“Some people need to stop being ridiculous! I never thought I’ve have a coworker who refuses to turn on the AC! There’s a middle-aged lady in my office who refuses to let us turn on the AC. As soon as anyone turns it on, she immediately switches it off, and she’s cursing the whole time, sending people voice messages complaining about us. She sealed off the AC like this…
I’m honestly furious! It’s 28.5C inside the office in the afternoon! Everyone’s sweating! Even with the AC on, it doesn’t help! The temperature never comes down!
What makes me the most angry is that this lady isn’t even in the office in the afternoons! Every time she changes the AC, and if we turn it on, she turns it off! Why would she change the temperature? Just turn it off every time she comes back.
This afternoon, I couldn’t take it anymore, found a stool, and took off the seal. If she puts it back up again, I’ll tear it off again. I’m not just gonna tear off the seal. I’m gonna tear her apart!”
Comments say, “Once you get older, you’ll know the benefits of keeping the AC off.”
“If multiple people are in a space, obviously you go with the person who prefers the lowest temperature, and everyone else can put on a coat.”
“If she can’t stand any wind, then she can apply to the boss for her own separate office. Or she could take herself to the hospital to see what’s wrong with her health.”
A blogger reposts someone’s comments about lurid bolete, and comments, “I’m so curious what these lurid bolete mushrooms taste like. Really, how tasty are they?”
The comment reads, “I cooked the shit out of a batch last week, for a super long time. It was definitely not poisonous anymore. But I forgot about the cutting board. Later on, I was making another stir-fry and crushed some garlic on that cutting board. Honestly, the throwing up and dizziness is not that bad. The problem is the explosive diarrhea. You get me? When my mom came back in the afternoon, the entire living room was covered with my shit. I had completely lost consciousness, I was so dizzy. I had no idea how to get to the bathroom.”
Comments say, “It’s super good! I went to Yunnan for two weeks, and the very first day, I had two meals of lurid bolete, and nothing happened. The next day, I went to eat it again, but the owner recognised me and wouldn’t give me anymore :(“
“We cook it in lard in my house, with chili peppers and garlic. But you need to add a lot of lard, and fry it until the lard is clear. You can’t use murky lard. And you need to eat very little the first meal, to see if it’s gonna be problematic. If nothing happens, you can eat it all in the second meal. But you need to eat it with a lot of rice.”
“I had lurid bolete hotpot in Yunnan, and it didn’t taste like anything in particular. I don’t get what all the hype is about.”
“I’ve got a close friend who makes over 30K a month. She 34 years old this year, and last week, she went on a first date with a guy making 20K a month. They felt pretty good about each other, so the guy invited her out to dinner.
To avoid the situation getting really awkward, she wanted me and another one of her friends to go with her, and help her along. She liked eating fish, so we picked a nice, unique, internet famous roast fish restaurant. We ordered two fish (I can share a fish with her and it’s enough for the both of us), three drinks, and three ice cream (the guy said he didn’t want ice cream), plus some side dishes and barbecue. We had a really good time eating, so we ordered a round of beer and some more barbecue later.
When we went to pay after eating, it added up to 1258 RMB, and the guy started looking unhappy. My friend realised he wasn’t happy about this, so she offered to take care of the bill. But he felt like that would make him lose face, so although he was reluctant, he still paid. Afterwards, he didn’t walk her home, so I did.
Once they both got home, the guy texted my friend that she spends too much money, they’ve got different views on finances, and aren’t suitable for each other. And then he blocked her on everything.
My friend was super surprised. Is spending a little over a thousand in a meal really too much?
Honestly, although my friend is 34, she is still super good looking, she’s got a great job, she makes over 30K a month, and she’s been working for over ten years. She’s pretty well off. The guy was 37 this year, a Master’s Degree graduate, makes 20K a month, he’s not particularly handsome, but has very mature, stable vibes.
We never thought he’d be so stingy, that he’d be scared off by just a thousand RMB.
