08/14/24 - You know how many sexual partners women overseas have had by the time they’re 13, 14?
Night shift, a middle-aged lady came knocking on my door.
Lady: “Doctor, tell the nurse that I’m allowed to go home.”
Me: “You can’t go home while hospitalised. Not to mention, it’s the middle of the night.”
Lady: “I literally live across the street from the hospital.”
Me: “I don’t care where you live. You’re not allowed to leave the hospital while you’re hospitalised.”
Lady: “Come on, let me go.”
Me: “The hospital has its rules and regulations. You can’t go home while hospitalised. But you have legs. If you insist on leaving, it’s not like I can do anything about it.”
Lady: “So you’re letting me go?”
Me: “I’m not letting you go. If you’re asking me, then I have to follow the rules and regulations since I’m on shift. You can’t go home while being hospitalised.”
Lady: “But I can’t stand being in this hospital anymore!”
Me: “You’ve got legs. If you snuck out, nobody would know. Just don’t tell me, because I’m not going to let you go. We’re all adults. Do you not understand what I’m saying here? Don’t make things difficult for me.”
Lady: “I’m not trying to make things difficult for you, I’m just worried I’ll get in trouble for going home.”
Me: “I’m not going to let you go home. You’re not allowed to go home while being hospitalised.”
Lady: “Where’s your manager’s phone? Who made the rule that you can’t leave while hospitalised?”
Me: “I don’t have my manager’s phone. We just use an internal line. I don’t have anyone’s personal phone. It’s not work hours anyways, I’m the only one on shift. I can deal with emergencies, but for non-urgent questions, I’ll talk to the other doctors once they come in tomorrow.”
And the lady slammed the door shut and left.”
Comments say, “You wouldn’t be responsible if she didn’t say anything and just sneaked off.”
“You didn’t make her sign an Against Medical Advice form?”
“But if she left on her own and something happened, you guys would still get blamed for it.”
#Evergreen Hotel’s website list China and Taiwan separately. “Lately, a blogger exposed that the Paris Evergreen hotel refused to hang the Chinese flag during the Olympics. They officially responded that it’s their right whether or not they want to hang up a Chinese flag in their display of flags, which was very controversial.
After researching on the Business Search App, we found out that Shanghai’s Chang Rong Evergreen Hotel was established in March of 2011, with Ye Jiaquan as the legal representative, with a registered capital of 80 million USD, with its shares entirely held by Chang Rong International.
It’s important to note that in their website, under the option “Select a hotel”, under the “Asia” section, various countries are listed including Thailand and Malaysia. But they list China and Taiwan as separate regions.”
Comments say, “So what other products are under the Chang Rong conglomerate? Can someone make a list for me?”
“Ban them! Boycott time!”
“Why is it so hard to get this news on the trending page?”
“Look familiar? This is the Apple phone stand that the editor in my office has been searching high and low for. It’s 500 RMB, and the anti-theft lock is still on.
I’d pay at most 50 bucks for it, and not a cent more.”
Comments say, “Are they seriously that expensive??”
“Wow, I wouldn’t pay any more than 50 bucks either.”
“What is it even for?”
#Seeking opinions for the marriage registration requirements amendment draft. “The Civil Affairs Ministry has drafted a “Marriage Registration Requirements” and is seeking opinions from around society. #You no longer need your hukou to get registered for marriage.
The eighth line points out that, when getting married, residents need to produce the following documents: 1. Your Personal ID, 2. A signed statement saying you and your spouse do not share any blood relations.
Currently, the ”Marriage Registration Requirements” require that you produce your hukou too, which has been deleted in the newest version.
All the way back in July of 2023, a netizen has left a comment saying that it’s unreasonable to have to produce your hukou to get married. This is against the concept of “freedom of marriage” in our constitution, so this requirement should be edited.
The Civil Affairs Ministry responded that freedom of marriage is mostly about the will of the people involved. Producing hukou helps clarify the jurisdiction of the marriage to help prevent problems like bigamy and protect the new couple’s rights. It has nothing to do with freedom of marriage.
Another netizen posted on the Civil Affairs MInistry’s website on June 2023 that it’s not reasonable to require people to produce their hukou to get married, because fundamentally speaking, a personal ID and a hukou is basically the same thing. They’re both issued by the police department, and have the same legal significance. Why do you need to produce both? Many young people can’t get access to their hukou because their parents violently interfere with them. This betrays “freedom of marriage”.
In response, the Civil Affairs Ministry promised to think about that request.
This new “Marriage Registration Requirements” also made adjustments in the case of divorce, so that you no longer need to produce your hukou to get divorced either.”
Comments say, “The main issue stopping most people from getting married is the divorce cooldown period.”
“If there’s a divorce cooldown period, there should be a marriage cooldown period, where you can annul your marriage whenever you want in the first month if you don’t like it.”
“Marriage is the quickest way to get to your karmic payback without wasting any time.”
#Quan Hongchan [diving gold medalist]’s grandpa refuses to get food for free. “12th of August, in Guangzhou, Kanjiang, Quan Hongchan has made Maihe Village go viral. Just outside her door is a shopping street now. Quan Hongchan’s grandpa goes to buy snacks with his umbrella, and the stall owner wants to give it to him for free, but he insisted on paying.
