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by SexyCyborg 3365 days ago
>love your stuff by the way, you're probably the first exposure alot of westerners have to the Shenzhen scene on reddit and other sites.

Thanks!

>have you lived in the US? always been curious where you picked up your fluency in english and western culture

No, never been to the West I'm entirely locally educated. When I first posted on Reddit I just tried to reply to everyone- and I was usually on my phone so my English was very careless. After a while I realized my "chat Chinglish" really made it hard for people to take me seriously. I slowed down, started using my computer, Grammerly is a huge help but for important stuff like the above post or my Hackaday article there's a small group of overseas educated friends that help me proofread my posts. I make all my stuff and document it all carefully on video, but you'll see regular disclaimers when my English has been polished for readability (but not content).