My friend said to me, “At our date, we really got along. I felt like we were really falling for each other, and we were both excited to get to know each other more. I had a really good impression of him. Although he makes less money than me, but as a Master’s Degree graduate, I feel like he has potential. Plus, my work is pretty stressful too, so I was looking forward to getting somewhere with him. I thought it was really going well. It was only until dinner yesterday that I found myself really disappointed in him. He’s super stingy.”
I said, “I mean, this is the amount of money we usually spend on our dinners out though, so I don’t feel like we were deliberately taking advantage of him or anything.”
And compared to his income, I don’t think this was too much money. But he acted like he wasn’t really trustworthy. The very first official date he’s going on with a girl, and he only wants to spend a tiny bit of money? This kind of behaviour really puts people off. Like, he feels like my friend isn’t worth a thousand RMB. And honestly, my friend eats like this a dozen times a month easily.
If my future spouse is going to lower my standard of living like this, I would never date them.”
Comments say, “Feminazis never consider whether they’re right or wrong.”
“Lol, so many men getting upset.”
“If you’re a guest, don’t bring your own guests, got it?”
A man in Henan complains that his mother-in-law lives in his house, and insists on sleeping in the master bedroom with his wife. He claims he has a three-bedroom unit. His MIL and his wife never discussed this with him before, and he doesn’t know what it means. The wife explains that she’s never slept in the same bed as her husband. They’ve always slept in separate rooms. The reporter investigated deeper, and discovered that the wife used to have a job, and the family had no financial conflicts. But now, the wife is a full time housewife, and she often has disagreements with her husband over finances. Experts explain that if women in a household lose their jobs, then they lose any say over family finances, which makes them feel very uneasy. They suggest the husband turn his salary over to his wife.”
Comments say, “What kind of expert is this? Are they PUA-ing men into turning over their pay again?”
“Get your FIL to live in the same house too, and sleep in the same bed as him.”
“If the wife is pregnant or has a baby at home and can’t go to work because she’s taking care of a kid, then it’s right that the man should turn his pay over. But if she’s not pregnant or has a kid and is staying home, then it’s just weird she’d want his money.”
“Life advice: after you wash your hair, don’t wrap it up in a towel. The reason hair gets greasy might be because people wrap up their hair in a towel after washing, and the wet, suffocating environment causes more oil to appear. Dry your hair with a towel until it’s not dripping, then blow it dry. Don’t wait too long. I find that your hair not having enough volume is also due to this.”
Comments say, “It’s fine. I’ve got dry scalp, so even if I wrap my hair up, it’s still super poofy and frizzy.”
“Why would you wrap your hair up if you’re just done washing it? People wrap their hair up because they’ve got conditioner on, and they still need to wash it again in ten minutes.”
“I always wrap my hair up to absorb the water, and then blow it dry later, and my hair is super voluminous. And I’ve got naturally greasy hair too. I think blowing your hair dry upside down and your brand of shampoo is probably the key.”
“Ohhhh, I see. I was just wondering. Last time I wrapped up my hair and got absorbed in a video. Waited 50 minutes, and my hair was all greasy again, and I had to go wash it again.”
“Maybe your towel just isn’t clean enough.”
“It’s super hot, so I went with my friend to buy some watermelon. But we have no idea how to pick watermelon, so we put on an act to make sure we got some sweet melons.
Me: [Gets a hold of the stall owner and points to my friend] She’s from Japan. They usually can’t afford watermelons there, so she’s never had one before. Could you pick out the sweetest melon here and give her the surprise of her life?
Owner: [Takes a look at my friend] [Thinks for a while] [Patriotism activates] [Puts down his watermelon and gets into the back of his truck]
My friend: [Using every phrase she can think of from her animes to pretend to talk with me.]
Owner: What’s she saying?
Me: [Pause] She told me to just buy half a melon, in case we can’t afford it.
Owner: [Thinks deeply] [Suddenly filled with pity]
After he weighed up our melon for us, he opened a corner of it so we can look inside. He pointed to the watermelon and told my friend, “Waaatermelooon, it’s sweeet. If you don’t have enough, come buy again, cheap! Watermelon skin, do not eat!”
My friend: [Deep in her performance] [90 degree bow] Arigato!
