“My coworker said once that he had a fight with his wife, and got super emotional. And at night, when he went to bed, he suddenly felt like half of his body had went numb. It took all of his strength to tell his wife that something was wrong, but all he got in return was taunts and coldness. At that moment, his heart went cold, and he started doubting the purpose of marriage. And later on, they ended up getting divorced.
A little kid once told me about an ex he had. He said that once, he was feeling super bad and really vulnerable all around. But his girlfriend never reacted. He felt really sad and alone at that moment. Although they’d broken up ages ago, he still remembers that event deeply.
An older relative of mine had a stomachache once, and wanted to drink some hot soup. He told his wife in the morning, reminded her again at noon, but even until nighttime, he still never got any. He asked, and she just said that she’d forgot. They didn’t divorce, but his heart was shattered.
All three of these stories are true events. This is all true if you switch the genders around too. When your other half is very weak and helpless, as a partner, you need to care for them. If you do the opposite at this moment, then whatever happens later, it’ll turn into a scar on their heart. Every time they think of it, they get sad. When I needed you the most, you were right next to me, and you did nothing.”
Comments say, “I mean, by your logic, 80% of women who’ve been pregnant and given birth have shattered hearts.”
“I mean, why don’t you think first why your wife is ignoring you?”
“Before your heart went cold, her heart’s been cold for years.”
“I see this question come up a lot in my DMs, so I’ll write about a cool new fact I’ve learned. If little kids (under 6 years of age) want to grow tall, they need a minimum of 500ml of milk every day. There’s no substitute.
A lot of parents, particularly wealthy parents, feel like milk is nothing but calcium and protein. If I give the kid good food elsewhere, or even cook seafood every meal, then I don’t need to give them milk. But if you look at height charts, they perform a lot worse than poor families who see milk as a precious resource and force their kids to drink every drop.
In the end, milk is a complex product with a a lot of micronutrients, and you can’t do without any of them.
The simplest things are often the most complicated, and the most fair.”
Comments ask, “Does formula count as milk?”
“I don’t remember where I saw the data, but it says that Japan’s height increase after WWII is because they managed to provide milk to every household. Primary schools in Japan still make kids drink milk. And at least when I went to Tokyo, 160cm is pretty short for women there these days.”
“My worry is how to stop my kid from drinking too much milk. He chugs that stuff like water. It’s scary to watch.”
“US Department of Defense admits that the Chinese drone shot down several months ago “was not collecting data while flying over America”. The Chinese State Department has explained from the beginning that the drone is a civilian model, used to collect data for meteorological research, and only floated into American territory by accident. We regret any inconvenience caused, and take a firm stance against any rumourmongering that seeks to use this event for political or propaganda purposes.
Comments say, “Who cares whether they admit it or not?”
“Well, they shot it down. They’ve got to pay for it.”
“When you do enough shady shit, you start thinking everyone else is doing shady shit.”
A tiktok video posted by a mother with a disabled child, saying, “I’m tearing open my wounds over and over again to remind people that pregnancy checkups aren’t all-knowing, but you still can’t just skip them whenever you want. I hope that my experience can let more children be born healthily, and that all families dealing with special children can live on strongly with their difficulties.”
In the video, she says, “A lot of people often ask me, did you not go to your checkups? Could they not tell at checkups? Why would your baby be oxygen deprived? Why would you give birth to a baby that had something wrong with it? You’ve done nothing but bring suffering to that child by birthing her.
It’s my first time being a mother. It’s my first time having a baby. I don’t know why, at 38 months along, when all my checkups have been healthy and normal, my daughter would start getting cramped in my uterus. Her umbilical cord did not twist or wrap around her neck. The only symptom was increased foetal movement and high foetal heart rate.
So every time pregnant mothers come and ask me how to avoid babies getting oxygen deprived, I always say, count your foetal movements in late stage pregnancy. When foetal movement suddenly increases or decreases, or your baby suddenly stops moving entirely—or if foetal heart rate suddenly goes up or down—it’s all the baby sending out cries for help.
Don’t bet on a “what if”. Don’t worry that you’re just scaring yourself. And definitely don’t just listen to your doctor on everything. Because I had an incompetent doctor. Believe that your child is connected to you. A mother’s instinct is vitally important.
If you’re feeling at all uncomfortable, get yourself to a hospital ASAP. Even if it turns out to be nothing in the end, at least you have peace of mind. I really don’t want our tragedy to appear again. I never imagined that my baby would be paralysed for life because of oxygen deprivation. There’s nothing we can do to fix what’s wrong with her brain.
I think back to six years ago all the time, if I had went a little earlier, just a little earlier, maybe my daughter wouldn’t be the way she is right now. Women having babies is basically taking a journey through hell. If it goes well, the baby is healthy, the whole family is happy. If it goes bad, there are countless flavours of tragedy and difficulty. You’ll spend the rest of your life in suffering.
There are no mothers who don’t wish for a healthy baby. I hope all little angels can arrive safely.”
A compilation of people running into strangers wearing the same outfit as them on the street.
“Life is so hard!!! I thought this Bosideng winter jacket has a really true and highly saturated colour, and bought it. It was quick on its way to being my favourite jacket! And now today…(an awkward but polite smile). The Meituan (sort of like Grubhub, their uniform is a bright yellow jacket) delivery driver was trying not to laugh this whole elevator ride. When I pulled out my camera to take a photo, he almost couldn’t hold it in anymore. There are a thousand llamas rampaging in my heart.
Before I left, he even said to me, “Don’t wear an ele.me hat next time.” (competitor brand, sort of like doordash, their uniform is blue) Fuck off.”
“Went out with my dog and my boyfriend on the weekend. Not only did we find another guy wearing the same outfit as him, he’s even got a corgi too!”
“Happily went out with a pretty dress on, only to find it matches the floor tiles in the subway station.”
“Ran into a guy with matching pants on the subway. So awkward.”
“Hahahaha, wearing the same jackets as the lunch ladies in the cafeteria. Guess I’m finally dressing like an adult now that I’m in my twenties.
Meanwhile, the lunch ladies be like, “See, told you this style is popular with the kids these days.””
“My carefully selected outfit is the exact same as what that old man just threw on. How can I even defend myself.”
“Got off of work and was waiting for the bus with my coworker, when we saw an old grandma dressed exactly like my coworker. My coworker and the grandma stared at each other for a long time. There was just a hint of awkwardness in the air.”
“I never thought in my life I would even have a matching outfit with the Shanghai subway. My friend and I couldn’t stop laughing ever since we got on this subway. I guess funny people run into funny things all the time. I suppose the Shanghai subway has quite a sense of fashion.”
“Took my brother and my SO out to play ringtoss. The carny is wearing the exact same patterned shirt as my brother, just flipped on black and white. I don’t know if he was awkward or not, but every time I see this photo, I laugh.”
“My dress matches the floor tiles so well, I could go invisible. And there’s just be a pair of shoes randomly in the middle of the subway station, with no one to claim it. Later, the security guard is going to explain his supernatural encounter, that one time he saw a white pair of sneakers walking by itself through the middle of the station.”
“Went to try on a shirt in Seoul, and got yelled at by the retail worker. While we were shopping, my friend asked the retail clerk to get her some clothes. And while she was gone, I went to the changing room and tried on a white shirt. And the retail worker completely blew up at me. My friend tried to explain that I didn’t know, and that neither of us were wearing make up. I wasn’t even done trying the shirt yet, and I quickly took it off, and bought a black shirt in the same style.
I guess you’re not allowed to try on white clothes in Korea?”
Comments say, “That’s ridiculous!”
“They’re the same with local Koreans too. Koreans just know that if you’re wearing makeup, then you don’t try on white clothes. Most changing rooms would have posters about this hanging up, or you can ask the store owner for permission. I guess OP went to a store without English or Chinese signs.”
“You don’t tell the retail workers before you go try something on?”
“You don’t have to in Chinese changing rooms. I guess she just figured things worked the same way in Korea.”
“In little boutique stores like this in Korea, any light-coloured clothing is not allowed. You can try on anything you want in Japan though.”
“I went to the changing room on my own in a department store once, and got yelled at too. Thankfully, I couldn’t understand a word out of her mouth. She even carefully sprayed down the changing room with alcohol and Febreeze after I was done.”
“She is 100% trying to humiliate you.”
“Some brands don’t let you try on, but if you go to a department store, you can try anything on. It’s just this one store that doesn’t let you try anything that’s light-coloured. Not even jackets.”
“Then just don’t buy anything there.”
“Is it really that bad there? You can try on any colour you want in Japan. Don’t they have disposable makeup masks in Korea?”
“They don’t even let you try on light-coloured pants in Korea. But the rule applies to everyone equally. And some stores to let you try on, like Nike.”
“Back in the day, Iran bought some missiles from China to fight American ships with. At the time, America was escorting its oil tanker, and they had electronic interference going on, which made the missile completely confused and lose its target. Normally, once a missile loses its target, it just self-destructs and it’s done.
But China was a poor-ass developing nation back then. They believed strongly in letting nothing go to waste. And well, you’re here anyways. So Chinese missiles self-destruct sequences were programmed such that they’d look for the biggest target in the sea, and throw itself at that.
And that’s how America watched in shock as the missile blew up the 30,000 ton oil tanker.”
Comments say, “Good news: the escort team is okay. Bad news: The escort target is gone.”
“This all comes down to how our navy was poor as shit. So the design process went, “It’ll be fine. No matter what, the biggest ship on the sea is definitely not gonna be Chinese.””
“I was just wondering what if it blew up a friendly target! They really did think of everything!”
What does "There are a thousand llamas rampaging in my heart" mean?
Typos:
"expressed sorry" should be "expressed sorrow"
"poor ass" should be "poor-ass"
"And while, you’re here anyways" I think has a word missing? Or maybe "while" should be "well"?