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[[Image:LULZ_birth.png|thumb|Scientists have carbon dated the first use of '''lulz''' to [[Jameth]].]]
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[[Image:White_pages_lulz.png|thumb|[[Ohio]] has the highest concentration of lulz in America.]]
{{Infobox settlement
[[Image:No_lulz.png|thumb|There are, however, no lulz to be found in [[Hollywood]]. [[Jews|We all know why that is.]]]]
|name                = {{raise|0.2em|Shanghai}}
[[Image:Mark being a script sperm.jpg|thumb|I did it for the lulz]]
|official_name = Shanghai Municipality
[[Image:Corruptionoflulz.jpg|thumb|On ur shipments, corruptin ur lulz.]]
|native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|zh|上海市}}}}}}
[[Image:Lolzturtle.gif|thumb|The infamous lulz [[I_Like_Turtles|turtle]].]]
|settlement_type    = [[Direct-controlled municipality of China|Municipality]]
[[Image:Lulz warrior turtle.jpg|thumb|The infamous lulz turtle in first stage battlemode.]]
|total_type          = Municipality
[[Image:Lulz Turtle Liekz Mudkipz.gif|thumb|The infamous lulz turtle rapes a [[So i herd u liek mudkip|Mudkip]].]]
|image_skyline      = Shanghai montage.png
[[Image:Lulz Mech Turtle.jpg|thumb|The infamous lulz turtle in his final and most lulzy form.]]
|image_caption      = Clockwise from top: A view of the [[Pudong]] skyline; [[Yu Garden]], [[China pavilion at Expo 2010|China Pavilion]] along with the [[Expo Axis]], neon signs on [[Nanjing Road]], and [[The Bund]]
[[Image:LulzyBobby.gif|thumb|''King of the Hill'''s Bobby enjoys the lulz.]]
|image_map          = Shanghai in China (+all claims hatched).svg
[[Image:Antilolzturtle.gif|thumb|The [[anti-lulz]] turtle. LOLWUT!?]]
|map_caption        = Location of Shanghai Municipality in China
[[Image:Olde Time Lulz.gif|thumb|Ye olde time lulz turtle.]]
|image_map1 =
[[Image:Lulzturtlehentai1.gif|thumb|Lulz rare turtle [[porn|pr0n]].]]
|map_caption1 =
[[Image:LOLZZZZ.jpg|thumb|The Teenage Mutant Lolz Turtles (TMLT)]]
|coordinates_display = inline,title
[[Image:Lulzturtlepower.png|thumb|Yet again [[Rule 34| Rule 34]].]]
|coordinates_region  = CN-31
|subdivision_type    = Country
|subdivision_name    = People's Republic of China
|established_title  = Settled
|established_date    = 5th–7th century
|established_title1  = Incorporated<br/>&nbsp;- Town
|established_date1  = <br/>751
|established_title2  = &nbsp;- County
|established_date2  = 1292
|established_title3  = &nbsp;- Municipality
|established_date3  = 7 July 1927
|parts_type          = Divisions<br/>&nbsp;- [[County-level division|County-level]]<br/>&nbsp;- [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level|Township-<br/>level]]
|parts              = <br/>[[List of administrative divisions of Shanghai|16 districts, 1 county]]<br/>210 towns and subdistricts
|government_type    = [[Direct-controlled municipality of China|Municipality]]
|leader_title        = [[Party chief of the Communist Party of China|CPC Secretary]]
|leader_name        = [[Han Zheng]]
|leader_title1      = Mayor
|leader_name1        = [[Yang Xiong (politician)|Yang Xiong]]
|leader_title2      = Congress Chairman
|leader_name2        = Yin Yicui
|leader_title3      = Conference Chairman
|leader_name3        = Wu Zhiming
|area_footnotes      = <ref name=mofcom>{{cite web|title=Doing Business in China - Survey|url=http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zt_business/lanmub/|publisher=Ministry Of Commerce - People's Republic Of China|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref>
|area_total_km2      = 6340.5
|area_land_km2      =
|area_water_km2      = 697
|area_urban_km2      =
|area_footnotes      = <ref name="landarea">{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node23919/node24059/node24061/userobject22ai36484.html |title=Land Area |work=Basic Facts |publisher=Shanghai Municipal Government |accessdate=19 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name="waterresources"/>
|elevation_m            = 4
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref name="topo"/>
|population_total      = 23710000
|population_as_of      = 2012
|population_footnotes  = <ref name="shrkjsw.gov.cn">http://www.shrkjsw.gov.cn/spfpen/dr/data/2013110/0000066040660434698136.html?openpath=spfpen/data</ref>
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_rank=[[List of cities in China by urban population|1st China]], [[List of cities proper by population|1st world]]
|population_urban =21766000 (March '13)<ref>{{cite web|title=Demographia World Urban Areas PDF (March 2013)|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|publisher=Demographia|accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref>
|population_demonym    = Shanghainese
|timezone              = [[China standard time]]
|utc_offset            = +8
|coor_type              =
|latd=31 |latm=12 |latNS=N
|longd=121 |longm=30 |longEW=E
|postal_code_type      = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]]
|postal_code            = '''2000'''00–'''2021'''00
|area_code              = [[Telephone numbers in China|21]]
|blank_name            = GDP<ref name="GDP"/>
|blank_info            = 2013
|blank1_name            = &nbsp;- Total
|blank1_info            = [[Renminbi|CNY]]2.16&nbsp;trillion <br/> US$352.36&nbsp;billion ([[List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP|11th]])
|blank2_name            = &nbsp;- Per capita
|blank2_info            = CNY91,100 <br/> US$14,862 ([[List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP per capita|3rd]])
|blank3_name            = &nbsp;- Growth
|blank3_info            = {{increase}} 7.7%
|blank4_name            = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2008)
|blank4_info            = 0.908 ([[List of administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China by Human Development Index|1st]]) – <span style="color:#090;">very high</span>
|blank5_name            = [[Licence plates of the People's Republic of China|Licence plate]] prefixes
|blank5_info            = 沪A, B, D, E, F, G, H, J, K<br/>沪C (outer suburbs)
|blank6_name            = City flower
|blank6_info            = [[Magnolia denudata|Yulan magnolia]]
|website                = <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/ www.shanghai.gov.cn]</span>
}}
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'''Shanghai''' is the largest Chinese city by population<ref name="chan_paper">{{cite journal|author=Chan, Kam Wing |title=Misconceptions and Complexities in the Study of China's Cities: Definitions, Statistics, and Implications |journal=[[Eurasian Geography and Economics]] |year=2007 |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=383–412 |url=http://courses.washington.edu/chinageo/ChanCityDefinitionsEGE2007.pdf |accessdate=13 September 2011|doi=10.2747/1538-7216.48.4.383}}, p. 395.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://china.usc.edu/(S(swqn0p55xbqmsu45cwso5lzy)A(IEcheuFczAEkAAAAODRlNTk2OTMtMDViMC00Yjk5LWFmZTgtODc1OTA1YWYxMDM4e9e8O7-g5_HYhuft0Huy7h2GlGg1))/ShowAverageDay.aspx?articleID=910 |title=What are China's largest and richest cities? |publisher=University of Southern California}}</ref> and the [[List of cities proper by population|largest city proper]] by population in the world.<ref name="Geohiveworld">{{cite web |url=http://www.geohive.com/earth/cy_notagg.aspx |title=Cities: largest (without surrounding suburban areas) |publisher=Geohive |accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> It is one of the four [[direct-controlled municipalities of China|direct-controlled municipalities]], with a total population of near 24 million {{as of|2013|lc=y}}.<ref>http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-02/19/c_114725465.htm</ref>  It is a global [[financial center]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zyen.com/PDF/LCGFC.pdf |title=The Competitive Position of London as a Global Financial Centre}}</ref> and a transport hub with the [[List of world's busiest container ports|world's busiest container port]].<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.worldshipping.org/about-the-industry/global-trade/top-50-world-container-ports/ |title=Top 50 World Container Ports}}</ref> Located in the [[Yangtze River Delta]] in [[East China]], Shanghai sits at the mouth of the [[Yangtze River]] in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. The municipality borders the provinces of [[Jiangsu]] and [[Zhejiang]] to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the [[East China Sea]].<ref name="location">
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In the beginning was the [[Lulz]], and the [[Lulz]] was with God, and the [[Lulz]] was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all [[trolling]]s were made; without him nothing was [[trolled]] that has been [[trolled]]. In him was [[drama]], and that [[drama]] was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the [[anti-lulz|darkness]], and the [[anti-lulz|darkness]] has not overcome it.|Gospel of John
  |url=http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node23919/node24059/node24061/userobject22ai36489.html
  |title=Geographic Location
  |work=Basic Facts
  |publisher=Shanghai Municipal Government
  |accessdate=14 September 2011
}}</ref>
 
For centuries a major administrative, shipping, and trading town, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to European recognition of its favorable [[Port of Shanghai|port]] location and economic potential. The city was one of [[Treaty ports|five]] opened to foreign trade following the British victory over China in the [[First Opium War]] while the subsequent 1842 [[Treaty of Nanking]] and 1844 [[Treaty of Whampoa]] allowed the establishment of the [[Shanghai International Settlement]] and the [[Shanghai French Concession|French Concession]]. The city then flourished as a center of commerce between east and west, and became the undisputed financial hub of the Asia Pacific in the 1930s.<ref name="1930hub">{{cite web
  |title=Shanghai: Global financial center? Aspirations and reality, and implications for Hong Kong
  |url=http://www.hkjournal.org/PDF/2009_winter/3.pdf
  |author=Scott Tong
  |publisher=Hong Kong Journal
  |date=October 2009
  |accessdate=17 October 2011}}
</ref> However, with the Communist Party takeover of the mainland in 1949, trade was reoriented to focus on socialist countries, and the city's global influence declined. In the 1990s, the [[Economic reform in the People's Republic of China|economic reforms]] introduced by [[Deng Xiaoping]] resulted in an intense re-development of the city, aiding the return of finance and foreign investment to the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node17256/node17432/node17433/userobject22ai24.html |title=Historic Transformation |publisher=Shanghai.gov.cn |date=27 May 1949 |accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>
 
Shanghai is a popular tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as [[The Bund]], [[City God Temple of Shanghai|City God Temple]] and [[Yu Garden]], as well as the extensive [[Lujiazui]] skyline and major museums including the [[Shanghai Museum]] and the [[China Art Museum]]. It has been described as the "showpiece" of the booming [[Economy of China|economy of mainland China]].<ref name="showpiece">{{cite news
  |title=Shanghai: China's capitalist showpiece
  |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7373394.stm
  |publisher=BBC News
  |date=21 May 2008
  |accessdate=7 August 2008
  |first=Katie
  |last=Hunt
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  |title=Of Shanghai... and Suzhou
  |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/01/27/stories/2003012700170300.htm
  |publisher=The Hindu Business Line
  |date=27 January 2003
  |accessdate=20 March 2008
  |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050819054503/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/01/27/stories/2003012700170300.htm
  |archivedate=23 May 2009
}}</ref>
 