Owner: [Confused] What did she say?
Me: [Trying to hold back laughter] She said you’re a nice guy.”
Comments say, “Pretending to be Japanese for a watermelon—I feel like this sacrifice is a little too great.”
From an IP in Japan, “It’s summer. The time of year when all my family starts messaging me about whether or not I can afford watermelons.”
“Oh, that’s perfect. We can sell watermelon meat to the Japs, and watermelon skin to the gooks, and make them pay for watermelon price, and they’ll probably still think they’re getting a great deal. [Doge] [Doge]”
A compilation of posts talking about the speed of time:
“Time is crazy these days. Half of 2023 has passed in the blink of an eye. Sometimes it feels like I just spent 20 minutes doing my makeup, but when I look at the clock, 60 minutes has passed.”
“Are we sure the universe hasn’t been put on 2x speed? Like, while I’m at work and waiting to go home, time is slow. When I’m riding my bicycle, time feels slow. And when I’m stuck in unwanted social situations, time hardly moves at all. But if I’m just cutting some meat in the kitchen and I feel like it’s been 5 minutes, 25 minutes will have passed. I don’t play with my phone before bed and just day dream, and feel like it’s only been 20 minutes, but it’s been an hour 20 minutes. It’s not like any particular day is super fast, but each day seems to fly by super fast.”
“I’ve been noticing the universe speeding up three years ago. A lot of people don’t believe it, but each day is at most only 19 or 20 hours now. A lot of people say it’s because I’m getting older, so time naturally moves faster for me, but it’s not the case at all. When I was little, I could get a lot of shit done in a day. I could watch TV, eat dinner, read books, and finish my homework, and it’s till not yet 8pm, and I go to bed by 9pm. Back then, there was a huge amount of time between your meals. Now it feels like as soon as I’m done eating breakfast, I’m worrying about what to eat for lunch. Even if I don’t play with my phone, it feels like I hardly have time to do anything. Whether it’s work or studying, people can’t complete their tasks until at least 10pm at night. It’s not that we’ve gotten less efficient. Time is speeding up.”
“Open up a book of math problems. Time will slow down right away.”
“I just saw an instagram post a couple of days ago, that 24 hours a day now is actually closer to 16 hours a day.”
“I feel like this is real. Most people don’t have normal watches anymore, they use digital watches. One time, I got bored, and just stared at my watch for a while, and found that the second hand hardly takes a pause at all. It’s just barreling forward, tick tock tick tock. But I remember clearly when I was little that there was a pause before the second hand moved.”
“Soon, 2020 will have been four years ago.”
“I can’t believe I’m already 25. I feel like I was 16 just last year.”
“2018 is the turning point. After 2018, time has been going by in a flash. I feel like we’re only in 2020 right now.”
“Go to work. I feel like every day is as long as two days.”
“It’s super weird. I still felt like time was super slow in middle school, and as soon as I get into high school, everything is on fast forward.”
“I read a book that said as you get older, you have more experiences, and time will feel faster.”
“Or is it just that kids are simpler? All they worry about is food and studying and playing? Adults have to deal with a lot of shit every day, so it never feels like you have enough time?”
“Come to Xinjiang. In the summer, the sun never goes down, so the day just goes on and on and on. Come, come, come, baby.”
“I went for a few days, and time really is super slow in Xinjiang. I love it.”
“One time, I woke up at 7:35, and I was like, it’s the weekend. I can sleep for a bit longer. And I closed my eyes, and slept for another really long time, but when I woke up and took a look, it was still 7:35.”
“Try planking.”
“There’s gonna be another Olympics next year.”
“I feel like I just zone out for a bit and a day has gone by. Every day is totally meaningless. Every time I think about how there’s one less day in my life now, I get really scared, but I can’t find anything meaningful to do either.”
“I was staring at the clock on my wall a couple of days ago, and during a certain time period, it went super fast. I got so scared, I wasn’t even sleepy anymore.”
She invited 2 friends to go with her on her date and expected the guy to be happy about paying for all of their meals?
Is anime watched much in China?