Proper props and Modern Mops

It went as follows:

Me: why doesn't china have a discernible culture of their own, outside of food?!
Molly: they used to
Me: yeah and then communism and a humongo population turned everyone into drones
Molly: and now they are scrambling to become modern
Molly: and they'll take anybody's modern
Me: yeah
Me: anybody's modern, i like that
Molly: hehe
Molly: mm, that was some goood doufu la
Molly: what is the correct pinyin for "tofu"?
Me: dou4fu3
Molly: ok thought so
Me: 豆腐
Me: yum

Ok, you get the picture. Two gals, mouthin' off on China like it's a Borg cube. A delicious cube of Borg tofu. But the gem of the conversation, assimilating anybody's modern, originated with my dear friend and co-expat-at-large Molly. I like the simultaneous flexibility of the phrase and the idea.

I don't know. We can try to understand. We ought to try? A global warming up to each other. Ha. Shit.