==Etymology and names==
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  |pic=Shanghai_name.svg
    |piccap="Shanghai", as written in Chinese
    |picsize=100px
  |c=[[wikt:上海|上海]]
  |p=Shànghǎi
  |l=above sea or on sea
  |wuu=Zaonhe
  |lmz=Zånhae {{IPA-wuu|z̥ɑ̃̀hé}}
  |j=soeng<sup>6</sup>hoi<sup>2</sup>
  |poj = Siōng-hái
    |buc = Siông-hāi
  |h = Sông-hói
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}}
The two [[Chinese character]]s in the city's name are '上' (''Shàng'' - "above") and '海' (''hǎi'' - "sea"), together meaning "Upon-the-Sea". The earliest occurrence of this name dates from the 11th century [[Song Dynasty]], at which time there was already a river confluence and a town with this name in the area. There are disputes as to exactly how the name should be interpreted, but Chinese historians have concluded that during the [[Tang Dynasty]] Shanghai was literally on the sea, hence the origin of the name.<ref name="Danielson, Eric N. 2004, pp.8-9">Danielson, Eric N., Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, 2004, pp.8–9.</ref>
Shanghai is officially abbreviated {{linktext|沪}} ('''Hù'') in Chinese,<ref>Traditional Chinese: {{lang|zh-hant|滬}}; Shanghainese: ''Vu''<sup>2</sup>.</ref> a contraction of {{linktext|沪渎}} (''Hù Dú'', <small>lit</small> "[[Harpoon]] Ditch"),<ref name="Shenhu Origin"/><ref>Traditional Chinese: {{lang|zh-hant|滬瀆}}.</ref> a 4th or 5th century [[Jin Dynasty (265–420)|Jin]] name for the mouth of [[Suzhou Creek]] when it was the main conduit into the ocean.<ref name="Shenhu Origin">Shanghai Municipal Government. "[http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node2314/node3766/node3767/node3768/index.html "申","沪"的由来]" ("Origins of ''Shen'' and ''Hu''"). {{zh icon}}</ref> This character appears on all motor vehicle license plates issued in the municipality today.
Another alternative name for Shanghai is ''Shēn'' ({{linktext|申}}) or ''Shēnchéng'' ({{linktext|申|城}}, "Shen City"), from [[Lord Chunshen]], a third-century BC nobleman and prime minister of the [[Chu (state)|state of Chu]], whose fief included modern Shanghai.<ref name="Shenhu Origin"/> Sports teams and newspapers in Shanghai often use Shen in their names, such as [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.]] and ''[[Shen Bao]]''.
''Huating'' ({{linktext|华|亭}}) was another early name for Shanghai. In 751&nbsp;AD, during the mid-[[Tang Dynasty]], Huating County was established at modern-day Songjiang, the first county-level administration within modern-day Shanghai. Today, Huating appears as the name of a four-star hotel in the city.<ref name="Danielson, Eric N. 2004, pp.8-9"/>
The city also has various nicknames in English, including "Pearl of the Orient" and "Paris of the East".<ref name="paris of the east">{{cite news|last=Moraski|first=Brittney|date=20 July 2011|accessdate=29 July 2011|url=http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/531416/Shanghai-brings-a-touch-of-home.html?nav=5097|title=Shanghai brings a touch of home|publisher=Daily Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meetingsfocus.com/ArticleDetails/tabid/162/ArticleID/10276/Default.aspx |title=Shanghai: Pearl of the Orient |publisher=Meetingsfocus.com |date=2013-04-07 |accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref>
==History==
{{Main|History of Shanghai}} {{see also|Timeline of Shanghai history|Shanghai International Settlement|Shanghai French Concession|Greater Shanghai Plan}}
[[File:Old City of Shanghai will walls and seafront.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The walled [[Old City of Shanghai]]]]
[[File:Shanghai 1935 S1 AMS-WO.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Shanghai in the 1930s, with the [[Shanghai International Settlement]] and [[Shanghai French Concession]]]]
During the Song Dynasty (AD 960–1279) Shanghai was upgraded in status from a [[村|village]] to a [[镇|market town]] in 1074, and in 1172 a second sea wall was built to stabilize  the ocean coastline, supplementing an earlier dyke.<ref>Danielson, Eric N., Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, 2004, p.9.</ref> From the [[Yuan Dynasty]] in 1292 until Shanghai officially became a city in 1927, the area was designated merely as a [[County (People's Republic of China)|county seat]] administered by the Songjiang [[Prefecture (China)|prefecture]].<ref>Danielson, Eric N., Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, 2004, p.9, pp.11–12, p.34.</ref>
Two important events helped promote Shanghai's development in the Ming Dynasty. A [[city wall]] was built for the first time in 1554 to protect the town from raids by [[Wokou|Japanese pirates]]. It measured {{convert|10|m|0|abbr=off}} high and {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=off}} in circumference.<ref name="Danielson, Eric N. 2004, p.10">Danielson, Eric N., Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, 2004, p.10.</ref> During the Wanli reign (1573–1620), Shanghai received an important psychological boost from the erection of a [[City God Temple of Shanghai|City God Temple]] in 1602. This honour was usually reserved for places with the status of a city, such as a [[府|prefectural capital]] not normally given to a mere [[镇|county town]], as Shanghai was. It probably reflected the town's economic importance, as opposed to its low political status.<ref name="Danielson, Eric N. 2004, p.10"/>
[[File:Shanghai 1928 Bund Cenotaph.jpeg|thumb|right|A view of [[the Bund]] in 1928]]
[[File:Shanghai Nanking Road 1930s.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Nanjing Road (Shanghai)|Nanjing Road]] in the 1930s]]
During the [[Qing Dynasty]], Shanghai became one of the most important sea ports in the Yangtze Delta region as a result of two important central government policy changes: First, Emperor Kangxi (1662–1723) in 1684 reversed the previous Ming Dynasty prohibition on ocean going vessels – a ban that had been in force since 1525. Second, in 1732 Emperor Yongzheng moved the customs office for Jiangsu province ({{linktext|江|海|关}}; see [[Customs House, Shanghai]]) from the prefectural capital of Songjiang city to Shanghai, and gave Shanghai exclusive control over customs collections for Jiangsu Province's foreign trade. Professor Linda Cooke Johnson has concluded that as a result of these two critical decisions, by 1735 Shanghai had become the major trade port for all of the lower Yangtze River region, despite still being at the lowest administrative level in the political hierarchy.<ref>Danielson, Eric N., Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta, 2004, pp.10–11.</ref>
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[[File:Colonial buildings in old Shanghai.jpg|thumb|left|A diorama of [[the Bund]] as it would have appeared in the 1940s]]-->
International attention to Shanghai grew in the 19th century due to European recognition of its economic and trade potential at the [[Yangtze River]]. During the [[First Opium War]] (1839–1842), British forces occupied the city. The war ended with the 1842 [[Treaty of Nanjing]], which allowed the British to dictate opening the [[treaty ports]], Shanghai included, for international trade. The [[Treaty of the Bogue]] signed in 1843, and the [[Treaty of Wanghia|Sino-American Treaty of Wanghia]] signed in 1844 forced Chinese concession to European and American desires for visitation and trade on Chinese soil.  Britain, France (under the 1844 [[Treaty of Whampoa]]), and the United States all carved out [[Concession (territory)|concessions]] outside the [[Nanshi District, Shanghai|walled city]] of Shanghai, which was still ruled by the Chinese.
The Chinese-held old city of Shanghai fell to the rebels of the [[Small Swords Society]] in 1853 but was recovered by the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] in February 1855.<ref>Scarne, John. ''[http://www.archive.org/stream/twelveyearsinchi00scarrich Twelve years in China].'' Edinburgh: Constable, 1860: 187–209.</ref> In 1854, the [[Shanghai Municipal Council]] was created to manage the foreign settlements. Between 1860–1862, the [[Taiping Rebellion|Taiping]] rebels [[Battle of Shanghai (1861)|twice attacked]] Shanghai and destroyed the city's eastern and southern suburbs, but failed to take the city.<ref name="WellWilli">Williams, S. Wells. ''[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002013393773 The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants]'', Vol. 1, p. 107. Scribner (New York), 1904.</ref> In 1863, the British settlement to the south of [[Suzhou Creek]] (northern [[Huangpu District, Shanghai|Huangpu District]]) and the American settlement to the north (southern [[Hongkou District]]) joined in order to form the [[Shanghai International Settlement]]. The French opted out of the Shanghai Municipal Council and maintained [[Shanghai French Concession|its own concession]] to the south and southwest.
[[File:BattleOfShanghaiBaby retouched.jpg|thumb|right|A baby crying in the ruins of a railway station in Shanghai bombed by the Japanese in August 1937]]
Citizens of many countries and all continents came to Shanghai to live and work during the ensuing decades; those who stayed for long periods – some for generations – called themselves "[[Shanghailander]]s".<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/sincities/shanghai.html Shanghai: Paradise for adventurers]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}. CBC – TV. Legendary Sin Cities.</ref> In the 1920s and 1930s, almost 20,000 [[White Movement|White Russians]] and Russian Jews fled the newly established Soviet Union and took up residence in Shanghai. These [[Shanghai Russians]] constituted the second-largest foreign community. By 1932, Shanghai had become the world's fifth largest city and home to 70,000 foreigners.<ref>"[http://www.talesofoldchina.com/library/allaboutshanghai/t-all04.htm All About Shanghai. Chapter 4 – Population]". Tales of Old Shanghai.</ref> In the 1930s, some 30,000 Jewish refugees from Europe arrived in the city.<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1828102,00.html Shanghai Sanctuary]". TIME. 31 July 2008.</ref>


The [[First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)|Sino-Japanese War]] concluded with the [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]], which elevated Japan to become another foreign power in Shanghai. Japan built the first factories in Shanghai, which were soon copied by other foreign powers. Shanghai was then the most important financial center in the Far East. All this international activity gave Shanghai the nickname "the Great Athens of China"<ref>Gordon Cumming, C. F. (Constance Frederica), "The inventor of the numeral-type for China by the use of which illiterate Chinese both blind and sighted can very quickly be taught to read and write fluently", London : Downey, 1899, [http://www.archive.org/stream/inventorofnumera00gordiala/inventorofnumera00gordiala_djvu.txt archive.org]</ref>


[[File:Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China.jpg|thumb|right|Site of the [[Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|First National Congress of the Communist Party of China]], a typical ''[[shikumen]]'' building in the former [[Shanghai French Concession|French Concession]].]]
'''█▄ █▄█ █▄ ▀█▄''' is a corruption of ''L O L'', which stands for "Laugh Out Loud", signifying laughter at someone else's expense (from the [[German]] concept of "[[Holocaust|Schadenfreude]]"). This makes it inherently superior to [[lolcats|lesser forms of humor]]. [[Anonymous]] gets big lulz from pulling [[random]] pranks. The pranks are always posted on the internet. Just as the element of [[Buttsex|surprise]] transforms the [[Secks|physical act of love]] into [[rape|something beautiful]], the [[Butthurt|anguish]] of a laughed-at victim transforms [[lol]] into lulz, making it longer, girthier, and [[ED:LULZ|more pleasurable]].  Lulz is engaged in by [[Brenda Williams|Internet users]] who have witnessed one major economic/environmental/political disaster too many, and who thus view a state of voluntary, gleeful sociopathy over the world's current apocalyptic state, as superior to being continually [[emo]].


Under the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (1911–1949), Shanghai's political status was finally raised to that of a municipality on 14 July 1927. Although the territory of the foreign concessions was excluded from their control, this new Chinese municipality still covered an area of {{convert|828.8|km2|1|abbr=out}}, including the modern-day districts of Baoshan, Yangpu, Zhabei, Nanshi, and Pudong. Headed by a Chinese mayor and municipal council, the new city governments first task was to create a new city-center in Jiangwan town of Yangpu district, outside the boundaries of the foreign concessions. This new city-center was planned to include a public museum, library, sports stadium, and city hall.<ref>Danielson, Eric N., Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, 2004, p.34.</ref>
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On [[January 28 Incident|28 January 1932]], Japanese forces struck and the Chinese resisted, fighting to a standstill; a ceasefire was brokered in May. The [[Battle of Shanghai]] in 1937 resulted in the occupation of the Chinese administered parts of Shanghai outside of the International Settlement and the French Concession. The International Settlement was occupied by the Japanese on 8 December 1941 and remained occupied until Japan's surrender in 1945, during which time [[Japanese war crimes|war crimes]] were committed.<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/16/content_3094613.htm « ''149 comfort women houses discovered in Shanghai'' »], ''Xinhua'', 16 June 2005.</ref>
You're driving on a two lane highway, listening to music and whatshit, and suddenly, you see two people go in front of you and box you in, going at a shocking 20 miles an hour on a 60 mile an hour lane, forcing everyone to get in your way. The [[asshole]] in front of you decides to pull a prank and slams on his brakes. You cannot react in time and [[Buttsex|rear-end]] his car. He speeds off in his stupid [[Prius|lunchbox]] and the other guy takes an exit. Luckily, you get the guy's license plate (U42-6MN, Tampa, FL). You look up his information through the DMV, find his address, and launch your assault.  [[spongebob|Every waking moment of his life will become a swirling torment of pain and misery.]]  He will begin to look before opening the shower curtain, because half the time, you will be there with a knife in hand.  He will not cross the road because you will be there waiting to run him over.  He will not cook with salt because he thinks you laced it with cyanide.  His life, terrorized. For the lulz.  Win.


On 27 May 1949, the [[People's Liberation Army]] took control of Shanghai, which was one of only three former [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (ROC) municipalities not merged into neighboring provinces over the next decade (the others being [[Beijing]] and [[Tianjin]]).<ref>[http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-monde2.htm ''Changhai est tombé sans combat'' »], Le Monde, 27 May 1949  .</ref> Shanghai underwent a series of changes in the boundaries of its subdivisions, especially in the next decade. After 1949, most foreign firms moved their offices from Shanghai to [[Hong Kong]], as part of a foreign divestment due to the Communist victory.
The term lulz was coined by [[Jameth]], and is the only good reason to do anything, from [[troll]]ing to [[rape]]. After every action taken, you must make the epilogic [[dubious disclaimer]]: "[[I did it for the lulz]]."  Sometimes you may see the word spelled as [[YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG|luls or lolz]], but only if you are reading something written by a [[faggot]]. [[PROTIP|Pro Tip]]: If you feel particularly [[douchebag|pretentious]], or if you're talking to Frasier, use the term "epicaricacy" instead of lulz.


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lulz Noun --- (lul-zz)
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Definition:
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1. The act of entertaining oneself with the misfortune of others; an
|image1    = The Bund (Zealotzuo).jpg
agreeable occupation for the mind
|caption1 = The government of Shanghai seated on [[HSBC Building, the Bund]] from 1955-1995
|image2    = Shanghai Lujiazui 20070630.jpg
|caption2  = [[Lujiazui]] buildings after 1990s
}}
During the 1950s and 1960s, Shanghai became an industrial center and center for radical [[Left-wing politics|leftism]]; the leftist [[Jiang Qing]] and her three cohorts, together the [[Gang of Four]], were based in the city.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=b3MX4eQrl50C&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=%22gang+of+four%22+shanghai&source=bl&ots=Ai7xim1QY5&sig=Dj-Oq7WCf31O6f8nQX1kEndLlqg&hl=en&ei=6BFKTsqoBqePsQKZw93SCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22gang%20of%20four%22%20shanghai&f=false ''Shanghai: transformation and modernization under China's open policy. By Yue-man Yeung, Sung Yun-wing, page 66'' »], Chinese University Press, 1996</ref> Yet, even during the most tumultuous times of the [[Cultural Revolution]], Shanghai was able to maintain high economic productivity and relative social stability. In most of the history of the [[People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]], in order to funnel wealth to the rural areas, Shanghai has been a comparatively heavy contributor of tax revenue to the central government, with Shanghai in 1983 contributing more in tax revenue to the central government then Shanghai had received in investment in the prior 33 years combined.<ref>The Party: The Secret World of China Communist rulers</ref> This came at the cost of severely crippling Shanghai's infrastructural and capital development. Its importance to the fiscal well-being of the central government also denied it economic liberalizations begun in 1978. Shanghai was finally permitted to initiate economic reforms in 1991, starting the massive development still seen today and the birth of [[Lujiazui]] in [[Pudong]].
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==Geography==
2. Something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement,  
{{Main|Geography of Shanghai}}
esp. a performance of some kind.
[[File:Yangtze River Delta.gif|thumb|left|The [[Yangtze River Delta]] is shown in green in this map of Shanghai (on the east at center) alongside the neighboring provinces of [[Jiangsu]] (to the north and west) and [[Zhejiang]] (to the south and west). Parts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang which are outside the Yangtze River Delta are shown in yellow. Provincial boundaries are shown in purple, sub-provincial boundaries in grey.]]
[[File:Shanghai Landsat-7 2005-08-15.jpg|thumb|right|The urban area of Shanghai can be seen in this natural-color satellite image ([[Landsat-7]] 2005-08-15).]]


Shanghai sits on the [[Yangtze River Delta]] on China's eastern coast, and is roughly equidistant from Beijing and Hong Kong. The municipality as a whole consists of a [[peninsula]] between the [[Yangtze River|Yangtze]] and [[Hangzhou Bay]], mainland China's second-largest island [[Chongming County|Chongming]], and a number of smaller islands. It is bordered on the north and west by [[Jiangsu]], on the south by [[Zhejiang]], and on the east by the [[East China Sea]]. The city proper is bisected by the [[Huangpu River]], a tributary of the [[Yangtze River|Yangtze]]. The historic center of the city, the [[Puxi]] area, is located on the western side of the Huangpu, while the newly developed [[Pudong]], containing the central financial district [[Lujiazui]], was developed on the eastern bank.
3. The essence which can be derived from an epic win.


