“Ahhhhh bought a house from Country Gardens two years ago for 1.3 million, and my friend just bought the unit above mine for 820K this year.”
Comments say, “Sell yours for 10K and make him lose 810K.”
“It looks like he paid 480K less, but there’s a big difference between your units. Your house is much older.”
“Don’t forget, if he paid for the whole thing in full, then the money he spent is merely what you have to pay in interest. That is to say, he didn’t spend 500K less than you. You spent 1.3 million more than him.”
“Most people’s worries come from knowing too much.”
“You’re losing 657RMB every day. You would’ve been better off staying in a 5 star hotel every night for the last two years.”
“You think he got a great deal, but actually, you just got a terrible deal.”
“He’s not living above you, he’s riding on your neck T_T”
“But you know, money back in the day is worth more money than today.”
“Think about it from another angle. Maybe next year, another one of your friends will buy a neighbouring unit to yours for just 550K?”
“I read this comment section for half an hour and all my bad mood has disappeared. This works better than paying to see a psychiatrist.”
OP attaches a screenshot of a news story: “China and Micronesia’s visa waver program to take effect on the 25th of July. Accoring to the agreement, Chinese citizens holding a valid passport and Micronesian citizens holding a valid passport no longer have to get a visa to visit the other party for less than 30 days.”
And says, “Another country reached a visa deal with China! I don’t know much about Micronesia. Does anyone know where it is? What do they produce?”
Comments say, “As soon as you get off the plane, the locals will climb out of the trees and put you in a pot.”
“According to public information, Micronesia is waiving visas for all foreign travellers. This is like saying, “Tomorrow morning at 7AM, the sun will shine on my balcony again.””
“My geography knowledge has expanded again.”
#People’s Daily reports on ob/gyn doctor falling to death. “Lately, a ob/gyn doctor in Henan, Zhoukou fell off a building and died due to long term online harassment. The family accepted an interview, claiming that the harassment came from three cases of medical conflicts. So far, local departments have established an investigative committee. The responsibility and fault in these cases still requires clarification. I’m sure the relevant departments will give a clear conclusion.
From the will the family revealed and online platform records, this doctor had suffered long term verbal abusive and attacks in life from the internet. The platform has posted a notice saying that they had in fact punished any videos or comments accusing or attacking the doctor or the hospital. As this event fermented on the internet, many patients spoke up in the comment section in remembrance. Maybe people questioned how it had come to this.
Medical conflicts happen in reality, but they’re often complicated and involve professional healthcare knowledge and facts. There are special avenues for resolving these conflicts, and both parties should protect their rights with the law. Neither side should slander and defame, incite online violence, clickbait and clout chase. Irrational voices and peer pressure can build up and online exposure can quickly turn into online abuse.
Do not underestimate the power of online abuse. The individual can feel very weak in front of the tidal wave of internet comments. The Civil Code has regulations against using online violence to invade other people’s rights in the Online Violence Management Policy, and the Ministry of Internet Safety has been increasing enforcement on these behaviours.
In order to prevent similar tragedies, we should preempt internet violence. Shift the focus of work from dealing with events after the fact to preventing it before it happens, redirecting conflict, and protecting individuals in trouble. For example, stop it at the source. Police and the Ministry of Internet Safety can work together with online platforms to find problematic information and intervene, using many mechanisms like mediation to resolve conflicts properly. Relevant departments can provide emotional support and therapy for the victims of online violence. At the same time, we need to make reporting medical conflicts and the mediation process more streamlined so that problems can be solved through legal means.
The internet is not a lawless place. Online violence should be punished harshly. All manners of information is on the internet, and when there is insufficient information or the truth is hard to decipher, everyone involved should be more rational and cautious to avoid hurting people with a key press.”
Comments say, “I hope you’re not just gonna deal with those accounts.”
“He actually died and all he got out of it is a couple of bland comments. What a shame.”
“Is justice late again?” [Referring to a common saying in China, “Justice may be delayed but it is never absent”, which comes from a disastrous mistranslation of the English phrase, “Justice delayed is justice denied.”]
“Nowadays, the internet is so fast to censor anything real you post, but they’ll completely ignore anything false.”
“My best friend told me about a case close to her that’s really scary. I think it’s necessary to share it to alert everyone.
One of her friends has a 14-year-old son who was sick of school. The parents didn’t know what to do, so they helped him withdraw from school, and he ended up getting conned into going to Myanmar.
As for exactly how he got conned, it was probably because he wasn’t going to school anymore, so he was looking for work.
Luckily, his family knew a neighbour who was responsible for transporting people to Myanmar. His parents were able to use that connection to find the person responsible for the compound that their kid was in and spent 100K in ransom to get him back.
But he couldn’t go back to China right away. Supposedly, he had to hike through the mountains to Thailand and then have his family in China complete all kinds of paperwork to get Thailand to give him back. It took them several months to get everything sorted out.
Supposedly, a girl from the same village as them also got conned over there and called back asking for ransom for release, and nobody ever heard anything again after paying 400K. It’s been a couple of years now. The chances she’s still alive is pretty slim.
The boy who did get to return, everyone thought he’d shape up after experiencing such a big setback, rebirth like a phoenix or something.
I’m sure the kid wanted to. He went and bought some study material after he got back and looked like he wanted to return to school.
But as soon as school started back up again, he fell into the same depressed state and couldn’t keep going anymore.
His parents got so mad that they sent him to one of those delinquent youth camps.
What do I want to say?
If your kid is staying at home during summer break, do not let down your guard as a parent and let your child interact with people in society in case they’re conned.
Especially not if you already have a bad parental relationship with him, where your kid can’t wait to leave you to seek freedom. It’s one thing to lose your money, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life if you lost your child.
And on the other hand, I feel really bad for this kid.
He managed to return home after the con and he really was working hard to change himself, but he wasn’t strong enough. His parents didn’t choose (or perhaps they just didn’t know how to) help him get through his difficulties, but they pushed him into another cold abyss.
Will this child have any chance to revitalise himself in the future?”
Comments say, “I just came across another kid who couldn’t communicate to their parents during puberty. It’s really easy for them to get onto the wrong path. This is one of those scenarios that you can’t get back from.”
“A lot of teenagers have been getting “conned” into Myanmar and disappearing this summer.”
“The value of a diploma is obvious in a sweatshop.
When do you understand the importance of a diploma the most acutely?
The moment you step into a sweatshop—
If you only have a high school diploma, you can only be a basic worker, mechanically working for 10 hours a day to get paid 6K a month.
If you have a vocational school diploma, you can become a technician responsible for adjusting the equipment. Although you still have to work 10 hours, you’re not busy the whole time and you get paid 8K a month.
If you have a college diploma from an ordinary college, you can become a maintenance worker. The only thing you need to do during your 10 hours of work is fix faulty PCBA boards, and get paid 10K a month.
If you graduated from a 985/211 University, you can go into the R&D department, work 10 hours a day, and get paid 20K a month.
Different diplomas get you different positions and different benefits. Your choices determine where you end up.”
Comments say, “But some college graduates are delivering takeout or giving massages now! XD” [I’m not quite sure if massages should have air quotes around it.]
“Because people with no diploma who don’t believe it aren’t working in factories. Those people are playing piano, playing billiards, writing webnovels, or starting their own business. Anyone who actually works for a living believes in a diploma and regret their choices.”
“Just adding, this logic only applies in companies with a lot of intense labour and excessive middle management. If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s no diploma requirement, it’s all up to luck. As for research and finance, the first replies on high diplomas and intense labour, and the latter is all about connections.”
“Do people in ancient times also dress up in antique fashion? Like people in the Ming Dynasty wearing Tang Dynasty fashion?”
Comments say, “It was Ming Dynasty officials that invented Tang scarves, Dongpo scarves, Zhuge scarves…”
“Yeah, Su Shi wore it when he went out. It was a fad among poets.”
“Ming fashion is all about calling back to the Tang Dynasty. Early Ming hats were the exact same as the Tang Dynasty.”
“”Yeah, Mi Fu in the Song Dynasty liked wearing Tang Dynasty clothing. In “A History of Song” by Mi Fu, he wrote, “I dressed like a Tang person and drew a crowd to stare at me because of my good looks and eloquence.””
“Ancient people also wore clothing from earlier dynasties, but everyone will think you’re dressed weird.”
“Don’t forget, if he paid for the whole thing in full, then the money he spent is merely what you have to pay in interest. That is to say, he didn’t spend 500K less than you. You spent 1.3 million more than him.”
Huh?