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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Shi Pei Pu anyone?

Shi Pei Pu

[–] [email protected] 20 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

There actually is a legit reason for this. Compromising material on diplomats, soldiers, and their staff are easily acquired this way. For example, creating a secret recording of the the encounter, which then can be used to pressure the target to work for the other side. The Russians love this stuff, I just can't remember the exact word they use for it. Compromat or something like that. Compromising material.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago

Though ironically, this will make it easier for Chinese to blackmail those who get lonely and have relations anyways, since the relations themselves could be used to threaten jobs, rather than needing some extra step to make it scandalous.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago

Kompromat / компромат

and, yes, the Chinese government has used similar methods.

[–] [email protected] 108 points 20 hours ago (13 children)

If you're a government worker in a non allied country and an attractive stranger wants to touch your dingle, its a honeypot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Government workers in other countries work there for years. This is bigger than meet-ups.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

As a non government worker who is in a non allied country, I can tell you that lots if people want to touch my dingle. None of them are honeypots because I ain't got nothing for them.

Well, besides a dingle that's statistically much larger than the locals. Many women like that..

No, its not always a honeypot for government workers either.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

Same goes for "allied" countries. Since Snowden revealed how the US spied on their "allies" even in the most hideous ways, it should be clear that "allies" dont exist in spycraft.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 20 hours ago

So you're saying I need to find a government job in a non allied country

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Which can be turned to your advantage if you're aware of it. "Oh man [insert weird deviant fetish] drives me crazy, sometimes I just start spilling state secrets"

[–] [email protected] 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

What if they want to touch my honeypot, is that a dingle?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

When the bear wants your money, like a big pot of honey, that's a-dingle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

'but she said she was taiwanese!'

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

Find someone who looks at you like the foreign adversary honeypot do

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago

The honeypot probably has access to their Tiktok algorithm and "coincidently" likes all the same things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Call me Winnie-the-Pooh!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

Found Winnie the Pooh!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

Because every citizen knows gov officials

[–] [email protected] 76 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

US government declares Chinese women to be too hot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago

The qipao is definitely in the running for hottest traditional dress.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't get how things like this don't get more attention... This whole thing was insane, but it literally did nothing to his career

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

::Gestures broadly to his entire cohort::

You really expect the party of pro sexual pædophilia and rape to punish someone for something they all do?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 19 hours ago

that's just going to make the forbidden hot sexy sex hotter 🫦

[–] [email protected] 27 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

But playing world of tanks is still ok right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

What's lemmy.ml have to do with this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Butt playing is always alright

[–] [email protected] 32 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This has got to be for one person in particular. I wonder who they are and what they did for him to think they deserved this?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago

Chad in Diplomatic HR has been cleaning up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago

Well, yeah… you can’t be an incel if you’re romantically involved with a local soulmate. And you can’t be loyal to these shitheels if you’re not an incel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago