting down there?

>>2738547
It's a pretty small place, decent for a couple days. Maybe best with a date so you can check out all th little cafes and cocktail bars together but I would feel bored living there. There's little nightlife comparable to other cities

I much prefer Taichung (wild west), Taipei and Kaohsiung. But Kaohsiung is so close I guess if you lived in Tainan you could do regular trips

the creep in this thread has turned me off from /twg/ meetups.

>>2739065
which creep?

>>2739081
me

>>2728664
It's easy. Search for 租出 facebook groups.

>>2738547
It's good, but the roads are all in a grid, so hard to navigate. You will need a motorbike, a bicycle also works. The buses are unreliable. There are so many religious cerimonies for the city God, Confucius, Mazu, Jesus, Buddha etc. Night markets are fun. One thing I didn't like was 臭豆腐 - tofu with shit aroma. (for real) The sea is pretty close, noncels do be surfing.

But it was my first and only experience in Taiwan, or any place outside of Europa.

>>2737846
Is this still up?

>>2739461
I'm clinically insane and terminally retarded sir, idk

>>2739466
Same. Is that a yes?
But yeah today I'm not feeling it either

>>2739461
Yes

But the only anon to respond to my email before pussied out

I'll post later

>>2739169
worthless opinion

I found some great tickets
but my question is, what can I do there?
From a brief google shit it looks like discount thailand. A place where you go only if you saw everything in thailand vietnam and cambodia

>>2740409
unlike every country in SEA the average person isn't a petrol sniffing retard out to scam you of every dollar

ummm thailand is the discount taiwan chud

>>2740409
>Anything in East Asia
>Being "discount" anything in SEA
kek, fucking idiot

How much salary do you guys think is required to live like a king in Taipei? Nice apartment, go out to eat and drink often, go to shows, whatever

>>2740755
Does living like a king include putting money away for the future? Depends on what area you want to live and what a "nice" apartment is to you. Does going out to eat mean going to western restaurants or more local stuff? Drinking at clubs or dives?

If you do shit like a local you can live like a king for like 60k, if you wanna do shit like you did back home you are probably going to need more.

Even if you did 30k on rent/utilities/etc, 30k left over still lets you throw around 7500 a week. Budget about 300 a day for meals, you've got 5400 to blow. That's enough for a few fun nights out or dining at some fancier restaurants. I'd honestly have trouble spending that much unless I was actively going to bars with 400+ cocktails.

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Hello gentlemen we meet at revolver tomorrow Saturday night at 8 for merriment thanks

t. Alberto Barbarossa

>>2740892
Post contact

Got my first 「我覺得你的中文很好」T_T

What's the law around visa runs in Taiwan? Not working illegally or remotely, I just want to stay here with my girlfriend. I've already been here a total of three times with the stamps marked in my passport - one last year and twice this year with 90 max for all of them.

>>2740845
Thanks anon, this was helpful. Living like a local king is good enough.

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>>2741142
hey, congrats 中文国王

>>2740755
>>2740845
>>2741226
Why do people insist on using the "live like a king" phrasing when what you obviously mean is "how much for decent middle/lower middle class comforts while still saving"

>>2741300
That’s fair, anon, but I’m retired and naturally not a big spender on things like famous brands or cars - I have the freedom to study Mandadin full time and do whatever I want with my free time which, to me, feels like living like a king.

>>2740892
>nobody came
/r/twg is kill

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Linsen north road

>>2741473
nice shot

>>2741300
Because renovated crack hovels with fenty zombies moved outside are the price of Singaporean condos now

how much do you guys pay for an apartment that is very close to MRT station? I’m looking near Zhongxiao Fuxing in particular

Serious question: is there any reason to go to Taipei over, like, Tokyo? I feel like every Asian megacity is just a shittier version of Tokyo

>>2741644
It's cheaper, women are easier and landlords don't jew you as much.

>>2741646
I'm married and travel with my wife so I'm not really talking to girls when I travel.

>>2741630
you could get an apartment near zhongxiao fuxing for like 1.5k USD

>>2741644
taiwan has best nature in asia. best wildlife. people still act like humans in taiwan instead of megacity bugs like in tokyo. taiwan is also very unique in terms of culture. it's not really western or chinese or japanese or aboriginal but a mix of all. but i agree if you just want generic luxury experiences tokyo is better.

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>>2741644
It's cheaper than Japan and Singapore, has better food and beaches than Korea, but you're not in as much danger from food poisoning/rip-offs compared to Vietnam/Phillipines/Thailand.

What stands out to me about Taipei is this weird harmony between the pretty and modern....

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>>2741932
...and the downright ugly

>>2741933
taipei is very crowded and it's best to get out of it. they have a lot of commieblocks style developments from the dictatorship days.

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>>2741961
I actually enjoy walking around the Taipei suburbs. The crowdness is novel to me, and it feels like an adventure just letting my whims guide me. I just wish they don't have so many scooters.

Any good smooc to me had as a white boy?

