06/11/24 - #Club denies throwing sick mother and child into the sea.
A Zhejiang girl, Ting Ting (false name) was a die hard fan of a certain celebrity. One day, while scrolling on a short video platform, she discovered said celebrity’s QQ ID [a chatroom]. Ting Ting enthusiastically added the ID, and the invitation quickly was accepted. Delighted, she immediately sent a dozen messages across.
But instead of receiving a hearty welcome from her idol, Ting Ting received an investigation notice. The other person claimed that this celebrity’s QQ ID number has been leaked and a criminal investigation has been started as a result. Now, the police is looking into everyone on her friend’s list, and if Ting Ting didn’t cooperate, she would have to go to jail.
The other person told Ting Ting to add a lawyer on QQ and cooperate with him to track down whoever leaked the information in order to absolve herself of suspicion. Ting Ting was terrified and quickly added the other side and started a video chat, and the footage on the other side really was of police working at an investigation. That only made Ting Ting believe this more…
The other side directed Ting Ting to use her mother’s phone to access her wechat wallet, and send over 100K RMB. They even asked her to show screenshots of the verification codes she was getting. It was only when her mother saw her daughter playing on her phone with a panicked expression for a long time that she thought something was wrong. She asked, and Ting Ting finally told the truth.
“This is absolutely a scam!” The mother immediately called the police for help, and Jiaxing’s police station reviewed the chat logs and determined this was a typical scam disguising itself as a call from the police. The police froze the remaining 400K in Ting Ting’s mother’s account and hurried Ting Ting’s family to the bank. Thankfully, they acted in time, and the money transfer hasn’t went through yet. Ting Ting’s family was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.”
Comments say, “??? People still believe in celebrity QQ accounts in the year 2024 AD?”
“Why are young people still using QQ even today?”
“There are so many scams out there.”
“The special thing about split-toe shoes is that no matter what outfit you pair it with, it’ll make your clothes feel a little more angelic. Even when it’s just simple jeans.
Today, I wore split-toe shoes to the hospital for my check up, and the doctor even asked me, “Could I ask you a question?”
I thought something was seriously wrong, but the doctor just wanted to ask how I wear my shoes. She says she sees people wearing this type of shoes a lot and she kind of likes how they look, but she’s not sure how to wear one.
I took off my shoes and showed her. It just splits your toes, but it’s totally designed to fit human feet. Anyone who’s worn them knows that once you get used to it, they’re super comfy, and it’s easier to walk in them than in normal shoes (I think it’s because you get a better distribution of weight when your toes are wider spread).”
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Comments say, “Are there any that doesn’t have any heels?”
“Do you have to buy special socks for them?”
#Chinese soccer makes it into the 18 finalists
On the 11th in Bangkok, in the last round of competitions for the United States-Mexico-Canada World Cup, Asia Division, Preheats, C group, Thailand beat Singapore by 3:1, and China made it into the next round of 18 finalists.
Comments say, “Thank you, Singapore. You did a good job, Singapore.”
“Felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest. Thank you, Singapore, for carrying us into the next round.”
“Thank you, Singapore. You’ll always be China’s friend.”
#Club denies throwing sick mother and child into the sea. They were throwing up and asked to get off the ship in the shallow area. #Multiple parties respond to rumours that mother and child were tossed into the sea for not feeling well.
On the 10th of June, various influencers made posts claiming that life guards in Sanya found a motorboat drop a mother and child off while 100 metres from shore. They went to provide help, and according to the report, the child and mother didn’t feel like they could continue their motorboat journey because they weren’t feeling well, so the driver let them off and told them to swim back on their own. The life vest the child had on was not sized for him either.
On the 11th of June, a worker at the motorboat club in Sanya responded that relevant departments are investigating into this, and internet rumours are false. They’ve contacted lawyers. They claim that this mother and child were vomiting nonstop, and asked for workers to let them off in the shallow area.
Sanya’s tourism board customer service responded that they are paying attention to this case. The video was filmed in April, and investigation is already ongoing. They will make further announcements in the future. Sanya’s Internet Security Department is also investigating this case. We should see results soon.”
“I’ve always had an assumption in my mind, that parents’ obligation to raise their children ends the summer after the Gaokao. Perhaps it’s because my parents told me when I was a child that, “If you can get into uni, we’ll support you through uni. If you can’t, then you can go find work.” Of course, I’m not sure if they actually said this for real or not. I got into uni anyways, so I’ve never had to test the other possibility. But I have no doubts that if I failed my Gaokao, I really would be on my own and can’t depend on my parents at all.
This seems to be an unspoken understanding for our generation when we were in puberty, seeing the Gaokao as the turning point of “independence”. Whether your grades were good or bad, everyone would try to figure out where they were going to go after graduation. If you can keep going to school, that’s best. Even if you couldn’t make it, you wouldn’t just sit at home and live off of your parents. You can enlist, or find work, or get trained in a skill. Either way, nobody would say, “My parents can still support me.” That concept didn’t exist back then. After that summer, everyone would split off every which way. Aside from people repeating a year, no one would stay at home.
Nowadays, parents seem to have changed their mindsets a little. Some parents will leave me messages that, “You’re never free once you’re a parent.” “Even if your kids are in uni, you still gotta worry about them.” Now that I think about it, it’s true. A lot of families coming to me for consults have parents who are worried on behalf of their kids, “What can we do if he can’t get into uni?” And even once they’re in, parents are worried about how their kids are going to find a job, buy a house, get married, have kids, take care of grandkids while they’re young.
In other words, parents have to carry out their responsibilities for a much longer time. Maybe even the rest of their life. And this obligation isn’t just financial support, but physical help, emotional support, etc. Basically, worrying for them. This might reflect the times changing. Maybe parents are more capable now and can shoulder the burden of always supporting their kids. But it’s another question whether kids actually want this, or whether it’s helpful for their growth.
From the parents’ point of view, I prefer the version of “limited responsibility“. This generation’s parents have worked for too long and worked too hard. It makes “becoming a parent” have a much higher barrier of entry, like having a child means being tied down for life. You should think of the last generation’s parents. Whether they were just less capable or they were less sympathetic, they really did teach their kids that, “You’re on your own once you’re 18.” And that generation of kids became independent adults.
Now that I’m a parent too, this often makes me feel some amount of relief. Whenever I feel tired after teaching my kids, I’ll calculate in my head, “In another couple of years, once they’re done with their Gaokao, we’ll be able to rest easy.””
Comments say, “It’s true. That’s in my head too. It was up until I gave up hope on finding work in China and started looking for a job overseas that my mom said she wanted me to come back home. And I was like, “But there’s no work in our hometown. How am I going to survive?” And my mom was like, “I can take care of you.” I was honestly blown away at that moment.”
“Parents do too much, so they’ve raised a bunch of manchildren [this term is gender-neutral in Chinese]. Maybe this satisfies their needs as parents too.”
“How to give choices back to your kids is a mandatory lesson all parents have to learn!”
“I kinda get why some companies don’t let you bring beds to work. Look at these three chilling out. It’s kind of annoying sometimes.
Hahahaha, but I can’t get up from my naps either. I get some of my best sleep napping at work. I might not have done anything all morning, but as soon as it’s nap time, it’s like I’ve been poisoned. I can’t keep my eyes open at all. Is anyone the same way?”
Comments say, “Our company has a 3 hour lunch break. I can’t survive without a bed.”
“I need a link!!”
“It’s because you’re eating too much carbs for lunch, isn’t it? I never eat noodles for lunch. I only eat half a fist’s worth of rice and veggies and meat at most. The best thing to eat is chicken salad or something. That way, you won’t get sleepy in the afternoon. Too many people in my family have a history of diabetes.”
#If Chinese soccer get a draw tonight, we’ll be able to advance. According to statistics, Chinese soccer has been in the “we win if we draw” situation 12 times and lost 9 of those times.
Right now, the situation is:
If we win against Korea, we’ll advance.
If we draw against Korea, we’ll advance.
If we lose against Korea, but Thailand loses against Singapore, we can advance.
If we lose against Korea, but the score is close, and Thailand wins against Singapore but the score is close, then we have a chance of advancing.
If we lose hardcore against Korea and Thailand solidly wins against Singapore, then we’ll be eliminated.”
Comments say, “Anyone wanna guess our score against Korea tonight?”
“It looks like the odds are in our favour, but actually, they’re not at all, because the fifth scenario is the most likely to happen, because we really are so much weaker than Korea. And Singapore ’s already been eliminated, so it’s not like they’re gonna try really hard.”
“I have no hope.”
A video of shoddy construction in Inner Mongolia. “Thank you, government leaders. Thank you, village mayors! Which department inspected and passed these houses again?”
Comments say, “What shoddy remodelling!”
“But no laws were broken. What are you gonna do about it?”
“Inner Mongolia has the most corrupt government, bar none.”
“But this house totally meets national safety standards :D :D :D”
#Woman out eating late was beaten by a man for 10 minutes. Husband said he’s already called the police. On the 8th of June, in Shanxi, Mr. Liu’s wife finished eating late dinner and was about to get a taxi home, when a drunk man got into an argument with her and beat her for over 10 minutes. Mr. Liu claims that he ran off as soon as he was done, and his wife’s head, face, and arms were all injured to different degrees. She has a history of severe depression, and now her mental state is so unstable that she can’t leave the house. He has already called the police and the case is under investigation.
Comments say, “Weak people always target the weak.”
“I’m just curious. How do you get beaten for 10 minutes without trying to make a run for it?”
“Nobody called the police for 10 minutes??”
A compilation of what teachers received as their Midsummer Festival gifts:
[A screenshot of text messages] “All employees, please come to the union office to pick up your garlic! First come, first serve!”
“We were given a banana. I didn’t even realise that was supposed to be a gift.”
“Actually, garlic is pretty expensive where I live. I feel like that’s a pretty practical gift.”
“We just got a notice. I’m gonna quit after this year. I just can’t make it on 4000 RMB a month. Take out 1350 rent, 158 phone bill, 100 utilities, and I only have about 200 RMB left. It’s mostly gone after food and drinks. I never get to buy anything, and live pay check to pay check.”
“We got a 100 RMB cake coupon, 10 boxes of rice dumplings, 8 salted duck eggs, and 2 jugs of cooking oil.”
“Three eggs. One chicken egg, one duck egg, one marinaded egg.”