01/07/24 - I’m telling you I’m breaking the law. What are you gonna do about it?
“I can’t keep paying for my kiddo’s extracurricular classes. Should I just give up?
My oldest is interested in everything. Right now, she’s in piano, art, and dance. It costs about 2500 RMB a month. My husband only barely makes enough to pay back our mortgage. My kiddo’s in kindergarten right now, and we don’t have anyone to driver her to and from school. Plus, she’s got a bad immune system, so she’s sick at home a lot. So I had to be a full time mom, and I only make a little bit of money from part time work. Just enough to cover our living expenses, basically. I’m having a hard time keeping up with her extracurriculars.
I’ve tried talking to her about just dropping down to one lesson, but she’s obviously unhappy. She’s interested in all three classes and she likes all of them. But my wallet just can’t take it. Should I try to persuade her to give up?”
Comments say, “Are you sure your kid’s actually interested in these extracurriculars? One is more than enough. Three is just insane. I’d just keep dance. Learning to dance gives girls good poise.”
“Cut everything and just leave art. At least she might be able to attend the art college entrance exam as an art student some day in the future.”
“Yeah, just keep one. I don’t get what all these classes do anyways. She’ll be happier if you made more time to play with her.”
“A lot of girls talk about having children on their own, but that’s definitely a luxury. Because a 0-3 year old baby requires a large amount of manpower to raise. Unless you completely quit your job to raise them on your own, or else you have to look for help so you can keep working to make money and survive. Either this person is going to be your parents, or your in-laws (and at their age, they probably can’t keep up with a kid full-time all day long), or you have to spend money on a nanny.
A lot of bottom class women are trapped by taking care of kids. They’re not valued at home, and their in-laws don’t care, and their husband has to work during the day. He doesn’t care about her situation, and even persuades her that a nanny is way too expensive. You’re not even going to make as much money as we’re gonna have to pay her, so it’s better to just take care of the kid yourself. And the more scummy of them will cheat and sleep with prostitutes during this time too, and their wives will put up with it because they can’t get by on their own.
I’ve come upon a lot of these types of vent posts in the middle of the night. They can’t afford a nanny and they have no help and they can’t find work and they want to leave their husband, but they don’t see what they’re going to do in the future.
Money can solve a lot of problems. Where I live, a month-sitting nurse is 12K-22K a month, a nanny is 6K to 8K a month (a lot of places are cheaper, but they do tend to make more than the average salaryman). That’s a very heavy financial burden to most families. And there’s plenty of news about nannies abusing children or old people.
If you really want to have children on your own, think about where you’re going to get help, or if you can afford to pay for it. If you don’t have in-laws, are your parents committing to helping you with your kid? Can they keep up with the workload? Can you actually find a reliable nanny and afford to keep her hired long-term?
I’ve seen two single moms get by living with each other. One of them stays home to take care of two kids, and one goes out to work to put food on the table. That’s not a bad solution either, but I haven’t seen a case that’s worked out long-term yet. After all, taking care of two children is exhausting, and after a while, conflicts are going to come up. And trust is an issue too.”
Comments say, “It goes a lot further than just 0-3. My colleague’s kid is graduating primary school this year, and her husband got sent to work overseas, and she has to bring her kid to all our company bond-building activities. She’s totally tied up. She doesn’t get any Me Time at all after work.”
“Yeah, I had to hire a nanny for 7750 RMB a month. Thankfully, my kiddo’s starting kindergarten this year in September, and I’ll be freed from that.”
“If your family is well-off (and anyone who can afford to get IVF overseas is gonna be pretty well off), you’ll be okay. Men rely on their families to provide their car and house and money to get a wife with anyways. They don’t make any more than a couple grand a month either.”
A tiktok video of a video supposedly taken inside Epstein island, featuring a lot of extremely scantily clad children walking around.
Comments say, “So that art student didn’t end up succeeding after all. Sigh.”
“Every country has dirt hidden and swept away. Have you guys forgotten about the basement in Jiangsu?”
“They’re a lot younger than I imagined. Those fucking bastard. They’ve ruined these kids for life.”
[People farther down in the comments also claim this is just video of a castle-themed water park.]
A compilation of AI art depicting what it thinks rich people in various Chinese states look like:
Going from top to bottom, it’s Guizhou: known for producing Moutai.
Shandong: known for having the best technical college in the country for teaching tractor driving skills.
Jiangxi: 9 daughters at home.
Guangdong: staring at a Fukienese, wondering what he tastes like.
Fujian
Jilin: eating ginseng (grown on Mount Changbai locally) dipped in fermented bean sauce
Beijing: sitting in the courtyard of a traditional Chinese manor, known for being extremely expensive with Beijing’s land prices.
Shanxi: known for terracotta soldiers
Tibet: that is a giant pile of cow poop.
Jiangsu: known for having the hardest college entrance exams.
Xinjiang: featuring nut cake, which is very well known for costing upwards of a hundred bucks for a small slice
Shanxi: produces a lot of coal.
Yunnan
And Inner Mongolia.
Comments say, “If you’re already rich, why do you still have to take exams in Jiangsu XD”
“Nothing about Henan, huh.”
“There’s been a lot of rumours flying around that when Fukienese people get rich, they like to build ginormous fancy manors in their home village. I’m here to clarify that we wouldn’t ever build a giant manor in the middle of nowhere like pictured. We’d build a whole row of them.”
“I’m making a New Years wish here: I want to find a domestic girlfriend, 170cm+, good figure, virgin, unmarried, no diseases, doesn’t buy make up, doesn’t wear makeup, returns double bride price in dowry. Anyone who can’t do it is guilty at heart.”
Comments say, “Double bride price, huh. How calculating.”
“I’ll make a wish too then. Wanna find a domestic boyfriend, 180+cm, virgin, unmarried, no diseases, doesn’t buy consoles, doesn’t smoke, doesn’t want his bride price back. Anyone who can’t do it is guilty at heart.”
“Why not just come out and say he wants a free nanny+womb? Preferably one who will pay him money?”
A tiktok video of a HR manager who illegally laid off a worker:
HR: “Try uploading this and see. I’ll call the police right away. Stop being stubborn with me.”
OP: “Do you not have any respect for laws?”
HR: “Yeah, I don’t. I’m telling you I’m breaking the law. What are you gonna do about it?”
OP: “Jeez, what the hell kind of manners do the HR workers in this company have?”
HR: “This is my manners. What about it? I’ve told you already, feel free to sue me in court. I’m not stopping you.”
OP: “I’ll see what the Department of Labour has to say about this.”
HR: “Say goodbye to your last paycheck then.”
OP: “I’ll see what the Department of Labour—“
HR: “I’m illegally firing you right now. I’m telling you. Yeah, I’m illegally firing you.”
OP: “How dare you illegally fire me?”
HR: “What can you do about me breaking the law, huh?”
OP: “But you have to follow the laws.”
HR: “Can you not understand human speech? I’m breaking them right now. Go, go to the department of labour. Go! Go pack up your stuff and leave. I’m cancelling all your privileges. I don’t want you in my company anymore. You go ahead and wait for the case to make its way through court. There’s arbitration and first hearing and appeals court. I’ve got plenty of people to work through it with you slowly. Just try it and see. See what it’s like to not be able to find work for two and a half years. You’ll never find a job again. I’ll get paid next month no matter what. Think about that.”
OP: “But you broke the law. You admitted it.”
HR: “Okay, I’ll call the cops right now then so they can remove you from my premises.”
The top comment is a screenshot of the announcement made by the company in the video, “Lately, a video of one of our former employees having an argument with our HR department has appeared on the internet. Our HR manager has spoken inappropriate things due to overwhelming emotions, and caused discomfort to a lot of people. I apologise sincerely for that here. We’ve already suspended her and will deal with this matter seriously. We’ll clarify the situation below:
Our former employ, Mr. Sun, was employed on the 25th of June, 2023, and signed a 3 year employment contract + NDA + non-compete contract with us, with an internship period of 6 months. Due to lack of ability at work, we’ve decided not to continue employing him after his internship period. After negotiations, on the 1st of December, we sighed an agreement to terminate his contract, and we have paid him November’s pay along with compensation for getting laid off in accordance with the laws.
