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This joke illegal in China

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:30 pm
by Fibonaccio
When the sequel comes out, Factorio will be my favorite product series.

Re: This joke illegal in China

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:45 am
by -root
*crickets*

Re: This joke illegal in China

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:18 am
by Darthlawsuit
In other news the USA finally annexes canada

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Re: This joke illegal in China

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 7:32 am
by Fibonaccio
Factorio ~ Factorial
Factorial = function producing product series
Multiple Factorios = product series
China put a recent ban on wordplay.

All the pieces are there.

Re: This joke illegal in China

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:50 am
by Nova
The whole "china bans wordplays" part, you have to know that to understand this "joke": http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg ... story.html

Re: This joke illegal in China

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:04 pm
by n9103
finding clever ways to mimic or alter traditional four-character idioms.
So I guess puns are four letter words over there. :lol: :roll:
But yes, this was completely lost on me, since I generally ignore the minor censorship changes of a country with a heavy-handed pro-censorship gov't. (When it's not my own anyway.)

Re: This joke illegal in China

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:16 pm
by Fibonaccio
Yeah probably most people won't get the reference, unless they either *really* care or happen to watch The Daily Show.

Re: This joke illegal in China

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:51 pm
by -root
Fibonaccio wrote:Factorio ~ Factorial
Factorial = function producing product series
Multiple Factorios = product series
China put a recent ban on wordplay.

All the pieces are there.
And I thought I made obscure jokes... :mrgreen: I give up, you win :lol: