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#Man eats month-sitting meal for a month with wife and gets kidney disease. According to a Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhuhai Hospital, lately, a Mr. Chen had a new baby daughter. While his wife was sitting the month, the family diet mostly consisted of various nutritional soups and meats, and Mr. Chen ate alongside her. After over a month, Mr. Chen found that he was often fatigued, and his eyes and legs were swollen. After checking at the hospital, Mr. Chen’s urine results showed a protein count of 3+ along with high blood lipids. The nephrologist determined from the combination of his symptoms that Mr. Chen’s chronic kidney disease had been triggered and worsened. The doctor carefully designed a treatment plan for Mr. Chen to lower his urine protein, and his swelling began to go away.
The doctor explained that Mr. Chen consumed too many high-protein food in a short period, causing his kidney disease to become worsened. For people who are at risk of kidney disease, they need to be careful when taking in animal protein, and should choose soy-based plant proteins with small amounts of eggs to ensure sufficient nutrition.
#You can’t drink out of electric tea kettles? “Lately, rumours have been circulating around the internet that using an electric tea kettle long term might cause the metallic meganese in it to break down and be released into the water, causing nerve damage or even cancer. This has caused a lot of anxiety to a lot of people, as electric tea kettles have become a stable of modern households.
So what is the truth?
Electric tea kettles made of stainless steel does contain manganese, yes, but it exists in a hyper-dense form. And the melting point of Manganese is well above 1000C. We can’t reach such temperatures by just boiling water. If used normally, only microscopic amounts of manganese would be released.
And even if small amounts of manganese is released into the water, the dosage is miniscule. According to relevant research, even after long use, the amount of manganese a tea kettle releases is only at most 1.168mg/L. Based on this rate, a person would need to drink 9.4 litres of water every day to exceed the 10mg/day health limit, and that seems rather unrealistic. And our digestive system isn’t designed to absorb manganese, so only 1-5% will enter the body. Most of the manganese consumed will be removed from the body in the faeces and won’t build up.
These statistics show that when purchasing electric tea kettles, we need to pay attention to the material the inside is made of. The recommendation is to choose 304 or 316 stainless steel. These two materials have high anti-corrosive properties and can ensure safety when boiling water.
When it comes to boiling water, what we really need to beware of is the following types:
Raw water: Unprocessed raw water can contain chlorine, bacteria, larvae, and other toxic materials, which can cause acute gastroenteritis, infectious disease, or more when consumed.
Extremely hot water: Water above 65C will burn the inside of your mouth, oesophagus, and stomach. Drinking such water long-term might increase the cause of oesophageal cancer. The WHO has listed hot water above 65C as a 2A level carcinogen. We should avoid extremely hot water when drinking.
Water that has been inside a water dispenser for a long time. It’s difficult to completely clean a water dispenser. Leaving water there for a long time could cause bacterial growth, and drinking it should be avoided.”
Comments say, “What are we supposed to do if we can’t boil water with an electric tea kettle? Get a clay jar or porcelain bottle and put it on the stove?”
“What anxiety-mongering.”
“Facts prove that water is toxic. Anyone who’s drank it 100% died in the end.”
“We have to bring this up every two to three years, I see.”
“Holy shit, this scared me.”
[OP attaches images of a condiments counter with a sign peeking out which reads “toxic rags” 毒抹布 [as in, what you clean with], and then a different angle, where the whole sign could be read, and the sign turns out to read, “anti-bacterial rags” 消毒抹布.]
Comments say, “Mr. Sun sees the words “toxic rags” and is shocked. He begins trembling, the rag he’d meant to wipe his mouth with still in his hand, until he sees the words “anti-bacterial rags”. He finally relaxes and wipes his mouth clean, and that’s when he sees the whole sign—“unclean rags.”” [未消毒抹布]
“It’s worth making a whole weibo post about this?”
“Same logic as the “anti-personnel hydrants”?” [what “fire-hydrants” 消火栓 look like when their dots fall off with age. 消人栓]
#Korea announces the number of Chinese casualties in fire has increased to 19. #Burning Korean factory has over 30,000 lithium batteries inside, which keep exploding as rescue efforts are ongoing. “According to Korean news, at 10:31AM on the 24th, a factory in western Hwaseong belonging to the Korean battery manufacturer ARICELL began burning from the second floor of the third building. There were over 36,000 completed lithium batteries inside the building. Considering that lithium was a toxic chemical which might increase the fire size and casualty count, the local fire department immediately issued a level 2 warning, mobilising 159 fire fighters as well as 63 machines to begin work extinguishing the fire.
But since it is difficult to put out a lithium battery fire using conventional means, the fire continued growing, and the fire fighters were unable to make significant progress. The fire department explained that when the first teams arrived, the factory was already continually exploding, causing the fire to spread rapidly, increasing the difficulty of their job. The fire department finally managed to control the fire by 3:10PM and has sent in rescue teams to search the inside of the building.
