Dear John is currently being tweeted about once per second. If we assume an average 100 characters per tweet, that means roughly 189 pages in 12-point Times New Roman font (double-spaced) are being written every hour about Dear John.

We did it, humanity.

It’s not a matter of being out-debated, it’s that Chinese are taught to love the nation and the Party from when they’re young; Westerners learn freedom, equality, and universal love. With totally different liquids used in the brainwashing, could there be a common language?

This rings so true to me. It’s not a matter of them having access to the information… It’s a fundamental difference in world view brought on by years of living in a completely different society.