The vast majority of Shanghai's {{convert|6340.5|km2|abbr=on}} land area is flat, apart from a few hills in the southwest corner, with an average elevation of {{convert|4|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="topo">
Usage:
{{cite web
We did it for the lulz.
  |url=http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node23919/node24059/node24061/userobject22ai36485.html
  |title=Topographic Features
  |work=Basic Facts
  |publisher=Shanghai Municipal Government
  |accessdate=19 July 2011
}}</ref> The city's location on the flat [[alluvial plain]] has meant that new skyscrapers must be built with deep concrete piles to stop them from sinking into the soft ground. The highest point is at the peak of [[Dajinshan Island]] at {{convert|103|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="topo"/> The city has many rivers, canals, streams and lakes and is known for its rich water resources as part of the [[Lake Tai|Taihu]] drainage area.<ref name="waterresources">
{{cite web
  |url=http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node23919/node24059/node24061/userobject22ai36486.html
  |title=Water Resources
  |work=Basic Facts
  |publisher=Shanghai Municipal Government
  |accessdate=19 July 2011
}}</ref>
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===Climate===
Synonyms:
Shanghai has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa'') and experiences four distinct seasons. Winters are chilly and damp, and cold northwesterly winds from [[Siberia]] can cause nighttime temperatures to drop below freezing, although most years there are only one or two days of snowfall. Summers are hot and humid, with an average of 8.7 days exceeding {{convert|35|°C}} annually; occasional downpours or freak [[thunderstorm]]s can be expected. The city is also susceptible to [[typhoon]]s in summer and the beginning of autumn, none of which in recent years has caused considerable damage.<ref name="wiphatelegraph">{{cite news
Entertainment
  |title=1.6m flee Shanghai typhoon
  |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/19/wtyphoon119.xml
  |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=19 September 2007
  |accessdate=20 March 2008
  |first=Richard
  |last=Spencer}}</ref> The most pleasant seasons are spring, although changeable and often rainy, and autumn, which is generally sunny and dry. The city averages {{convert|4.2|°C|1}} in January and {{convert|27.9|°C|1}} in July, for an annual mean of {{convert|16.1|°C|1}}. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 34% in March to 54% in August, the city receives 1,895 hours of bright sunshine annually. Extreme temperatures within the municipality range from {{convert|40.8|°C|0}} on 7 August 2013,<ref name="今最高气温40.8℃ 明日再“奔”40℃">{{cite web
| url = http://www.soweather.com/html/e77f9935-c29e-402b-894e-225eb91175c5/infodetail/11bfdc7d-c6fe-4fa2-b15c-23d8239e6367.html
| title =今最高气温40.8℃ 明日再"奔"40℃
| publisher = 上海市公共气象服务中心
| accessdate = 2013-08-07
}}</ref> down to {{convert|−12.1|°C|0}} on 19 January 1893.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/801986.shtml
|title = Temperature matches all-time record high
|author = Jiang Yabin
|publisher = Global Times
|date = 6 August 2013
|accessdate = 2013-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://sh.sina.com.cn/news/g/2013-07-27/081455802.html
|title = 长三角争先高温纪录 网友呼唤萧敬腾你在哪_新浪上海
|publisher = Sina Shanghai
|language = Simplified Chinese
|date = 27 July 2013
|accessdate = 2013-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.mherrera.org/temp.htm
| title = Extreme Temperatures Around the World
| accessdate =1 December 2010
}}</ref>


{{Shanghai weatherbox}}
Source:
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A corruption of lol.
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===Environmental issues===
==Etymology==


====2013 Shanghai smog====
Below is a conversation said to have been held between [[Jesus]] and [[Putin]]. Whether it is apochryphal is disputed by black person
{{See also|2013 Eastern China smog}}
[[File:Shanghai haze in Huangpu Distract 20131206.jpg|thumb|Shanghai haze in [[Huangpu District]], 2013-12-06]]
A dense wave of [[smog]] began in Shanghai on 2 December 2013, measuring Record densities of fine [[particulates]]. Air pollution rates ranged between 23 and 31 times the international standard.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/06/us-china-pollution-idUSBRE9B508X20131206 Flights delayed as air pollution hits record in Shanghai]</ref> On 6 December 2013, levels of PM<sub>2.5</sub> particulate matter in Shanghai rose above 600 micrograms per cubic meter and in the surrounding area, above 700 micrograms per cubic metre.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2013/12-04/272975.shtml|title = 中国出现入冬以来最大范围雾霾 局地严重污染 (Smog levels in China reach record levels since the end of 2013; surrounding areas severely polluted | publisher = China news agency | author = Liu Chen-yao |language=Chinese}}</ref> Levels of PM<sub>2.5</sub> in [[Putuo District]] reached 726 micrograms per cubic meter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.farmer.com.cn/xwpd/dfny/201312/t20131206_920714.htm|title=上海今日PM<sub>2.5</sub>均值超600 高楼在雾霾中若隐若现|publisher=人民日报|author=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kankanews.com/a/2013-12-06/0013905638.shtml|title=新闻晨报：释疑——重度污染为何不发霾红色预警|publisher=上视新闻频道-上海早晨栏目|author=}}</ref> As a result the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission received orders to suspend students' outdoor activities.


==Politics==
<pre>
{{Main|Politics of Shanghai}}
Like virtually all governing institutions in mainland China, the politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system,<ref name="martin">{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Michael |title=Understanding China’s Political System |url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41007.pdf |publisher=Congressional Research Service |accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> in which the [[Party chief of the Communist Party of China|Communist Party Chief]], officially termed the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee Secretary (currently [[Han Zheng]]), outranks the Mayor (currently [[Yang Xiong (politician)|Yang Xiong]]).


Political power in Shanghai is widely seen as a stepping stone to higher positions in the national government.  Since [[Jiang Zemin]] became the national party chief in June 1989, all but one former Shanghai party chief was elevated to the [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China|Politburo Standing Committee]], the ''de facto'' highest decision-making body in China,<ref name="martin"/> including Jiang Zemin (General Secretary and President),<ref>{{cite news |title=Profile: Jiang Zemin |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1832448.stm |newspaper=BBC News |accessdate=13 September 2011 |date=19 September 2004}}</ref> [[Zhu Rongji]] (Premier),<ref>{{cite news |title=The Former Premier Who Ended China's 'Splendid Isolation' |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/19/world/the-former-premier-who-ended-china-s-splendid-isolation.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=19 March 2003 |accessdate=13 September 2011 |first=Joseph |last=Kahn}}</ref> [[Wu Bangguo]] (Chairman of the National People's Congress),<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Wu Bangguo |url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/20 |publisher=China Vitae}}</ref> [[Huang Ju]] (Vice Premier),<ref>{{cite news |title=Huang Ju, Powerful Chinese Official, Dies at 68 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/world/asia/02huang.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=2 June 2007 |accessdate=13 September 2011 |first=Jim |last=Yardley}}</ref> [[Xi Jinping]] (General Secretary and Vice President),<ref>{{cite news |title=Xi Jinping |url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/x/xi_jinping/index.html |newspaper=New York Times |accessdate=13 September 2011 |first=Victor |last=Cha}}</ref> and [[Yu Zhengsheng]].  [[Zeng Qinghong]], a former deputy party chief of Shanghai, also rose to the Politburo Standing Committee and became the Vice President and an influential power broker.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Graft Inquiry, Chinese See a Shake-Up Coming |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/world/asia/04corrupt.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=4 October 2006 |accessdate=13 September 2011 |first=Joseph |last=Kahn}}</ref>  The only exception is [[Chen Liangyu]], who was fired in 2006 and later convicted of corruption.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Shanghai Party chief gets 18-year term for bribery |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/11/content_7959627.htm |newspaper=Xinhua |date=11 April 2008 |accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref>  Officials with ties to the Shanghai administration form a powerful faction in the national government, the so-called [[Shanghai Clique]], which often competes against the rival [[Youth League Faction]] over personnel appointments and policy decisions:<ref>{{cite news |title=Factions Help Drive Modern China History |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/business/global/25iht-rshanpol.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=25 February 2010 |accessdate=13 September 2011 |first=Ted |last=Plafker}}</ref> [[Xi Jinping]], successor to [[Hu Jintao]] as [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China|General Secretary]] and [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]], was a compromise candidate between the two groups with supporters in both camps.
Putin says:
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==Administrative divisions==
lulz
{{Shanghai Labelled Map}}
man
[[File:Openstreetmap central Shanghai.svg|thumb|right|Map of central Shanghai]]
what's the etymology of lulz
i know it's derived from lol
but how did it acquire the "u" and the "z"
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THIS CONCEPTUAL REVOLUTION
IN LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT


{{Main|List of administrative divisions of Shanghai|List of township-level divisions of Shanghai}}
Jesus says:
Shanghai is administratively equal to a [[Chinese province|province]] and is divided into 17 [[county-level division]]s: 16 [[district of China|districts]] and one [[County (People's Republic of China)|county]]. Even though every district has its own urban core, the real city center is between Bund to the east, Nanjing Rd to the north, Old City Temple and Huaihai Road to the south. Prominent central business areas include [[Lujiazui]] on the east bank of the [[Huangpu River]], and [[The Bund]] and [[Hongqiao Lu|Hongqiao]] areas in the west bank of the Huangpu River. The city hall and major administration units are located in [[Huangpu District, Shanghai|Huangpu District]], which also serve as a commercial area, including the famous [[Nanjing Road (Shanghai)|Nanjing Road]]. Other major commercial areas include [[Xintiandi]] and the classy [[Huaihai Road]] (previously ''Avenue Joffre'') in [[Huangpu District, Shanghai|Huangpu District]] and [[Xujiahui]] (formerly [[Romanization of Chinese|Romanized]] as ''Zikawei or Siccawei'', reflecting the Shanghainese pronunciation) in [[Xuhui District]]. Many [[List of universities and colleges in Shanghai|universities in Shanghai]] are located in residential areas of [[Yangpu District]] and [[Putuo District, Shanghai|Putuo District]].


Eight of the districts govern [[Puxi]] (<small>lit</small> "Huangpu West Bank"), the older part of urban Shanghai on the west bank of the [[Huangpu River]]. These eight districts are collectively referred to as Shanghai Proper ({{lang|zh-hans|上海市区}}) or the core city ({{lang|zh|市中心}}):
haahahah
* [[Huangpu District, Shanghai|Huangpu District]] (黄浦区 Huángpǔ Qū) – merged with Nanshi District in 2000, and [[Luwan District]] in 2011
well first off
* [[Xuhui District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|徐汇区}}; ''Xúhuì Qū'')
a semantic shift had been undertaken to coalesce 'lol' from an
* [[Changning District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|长宁区}}; ''Chángníng Qū'')
abbreviation into a noun.
* [[Jing'an District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|静安区}}; ''Jìng'ān Qū'')
after the noun became established, multiple grammaticalisations
* [[Putuo District, Shanghai|Putuo District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|普陀区}} ''Pǔtuó Qū'')
could be carried out, such as verbing, declining and such and such
* [[Zhabei District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|闸北区}}; ''Zháběi Qū'')
however, the 'act' of 'lolling' became too equated with stupid
* [[Hongkou District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|虹口区}}; ''Hóngkǒu Qū'')
fucking faggots, so it came to be abandoned
* [[Yangpu District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|杨浦区}}; ''Yángpǔ Qū'')
and, by simple survival of the fittest, it is the pluralisation
'lols' that came to prominence


[[Pudong]] (<small>lit</small> "Huangpu East Bank"), the newer part of urban and suburban Shanghai on the east bank of the [[Huangpu River]], is governed by:
Putin says:
* Pudong New District ({{lang|zh-hans|浦东新区}}; ''Pǔdōng Xīn Qū''){{spaced ndash}} Chuansha County until 1992, merged with [[Nanhui District]] in 2009
hahaha


Seven of the districts govern suburbs, satellite towns, and rural areas further away from the urban core:
Jesus says:
* [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|宝山区}}; ''Bǎoshān Qū''){{spaced ndash}} Baoshan County until 1988
* [[Minhang District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|闵行区}}; ''Mǐnháng Qū''){{spaced ndash}} Shanghai County until 1992
* [[Jiading District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|嘉定区}}; ''Jiādìng Qū''){{spaced ndash}} Jiading County until 1992
* [[Jinshan District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|金山区}}; ''Jīnshān Qū''){{spaced ndash}} Jinshan County until 1997
* [[Songjiang District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|松江区}}; ''Sōngjiāng Qū''){{spaced ndash}} Songjiang County until 1998
* [[Qingpu District, Shanghai|Qingpu District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|青浦区}}; ''Qīngpǔ Qū''){{spaced ndash}} Qingpu County until 1999
* [[Fengxian District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|奉贤区}}; ''Fèngxián Qū''){{spaced ndash}} Fengxian County until 2001


[[Chongming Island]], an island at the mouth of the [[Yangtze River|Yangtze]], is governed by:
once 'lols' became established, it underwent multiple
vulgarisations
such as 'lawls', 'lalz', 'lolz' etc etc
until the canonical form 'lulz' became codified by the great
king Unbar of the Undernets*


* [[Chongming County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|崇明县}}; ''Chóngmíng Xiàn'')
Putin says:
{{As of|2009}}, these county-level divisions are further divided into the following 210 [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level|township-level divisions]]: 109 [[town of China|towns]], 2 [[Townships of the People's Republic of China|township]]s, 99 [[subdistrict]]s. Those are in turn divided into the following [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Village level|village-level divisions]]: 3,661 neighborhood committees and 1,704 village committees.<ref>[http://www.shtong.gov.cn/node2/node19828/node82611/node82617/node82625/userobject1ai115500.html Shanghai Statistical Yearbook 2010]. Retrieved 18 July 2011</ref>
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==Economy==
HAHAHA
[[File:Shanghaistockexchange.jpg|thumb|right|Increasing influence over global capital market: [[Shanghai Stock Exchange]]]]
oh man


