Saturday, February 04, 2023

That Balloon is the Real China


🎢Ninety-nine Red Chinese balloons…🎢 

Zhongnanhai is embarrassed that it got caught. 

Humiliated that it has been shown to be so low-tech backward. 

Ashamed that nearly everybody is pointing up in the sky and laughing at them. 

Mortified that the 🎈has replaced the πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ as the symbol of the real China.

Regretful that at a time when they want better relations this bullshit 🎈 happens. 

"that booby nation. ...China, reverend dullness! hoary ideot! all she can say to the convocation of nations must be –“I made the tea.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journal & Miscellaneous Notebooks (1824)

No self-respecting people wants to be tight with “that booby nation.” Their natural soulmate is πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί.