01/15/24 - The whole structure is an 8-story building with a free carpark, all-you-can-drink drinks, all-you-can-eat fruit and ice cream.
[God, people, I’m so sorry about the constant delays on the censorship essay. Since school’s started back up, my son’s went for, like, 2 days between getting sick and snow days. And when he’s at home, I just don’t get anything done. I promise it’s coming some time this week (probably, maybe, please stop cancelling school because there were two snowflakes in the sky for the love of God)]
“I’ve always had a question. You know the kind of butter like in pic 1? Am I the only one who cuts off half, or maybe a third, and sprinkle sugar on it, and eat it by the spoonful? Or the kind of butter in pic two, just eating them like little bites of snacks?
Am I the only one in the world who eats like this?
Or, like, buttercream cakes! I love stiff butter cream! One time, my friend went to Shanghai and brought me back an 8-inch buttercream cake, and after I’d already had dinner, I scraped off and ate all the icing.
I’m calling out to the internet—there’s gotta be more people like me out there!”
Comments say, “I totally get it! I could eat like this if I wanted to, too! But this is super unhealthy. I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but you really gotta watch out. It’s pretty dangerous to eat this much butter. (Sorry if I’m mansplaining everywhere again. If this makes you uncomfortable, I can delete it)”
“I like eating butter just by itself!”
“Here, check out this cake. It’s got a layer of butter and a layer of red bean paste. You should see if you can find it on the internet.”
“I’m a girl too, and I don’t get why anyone wants bride price either. If you’re happy with someone, then marry them and have kids. If you’re not happy, then break up. Don’t force anything on each other, and just do what you want. I never think about it as the woman marrying into the man’s family or the other way around. It’s just two people marrying each other and living with each other. It’s not a transaction. Once the baby is out, both families will take care of them, and they can take on whoever’s surname. When I got married, my husband gave 30K, and my parents sent back 20K and a 20K RMB necklace. I didn’t live in his family house either. We split the down payment on a unit and pay back the mortgage together. I suffer a little more having a kid, so his parents put in a little more raising the kid. Our first kid took my surname, and second kid took theirs. We draw lots. His family doesn’t care at all. My husband says it’s not like he has a throne to pass down or anything.”
Comments say, “If it’s that great, then go on and have more kids.”
“So he got two kids out of it for free? And you have to be grateful when his family takes care of them?”
“That assumes your spouse and his family are okay with that.”
“Don’t be fooled, people! This is the real Chiang Kai-Shek and Song Meiling! They don’t have that vibe of authority and intimidation like in TV shows at all! You can really tell Chiang Kai-Shek used to be a gangster. He carries himself like a hooligan. And Song Meiling isn’t half as pretty as you imagine. The only reason they got together was for a political marriage.
If Chiang hadn’t met Song Meiling, he’d probably still be some gangster. And if it wasn’t for Chiang, the Song family wouldn’t have gotten anywhere either. So it’s not for beauty or love that they got together at all!”
Comments say, “Gotta say, though, Chiang is pretty handsome.”
“The best form of hiding is doing so in a crowd after all. She looks so ordinary, but her 9-figure bracelet is still in a museum right now.”
“They’ve got such a great foundation, and somehow ended up having to flee to Taiwan XD”
Lately, a man complained about the statue of Noble Consort Yang at the Sha’anxi Huaqing Palace, saying that it’s very gauche the way she’s practically naked. A lot of internet commenters have joined the discussion, believing that a lot of renaissance statues are actually fully naked, and it’s not a big deal. Huaqing Palace workers responded on the 15th that this Noble Consort Bathing statue was commissioned in the 90s by famous sculptor Pan He. The plans for the statue was approved of by the government. Now that people have made complaints, though, Huaqing Palace will report the problem to their upper management.
[For context, Huaqing Palace is basically an onsen palace for the Emperor. They went there specifically to bathe.]
Comments say, “The economy’s been growing so much the last couple of years that people are getting their rattails back.”
“Wow. Nobody cared in the 90s. And now that it’s 2024, we’ll all collectively becoming Qing again.”
“Who the hell wears clothes while bathing.”
A tiktok video of a blogger who’s been making bread for a year, showing off her work across this year:
Comments say, “I don’t know about anything else, but there’s no way you steamed all that in just that pot.”
“Holy shit.”
“Aside from the milk candy at the end being a little scary, everything else was just amazing!”
“All you older men and women don’t have to worry about getting pressured to marry this coming New Years! Our national marriage rate data came out. In the 25-29 year old range, 56.9% of city residents are unmarried, and 47.4% of rural residents are unmarried!
What’s the reason such a phenomenon is happening?
What’s going on with you unmarried people?”
Comments say, “It’s got nothing to do with houses. It’s that most men’s mentalities haven’t shifted over from old, feudal days, and women’s standard of living is getting better.”
“I can’t even keep myself alive or find a job. How am I supposed to get married!?”
“Divorce cooldown period.”
“I don’t understand why women with thick legs blindly follow trends and show them off too. This outfit just makes my legs look even thicker help. I’m already kinda chubby, and wearing shaping tights just makes them look worse. I usually wear loose pants during the window, and I’m trying out this kind of outfit for the first time today. I have no idea if it’s the loose socks or my skin-coloured shaping tights….I’m not trying to anxiety-monger or anything. I just don’t know how to improve my outfit, but I like leaving my legs exposed. Just looking for some fashion advice.”
Comments say, “Why can’t you show off your legs if they’re thick? My legs are thick too, and I show them off all the time.”
“Honest reply here, buy even more exaggerated shoes and even looser socks, plus an even more oversized jacket. The contrast will make your legs and your face look smaller.”
“I don’t understand why ugly men come outside either.”
“Now I get why there’s so much attention on this homeless PhD coming back to China! [Referring to an incident lately of a homeless PhD from China wandering the streets of New York. Apparently, his hometown is taking him back.]
There’s totally an ulterior motive here after all! They just want to force the Chinese government to recognise dual citizenship, laying the road for tons of people who left in the 70s to the 90s.
Basically, all those “experts” and intellectuals are just preparing for their own future!
When our country needed building, you ran away.
And now that we’re doing building up China, you want to come back and enjoy the benefits? Forget it!
If the moon really is rounder overseas, and their milk is better and their bread is tastier, why do you want to come back?
You think you can leave whenever you want and get welcomed back whenever you want?
What do you think China is?”
Comments say, “There’s nothing wrong with dual citizenship per se, at least we’d get a better soccer team out of it.”
“Nobody even cares about farmers who dedicated their whole lives to China.”
“If they really want to come back, they can buy citizenship :P”
A tiktok video showing a Dongbei Bathhouse looks like:
The whole structure is an 8-story building with a free carpark, all-you-can-drink drinks, all-you-can-eat fruit and ice cream. They’ve got little alcoves where you can play video games, little capsule-hotel-like resting areas, giant sauna rooms, tents. There’s a food court inside, as well as a buffet (where the cook used to work at a five-star hotel). There are pool tables and an arcade, a kiddo play area, and a petting zoo, and a cinema. There’s even hotel rooms inside that you can spend the night in! And a place to get foot massages.
Comments say, “With this kind of setup, I could spend all winter inside!”
“The height of Dongbei bathhouses! A whole building to itself!”
“Just remembering sad little saunas in Korean TV shows. It’s so sad compared to this.”
fall -> full or fully
What is a bathhouse? I assumed it was a place people would go to get a luxurious bath, but there is nothing like that in the video. Is bathhouse another name for hotel?