According to reports, ARICELL is a subsidiary of the S-Connect corporation, established in May of 2020. It has over 50 full-time employees, with 102 people working inside the factory when the fire started. There were 67 people working in building three. Since it was a mix of full-time employees and seasonal part-timers, it has caused a lot of difficulties determining the number and identity of victims at the start of the fire.”
Comments say, “They wanna increase prices.”
“Maybe Koreans just can’t handle lithium batteries.”
“CATL and BYD’s stocks are gonna shoot through the roof tomorrow.”
#Floor runners in the delivery business. “According to the Midnight Sun Workshop, for food delivery drivers, entering a 70+ floor skyscraper in Huaqiang [prosperous part of Shenzhen] during peak meal times and getting lost in a maze of elevators could easily cause their orders to be late. A bunch of 50+-year-old ladies have taken over the last baton in food delivery, and spends lunch rush running between dozens of floors, charging 2 RMB per delivery.
Skyscrapers show up in delivery maps as just a flat area. After handing the food over to the ladies waiting on the ground floor, most delivery drivers just click “delivered”. The ladies who run between the floors become a wild delivery ecosystem hiding in the spaces that the delivery program never sees, outside of the calculations of the algorithm.
Among a bunch of nimble floor runners, Xie Mingxia stands out. In the rush of traffic, she quickly zeros in on where delivery driver’s park and rush over to stop them, asking rapid fire, “Which floor? Which floor?” Then, she yanks over the food, shows her payment QR code, and writes down the studio number all in one fluid motion. She even remembers to market herself, pointing to the mole next to her lip and saying, “This thing is unique to me.” A lot of drivers hear and laugh and ends up remembering her.
Every day, as it approaches noon, 52-year-old Xie Mingxia enters battle mode like this, “SEG! SEG! [A specific building in Shenzhen] ANY DELIVERIES?” Her yelling has a metallic tone to it. The yelling becomes louder and louder, as she battles with other floor runners. Most of them are well into their 50s, with a marker in hand and a payment QR code hanging around their necks.
Only cleaning ladies can make this money, as a security guard at the SEG plaza explains that they don’t allow scooters to park in front of the buildings. Delivery drivers coming by during peak meal times have no other choice. The drivers even have a saying circulating among themselves, “Without floor runners, we’d all be dead.”
“You can’t get an elevator to show up to save your life during lunch rush, and it’s a pain in the ass to ride all the way up and down again. All of your orders go red [over time], and you’re done.”
In northern Husqiang, they can rattle off 20, 30 floor runners offhand. SEG is the best area to make money, as they make over 100 a day on these deliveries.”
Comments say, “Why not? They get an income and they get to work out. Once they’re too old to keep going, they can take a rest in a brighter future.”
“Even package delivery doesn’t take it to your door anymore these days. What hard working floor runners we have.”
“My dad totally changed after the Gaokao.
Before the Gaokao, my dad promised he’d buy me an instant film camera. As soon as I was done, I came out and asked if he bought it. And he suddenly went, “What’s the rush. I can buy it later.” I got really upset but I didn’t push the issue and we went to dinner together.
When we got to the restaurant (a place I picked), he still looked upset. I don’t get what’s up, but he was just sitting there with a stern look and refused to talk to me. I asked what’s wrong, and he said he just didn’t have anything to be happy about. I honestly had a breakdown then, cried all through my meal, and he didn’t say anything about it. It’s so completely different from before my exams. Was he just pretending this whole time? Now he doesn’t need to anymore?
I don’t know what to say. I just want to cry. My mom’s been comforting me that she’ll buy it for me, but I just don’t know why my dad wouldn’t buy me anything. My mom’s already bought me other gifts. What about him? I’m so hurt right now and I want to cry. I don’t think I’m gonna sleep tonight.”
Comments say, “Before, I used to really empathise with little kids. I felt like I was entitled to my parents spending their money on me. But now that I’m working, I’ve discovered how protective I am of my own money. I don’t want to spend it on anyone, including my parents. My mom had to scream and cry before I relented and promised her half my pay. Forgot to give it to her this month, and now she’s yelling at me again. It’s so annoying.”
“Most Chinese parents raise you with an investment mindset. Once you make it to uni, that means it’s harvest season. Why would they keep investing in you now?”
“Maybe it’s beyond your family’s financial abilities? And it might seem like a useless trinket in your parent’s eyes. A lot of parents won’t tell their kids about the family’s finances. Maybe they just agreed before the exams so it wouldn’t affect your score?”
Omg these news are juicy!
Does the article say the delivery drivers can easily name 20-30 floor runners or 20 - 30 buildings with floor runners?