4 Things You Must Do In Chinese Culture

China is one of the oldest civilizations in history, with over 4,000 years under their belt. What's that America? Never heard of you. With the largest standing army in the world, and the second largest defense budget, China has been said to become one of the next superpowers in the world. Maybe it's time to learn some basic etiquette before entering a Chinese home.

Don't take things too literal. Oh you.

4. Never Let Someone Pick Up The Bill

Some people may have noticed the fighting after a meal in a Chinese Restaurant. It isn't because the food was bad, or that Chinese people are simply angry people that run around looking to pick fights. The reason for this is, it's extremely impolite to allow someone to pay the bill without fighting wholeheartly first.

Regardless of being invited, or inviting someone else to a meal, be sure to fight to pay for the meal. If you don't have the money at the moment, consider "faux-fighting" the bill.

"I'M PAYING FOR THE MEAL DANG IT."

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3 Things We Should Thank The Medieval Times For

Eddard here, so sorry for the delay of posts, I'm sure you missed wise words from me and my oh so clever japes. Japes, a word oft used in medieval times! Well not really, Old English which was common in the early Middle Ages actually did not have the letter J. Also to clear any confusion of the title of this post, I am not talking about the lovely dinner and show affair that is Medieval Times, but boy, do I wish I was, I mean it's only the greatest thing ever, guys beating each other with weaponry, sheer joy!

Anyway back to the important stuff; the Medieval Times, we owe them a lot. We wouldn't even have the concept of romantic love without those lovey dovey knights being ever so gallant towards fair maidens. (Another side note, romantic love did not arise from gallant knights, don't go telling your friends I told you that, however, the rest is totally true. Totally.) So, onto the list of things we take for granted, but were totally amazing several centuries ago!

And you thought Go Fish was fun!

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Horrifying Tuesday : Camel Spider

Camel Spider? Is that some type of creepy inter-species lovechild? No. That's disgusting. Despite it's name, the Camel Spider is one of the scariest bugs you can find running around your home. In fact, the spider's horrifiyingness alone, has gained hundreds of urban legends associated with this specific species exaggerating their size and speed, or maybe they were all correct, and we're simply getting the sock pulled over our eyes by the good ol' government. But yeah, probably not.

"Soon Canada. Soon."

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4 Common Misconceptions About Guns

Guns are one of the trademarks of popular games and films. Guns have earned their place in game history along with health bars and save points. In one form or another, guns play an important role in modern day gaming. Either you're shooting a AK74, or shooting bubbly poison out of jars, they all relate to projecting projectiles in one fashion or another. There's no doubt that there are hundreds of movies that have guns in them. Name a ten hundred movies without any guns in them whatsoever. So we all probably know a  great deal about them right? We could probably determine the caliber from simply the sound right?

Pictured: You?

Despite guns being everywhere, everyday Joe like you and me wouldn't know every gear and pin of a M1911A1 pistol. The truth is, many people are either ignorant or simply don't know much about guns. Thankfully, we don't have lives and we've compiled a list of four things that people commonly misconceived about guns.

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Hurricane Irene & News Regarding Skyakes

For New Yorkers, the hot topic of the day is Hurricane Irene. Since New York isn't prone to hurricanes and natural disasters, any natural disaster instantly becomes headline news. Since this hurricane is the hot topic, I would be a fool to not talk about it!

What is Hurricane Irene though? I wake up this morning and according to my weather gadget on my desktop, we can expect "small transparent-blue dots" align together into mysterious formations on Sunday.

Darn you mysterious shapes!

If you check on Weather.com, you'll find "Heavy Rain/Wind" on Sunday. Well, doesn't sound too bad to me. I guess I'll close the windows, and snuggle up with some warm milk right?

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