Shanghai is the commercial and financial center of mainland China, and ranks fifth in the 2011 edition of the [[Global Financial Centres Index]] published by the City of London.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2011/03/23/2003498853 |title=Taipei still in 19th place as financial center: survey |newspaper=The Taipei Times |date=11 May 2011 |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref> It was the largest and most prosperous city in the Far East during the 1930s, and rapid re-development began in 1990s.<ref name="1930hub"/> This is exemplified by the Pudong District, which became a pilot area for integrated economic reforms. By the end of 2009, there were 787 financial institutions, of which 170 were foreign-invested.<ref name="hktdc.com"/> In 2009, the [[Shanghai Stock Exchange]] ranked third among worldwide stock exchanges in terms of trading volume and sixth in terms of the total capitalization of listed companies, and the trading volume of six key commodities including rubber, copper and zinc on the [[Shanghai Futures Exchange]] all ranked first in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.cntv.cn/english/special/news/20110119/109180.shtml |title=The rise of Lujiazui Financial City in Shanghai|publisher=CCTV News – CNTV English |date=19 January 2011 |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>
Jesus says:


In the last two decades Shanghai has been one of the fastest developing cities in the world.  Since 1992 Shanghai has recorded double-digit growth almost every year except during the global recession of 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stats-sh.gov.cn/tjnj/nje11.htm?d1=2011tjnje/E0109.htm |title=Growth rate of major national economic indicators over preceding year (1978～2010) |publisher=Stats-sh.gov.cn |accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>  In 2011, Shanghai's total GDP grew to 1.92&nbsp;trillion yuan (US$297&nbsp;billion) with GDP per capita of 82,560 yuan (US $12,784).<ref name="GDP">
this was done in part to subdue the last of stupid fucking faggots
{{cite news
by building a wall of self-referential sarcasm
  |url=http://www.dfdaily.com/html/3/2012/1/20/733021.shtml
similar to the rift between the old and the new testament
  |title=上海人均GDP超北京全国最高
whereby the christians are like 'lulz fuck jews, they're christians
  |newspaper=Dongfang Daily
who haven't evolved yet'
  |language=Chinese
but at the same time they're like 'lulz we bow before jewish prophets
  |date=20 January 2012
and we use jewish words like 'hallelujah''
}}</ref> The three largest service industries are [[financial services]], retail, and real estate. The manufacturing and agricultural sectors accounted for 39.9 percent and 0.7 percent of the total output respectively.<ref name="hktdc.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.hktdc.com/info/mi/a/mpcn/en/1X06BVOR/1/Profiles-Of-China-Provinces-Cities-And-Industrial-Parks/SHANGHAI-MUNICIPALITY.htm |title=Shanghai Municipality |publisher=hktdc.com |date=15 December 2010 |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>  Average annual disposable income of Shanghai residents, based on the first three quarters of 2009, was 21,871 RMB.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091102/article_418171.htm | title=Average income hits 21,871 yuan | publisher=Shanghai Daily}}</ref>


[[File:Yangshan-Port-Balanced.jpg|thumb|left|[[Shanghai Port]] is the world's busiest [[container port]]]]
so it is then to cover the embarassment of having grammaticalised an
internet abbreviation as stupid fucking faggots did


Located at the heart of the [[Yangtze River Delta]], Shanghai has the world's busiest [[container port]], which handled 29.05&nbsp;million [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEUs]] in 2010.<ref name="straitstimes">{{cite news |title=Shanghai overtakes S'pore as world's busiest port |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_621944.html |newspaper=Straits Times |date=8 January 2011| accessdate=14 September 2011}}</ref> Shanghai aims to be an international shipping center in the near future.<ref name="chinadaily.com.cn">{{cite news |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/26/content_7617756.htm |title=Shanghai aims at int'l financial and shipping center |newspaper=China Daily |date=26 March 2009 |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>
Putin says:


Shanghai is one of the main industrial centers of China, playing a key role in China's heavy industries. A large number of industrial zones, including Shanghai Hongqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jinqiao Export Economic Processing Zone, Minhang Economic and Technological Development Zone, and Shanghai Caohejing High-Tech Development Zone, are backbones of Shanghai's [[secondary industry]]. Heavy industries accounted for 78% of the gross industrial output in 2009. China's largest steelmaker [[Baosteel Group]], China's largest [[shipbuilding]] base -- [[Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding|Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group]], and the [[Jiangnan Shipyard]], one of China's oldest shipbuilders are all located in Shanghai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bw/2009-11/30/content_9074353.htm |title=Shipping industry woes |work=China Daily  |date=30 November 2009 |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200104/10/eng20010410_67333.html |title=China's Largest Shipbuilding Industry Based in Shanghai |work=People's Daily  |date=April 10, 2001 |accessdate=15 January 2014}}</ref> Auto manufacture is another important industry. The Shanghai-based [[SAIC Motor]] is one of the three largest automotive corporations in China, and has strategic partnerships with [[Volkswagen]] and [[General Motors]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saicgroup.com/English/sqjt/gsjs/index.shtml |title=上海汽车工业（集团）总公司&#124;上汽集团 |publisher=Saicgroup |date=18 August 2009 |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>
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The conference and meeting sector is also growing. In 2012, the city hosted 780 international gatherings, up from 754 in 2011. The high supply of hotel rooms has kept room rates lower than expected, with the average room rate for four- and five-star hotels in 2012 at just RMB950 (US$153).<ref>{{cite web|title=Shanghai’s many challenges|url=http://www.ttgmice.com/article/shanghais-many-challenges/|publisher=TTGmice|accessdate=15 April 2013}}</ref>
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that the vulgarised form 'lulz', albeit unorthodox, has been assumed.
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==Demographics==
<nowiki>*</nowiki>This allegedly refers to either [[Ceiling Cat]] or the proverbial [[centipede filled vagina|ﾃ盈inence Grise]] of the Internet, but there is disagreement between black person, see Neumann 1977 and Smith 2002 for further discussion.
{{main|Demographics of Shanghai}}
The [[Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China|2010 census]] put Shanghai's total population at 23,019,148, a growth of 37.53% from 16,737,734 in 2000.<ref name="Census2010">
{{cite web
  |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722516.htm
  |title=Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census
  |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]
}}</ref><ref name="CensusDetails">{{cite web |url=http://jfdaily.eastday.com/j/20110503/u1a878723.html |title=Shanghai 2010 Census Data |publisher=Eastday.com}}</ref>  20.6 million of the total population, or 89.3%, are urban, and 2.5 million (10.7％) are rural.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stats-sh.gov.cn/fxbg/201109/232747.html |title=上海人口分布呈现城市化发展和郊区化安居态势 |publisher=Shanghai Statistics Bureau of Statistics |date=23 September 2011}}</ref>  Based on population of total administrative area, Shanghai is the second largest of the four [[Direct-controlled municipality of China|direct-controlled municipalities]] of China, behind [[Chongqing]], but is generally considered the largest Chinese city because Chongqing's urban population is much smaller.<ref name="chan_paper"/>
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==Religion==
==Overview==
[[File:Longhuasi1600x1200.jpg|thumb|[[Longhua Temple]]'s inner courtyard]]
Beginning as a plural variant of lol, Lulz was originally an exclamation but is now often just used as a noun meaning interesting or funny internet content.


Due to its cosmopolitan history, Shanghai has a blend of religious heritage as shown by the religious buildings and institutions still scattered around the city. [[Taoism]] has a presence in Shanghai in the form of several temples, including the [[City God Temple of Shanghai|City God Temple]], at the heart of the old city, and a temple dedicated to the [[Three Kingdoms]] general [[Guan Yu]]. The [[Wen Miao, Shanghai|Wenmiao]] is a temple dedicated to [[Confucius]]. [[Buddhism]] has had a presence in Shanghai since ancient times. [[Longhua temple]], the largest temple in Shanghai, and [[Jing'an Temple]], were first founded in the [[Three Kingdoms]] period. Another important temple is the [[Jade Buddha Temple]], which is named after a large statue of [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] carved out of [[jade]] in the temple. In recent decades, dozens of modern temples have been built throughout the city. A predominant religion in Shanghai is [[Mahayana Buddhism]], and [[Taoism]] is also followed by many Shanghai residents. Islam came into Shanghai 700 years ago and a mosque was built in 1295 in Songjiang. In 1843, a teachers' college was also set up. The Xiaotaoyuan Mosque is located at 52 Xiaotaoyuan Lane,East Fuxing Road, South District. This is where the Shanghai Muslim Association is also located, which has a reputation known throughout the world.
According to [[Fox News|the media]], Lulz is a corruption of [[LOL]], which stands for laugh out loud. It is part of sekrit code used by [[anonymous|evil domestic terrorists]] in their attempt to ruin innocent peoples' lives. These terrorists, known as "[[Anonymous]]" get lots of "lulz" from staging "invasions" of [[Insane|children's websites]] such as [[Habbo Hotel]].
Shanghai has the highest Catholic percentage in Mainland China (2003).<ref name="Johnstone, Patrick 2003">According to Johnstone, Patrick; Schirrmacher, Thomas (2003). Gebet für die Welt. Hänssler. ISBN 978-0-8133-4275-7.</ref> Among Catholic churches, [[St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai|St Ignatius Cathedral]] in [[Xujiahui]] is one of the largest, while [[She Shan Basilica]] is the only active pilgrimage site in China. communities. [[Christianity in Shanghai]] includes [[Eastern Orthodox]] minorities and, since 1996, registered Christian Protestant churches. During World War II thousands of Jews descended upon Shanghai in an effort to flee [[Hitler]]'s regime. The Jews lived side-by-side in a designated area called [[Shanghai Ghetto]] and formed a vibrant community centered on the Ohel Moishe Synagogue,<ref>[http://www.filination.com/blog/2011/03/20/shanghai-jewish-refugees-museum-ohel-moishe-synagogue/ Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum Ohel Moishe Synagogue]</ref> which is preserved remnant of this portion of Shanghai's complex religious past.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghai-jews.com/ |title=Shanghai-jews.com |publisher=Shanghai-jews.com |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>
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==Education==
According to Mattathias Schwartz of the ''[[New York Times]]'', Lulz is "how [[troll]]s keeps score" and is defined as "the joy of disrupting another窶冱 emotional equilibrium". Given that lulz has been extensively covered by both FAWCKS NUUZ and the NYT, it would seem to be [[notable]]; however, it is only accorded one small section of the [[Wikipedia]] article on [[Lol]].
[[File:Songjiang ecupl.jpg|thumb|right|University City District in Songjiang]]


Shanghai has one of the best education systems in China. It is the first city in the country to implement 9-year mandatory education. The 2010 census shows that out of Shanghai's total population, 22.0% had a college education, double the level from 2000, while 21.0% had high school, 36.5% middle school, and 1.35% primary school education. 2.74% of residents age 15 and older were illiterate.<ref name="SHCensus2010">{{cite web|url = http://sh.gov.cn/shanghai/node2314/node2319/node12344/u26ai25463.html|title = Shanghai sixth national census in 2010 Communiqué on Major Data, Chinese: 上海市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报|publisher=Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau|date=3 May 2011|accessdate =16 August 2011}}</ref>
Senior Dramacrats believe lulz originally came from trolls on [[LiveJournal]], where it was then spread by [[usi|our very own website]]. The chans would pick it up later, proving the unifying ability of lulz, as detailed below.


Shanghai has more than 930 kindergartens, 1,200 primary and 850 middle schools. Over 760,000 middle schools students and 871,000 primary school students are taught by 76,000 and 64,000 teaching staff respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seaie.org/english/study/study-02.htm |title=General Aspects of Shanghai Education |publisher=Seaie.org |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>
Lulz is the one unifying force in the world. Those experiencing it are bonded mentally and emotionally. It is the [[funny|greatest experience you will ever have]]. Your first 'lulz' is akin to achieving your first orgasm, only magnified. If one is truly experiencing the lulz, they will be invulnerable to all attack. Lulz is known to show other life lessons by any means necessary, such as [[Agentmike|to not download CP, especially under the alias you use for everything else]] and to [[Peppermintpatti|not]] [[Tawneelynne|be]] [[Bravesgirl5|an]] [[attention whore]].


Shanghai is a major center of higher education in China with [[List of universities and colleges in Shanghai|over 30 universities and colleges]].  A number of [[List of universities in China|China's most prestigious universities]] are based in Shanghai, including [[Fudan University]], [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]], [[Tongji University]], [[East China Normal University]], [[Shanghai University]], [[Shanghai International Studies University]], and [[Shanghai University of Finance and Economics]]. The cadre school [[China Executive Leadership Academy in Pudong]] is also located in Shanghai.
Using lulz in your spoken vocabulary also makes [[you]] a [[faggot]], and increases the likelihood that [[you]] will [[truth|never get laid]].


Shanghai took the top spot in the 2009 and 2012 [[Program for International Student Assessment]] (PISA), a world-wide study of academic of performance of 15-year-old students conducted by the [[OECD]]. Shanghai students, including migrant children, scored highest in every aspect (Math, Reading and Science) in the world. The study concludes that public-funded schools in Shanghai have the highest educational quality in the world.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dillon |first=Sam |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/education/07education.html |title=In PISA Test, Top Scores From Shanghai Stun Experts  |newspaper=New York Times |date=7 December 2010 |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14812822 |title=How China is winning the school race |newspaper=BBC |date=11 October 2011}}</ref>  Critics of PISA results counter that in Shanghai and other Chinese cities, most children of migrant workers can only attend city schools up to the ninth grade, and must return to their parents' hometowns for high school due to [[hukou system|hukou]] restrictions, thus skewing the composition of the city's high school students in favor of wealthier local families.<ref>[http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/shanghai-test-scores-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-children/  Helen Gao, "Shanghai Test Scores and the Mystery of the Missing Children", ''New York Times'', January 23, 2014.] For Schleicher's response to these criticisms see his post, [http://oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com/2013/12/are-chinese-cheating-in-pisa-or-are-we.html  "Are the Chinese Cheating in PISA Or Are We Cheating Ourselves?" on the OECD's website blog, ''Education Today'', December 10, 2013.]</ref>
Examples:
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*[[You|''You]] [[fail|cannot]] [[moralfag|understand]] [[For great justice|the complex]] [[Ftw|motivations]] [[anonymous|of anonymous.'']] [[faggot|''Faggot.'']]
*''We will come together to strengthen our intelligence capabilities to know the plans of terrorists before they act and to find the lulz before they [[strike]].''