>>2742005
yes your picture is good illustration i think. it looks like one of those old school workshops in a delhi slum or something. but it's only 30 mins from a superconductor fab. and thank god in heaven taiwanese aren't as poor or dirty or smelly as indians.

>>2742005
Those seemed old and rusty thing still works just needs to be polished
Those cnc in dark rooms still works and generative and labor tests are becoming easier, dunno about labour's feels

>>2741644
https://voca.ro/1ih0UIs2V9vn

>>2741724
>people still act like humans in taiwan instead of megacity bugs like in tokyo

People act like the exact same in Taipei city. And it would be unfair to compare the whole island to the single biggest city in Japan.

The people from osaka/kyoto are way more chill

How does one go about finding a job in Taiwan when they live on the opposite side of the planet? I feel like IT workers are a dime a dozen there.

How did everyone spend their new years?

>>2746263
Talking to a girl from Taiwan :)

Hello, is it possible for a foreign tourist to get a 3mo apartment rental in Taiwan, not necessarily Taipei? I hear conflicting reports.

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I'm going to spend a couple of months in Kaohsiung from next month. I wasn't planning to do much, but I recently decided I will learn some basic Chinese so I figured if I'm going to be there, I may as well see if I can find some classes. Any recommendations or pointers? I only demand that it is in person because what's the fucking point otherwise, also not 1-on-1 because I'm too awkward for that

I don't really trust much of whatever I can find online about something like this because the results are always gonna be full of shilled/ paid advertising trash/ scams

>>2747563
not in kaohsiung and i don't know much about the city but here's a couple of three things

if you're only staying a couple of months (i'm guessing 3-4 ?) you're not going to learn much by taking classes in Taiwan. A lot of it will focus on zhuyin aka bopomofo which is basically a chinese "hiragana" that they use as a way to phonetically describe a word. It is a pain in the ass and rendered absolutely obsolete to westerners due to the fact that pinyin does this sufficiently well... and that bopomofo is only used in Taiwan.

Also, i think the bigger point is to actually go with personal, one on one classes. There are two major difficulties in chinese, and that's learning words and pronunciation. Group classes don't give you enough time to work on pronunciation and every fucking chinese class will have you write chinese characters for days on end which is a retarded and outdated concept. You will never need to handwrite chinese characters when you have smartphones and keyboards, but you will certainly need to fucking speak the language.

Oh and last but not least, taiwanese people, especially hakka, are hillbillies that speak with a lisp and do sound a little faggoty to the rest of the chinese world.

If you want to spend your bucks writing characters for days and not actually practicing your pronunciation while also fucking it up because the person teaching it may not even be teaching you the accepted standard phonetics, be my guest. Otherwise you could literally go on preply, find a chinese person who can teach you for 10 bucks an hour your own way. And they will inevitably offer you to switch to personal classes so you eventually get off the platform and do your thing.

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>>2747583
right, thanks for answering, seems like a bit of a non starter then. just been doing duolingo so far but i guess i'll try to find a gf to bully me into speaking properly

>>2747590
Just make anki flashcards with google translate sounds or Amazon polly. With all the AI shit you can learn to pronounce things on your own.

>>2747590
Lol bro forget Duolingo. Pirate the Michel Thomas course and download Skritter. You'll be able to have basic conversations within a month.

I go to school at a US college triple majoring in english, chinese and journalism. It's always been my plan to move abroad, travel the world, making friends from all corners - that sort of thing. Recently the US has felt far less safe, specifically for my demographic and I'm thinking about somehow transferring to a Taiwanese university. Does anyone here have experience with this?

>>2747911
no, i am enjoying duolingo and it is working very well for me so i will stick with it

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>>2747563
Since you're going there anyway, you may as well satisfy your inner weeb by ogling their city metro's anime mascot

>>2748317
maybe i will
https://streamable.com/dacjq0

Met a nice taiwanese girl on new years eve, she was definitely interested. We had a lot of fun despite her limited english, even asked for my LINE and everything, but my autistic ass doesn't know how to follow up and she hasn't really texted me since then. Oh well.
It's a sad life.

>>2747996
>duolingo
it is not effective and will just cripple you.
read https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/why-shouldnt-i-just-keep-using-an-app-instead

>>2749011
"Hey ill be here grabbin a drink tomorrow, come out if your free"
"Hey i was going to go on a walk over here tomorrow, join me if ur free"
"I wanna touch you"

>>2749054
Yeah, duolingo is way too fixated on learning through repetition and achieving stupid goals, it builds a semblance of a foundation but you will still struggle for weeks IRL while you learn how to use what you learned in an actual conversation.

>>2749235
This is the point; you can have 1000 characters memorized in your passive memory and you won't even be able to recall 100 of them in your active vocabulary. This is the curb duolingo drops your ass off on after having its way with you. Anyone who has a satisfying conversation with a local after finishing duolingo can tell me I'm wrong.
Learning to recognize characters vs learning to speak can be completely separate activities. I try to add 5-10 new words to my spoken vocabulary every day, but I don't even worry about memorizing the characters. If I get around to those characters in my skritter deck then great, if not it doesn't really matter.