Our company has always obeyed all laws. We believe in the justice and fairness of society and are working hard to create value in this society.
Beijing Niosk Technologies, LLC.
8th of January, 2024”
“Wow, how arrogant. Do we really not have laws anymore? She’s even threatening that he won’t get a job for two and a half years? Is she organised crime or something?”
“Ever since I tried to appeal to the Department of Labour, I knew this woman is speaking the truth.”
“Setting everything else aside, is this woman more badass or is our laws more badass?”
A tiktok video of a man imitating mukbangs in different countries:
Comments say, “He even got the heavy instagram filters Chinese mukbang videos use right XD”
“The cut of where they spit it out for Korea is so real.”
“Just how gross is British food.”
“Damn. Now I want fried chicken and noodles.”
An askreddit question, “What’s the most unexpected bit of money you’ve ever made?”
There’s a compilation of the answers below:
“My company had an overstock of a bunch of speakers that’s been laying around for two years. I put them up on Pinduoduo [Chinese online wholesale website], and for some reason, it became an Editor’s Recommended item. All 4000 machines got sold in two weeks. I get 8 RMB commission per machine, so I randomly made 32K.”
“I just got an offer from another company in the morning. I told my coworkers I was going to quit around lunch. My coworker told me to not hurry and wait. Around 2PM, the higher ups called me in for a very serious meeting about needing to lay me off, and offered to pay me five and a half months’ salary as compensation.
I agreed immediately.”
“Just last year, my partner got an order and asked me how much would it cost for me to write a program since she’s not good at that sort of thing. Without even looking at what the order required, I just randomly told her 100K. The customer agreed, and I sent along the order to my friend to do the actual programming. And my friend charged me 5K for a single day of work.
Three days later, we completed the project, and I made 95K just passing a message along.”
“I drew a picture and put it on my social media platform, and a friend of mine ended up buying it for 200 RMB.”
“My husband and I had hotpot at home, and it ended up stinking up the whole place, so we went out for a walk. We passed by a lotto place, and he bought some lottery tickets, and I got myself a scratch-off ticket for 10 RMB. And we won 250K RMB. I was dumbfounded.”
“Met a lost grandpa on the road and helped him to a police station, and he ended up turning out to be some rich guy’s dad. Apparently, this guy had been looking for his dad for 2 days, and insisted on giving me 100K for my help.”
“Copyrighted a logo, planning to use it for my own SPA, and it ended up being bought by some makeup company for 300K.”
“I can talk about this! I lost my national ID. And a few years later, I went to open up a bank account so my company can pay me, and the bank told me I already had an account with them. I looked into it, and whoever stole my ID had opened an account there, and there was several grand inside! I bought my first bag using that money hahahahaha!”
“Thank you, tiktok! I won a iPhone 14 in a giveaway event, and sold my iPhone 12 for 2550 RMB. Then I won an iPhone 15, and sold my 6-month-old 14 for 3700. And then I won three more iPhone 15s, gave one to my brother, and sold the other two for 10120 RMB.”
“My mom got a call from a stranger a couple of years ago, claiming to be her long-lost uncle. My mom was ecstatic, counted down the days for her uncle to come visit her. And the day before he was due to get here, he called and claimed that he’d gotten arrested by the police for gambling, and wanted my mom to bring 8000 RMB to bail him out. My mom was freaking out, and went to her sister to ask about what was going on with this uncle of hers. And her sister told her to leave it alone, that this was definitely a scammer, and stopped my mom from giving her money away. And then the whole thing went away. And then, three months later, she got another call, again, claiming to be her long-lost uncle. This time, they wanted to meet us at a hotel. My mom insisted on going again, we couldn’t stop her for the life of us. So my husband called up a big group of people to go with my mom. And when they got to the hotel, they just saw a heartwarming reunion between two old people. He told us all about his life and passed out a 2000 RMB red pocket to everyone there.
Turns out, my mom really did have a long-lost uncle. It’s just that the last one was a scammer.”
“Saw some creepy cultists and called the cops. Half a year later, they told me I’d provided a valuable clue and gave me a 2K reward.”