==Transport==
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*''Typical result of lulz [[overdose]].''


===Public transport===
==IRL lulz==
*fo0bar saw a California car with a LULZ license plate driving in [[Reno]].  Surrender your secrets to me!
*[[User:Amnesiac|Amnesiac]] found out that London Underground calls itself "LUL" internally. The precise amount of lulz generated by this discovery is unknown, but presumed to be [[unfunny|quite low]].


[[File:A maglev train coming out, Pudong International Airport, Shanghai.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Shanghai Maglev Train|Maglev]] with a top speed of {{convert|431|km/h|0|abbr=on}} exiting the [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport]]]]
==Further developments==


{{See also|Public transport in Shanghai}}
===The beginning===
{{quote|Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be lulz," and there was lulz. God saw that the lulz was good, and He separated the lulz from the unfunny. God called the lulz "'''Encyclopedia Dramatica'''," and the Unfunny he called "[[Uncyclopedia]]." And there was pr0n, and there was pedophiles 窶・the first internets.|Genesis - The Bible}}


Shanghai has an extensive public transport system, largely based on metros, buses and taxis. Payment of all these public transportation tools can be made by using the [[Shanghai Public Transportation Card]].
===Ancient version===
In ancient times they referred to lulz as lvlz as in:


Shanghai's rapid transit system, the [[Shanghai Metro]], incorporates both subway and light railway lines and extends to every core urban district as well as neighboring suburban districts.
<augustus> Byzantivm was pvvnd this morning.
<nerva> lvlz


{{As of|2014}}, there are 14 metro lines (excluding the [[Shanghai Maglev Train]] and [[Jinshan Railway]]), 329 [[List of Shanghai Metro stations|stations]] and {{convert|538|km|0|abbr=on}} of tracks in operation, making it the [[List of metro systems|longest network in the world]].<ref>{{cite news
An early scholar of lulz was the Roman poet Lucretius, who described the phenomenon [[at least one hundred years ago]]:
  |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/world/asia/30shanghai.html
  |title=Expo Offers Shanghai a New Turn in the Spotlight
  |author=David Barboza
  |date=29 April 2010
  |accessdate=29 April 2010
  |work=The New York Times}}</ref>  On 22 October 2010, it set a record of daily ridership of 7.548&nbsp;million.<ref>[http://www.shmetro.com/node49/201010/con105960.htm 10月22日上海地铁再创全路网客流新高达754.8万人次] Shanghai Metro official website. Retrieved 23 October 2010.</ref> The fare depends on the length of travel distance starting from 3 RMB.


Shanghai also has the world's most extensive network of urban [[bus]] routes, with nearly one thousand bus lines, operated by numerous transportation companies.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://darwin.nap.edu/books/030908492X/html/223.html|title=Personal Cars and China (2003)}}</ref> The system includes [[Trolleybuses in Shanghai|the world's oldest trolleybus system]]. Bus fare normally costs 2 RMB.
{{squote|It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves abovt, to watch from the shore the strvggles of another.<br><br>LVLZ|Romans loev Schadenfreude}}


[[Taxis]] are plentiful in Shanghai. The base fare is currently ¥14 (inclusive of a ¥1 fuel surcharge; ¥18 between 11:00&nbsp;pm and 5:00&nbsp;am) which covers the first {{convert|3|km|0|abbr=on}}. Additional kilometers cost ¥2.4 each (¥3.2 between 11:00&nbsp;pm and 5:00&nbsp;am).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Metro/2011/07/09/Shanghais%2Btaxi%2Bfares%2Bup%2B2%2Byuan%2Bfrom%2Btoday/ |title=Shanghai's taxi fares up 2 yuan from today |publisher=Shanghaidaily.com |accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>
=== Modern Times===
# Ask not what your lulz can do for you, but what you can do for your lulz. - John F. Kennedy.
# We have nothing to fear, but Lulz itself - Franklin D. Roosevelt
# I did it for the lulz - Jack Ruby


===Roads===
===Totalulz===
{{See also|Expressways of Shanghai}}
n. to be completely engulfed in hilarity; can also mean a completely uniform lol. Example:


Shanghai is a major hub of [[Expressways of China|China's expressway network]]. Many national expressways (prefixed with G) pass through or terminate in Shanghai, including [[G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway]] (overlapping [[G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway|G42 Shanghai–Chengdu]]), [[G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway|G15 Shenyang–Haikou]], [[G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway|G40 Shanghai–Xi'an]], [[G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway|G50 Shanghai–Chongqing]], [[G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway|G60 Shanghai–Kunming]] (overlapping G92 Shanghai–Ningbo), and [[G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway]]. In addition, there are also numerous municipal expressways prefixed with S (S1, S2, S20, etc.). In the city center, there are several elevated expressways to lessen traffic pressure on surface streets, but traffic in and around Shanghai is often heavy and traffic jams are commonplace during rush hour. There are bicycle lanes separate from car traffic on many surface streets, but bicycles and motorcycles are banned from most main roads including the elevated expressways.
  <mike> n00bs are stupid
<dan> lol
  <bob> lol
  <alf> lol
  <mike> totalulz


Private car ownership in Shanghai has been rapidly increasing in recent years, but a new private car cannot be driven until the owner buys a license in the monthly private car license plate auction. Around 8,000 license plates are auctioned each month and the average price is about 45,291 RMB (€5,201). The purpose of this policy is to limit the growth of automobile traffic and to alleviate congestion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/07/content_11810034.htm |title=Shanghai number plates worth more than a car |publisher=Europe.chinadaily.com.cn |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>
===The lulz scale===
The Lulz Scale, currently in development by [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] staff, will be used to rate everything [[OTI]] on a simple scale of Lulz. The Lulz Scale will vary between [[Uncyclopedia|0]] and [[Encyclopedia Dramatica|Over 9,000]]. A prototype has been released by a fan of Teh Lulz.[[File:Lulzometer.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The prototype Lulz-O-Meter]]


===Railway===
===The Lulz Equation===
Shanghai has four major railway stations: [[Shanghai Railway Station]], [[Shanghai South Railway Station]], [[Shanghai West Railway Station]], and [[Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station]].  Three are connected to the [[Shanghai Metro|metro network]] and serve as hubs in the [[Rail transport in the People's Republic of China|railway network of China]].  Two main railways terminate in Shanghai: [[Jinghu Railway]] from Beijing, and [[Huhang Railway]] from Hangzhou.  Hongqiao Station also serves as the main Shanghai terminus of three high-speed rail lines: the [[Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway]], the [[Shanghai–Nanjing High-Speed Railway]], and the [[Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway]].


===Air===
Founded by an AnonymousTip, the Lulz Equation can be used to build up Lulz in a numerical fashion which in turn may be used to boast about how big of an [[asshole]] [[you]] are.
Shanghai is one of the leading air transport gateways in Asia.  The city has two commercial airports: [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport]] and [[Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaifocus.com/guide/Shanghai/transportation-index.html |title=Transportation |publisher=Shanghai Focus |accessdate=5 May 2010}}</ref> Pudong Airport is the main international airport, while Hongqiao Airport mainly operates domestic flights with limited short-haul international flights.  In 2010 the two airports served 71.7&nbsp;million passengers (Pudong 40.4&nbsp;million, Hongqiao 31.3&nbsp;million), and handled 3.7&nbsp;million tons of cargo (Pudong 3.22&nbsp;million tons, Hongqiao 480 thousand tons).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.pudong.gov.cn/html/pden/pden_ap_news_en/2011-01-10/Detail_73139.htm |title=Shanghai Pudong |publisher=English.pudong.gov.cn |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>
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==Architecture==
The Equation is as follows:
{{See also|Major National Historical and Cultural Sites (Shanghai)|List of tallest buildings in Shanghai}}
[[File:Xintiandi gem.jpg|thumb|right|Renovated [[shikumen]] lanes in [[Xintiandi]], now a high-end restaurant and shopping center]]


Shanghai has a rich collection of buildings and structures of various [[architectural style]]s. [[The Bund]], located by the bank of the [[Huangpu River]], contains a rich collection of early 20th-century architecture, ranging in style from [[neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] [[HSBC Building, Shanghai|HSBC Building]] to the [[art deco]] [[Peace Hotel|Sassoon House]]. A number of areas in the former foreign concessions are also well-preserved, the most notable ones being the [[Shanghai French Concession|French Concession]].
Lulz = (C+R)-r*(M/Q)
Shanghai has one of the worlds largest number of Art Deco buildings as a result of the construction boom during the 1920s and 1930s. One of the most famous architects working in Shanghai was [[László Hudec]], a Hungarian-Slovak architect who lived in the city between 1918–1947. Some of his most notable Art Deco buildings include the [[Park Hotel Shanghai|Park Hotel]] and the Grand Theater. Other prominent architects who contributed to the Art Deco style are Parker & Palmer, who designed the Peace Hotel, Metropole Hotel, and the Broadway Mansions, and Austrian architect GH Gonda who designed the Capital Theatre. The Bund's first revitalization started in 1986 with a new promenade by the Dutch Architect Paulus Snoeren, the completion was in the mid-1990s.
C = Comedy
R = Victim's rage
r = Your rage
M = Your material
Q = Quality of the material


[[File:0352 20090626 Shanghai.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Shanghai World Financial Center]] (left) and [[Jin Mao Tower]] (right)]]
All variables are based on a scale 1-10.


In recent years, a large number of architecturally distinctive and even eccentric buildings have sprung up throughout Shanghai. Notable examples of contemporary architecture include the [[Shanghai Museum]], [[Shanghai Grand Theatre]] in the [[People's Square (Shanghai)|People's Square]] precinct and [[Shanghai Oriental Art Center]]. Despite rampant redevelopment, the old city still retains some buildings of a traditional style, such as the [[Yuyuan Garden]], an elaborate traditional garden in the [[Jiangnan]] style.
===Frunz===
[[Frunz]] is the complete opposite of lulz. See also [[anti-lulz]].


One uniquely Shanghainese cultural element is the ''[[shikumen]]'' (石库门) residences, which are two- or three-story [[townhouses]], with the front yard protected by a high brick wall. Each residence is connected and arranged in straight alleys, known as a ''[[longtang]]'' (弄堂), pronounced ''longdang'' in [[Shanghainese]]. The entrance to each alley is usually surmounted by a stylistic stone arch. The whole resembles [[terrace house]]s or [[townhouse]]s commonly seen in Anglo-American countries, but distinguished by the tall, heavy brick wall in front of each house. The name "shikumen" means "stone storage door", referring to the strong gateway to each house.
===Limits of lulz===


The shikumen is a cultural blend of elements found in Western architecture with traditional [[Jiangnan|Lower Yangtze]] (Jiangnan) Chinese architecture and social behavior. All traditional Chinese dwellings had a courtyard, and the shikumen was no exception. Yet, to compromise with its urban nature, it was much smaller and provided an "interior haven" to the commotions in the streets, allowing for raindrops to fall and vegetation to grow freely within a residence. The courtyard also allowed sunlight and adequate ventilation into the rooms.
No matter how lulzy [[you]] think something is, it has a chance of being [[anti-lulz]] or just plain wrong:


[[File:shanghai10.JPG|thumb|The Shanghai International Exhibition Center, an example of Soviet neoclassical architecture in Shanghai]]
{{quote|Some times not even the lulz are worth looking at fuckloads of weird [[furry]] [[pornography]].|[[User:Einsidler|Einsidler]]}}
The city also has some examples of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[neoclassical architecture]]. These buildings were mostly erected during the period from the founding of the [[People's Republic of China|People's Republic]] in 1949 until the [[Sino-Soviet Split]] in the late 1960s. During this decade, large numbers of Soviet experts, including architects, poured into China to aid the country in the construction of a communist state. Examples of Soviet neoclassical architecture in Shanghai include what is today the Shanghai International Exhibition Center. Beijing displays an even greater array of this particular type of architecture.


The Pudong district of Shanghai displays a wide range of skyscrapers, many of which rank among the tallest in the world. The most prominent examples include the [[Jin Mao Tower]] and the taller [[Shanghai World Financial Center]], which at 492 metres tall is the tallest skyscraper in [[mainland China]] and [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|ranks third]] in the world. The distinctive [[Oriental Pearl Tower]], at 468 metres, is located nearby, and its lower sphere is now available for living quarters. Another highrise in the Pudong area is the newly finished [[Development Tower]], standing at 269 meters.<ref>{{cite web|author=Emporis GmbH |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=developmenttower-shanghai-china |title=One Lujiazui, Shanghai |publisher=Emporis.com |accessdate=22 July 2009}}</ref>
{{quote|yes they are|[[you]]}}


Since 2008, Shanghai has boasted more free-standing buildings above 400m (3) [[List of cities with most skyscrapers|than any other city]]. In the future, the [[Shanghai Tower]], slated for completion in 2014, will be the tallest building in China. With a height of 632 metres (2074&nbsp;feet), the building will have 127 floors and a total floor area of 380,000 sqm. The Shanghai Tower began construction in 2008.<ref>[http://www.knightfrank.com.cn/ Knight Frank China] Knight Frank China Research, Shanghai Office Quarterly Report, Q1 2010</ref>
==Fun fact==
{{Wide image|Shanghai Pudong Panorama Jan 2 2014.jpg|700px|A panorama view of riverside of Pudong}}


==Environment==
The word "lul" means [[cock]] in the [[Dutch]] language, so whenever someone says "I did it for the lulz" they are quite literally saying "I did it for the cock."


===Parks and resorts===
==Random shit==
Shanghai's parks offer some reprieve from the urban jungle. The former racetrack turned central park, [[People's Square (Shanghai)|People's Square]] park is located in the heart of down town Shanghai and is known for its proximity to other major Shanghai landmarks.  [[Fuxing Park]], in the former [[Shanghai French Concession|French Concession of Shanghai]], features formal French-style gardens and is surrounded by high end bars and cafes. [[Zhongshan Park]] in northwestern central Shanghai is famous for its monument of [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]], the tallest statue dedicated to the composer in the world. Built in 1914 as Jessfield Park, it once contained the campus of [[Saint John's University, Shanghai|St. John's University]], Shanghai's first international college; today, it is known for its extensive rose and peony gardens, a large children's play area, and as the location of an important transfer station on the [[Shanghai Metro|city's metro system]]. [[Shanghai Botanical Garden]] is located {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=on}} southwest of the city center and was established in 1978. One of the newest is in the [[Xujiahui]] area – Xujiahui Park, built in 1999 on the former grounds of the Great Chinese Rubber Works Factory and the EMI Recording Studio (now La Villa Rouge restaurant). The park has a man-made lake with a sky bridge running across the park, and offers a pleasant respite for Xujiahui shoppers.  Other well-known Shanghai parks include: [[People's Square (Shanghai)|People's Square Park]], [[Gongqing Forest Park]], [[Fuxing Park]], [[Zhongshan Park (Shanghai)|Zhongshan Park]], [[Lu Xun Park (Shanghai)|Lu Xun Park]], [[Century Park (Shanghai)|Century Park]], and [[Jing'an Park]].
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The [[Shanghai Disney Resort]] Project was approved by the government on 4 November 2009.<ref name="another major milestone">{{cite web
==Lulz in different languages==
| url= http://corporate.disney.go.com/news/corporate/2009/2009_1103_shanghai.html
| title= The Walt Disney Company Reaches Another Major Milestone on Shanghai Theme Park Project
| publisher=[[Walt Disney Company]]
| date= 3 November 2009
}}</ref> It is currently under construction. The [[resort]] is planned to be operational by 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Disneyland Shanghai to open 2016|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/disneyland-shanghai-to-open-2016-2265050.html|accessdate=16 December 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=8 April 2011}}</ref>
A $4.4&nbsp;billion theme park and resort in Pudong will have a castle that will be the biggest among Disney's resorts.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/business/media/08disney.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss | work=The New York Times | first1=David | last1=Barboza | first2=Brooks | last2=Barnes | title=Disney to Open Park in Shanghai | date=7 April 2011}}</ref>


===Environmental protection===
* [[English]] - <i>[[Lulz]]</i>
Public awareness of the [[environmentalism|environment]] is growing, and the city is investing in a number of environmental protection projects. A 10-year, US$1&nbsp;billion cleanup of [[Suzhou Creek]], which runs through the city-center, was expected to be finished in 2008,<ref name="suzhoucleanup">{{cite web
* [[British]] - <i> Lawlz </i>
|title=Suzhou Creek clean-up on track
* [[American]] - <i>[[Lulz|HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH]]</i>
|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200612/07/eng20061207_329528.html
* [[Canadian]] - Lol eh?
|publisher=People's Daily Online
* [[Australian]] - <i> ridgey didge!</i>
|date=7 December 2006
* [[Nazi|German]] - <i>Schadenfreude</i>
|accessdate=11 May 2008}}</ref> and the government also provides incentives for transportation companies to invest in [[liquefied petroleum gas|LPG]] [[bus]]es and [[taxicab|taxis]]. Air pollution in Shanghai is low compared to other Chinese cities, but the rapid development over the past decades means it is still substantial by worldwide standards. In October 2013, the Shanghai government announced plans to cut 2012 [[Particulates|PM 2.5 readings]] by 20% by 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-26/shanghai-issues-air-pollution-warning-as-pm2-5-surges-overnight.html |title=Shanghai Warns Children to Stay Indoors on Haze, PM2.5 Surge |date=25 December 2013 |work=Bloomberg News |accessdate=25 December 2013}}</ref> Additionally, the government has moved almost all the factories within the city-center to either the outskirts of Shanghai or the neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the last two decades. In addition, several parks have replaced factory land in the city-center. As a result, Shanghai's air quality has been steadily improving since the 1990s.<ref name="airpollution">{{cite web
* [[French]] - <i>lﾃｩlz</i>
|title=Environmental Protection in China's Wealthiest City
* Jamaican - HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE
|url=http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/Shanghai4web.htm
* Finnish - <i>reps</i>
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071030165307/http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/Shanghai4web.htm
* Sweedish - <i>lﾃｶlz</i>
|archivedate=30 October 2007
* Arab - <i>ﾘｳﾘｧﾘｯﾙ韓ｩ</i>
|publisher=The American Embassy in China
* Jew - <i>ﾗ慵勉慵・/i>
|date=July 2001
* Greek - <i>ﾏπｱﾎｴﾎｹﾏπｼﾏ狐・/i>
|accessdate=11 May 2008}}</ref>
* Hindi - <i>爨ｪ爨ｰ爨ｪ爭€爨｡爨ｼ爨ｨ-爨ｰ爨､爨ｿ</i>
* [[Hungary|Hungarian]] - <i>káröröm</i>  (Schadenfreude)
* [[Japanese]] - <i>繧ｵ繝・ぅ繧ｺ繝</i>
* [[Chinese]] - <i>睇人仆街</i>
* [[Russian]] - <i>ﾐ嶢ｾﾐｻ / [[Trololo]]</i>
* [[Italian]] - <i>Sadismo</i>
* Norweigian - <i>Sadisme</i>
* Spanish - <i>Casi me cago</i>
* Czech - <i>Sofistikovanﾃ｡ zlﾃ｡ sranda</i>
* Croatian - <i>Sadizam</i>
* Slovak - <i>Vﾃ｡ﾄｾaﾅ･ sa</i>
* Slovenian - <i>Sadizem</i>
* Polish - <i>O kurwa!</i>
* Romanian - <i>caterincﾄ・or mﾃ｢ﾅ｣ﾄ・/i>
* Turkish - <i> haha kop!</i>
* Vietnamese - <i>Tﾃ｡nh b蘯｡o dﾃ｢m</i>
* Serbian - <i>ﾐ｡ﾐｰﾐｴﾐｸﾐｷﾐｰﾐｼ</i>
* Portuguese - <i>Risosz</i>
* Estonian - <i>Lﾃｵlz</i>
* Yiddish - <i>ﾗ慵蹟ｸﾗ・/i>
* Thai - <i>犧金ｸｲ犧扉ｸｴ犧ｪ犧｡犹・/i> and 555555555
* Belarusian - <i>ﾐ･ﾐｰz-ﾑ・ｰz-ﾑ・ｰz</i>
* Pig latin - <i>ulz-lay</i>
* [[Dutch]] - <del><i>Lol</i> (This predates [[B|/b/]], and even the [[internet|internets]].)</del> Forgot about "Leedvermaak" eh?
* [[Denmark|Danish]] - LOL!
* Macedonian - <i> Seir </i>
* Indonesian - <i>wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk</i>
* Malaysian - <i>WAKENABEB</i>
* [[4chan|Chanisian]] - <i>trolulzulzulzulzulz</i>


==Culture==
==The Lulls==
[[File:ShanghaiMinxang11.jpg|thumb|left|Although often viewed as a modern metropolis, Shanghai still contains some picturesque rural suburban areas.]]
[[File:Shanghai Expo Cultural Center.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Shanghai Arena|Mercedes-Benz Arena]], previously known as the Expo Cultural Center during the [[Expo 2010|world expo in 2010]].]]
Because of Shanghai's status as the cultural and economic center of East Asia for the first half of the twentieth century, it is popularly seen as the birthplace of everything considered modern in China. It was in Shanghai, for example, that the first motor car was driven and (technically) the first train tracks and modern sewers were laid. It was also the intellectual battleground between socialist writers who concentrated on [[Critical realism (philosophy of the social sciences)|critical realism]], which was pioneered by [[Lu Xun]], [[Mao Dun]], [[Nien Cheng]] and the famous French novel by André Malraux, ''[[Man's Fate]]'', and the more "[[bourgeois]]", more romantic and aesthetically inclined writers, such as [[Shi Zhecun]], [[Shao Xunmei]], [[Ye Lingfeng]], and [[Eileen Chang]].


In the latest 5 years Shanghai has been widely recognized as a new influence and inspiration for [[cyberpunk]] culture.<ref>Sahr Johnny, "Cybercity – Sahr Johnny's Shanghai Dream" ''[[That's Shanghai]]'', October 2005; quoted online by [http://www.xyberia.com/].</ref> Futuristic buildings such as the [[Oriental Pearl Tower]] and the [[neon]]-illuminated [[Yan'an Elevated Road]] are a few examples that have helped to boast Shanghai's cyberpunk image.
Phonetically, the English pronunciation of lulz is also homonymous to the word "lulls", which has Quantum Deep Significance and stands for the fact that no matter how hilarious any gags happen to be, they will eventually become unfunny if repeated too often, at the wrong times, and/or  by the wrong people. When this occurs, the lulz can effectively become the "lulls" in the humor continuum...which open up into gaping, sucking holes leading to the Anti-Lulz. ''You never know when the lulz will suddenly let you down - and the only way to not be at risk for that occurring is to ensure that the lulz never truly matter to you.'' What would happen if the tables turned and the lulz stopped being funny because the laughing-with turned to the laughing-at, and you became the target?  The moment this begins to matter to you, all hope for you becomes lost.  Therefore, it has to not matter, ever...at ALL.  


===Language===
This shit was actually just made up by some asshat lawn gnome trying to pass itself off as a troll, and thus must be completely disregarded by your awareness, RIGHT NOW.
Most Shanghai residents are the descendants of immigrants from the two adjacent provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang who moved to Shanghai in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, regions whose population, in general, also speak [[Wu Chinese]]. In the past decades, many migrants from other areas of China not mentioned above have come to Shanghai for work. They often cannot speak the local language and therefore use Mandarin as a [[lingua franca]].


The [[vernacular]] language spoken in the city is [[Shanghainese]], a dialect of [[Wu dialect|Wu Chinese]], while the official language nationwide is [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]], itself mutually unintelligible with the local language. Modern Shanghainese is based on the [[Suzhou dialect]] of Wu (the [[prestige dialect]] of Wu spoken within the Chinese city of Shanghai prior to its modern expansion), the Ningbo dialect of Wu, and the dialect of Shanghai's traditional areas that now lie within the Hongkou, Baoshan and Pudong districts. Known as "the local tongue" ({{linktext|本|地|话}}), it is influenced to a lesser extent by the languages of other nearby regions from which large numbers of people have migrated to Shanghai since the 20th century, and includes a significant number of terms borrowed from European languages. The prevalence of Mandarin fluency is generally higher for those born after 1949 than those born before, while the prevalence of English fluency is higher for people who received their secondary and tertiary education before 1949 than those who did so after 1949 and before the 1990s.
==Guaranteed lulz==


===Museums===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSgt1MK76rs A fatty raging at ED] - laughing at, but not with, [[fat]] kids is always lulzy
[[File:Shanghai Museum Night.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Shanghai Museum]], located in [[People's Square (Shanghai)|People's Square]]]]
* [http://lulz.fm LULZ.FM]
Shanghai boasts several museums of regional and national importance. The [[Shanghai Museum]] of art and history has one of the best collections of Chinese historical artifacts in the world, including important archaeological finds since 1949. The [[Shanghai Art Museum]], located in the former [[Shanghai Race Club]] building in the [[People's Square (Shanghai)|People's Square]], is a major art museum holding both permanent and temporary exhibitions. The [[Shanghai Natural History Museum]] is a large scale natural history museum. In addition, there is a variety of smaller, specialist museums, some housed in important historical sites such as the site of the [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] and the site of the First National Congress of the [[Communist Party of China]]. The [[Rockbund Art Museum]] is also in Shanghai.
* [http://www.pornotube.com/media.php?m=32561 Pterodactyl Sex]
* [http://www.caseypedia.com/wiki/Main_Page Caseypedia] - a [[Casey Serin|deep well]] of delicious, thirst-quenching schadenfreude. [[Feels good man]].


===Cinema===
==Gallery==
Besides literature, Shanghai was also the birthplace of [[Cinema of China|Chinese cinema]] and theater. China's first short film, ''The Difficult Couple'' (難夫難妻, ''Nanfu Nanqi'', 1913), and the country's first fictional feature film, ''An Orphan Rescues His Grandfather'' (孤兒救祖記, ''Gu'er Jiu Zuji'', 1923) were both produced in Shanghai. These two films were very influential, and established Shanghai as the center of Chinese film-making. Shanghai's film industry went on to blossom during the early 1930s, generating Marilyn Monroe-like stars such as [[Zhou Xuan]]. Another film star, [[Jiang Qing]], went on to become Madame [[Mao Zedong]]. The talent and passion of Shanghainese filmmakers following World War II and the [[Communist revolution]] in China contributed enormously to the development of the [[Hong Kong film industry]]. Many aspects of Shanghainese popular culture ("Shanghainese Pops") were transferred to Hong Kong by the numerous Shanghainese emigrants and refugees after the Communist Revolution. The movie ''[[In the Mood for Love]]'', which was directed by [[Wong Kar-wai]] (a native Shanghainese himself), depicts one slice of the displaced Shanghainese community in Hong Kong and the nostalgia for that era, featuring 1940s music by Zhou Xuan.
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===Arts===
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[[File:Renxiong wan04s.jpg|thumb|upright|十萬圖之四 (''No. 4 of a Hundred Thousand Scenes'') by [[Ren Xiong]], a pioneer of the Shanghai School of Chinese art, c. 1850.]]
Image:Icwutudidthar.jpg|he sees wut u did thar
 
Image:Lulzturtlehentai2.jpg|[[Porn]] can be lulzy.
The "[[Shanghai School]]" was an important Chinese school of traditional arts during the [[Qing Dynasty]] and the twentieth century. Under the masters from this school, traditional Chinese art developed into the modern style of "[[Chinese painting]]".{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} The Shanghai School challenged and broke the elitist tradition of Chinese art,<ref>[http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/art.php Chinese Art Galleries reference]</ref> while also paying technical homage to the ancient masters and improving on existing traditional techniques. Members of this school were themselves educated ''literati'' who had come to question their very status and the purpose of art and had anticipated the impending modernization of Chinese society. In an era of rapid social change, works from the Shanghai School were widely innovative and diverse and often contained thoughtful yet subtle social commentary. The best known figures from this school include [[Qi Baishi]], [[Ren Xiong]], [[Ren Bonian]], [[Zhao Zhiqian]], [[Wu Changshuo]], [[Sha Menghai]], [[Pan Tianshou]], [[Fu Baoshi]], [[Xie Zhiliu]], [[He Tianjian]], and [[Wang Zhen (painter)|Wang Zhen]]. In literature, the term was used in the 1930s by some [[May Fourth Movement]] intellectuals{{spaced ndash}}notably [[Zhou Zuoren]] and [[Shen Congwen]]{{spaced ndash}}as a derogatory label for the literature produced in Shanghai at the time. They argued that Shanghai School literature was merely commercial and therefore did not advance social progress. This became known as the ''Jingpai'' versus ''Haipai'' (Beijing v. Shanghai School) debate.<ref>[http://shanghai.cultural-china.com/html/History-of-Shanghai/culture/200912/14-4547.html?1260807577 Reference about Shanghai Literature for Jingpai vs HaiPai]</ref>
Image:lulzspanish.jpg|Even the Spaniards have adopted lulz into their tongue.
 
Image:Wikipedialulz.png|The anti-username bot never fails to impress.
The "[[Songjiang School]]" (淞江派) was a small painting school during the [[Ming Dynasty]]. It is commonly considered as a further development of the [[Wu School|Wu]] or [[Wu School|Wumen School]] in the then-cultural center of the region, [[Suzhou]]. The [[Huating School]] (华亭派) was another important art school during the middle to late Ming Dynasty. Its main achievements were in traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy, and poetry. It was especially famous for its [[Renwen painting]] (人文画). [[Dong Qichang]] was one of the masters from this school.
Image:Megannolulz.png|Attention whores like [[MeganSpeaks]] doesn't believe in lulz, but she will soon enough...
 
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===Fashion===
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[[File:Qipao1.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Two women wear Shanghai-styled ''[[qipao]]'' while playing golf in this 1930s Shanghai advertisement.]]
Image:TOWlulz.png|excuse me?
Other Shanghainese cultural artifacts include the [[cheongsam]] (Shanghainese: ''zansae''), a modernization of the traditional [[Manchu]]rian [[qipao]]. This contrasts sharply with the traditional qipao, which was designed to conceal the figure and be worn regardless of age. The cheongsam went along well with the western overcoat and the scarf, and portrayed a unique East Asian modernity, epitomizing the Shanghainese population in general. As Western fashions changed, the basic cheongsam design changed, too, introducing high-neck sleeveless dresses, bell-like sleeves, and the black lace frothing at the hem of a ball gown. By the 1940s, cheongsams came in transparent black, beaded bodices, matching capes and even velvet. And, later, checked fabrics became also quite common. The 1949 Communist Revolution ended the cheongsam and other fashions in Shanghai. However, the Shanghainese styles have seen a recent revival as stylish party dresses. The fashion industry has been rapidly revitalizing in the past decade. Like Shanghai's architecture, local fashion designers strive to create a fusion of western and traditional designs, often with innovative if controversial results.
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Image:Poster75531972.jpg|Even [[Metallica|Dave Mustaine]] did it for the lulz
In the recent times Shanghai has gotten its own [[fashion week]] called [[Shanghai Fashion Week]]. It is held twice every year in October and April. The April session is a part of '''Shanghai International Fashion Culture Festival''' which usually lasts for a month, while Shanghai Fashion Week lasts for seven days, and the main venue is in [[Fuxing Park]], Shanghai,while the opening and closing ceremony is in Shanghai Fashion Center.<ref>[http://www.shanghaifashionweek.com/gg/2010sfw.htm/ ]{{dead link|date=March 2013}}</ref> Supported by the People's Republic Ministry of Commerce, Shanghai Fashion Week is a major business and culture event of national class hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Government. Shanghai Fashion Week is aiming to build up an international and professional platform, gathering all top design talents of Asia.
Image:Japanlul.jpg|Japanese researchers state that there is no such thing as lulz in the rain. Cute propaganda is used to spread this observation.
The event features international designers but the primary purpose is to showcase Chinese designers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2010/10/21/shanghai-fashion-week-kicks-off/ |title=Photos of Shanghai Fashion Week – Scene Asia – Scene Asia – WSJ |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=21 October 2010 |accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> The international presence has included many of the most promising young British fashion designers.<ref>{{cite web|author=Leisa Barnett |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/081027-aminaka-wilmont-show-in-shanghai.aspx |title=Aminaka Wilmont to show in Shanghai (Vogue.com UK) |publisher=Vogue.co.uk |date=27 October 2008 |accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>
Image:Urbandict.jpg|lolz on [[urbandictionary]].
 
Image:Lulzgraph.JPG|Lulz = is why we do anything at all
==Media==
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In regards to foreign publications in Shanghai, Hartmut Walravens, author of "German Influence on the Press in China," said that when the Japanese controlled Shanghai in the 1940s "it was very difficult to publish good papers - one either had to concentrate on emigration problems, or cooperate like the ''[[Shanghai Jewish Chronicle|Chronicle]]''".<ref name=Walravens95>Walravens, p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=0F6U82kZXjsC&pg=PA95&dq=%22Shanghai+Herald%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-AeYUKi8F6Sa0QGKm4GQAQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Shanghai%20Herald%22&f=false 95].</ref>
Image:Pop_Lulz.jpg
 
Image:I_detect_lulz.jpg|Maximillian detects lulz.
Newspapers include:
Image:Niagaralulz.png窶旨How lulz get into [[Canadia]].
*''[[Jiefang Daily]]''
Image:Stormfrontlulz.jpg|Lulz are so despicable that even [[Purelily|white supremacists]] can't stand them.
*''[[Oriental Sports Daily]]''
Image:Fox_Lulz.png|[[Anonymous]] does [[Fox]] News for teh lulz.
*''[[Shanghai Daily]]''
Image:Divineangel_lolcow.jpg|[[DivineAngel|A typical lolcow]].
*''[[Shanghai Star]]''
Image:Russianlulz.JPG|[[Russian]] lulz.
*''[[Xinmin Evening News]]''
Image:Gearsofwardomcolegaylulz.jpg|[[Gears of War|Gay]] lulz
*''[[Wen Hui Bao]]''
Image:Alienlulz.jpg|Aliens have come to keep the earth from destruction from the nuclear missiles and the lulz
*''[[Wenhui Book Review]]''
Image:Lulzapalooza0001.jpg|The seas will turn read and the lulz will walk among the living
 
Image:Lulzforcepush.gif|feel the power of the lulz [[star wars|side]]
Newspapers formerly published in Shanghai include:
Image:Howdoilol.jpg|How do I shot Phil Shuman??1
* ''[[Der Ostasiatische Lloyd]]'' (German)
Image:The_lulz_motivation.jpg|Lulz Did [[WTC]]!!!
* ''[[Gelbe Post]]''
Image:Lulz-LaughOutLoud.gif|Thank you FOX, I would never have figured it out.
* ''[[North China Daily News]]''
Image:TMLT.jpg|A more recent sighting.
* ''[[Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury]]''
Image:lolzcookbook.jpg|A comprehensive guide for making lulz.
* ''[[Shanghai Gazette]]''
Image:ultimate_EvLulz.jpg|The Evil UmbreLOL corporation.
* ''[[Shanghai Jewish Chronicle]]''
Image:Mahlulz.jpg|ED and its lulz.
* ''[[Shanghai Herald]]''
Image:Lulz_Corruption.jpg|Lulz, [[In before X|in before]] being [[Capitalism|corrupted]].
* ''[[Shanghai Mercury]]''
Image:chillicheezelulz.jpg|Lulz come flavored in spices, packaged, and preserved for all eternity(not really).
* ''[[The Shanghai Post (German-language newspaper)|The Shanghai Post]]'' (German paper)
Image:Lolcorruption.png|"LULZ TEH GAME" (Still in production)
* ''[[Shanghai Times]]''
Image:OJDIDITFORTHELULZ.JPG|"OJ's New BOOK"
* ''[[Shen Bao]]'' (Shanghai News)
Image:Rapidshare got teh lulz.jpg
 
Image:ency.jpg|How not to generate lulz
Broadcasters
Image:Hahaha-lulz.jpg|Misusage of lulz
 
Image:Ha_ha_you're_dead.jpg|[[You're/Your|You're]] average, everyday lulz.
*[[Shanghai Media Group]]
Image:Moarlulz.jpg|WE NEED MOAR LULZ
 
Image:TMNT Michaelangelo Stare.jpg|I see what you did for the lulz there.
==Sports==
Image:Avg_believes_in_lulz.jpg|AVG loves the lulz
[[File:Shanghai F1 Circui 01.jpg|thumb|right|F1 [[Chinese Grand Prix]] in Shanghai]]
Image:Doitforthem.jpg|We do it for them.
Shanghai is home to several professional soccer teams, including [[Shanghai Shenhua]] of the [[Chinese Super League]], one of the China's most popular and successful. The [[Shanghai Sharks]] of the [[Chinese Basketball Association]] developed [[Yao Ming]] before he entered the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]. Shanghai also has an ice hockey team, [[China Dragon]], and a baseball team, the [[Shanghai Golden Eagles]], which plays in the [[China Baseball League]].
Image:Furdielulz.png|SIEG LULZ
 
Image:Funny_shiz.jpg|A fine example of doing it for the lulz (note the pwnage factor is over 9,000).
Shanghai is the hometown of many outstanding and well-known Chinese professional athletes, such as Yao Ming, the 110-meter hurdler [[Liu Xiang]], and the [[pingpong|table-tennis]] player [[Wang Liqin]].
Image:Lulzsnack.jpg|OM NOM NOM
 
Image:lulz.jpg|The lulz
Beginning in 2004, Shanghai started hosting the [[Chinese Grand Prix]], one round of the [[Formula One World Championship]]. The race was staged at the [[Shanghai International Circuit]]. In 2010, Shanghai also became the host city of German Touring Car Masters ([[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]]), which raced in a street circuit in Pudong.
Image:Steve for teh lulz.jpg|Steve does it for the lulz.
 
Image:Mikeytard.jpg|When there's [[win|uber-lulz]] to be had, your face ends up like this.
Shanghai also holds the [[Shanghai Masters (tennis)|Shanghai Masters]] tennis tournament, and the [[BMW Masters]] and [[WGC-HSBC Champions]] golf tournaments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-04/25/content_15132467.htm |title=European Tour, CGA unveil BMW Masters |date=25 April 2012 |work=China Daily |accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Columns-list|2|
*[[Heppum's Razor]]
* [[List of attractions in Shanghai]]
*[[Lol]]
* [[List of cities with most skyscrapers]]
*[[K-LULZ]]
* [[List of economic and technological development zones in Shanghai]]
*[[Lulz News Network]]
* [[List of fiction set in Shanghai]]
*[[L.U.L.Z.]]
* [[List of films set in Shanghai]]
*[[The Comprehensive Theory of Lulz]]
* [[List of universities and colleges in Shanghai]]
*[[Lolokaust]]
* [[List of twin towns and sister cities in China]]
*[[Lulzcon]]
*[[Lulzcast]]
*[[Holocaust|Lollercaust]]
*[[Lulzworthy]]
*[[lolcow]]


* [[Shanghai cuisine]]
== External links ==
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* {{UkrED|Лулзи|UkrDramatica's article on LULZ}}
 
* {{KYM|memes/i-did-it-for-the-lulz|KYM on LULZ}}
==References==
* [http://www.lulzy.net/ Lulzy.net]
{{Reflist|2}}
* [http://seriouslulz.com/ Seriouslulz.com]
 
* [http://lulz.com/ Lulz.com]
==Further reading==
* [http://lulz.fm/ Lulz.FM]
*{{cite book | author=Danielson, Eric N. | title=Discover Shanghai| location=Singapore | publisher=Marshall Cavendish| year=2010}}
* [http://lulz.info/ Lulz]
*{{cite book | author=Danielson, Eric N. | title=Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta| location=Singapore | publisher=Marshall Cavendish/Times Editions | year=2004 | isbn=981-232-597-2}}
* [http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3894628&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1 Fox 11 report on lulz]
*{{cite book | author=Elvin, Mark | title="Market Towns and Waterways: The County of Shanghai from 1480 to 1910," in The City in Late Imperial China, ed. by G. William Skinner | location=Stanford | publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] | year=1977}}
* [http://www.absforums.com/?showtopic=16446 Critical analysis of lulz]
*{{cite book | author=Johnson, Linda Cooke | title=Shanghai: From Market Town to Treaty Port | location=Stanford | publisher=Stanford University Press | year=1995}}
* [http://discharges.org/r/tmnt.swf Moar Lulz Turtle Porn]
*{{cite book | author=Johnson, Linda Cooke| title=Cities of Jiangnan in Late Imperial China | location=Albany | publisher=State University of New York (SUNY) | year=1993 | isbn=0-7914-1424-8}}
* [http://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/28098/1/vichot_ray_200905_mast.pdf Even the academics know about teh lulz]
*{{cite book | author=Horesh, Niv| title=Shanghai's Bund and Beyond | location=New Haven| publisher=[[Yale University Press]] | year=2009}}
*{{cite book | author=Erh,Deke and Johnston, Tess | title=Shanghai Art Deco | location=Hong Kong| publisher=Old China Hand Press | year=2007}}
 
==External links==
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* [http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node17256/index.html Official Website]
 
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Scientists have carbon dated the first use of lulz to Jameth.
Ohio has the highest concentration of lulz in America.
There are, however, no lulz to be found in Hollywood. We all know why that is.
I did it for the lulz
On ur shipments, corruptin ur lulz.
The infamous lulz turtle.
The infamous lulz turtle in first stage battlemode.
The infamous lulz turtle rapes a Mudkip.
The infamous lulz turtle in his final and most lulzy form.
King of the Hill's Bobby enjoys the lulz.
The anti-lulz turtle. LOLWUT!?
Ye olde time lulz turtle.
Lulz rare turtle pr0n.
The Teenage Mutant Lolz Turtles (TMLT)
Yet again Rule 34.


   
“ 		 

In the beginning was the Lulz, and the Lulz was with God, and the Lulz was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all trollings were made; without him nothing was trolled that has been trolled. In him was drama, and that drama was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
 

„
  		 

—Gospel of John


█▄ █▄█ █▄ ▀█▄ is a corruption of L O L, which stands for "Laugh Out Loud", signifying laughter at someone else's expense (from the German concept of "Schadenfreude"). This makes it inherently superior to lesser forms of humor. Anonymous gets big lulz from pulling random pranks. The pranks are always posted on the internet. Just as the element of surprise transforms the physical act of love into something beautiful, the anguish of a laughed-at victim transforms lol into lulz, making it longer, girthier, and more pleasurable. Lulz is engaged in by Internet users who have witnessed one major economic/environmental/political disaster too many, and who thus view a state of voluntary, gleeful sociopathy over the world's current apocalyptic state, as superior to being continually emo.

Example:

You're driving on a two lane highway, listening to music and whatshit, and suddenly, you see two people go in front of you and box you in, going at a shocking 20 miles an hour on a 60 mile an hour lane, forcing everyone to get in your way. The asshole in front of you decides to pull a prank and slams on his brakes. You cannot react in time and rear-end his car. He speeds off in his stupid lunchbox and the other guy takes an exit. Luckily, you get the guy's license plate (U42-6MN, Tampa, FL). You look up his information through the DMV, find his address, and launch your assault. Every waking moment of his life will become a swirling torment of pain and misery. He will begin to look before opening the shower curtain, because half the time, you will be there with a knife in hand. He will not cross the road because you will be there waiting to run him over. He will not cook with salt because he thinks you laced it with cyanide. His life, terrorized. For the lulz. Win.

The term lulz was coined by Jameth, and is the only good reason to do anything, from trolling to rape. After every action taken, you must make the epilogic dubious disclaimer: "I did it for the lulz." Sometimes you may see the word spelled as luls or lolz, but only if you are reading something written by a faggot. Pro Tip: If you feel particularly pretentious, or if you're talking to Frasier, use the term "epicaricacy" instead of lulz. 

lulz  Noun --- (lul-zz)
Definition:
1. The act of entertaining oneself with the misfortune of others; an 
agreeable occupation for the mind

2. Something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement, 
esp. a performance of some kind.

3. The essence which can be derived from an epic win.

Usage:
We did it for the lulz.

Synonyms:
Entertainment

Source:
A corruption of lol.

Etymology

Below is a conversation said to have been held between Jesus and Putin. Whether it is apochryphal is disputed by black person 


Putin says:

lulz
man
what's the etymology of lulz
i know it's derived from lol
but how did it acquire the "u" and the "z"
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THIS CONCEPTUAL REVOLUTION 
IN LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT 

Jesus says:

haahahah
well first off
a semantic shift had been undertaken to coalesce 'lol' from an 
abbreviation into a noun.
after the noun became established, multiple grammaticalisations 
could be carried out, such as verbing, declining and such and such
however, the 'act' of 'lolling' became too equated with stupid 
fucking faggots, so it came to be abandoned
and, by simple survival of the fittest, it is the pluralisation 
'lols' that came to prominence

Putin says:
hahaha

Jesus says:

once 'lols' became established, it underwent multiple 
vulgarisations 
such as 'lawls', 'lalz', 'lolz' etc etc
until the canonical form 'lulz' became codified by the great 
king Unbar of the Undernets*

Putin says:

HAHAHA
oh man

Jesus says:

this was done in part to subdue the last of stupid fucking faggots 
by building a wall of self-referential sarcasm
similar to the rift between the old and the new testament
whereby the christians are like 'lulz fuck jews, they're christians 
who haven't evolved yet'
but at the same time they're like 'lulz we bow before jewish prophets 
and we use jewish words like 'hallelujah''

so it is then to cover the embarassment of having grammaticalised an 
internet abbreviation as stupid fucking faggots did

Putin says:

hahaha

Jesus says:
and so it to sever all possible ties with them,
that the vulgarised form 'lulz', albeit unorthodox, has been assumed.

*This allegedly refers to either Ceiling Cat or the proverbial ﾃ盈inence Grise of the Internet, but there is disagreement between black person, see Neumann 1977 and Smith 2002 for further discussion.

Overview

Beginning as a plural variant of lol, Lulz was originally an exclamation but is now often just used as a noun meaning interesting or funny internet content.

According to the media, Lulz is a corruption of LOL, which stands for laugh out loud. It is part of sekrit code used by evil domestic terrorists in their attempt to ruin innocent peoples' lives. These terrorists, known as "Anonymous" get lots of "lulz" from staging "invasions" of children's websites such as Habbo Hotel.

According to Mattathias Schwartz of the New York Times, Lulz is "how trolls keeps score" and is defined as "the joy of disrupting another窶冱 emotional equilibrium". Given that lulz has been extensively covered by both FAWCKS NUUZ and the NYT, it would seem to be notable; however, it is only accorded one small section of the Wikipedia article on Lol.

Senior Dramacrats believe lulz originally came from trolls on LiveJournal, where it was then spread by our very own website. The chans would pick it up later, proving the unifying ability of lulz, as detailed below.

Lulz is the one unifying force in the world. Those experiencing it are bonded mentally and emotionally. It is the greatest experience you will ever have. Your first 'lulz' is akin to achieving your first orgasm, only magnified. If one is truly experiencing the lulz, they will be invulnerable to all attack. Lulz is known to show other life lessons by any means necessary, such as to not download CP, especially under the alias you use for everything else and to not be an attention whore.

Using lulz in your spoken vocabulary also makes you a faggot, and increases the likelihood that you will never get laid.

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IRL lulz

  • fo0bar saw a California car with a LULZ license plate driving in Reno. Surrender your secrets to me!
  • Amnesiac found out that London Underground calls itself "LUL" internally. The precise amount of lulz generated by this discovery is unknown, but presumed to be quite low.

Further developments

The beginning

   
“ 		 
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be lulz," and there was lulz. God saw that the lulz was good, and He separated the lulz from the unfunny. God called the lulz "Encyclopedia Dramatica," and the Unfunny he called "Uncyclopedia." And there was pr0n, and there was pedophiles 窶・the first internets.
  		„
  		 

—Genesis - The Bible

Ancient version

In ancient times they referred to lulz as lvlz as in: 

<augustus> Byzantivm was pvvnd this morning.
<nerva> lvlz

An early scholar of lulz was the Roman poet Lucretius, who described the phenomenon at least one hundred years ago:

 
“ 		 
It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves abovt, to watch from the shore the strvggles of another.

LVLZ
  		„
 

—Romans loev Schadenfreude

Modern Times

  1. Ask not what your lulz can do for you, but what you can do for your lulz. - John F. Kennedy.
  2. We have nothing to fear, but Lulz itself - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  3. I did it for the lulz - Jack Ruby

Totalulz

n. to be completely engulfed in hilarity; can also mean a completely uniform lol. Example: 

<mike> n00bs are stupid
<dan> lol
<bob> lol
<alf> lol
<mike> totalulz

The lulz scale

The Lulz Scale, currently in development by Encyclopedia Dramatica staff, will be used to rate everything OTI on a simple scale of Lulz. The Lulz Scale will vary between 0 and Over 9,000. A prototype has been released by a fan of Teh Lulz.

The prototype Lulz-O-Meter

The Lulz Equation

Founded by an AnonymousTip, the Lulz Equation can be used to build up Lulz in a numerical fashion which in turn may be used to boast about how big of an asshole you are.

The Equation is as follows:

Lulz = (C+R)-r*(M/Q) C = Comedy R = Victim's rage r = Your rage M = Your material Q = Quality of the material

All variables are based on a scale 1-10.

Frunz

Frunz is the complete opposite of lulz. See also anti-lulz.

Limits of lulz

No matter how lulzy you think something is, it has a chance of being anti-lulz or just plain wrong:


   
“ 		 
Some times not even the lulz are worth looking at fuckloads of weird furry pornography.
  		„
  		 

—Einsidler


   
“ 		 
yes they are
  		„
  		 

—you

Fun fact

The word "lul" means cock in the Dutch language, so whenever someone says "I did it for the lulz" they are quite literally saying "I did it for the cock."

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Lulz in different languages

  • English - Lulz
  • British - Lawlz
  • American - HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
  • Canadian - Lol eh?
  • Australian - ridgey didge!
  • German - Schadenfreude
  • French - lﾃｩlz
  • Jamaican - HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE
  • Finnish - reps
  • Sweedish - lﾃｶlz
  • Arab - ﾘｳﾘｧﾘｯﾙ韓ｩ
  • Jew - ﾗ慵勉慵・/i>
  • Greek - ﾏπｱﾎｴﾎｹﾏπｼﾏ狐・/i>
  • Hindi - 爨ｪ爨ｰ爨ｪ爭€爨｡爨ｼ爨ｨ-爨ｰ爨､爨ｿ
  • Hungarian - káröröm (Schadenfreude)
  • Japanese - 繧ｵ繝・ぅ繧ｺ繝
  • Chinese - 睇人仆街
  • Russian - ﾐ嶢ｾﾐｻ / Trololo
  • Italian - Sadismo
  • Norweigian - Sadisme
  • Spanish - Casi me cago
  • Czech - Sofistikovanﾃ｡ zlﾃ｡ sranda
  • Croatian - Sadizam
  • Slovak - Vﾃ｡ﾄｾaﾅ･ sa
  • Slovenian - Sadizem
  • Polish - O kurwa!
  • Romanian - caterincﾄ・or mﾃ｢ﾅ｣ﾄ・/i>
  • Turkish - haha kop!
  • Vietnamese - Tﾃ｡nh b蘯｡o dﾃ｢m
  • Serbian - ﾐ｡ﾐｰﾐｴﾐｸﾐｷﾐｰﾐｼ
  • Portuguese - Risosz
  • Estonian - Lﾃｵlz
  • Yiddish - ﾗ慵蹟ｸﾗ・/i>
  • Thai - 犧金ｸｲ犧扉ｸｴ犧ｪ犧｡犹・/i> and 555555555
  • Belarusian - ﾐ･ﾐｰz-ﾑ・ｰz-ﾑ・ｰz
  • Pig latin - ulz-lay
  • Dutch - Lol (This predates /b/, and even the internets.) Forgot about "Leedvermaak" eh?
  • Danish - LOL!
  • Macedonian - Seir
  • Indonesian - wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk
  • Malaysian - WAKENABEB
  • Chanisian - trolulzulzulzulzulz

The Lulls

Phonetically, the English pronunciation of lulz is also homonymous to the word "lulls", which has Quantum Deep Significance and stands for the fact that no matter how hilarious any gags happen to be, they will eventually become unfunny if repeated too often, at the wrong times, and/or by the wrong people. When this occurs, the lulz can effectively become the "lulls" in the humor continuum...which open up into gaping, sucking holes leading to the Anti-Lulz. You never know when the lulz will suddenly let you down - and the only way to not be at risk for that occurring is to ensure that the lulz never truly matter to you. What would happen if the tables turned and the lulz stopped being funny because the laughing-with turned to the laughing-at, and you became the target? The moment this begins to matter to you, all hope for you becomes lost. Therefore, it has to not matter, ever...at ALL.

This shit was actually just made up by some asshat lawn gnome trying to pass itself off as a troll, and thus must be completely disregarded by your awareness, RIGHT NOW.

Guaranteed lulz

Gallery

  • he sees wut u did thar

    he sees wut u did thar

  • Porn can be lulzy.

    Porn can be lulzy.

  • Even the Spaniards have adopted lulz into their tongue.

    Even the Spaniards have adopted lulz into their tongue.

  • The anti-username bot never fails to impress.

    The anti-username bot never fails to impress.

  • Attention whores like MeganSpeaks doesn't believe in lulz, but she will soon enough...

    Attention whores like MeganSpeaks doesn't believe in lulz, but she will soon enough...

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  • excuse me?

    excuse me?

  • Even Dave Mustaine did it for the lulz

    Even Dave Mustaine did it for the lulz

  • Japanese researchers state that there is no such thing as lulz in the rain. Cute propaganda is used to spread this observation.

    Japanese researchers state that there is no such thing as lulz in the rain. Cute propaganda is used to spread this observation.

  • lolz on urbandictionary.

    lolz on urbandictionary.

  • Lulz = is why we do anything at all

    Lulz = is why we do anything at all

  • Maximillian detects lulz.

    Maximillian detects lulz.

  • Lulz are so despicable that even white supremacists can't stand them.

    Lulz are so despicable that even white supremacists can't stand them.

  • Anonymous does Fox News for teh lulz.

    Anonymous does Fox News for teh lulz.

  • A typical lolcow.

    A typical lolcow.

  • Russian lulz.

    Russian lulz.

  • Gay lulz

    Gay lulz

  • Aliens have come to keep the earth from destruction from the nuclear missiles and the lulz

    Aliens have come to keep the earth from destruction from the nuclear missiles and the lulz

  • The seas will turn read and the lulz will walk among the living

    The seas will turn read and the lulz will walk among the living

  • feel the power of the lulz side

    feel the power of the lulz side

  • How do I shot Phil Shuman??1

    How do I shot Phil Shuman??1

  • Lulz Did WTC!!!

    Lulz Did WTC!!!

  • Thank you FOX, I would never have figured it out.

    Thank you FOX, I would never have figured it out.

  • A more recent sighting.

    A more recent sighting.

  • A comprehensive guide for making lulz.

    A comprehensive guide for making lulz.

  • The Evil UmbreLOL corporation.

    The Evil UmbreLOL corporation.

  • ED and its lulz.

    ED and its lulz.

  • Lulz, in before being corrupted.

    Lulz, in before being corrupted.

  • Lulz come flavored in spices, packaged, and preserved for all eternity(not really).

    Lulz come flavored in spices, packaged, and preserved for all eternity(not really).

  • "LULZ TEH GAME" (Still in production)

    "LULZ TEH GAME" (Still in production)

  • "OJ's New BOOK"

    "OJ's New BOOK"

  • How not to generate lulz

    How not to generate lulz

  • Misusage of lulz

    Misusage of lulz

  • You're average, everyday lulz.

    You're average, everyday lulz.

  • WE NEED MOAR LULZ

    WE NEED MOAR LULZ

  • I see what you did for the lulz there.

    I see what you did for the lulz there.

  • AVG loves the lulz

    AVG loves the lulz

  • We do it for them.

    We do it for them.

  • SIEG LULZ

    SIEG LULZ

  • A fine example of doing it for the lulz (note the pwnage factor is over 9,000).

    A fine example of doing it for the lulz (note the pwnage factor is over 9,000).

  • OM NOM NOM

    OM NOM NOM

  • The lulz

    The lulz

  • Steve does it for the lulz.

    Steve does it for the lulz.

  • When there's uber-lulz to be had, your face ends up like this.

    When there's uber-lulz to be had, your face ends up like this.

See also

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