02/26/26 - Middle-aged people are super weird.
“Middle-aged people are super scary.
I don’t know if you have these elders around you who get super weird when they reach middle-aged. A lot of the things they do or say is really weird. I have no idea what they’r ethinking?
Like today, I went to eat out with my mom. Our food had already been served. Two girls were at a table next to us, and their food hadn’t arrived yet and they were super extroverted me and asked me if the noodles are good here. I said it was a bit over-salted and I don’t recommend it. And the two girls said they’ll avoid it then.
That’s when the interaction should’ve ended.
But my mom suddenly loudly said to them, “People from out of state like salty food. You can order it.”
I honestly thought it was out of nowhere. The two girls got really awkward too.
I don’t get what my mom was thinking.
First of all, she doesn’t even know if they’re from out of state. Even if they are, they might have lived here for years. And they’ve already decided they don’t want it. It’s so awkward to be talking about out of staters and locals in a public venue. My mom never used to do this, but people get super weird when they’re middle-aged. No wonder people hate aunties.”
Comments say, “It’s true! As soon as people reach a certain age, they transform into boomers. My mom used to be super police and dignified, and she’s become visibly less reasonable as she got up there in age. If I try to follow basic etiquette, she’d even call me stupid.”
“Medical student here, menopausal women are affected by changing hormonal levels and that will impact their mood. You should be more tolerant. Rather than complaining on the internet, just talk to your mom.”
“I feel this way too. Middle-aged people are super weird. I don’t think they become less polite, just straight up odd. Maybe they just get super obsessive and confused about what they want to do. I can feel they’re dumber too. Every time I think about it, I get upset. It really is a sign that you’re aging.”
“Every state’s TV station has their own favourite genre of show:
Beijing TV stations are either dealing with family disputes or giving childcare advice.
Nanjing lives spy shows, endless intelligence to intercept and undercover agents to find.
Dongbei loves country shows where the main characters all speak with a Dongbei accent.
Zhejiang is all about business wars, people born in poverty, who start a business and become a legendary entrepreneur.
Chongqing either has murder mysteries or angsty teen fiction.
Henan has always been about trashy Mary Sue stories.
Shanghai has urban love stories, working yourself to the bone while dating.
Sichuan is about men who fear their wives and kill Japs.
Fujian is alway showing how hard women had it in the Nationalist government days.
Anhui was filled with all kinds of Korean shows, and now Thai shows.
Hunan has all kinds of idols and Qiong Yao shows.
Guangxi has WWII fantasy 365 days a year. [Ridiculously overblown TV shows about the Second Sino-Japanese war featuring Bollywood-tier plot points like bringing down a Japanese fighter jet with a thrown grenade.]
Yunnan is all about catching drug dealers and finding lost lovers.
The Northwest has always been about ending poverty and settling the wilderness.
The main female lead in Guizhou shows has to have married a bandit.
The main female lead in Guangdong shows always comes from out of state.
In Shandong, it’s Lan Xiang [tractor school] in the morning and Stanley [fertiliser] in the afternoon, vitiligo cures in the evening ED cures in the night.”
Comments say, “Jiangxi doesn’t say a word and keeps repeating “Gold Medal Mediation” and ”Classic Legend” [a show about historical mysteries].”
“Tibet and Inner Mongolia has dubs of all the most famous historical shows in their local language.”
“Tianjin TV: Spring for Step-Dad, Spring for Step Mom, Step-Dad and Bio-Mom. Our theme is all about divorce. This city wants nothing but step-dads and step-moms.”
“I remember the Korean shows and Thai shows on Anhui TV were even dubbed in Mandarin. I love watching them as a kid.”
“Who has the best excavator skills? Go to Shandong to find Lan Xiang. Black soil, black soil, go to Stanley for your fertiliser. Where do heroes come from? New Oriental! If you find a New Oriental chef, he’s a keeper! Want babies? Go to Jinan. Jinan Qinghua Fertility Clinic. Jinan TCM Vitiligo Hospital only has four steps of treatment. Why are you chasing me? I need cough syrup.” [All the classic ad jingles from Shandong TV.]
“Hebei should be all about helping out a bro or cool life hacks.”
“I feel like Guangxi has shows all of China’s anti-Jap shows 12 times already.”
“This is hilarious. The one for Shandong is so real to life.”
“Wasn’t there also Star TV?”
“Shandong may have appeared last, but it’s the most accurate.”
“When I was little, eating lunch at home, the only ads that would play during TV shows on Sichuan TV was ads for pig feed, to the point where I learned the ad jingle in Sichuan dialect. Pig wants, pig wants, pigs get fat and plump. Eat their fill ’til they become Zhu Bajie. I repeated them to my Sichuan classmate in college and he said my pronunciation was perfect.”
“Hubei is all about poker card games.”
“When I watched TV as a kid, I always thought Shandong and Hebei were the most country hick. I haven’t watched TV for the longest time so I don’t know what’s up now.”
“So only Hunan produces lovesick idiots?”
“Shanxi likes to show the Great Dongbei Migration or anti-Jap shows, plus a little bit of Jin Opera.”
“Old people really do get eliminated by society.
I ordered some mung bean soup for my 90-year-old grandpa who’s home alone today. I didn’t realise it would get sent in a disposable tupperware container like in this pic. I watched my grandpa spend 10 minutes trying to open the box on the security camera. I tried to call him and teach him how to open it, but he didn’t seem to understand. Maybe he can’t read the “open” on the box. In the end, my grandpa cut the lid open with scissors.
I suddenly felt super upset. Old people in the 60-80-year-old range can still accept new things, but 90-year-olds like my grandpa can’t hear or see anymore. They already use up all their effort keeping themselves clean. They can’t keep up with the times anymore.”
Comments say, “Nah, it has nothing to do with age. How many 90-year-olds do you think knows English? Even young people would have to spend a while finding this opening, and it would still be hard to open with short nails.”
“The Mazu girl has become an influencer now.”
[OP shows posts from another account who claims to be an insider.]
“I just got back to the village today and learned about the situation. Don’t hurry to comment. I’ve restricted the comments so I can explain the problem.
I’m from that village. There’s only one surname in our village, Xu. Just to be clear, I’m not close with the girl’s family. I’m just a normal, fellow villager.
(I just now remembered that some villages are super sparse or big, but all the houses here are squished against each other. It’s only a small village of about 1000 people.)
I know more than keyboard warriors whether the little girl [who replaced the actual Mazu candidate] was a girl or a boy, so stop arguing with me about how it was obviously a boy and then swearing at him. Don’t you feel bad throwing such vicious words at such a small child?
The little girl is from a poor family who’s going to school using government grants. To this day, her family is the only one who’s still living in a shack instead of a proper building (aside from super old people). So stop making up rumours that it was a capitalist who bought her spot with money.
Casting dice 8 times and not being able to lift the palanquin are all just internet rumours.
As for why they invited the original candidate back, that’s TMI. I can’t tell the specifics to anyone but my friend. I guess we’ll see if the government makes an announcement about it.
Please stop bullying the little girl online. She’s super innocent. She’s still small, please be mindful of your karma.
If you know, you know.
This is answers for confused netizens. Disperse if you’re done reading.”
[And a second post]
“#Mazu person switch. “The older girl said on New Year’s Eve that she’s not going to get on the palanquin so we had to pick a different child.
When the villagers went to invite her back, her grandma said it was the village doing the parade for her, not her doing the parade for the village. (I think Mazu is naturally kind and wouldn’t think this way!) Everyone was super angry.
And her dad said something super egregious in the Cultural Building and angered everyone. That’s why people got mad and started shoving him, but there was no fight.
A lot of people were following the parade, but when they saw the way her family was acting, all the men jumped off the floats and stopped participating in the parade. So by the time the parade reached my house, there was only one float left.
The younger girl is not a capitalist. Her family is in poverty. The older girl is pretty rich and grew up in the city. It’s true. That’s why it’s so hurtful to the younger girl.
On the 6th of March this year, we have our once in 5 years God Summoning. It’s supposed to be big, but now, who knows if we can do it anymore.”
Comments say, “Mazu is acting now? Do even goddesses have to worry about clout these days?”
“I just feel annoyed. I don’t care about what the truth is anymore. I just feel like the story is changing every day and I feel tricks. I hope I don’t come across this story anymore.”
“If you’re really kind, you can at least make the kid’s gender clear, right?”