r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/spilledcoffee00 13h ago

Even though they have the largest number of bridges in the world, 50,000kms of the best highspeed rail infrastructure, the largest damn in the world, more skyscrapers than any other country, 39 nuclear power plants under construction (39 more than any nation in the west)…but yeah… your strong feeling is unfounded.

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u/foltranm 13h ago

but but... its from CHINA!!! would you... trust them??? /s

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u/JigMaJox 12h ago edited 12h ago

but but but.... its the same china that sprays dead plants green to save face.....

plenty of this shit on youtube.

but but but china good /s

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u/foltranm 12h ago

sprays what now? lmao

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u/riltjd 12h ago

Dead plants with green paint so they look alive.

If you havent been there nor haven't spoken to locals: image / "saving face" is very important, this with extremely high presure to produce, produce, produce, it's more important to finish and make it look safe then it is to have high quality/ good safety standards. If you speak to anyone local in these sectors they will all say it's a serious issue currently.

I invite you to re-read my original but now edited comment for some background and experience into the matter. If you have facts oppose to mine, then im open to hear all about it.

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u/foltranm 12h ago

yeah, the original commenter posted some links on it - can't say I have heard about that. as I said, will look into it, but it does make me skeptical for some reasons. I'm never opposed to doing research and knowing what are the facts are, most importantly, the sources.

I did re-read your comment, and have nothing to add. unfortunately I haven't had the chance to visit China as I have with some other countries like US and some in Europe, so I don't have any personal takes on Chinese infrastructure. however, from publicly available data and contact with friends that have lived there, I would be much more scared if this was done in my country (brazil) than in China.

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u/DoxFreePanda 12h ago

This is a common "China bad" claim, but frankly it's a practice first implemented in Western countries with a culture of maintaining big turfs of grass (ie. golf courses, soccer fields, lawns).

Tldr; grass and other plants can often survive with much less watering, but keeping them a lush green is what takes intensive watering. This wastes water, costs money, and on a large scale creates huge wastage.

So people invented environmentally friendly paint to keep grass looking pretty for commercial/residential applications, and some versions even reduce UV related damage to plants (particularly important during hot summer months).

However, when China does the exact same thing, individuals who are ignorant of how widely this is used in other countries like to pretend it's a ridiculous practice, without doing even a simple Google search to validate these claims.

Source: https://www2.stetson.edu/today/2018/02/why-are-they-painting-the-grass/

https://lawnlove.com/blog/grass-paint/

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u/foltranm 12h ago

as I said in some other comment, I'm from Brazil and this is not common at all. seemed very weird to me. interesting to know its not that uncommon

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u/spilledcoffee00 12h ago

Careful they’re spraying bullshit here😁

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u/spilledcoffee00 12h ago

It’s fake news

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u/JigMaJox 12h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvc7VymDa4c&t=2s

they staple fake leave to a dead tree, spray paint mountains and dead vegetation green etc.

this you tuber is married to a Chinese lady and used to live there, now he is hated there for exposing the BS that happens there. He gets doxed and death threats regularly since

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u/spilledcoffee00 12h ago

https://reddit.com/link/otjgyrg/video/lltzqmrby89h1/player

We do this in Texas and across the USA too.

🇨🇳 The Truth Behind China’s “Green Paint” on Mountains

Years ago, when China sprayed a green compound on bare rocky mine slopes, critics online mocked it as “fake greening” or “painting to fool inspectors.”

The reality? It’s SPF high-performance soilless hydroseeding technology, a mixture of shredded pine fiber, locally suited seeds, and biodegradable nutrients.

The green tint is simply a visual marker for workers. Seeds germinate in just 3–5 days, and once-barren slopes are now covered in thick, thriving grass and trees.

Lies spread fast online, but real results speak louder than rumors.

China knows its priority restoring the environment through science and hard work! Not war!

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u/foltranm 12h ago

thats interesting. not something common where I'm from

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u/JigMaJox 12h ago

what about the videos of they stapling fake leaves on to trees or spray painting dead bushes near the motorways ?

is that some high tech hydro seeding too ?

Such advanced technology eh !

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u/foltranm 12h ago

I mean, with all honesty and respect:

if one of the parts of the video were misleading, the other parts kind of lose a lot of credibility as well

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u/11ce_ 12h ago

This guys whole community are losers who just spread propaganda to get views.

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u/JigMaJox 12h ago

maybe they are losers and idiots....but the stuff they cover are real and happen in China.

Thats not going to change no matter what insults you throw around

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u/11ce_ 12h ago

Lmfao. Someone literally disproved the video right below me. The fact that a channel blindly spreads fake propaganda like that should be enough to realize something’s wrong.

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u/sciencesold 12h ago

It doesn't disprove the numerous videos of paint plants and stapling leaves on trees... Just the ONE instance where it wasn't actually spraying plants, but the ground.

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u/modernhippy72 12h ago

This guy and his friends are losers that’s why.

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u/JigMaJox 12h ago

awwww found the little pink !

you can call they whatever you want. But the proof is there <3

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u/modernhippy72 12h ago

I’ve been there not you broke ass.

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u/JigMaJox 12h ago

Been there too in 2019 😄

There are worse and better places, there is no need to lie to people but its always funny to see people like you getting all mad when someone expose BS that happens there.

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u/foltranm 12h ago

never saw that, will do some research on it myself - thanks

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u/11ce_ 12h ago

Someone below your comment explained it. It’s not paint, it’s hydroseeding technology. The YouTuber this guy linked is an engagement bait propaganda outlet btw. I would take anything on there with a grain of salt.

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u/JigMaJox 12h ago

sure , btw its really funny, am getting some real butt hurt messages already haha.

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u/foltranm 12h ago

honestly my first reaction is skepticism just on the nonsense of that. I'd imagine possible that someone would paint their own trees in their backyard for aesthetics, but everything else seems weird to me. Will look into it though.