05/26/26 - Technological advances has let us eat fruits at whatever season we want, but can we use less black magic along the way?
[Good news, people! I’m well past the first trimester now and I would like to try to go back to updating every day (no promises), except a couple of days in late June and a couple of days in early August, when I’ll be flying to see my family again. As always, it takes a lot of plane and train transfers to get to my family, so I’ll take maybe a couple of days off then (I’ll let you know closer to the actual date), and update times might get weird for a while as I battle jet lag. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!]
Question: “What’s wrong with men in modern society?”
Answer: “Have you seen those corrupt official cases? They embezzle money and don’t spend any themselves, and instead send their wife and kids overseas and spend money on them.
And then when they’re caught, they’re all happy like, “I’m fine going to jail if my wife and kids got out fine.”
I think to myself, he’s completely ignoring the laws and morality of this country, but he’s still bound by family responsibility.”
Comments say, “Nah, nah, nah, this has nothing to do with family responsibility. He thinks that his genetic line can take root in a strong country like America. Fundamentally, he’s just a China-hater. The more primitive a person is, the more they care about passing on their genes.”
“Hahahaha, true. And most of the time, they’re sending their only child away. Theoretically, his animal instincts should tell him to procreate, but he only has one kid.”
“??? He might very well want to run and just can’t. Most people need to get approved to leave the country once they get to a certain station. His wife and kids can’t make him corrupt. He wants to be corrupt himself. He’s spent plenty on food and drinks and fun and can’t pay it back anyways and can’t run, so he has to go to jail in the end. He might as well give what he has left over to his family. Why are you whitewashing corrupt officials? I saw someone whitewashing drug dealers earlier, help.”
“A bio-mom and a step mom’s POV is like a world apart.
Just now, a woman on her second marriage connected to me and told me her situation.
Her first complaint, that the 8-year-old daughter needs her dad to put her to bed every night, and it pisses this stepmom off.
Second, the dad tries to fulfill of his daughter’s wishes, and the stepmom thinks he has no boundaries.
Third, the dad will put up with the daughter procrastinating on homework and getting whatever she wants.
Just listening to it made me super uncomfortable.
My daughter is this age too, and everything she’s talking about is exactly how she gets along with her dad. And as a bio-mom, I don’t see anything wrong with it. Isn’t that what a dad is supposed to do?
As soon as my daughter yells for her dad at bedtime, he happily goes to tuck her in. If she procrastinates on homework, he’ll patiently sit by and help her out. She can eat whatever she wants. My husband is super stingy to himself, but he’ll get her whatever she wants. How is any of this a problem? How is this lack of boundaries? You can’t use the word “boundaries” like that. You’re just an assistant professor at a community college at 43-years-old and you want to show off how knowledgeable you sound?
The only problem here is that she’s not your biological child, so you see her as a competitor of your resources, so you think everything is a problem.
This is the first time I’ve really understood stepmoms. This is his biological daughter. Her mother died when she was six. And you act wronged when her dad puts her to bed like that little girl is somehow stealing something from you? Fuck all of your ancestors, seriously.
I only have one feeling after reading that. I have to take care of myself and live as long as I can, as healthily as I can, because I cannot stand someone else being contemptuous of my daughter the same way.
I’m not very rational today. I’m too grossed out.”
Comments say, “That’s his biological daughter. His resources are supposed to be hers. This woman is the third wheel that just joined in, and she’s getting picky before she’s even blended in? Associate professor my ass. Her education did nothing to her. She has no motherly love at all. How could someone who’s a mom themselves be that heartless?”
“Just don’t get married then. Don’t inflict yourself on that father and daughter.”
“OP, I’m a stepmom too, but I’m fairly successful. I’ve divorced the kid’s dad for 6 years now but she still calls me mom and sends me red pockets on Mother’s Day. She’s been working for a year now and she’s 20 years younger than me, and she says we get along like best friends.”
“Came across this dog adoption post and felt like it was ridiculous. It’s one thing if you can’t take care of your dog and you’re looking to outsource her care for pay. But if you’re looking for someone to adopt her (basically abandoning your responsibilities) in return for payment, then listing all these requirements is a bit ridiculous.
Everyone knows that it’s best for dogs to be spayed before their first period, and the surgery is charged based on weight, and Samoyeds can easily get up to 50kg. Why did you keep her for a year and a half without getting her spayed, but now you want someone adopting her to spay her?”
The original post lists the dog for 671RMB, and reads, “Looking for a Samoyed parent, looking for a forever home (serious applicants only).
Due to personal work changes and family reasons, I can’t take care of her anymore, so I’m looking for a new owner for my Samoyed.
Basic information: Gender is a girl, 18 months old, red-brown in colour. Very enthusiastic temperament, loves strangers, no aggression towards people, a very clingy baby. Has all of her shots. Very high demand for exercise, needs at least 1 hour outside every day, might tear your house apart if you don’t let her run out her energy. Weak stomach, needs high quality dog food and occasional antibiotics.
Necessary requirements for adopter:
Financially dependent and stable. It costs several hundred a month for dog food, flea meds, and grooming for a large dog. You have to be prepared for that.
Stable living situation, priority goes to people who own their own house. If you’re renting, you need a written agreement from your landlord, and you have to promise that you can’t abandon her due to moving. Students or sub-leasers should not apply.
You have to be patient. Treat her like family, but not just some guard dog. She might bark or go potty inside in a new environment. You have to patiently guide her.
Agree to video chats in the early days so I know she’s doing well. I won’t bother you after that.
You have to get her spayed and tell me what time before the surgery and provide me with photo proof or other evidence of the surgery afterwards. This is non-negotiable. Spaying is good for her body and it can prevent accidental pregnancies. This is the last piece of protection I can get for her.
PM me if you’ve read all that and tell me what environment you can provide and what your previous experience is with dogs.”
Comments say, “I think any dog owner can do at least this much, but the whole spaying thing…if he’s abandoning the dog, then what’s this bullshit about, “This is the last piece of protection I can get for her”? You can’t be that aggressive unless you’re paying for the surgery, or else that can’t be your attitude.”
“Basically, I don’t want this dog anymore, is anyone willing to pay hundreds for it and treat it way nicer than me?”
“Isn’t this the most basic requirements? When I read your headline, I thought it was something like snacks every day or grooming every week or brand name dog food or something.”
#Abused woman tossed off of cliff sentencing to be announced. “10AM on the 26th of May, the infamous Xianyang Yongshou Miaomiao case was heard in the Xianyang Yongshou County People’s Court. She was abused into unconsciousness by her husband Zhang and then toss off of a dirt cliff, causing her death. Zhang was charged with premeditated murder. Xin Huanghe reporter learned from victim Miaomiao’s brother, Sun, that the case will conclude around 2PM today. The court did not announce sentencing. “In the court, both Zhang and his family showed no sign of remorse. Zhang even went back on his confession and refused to admit he abused my sister several times.” Sun said. He believes that the law will give Miaomiao justice.”
Comments say, “Why aren’t we slaughtering him now? Are we waiting for the New years?”
“Judges should act like judges and stop muddying the waters! A court isn’t a street office, okay.”
“It doesn’t matter if he admits to domestic violence or not. He killed her so he should die. What else is there to argue about?”
“All kinds of fruits are getting cancelled. After bayberries, it’s peaches.
Bayberries go bad in no time at all. In room temperature, it only keeps its colour and taste for a day. It lasts maybe four days in the fridge, but fridged plums won’t be very sweet.
But after soaking them in the right chemicals, they’ll be sweet and preserved and much, much cheaper. A lot of people who aren’t in the know like to buy it, so all the suppliers end up doing it. I figure it’s not that different for peaches.
Eat more locally produced fruit. If you want to eat fruit from out of state, then don’t go for the cheap options. Just shell out. You can eat cheap shit, but you have to figure out why it’s so cheap first.”
Comments say, “Technological advances has let us eat fruits at whatever season we want, but can we use less black magic along the way?”
“My friend’s hometown has a whole hill full of bayberries, and he’d just give us a basket and send us to pick them for ourselves. Freshly picked bayberries are super full and tart and sweet, but if it’s been in the fridge for so much as two days, it’ll start tasting old.”
“Yeah, fruit is way too sweet these days.”
Happy for you Moly!