As the “splash-disappearing tree” outside of Quan Hongchan’s house went viral, many people have been coming to punch in [when you show up to a tourist destination just to get a photo and post it to social media to prove you were there], and some netizens discovered that Quan Hongchan’s next door neighbour are growing their own “phoenix trees”. Netizens say, “She’s single-handedly revived the whole village’s economy.”
Comments say, “Lol, all her distant relatives came back.”
“It looks so lively! I want to go so bad! But even though I’m also in Guangdong, it’s a 5 hour drive from me.”
“I want to have all the snacks! Is it all local? What did her grandpa buy?”
“The doctor yelled at me for using tampons. What the fuck.
I went to see a doctor in Shenzhen for irregular periods. I’m the type of person that’s really stressed out for overworked and cold and distant doctors, so I researched a lot beforehand and found a really highly-rated private hospital and got an appointment with a specialist there. But the doctor (female, a little older) learned I was using tampons, and suddenly got super agitated. She was like, “Who told you to use tampons?? How can you use tampons when you’re a virgin?” She even asked me, “Your mom let you do this!?”
I was just dumbfounded. I even tried explaining politely to her that I grew up overseas and everyone uses tampons there, and none of the doctors I saw there ever told me to stop. And she started being all like, “You know how many sexual partners women overseas have had by the time they’re 13, 14? You’re gonna compare yourself to them? You’re gonna listen to their doctors?”
Like, I just had no idea what to say. I was speechless. But since she was older and she’s a doctor, I didn’t bother fighting with her, and still kept trying to explain that I’ve been using them for years, never had a problem. And she was just going on and on about, “How do you even get it in when you’re a virgin? You don’t want your hymen anymore? I guess you don’t have any virgin complex at all, huh? If you’re used to keeping something in there all the time, then keep stuffing your hole, I guess.”
I was just trying not to roll my eyes in her face the whole time. Told her they’re very small and you can’t feel them at all, and she just wouldn’t shut up. She only let up once she saw I was starting to look angry.
So then I went to get my checkups done, and once I got the results and came back to see her, she didn’t sound so agitated anymore. But she still acted like distant relatives during the holidays, trying to talk to me about tampons again like she’s doing it for my own good. Talking about how back in her day, they never dared to touch their vagina before marriage, much less put something in. And I was like, “Well, it’s pretty common with my generation.” And she was like, “But they’ve had tons of sex by your age. You’re a virgin—you’re different!”
I was so angry, I wanted to laugh. I didn’t want to keep talking to her anymore, so I just snorted.
All my results came back normal. She couldn’t figure out what was wrong, so she asked how frequently I change my tampon, and I was like, “Every 3-4 hours?” And she suddenly got excited, “You’re not changing them every 2 hours like you’re supposed to at all!” And I was like, “But sometimes, they’re not even bloody.” And she’s like, “But they’re still just a bacteria petri dish that you’re keeping in there! Your tampon is gonna suck up all the moisture and go in and out and in and out and wear your hymen down.”
Like, I don’t know what to say. I wanted to teach her all the education I’ve gotten, but it’s not like this is my area of expertise. I don’t want to argue with a doctor about their own field. I just put on my fake smile I reserve for annoying relatives and waited for her to finish so I could leave. Right before I left, she was still saying, “Stop using your tampons. You think it’s a good thing to get cervical infections?”
Like seriously. When she’s not talking about tampons, she’s really nice. So I didn’t get mad since I wanted to respect doctors and respect my elders. I guess silence is the most politeness I could muster. I never thought that the doctor I spent so much effort finding is still so ridiculous. She wasn’t even hiding her disgust towards tampons. It also really made me uncomfortable the way she kept emphasising the hymen, like using tampons is some kind of “slutty” behaviour. What the fuck.”
Comments say, “Because it’s not your right what you want to do with that membrane. Even as a woman, as a gynaecologist herself, she still feels the responsibility to guard that membrane on behalf of man, because the only person who has the right to use it is a future male’s sexual organs. [rolls eyes emoji]”
“Hot fact: hymens don’t even exist.”
“She’s asking how you got it in? Are you sure she was actually licensed to practice?”
#Hard-boiled egg has black spots, restaurant claims it was a fertilised egg. “Quick question, everyone. If you don’t keep a rooster around, do hens lay eggs? Ms. Liang reports that she ordered takeout from a Japanese restaurant in Hangzhou, and when she opened it up, she found three black spots on her hard-boiled egg. The restaurant claims that these black spots sometimes appear in fertilised eggs, and even displayed a couple for everyone to see.”
Comments say, “I’ve had this type of eggs in cafeterias when I was little. There’s a little black spot if it’s been fertilised. You almost never see fertilised eggs anymore, because hatcheries will use lamps to select them out. Maybe this young couple just never saw something like that before. If the black spot wasn’t on the shell, it’s probably not mould or something.”
“Lol, I’ve ran into this while cracking eggs as a kid too. It’s probably a real fertilised egg.”
“What about if there’s black spots on the shell? I found black spots while boiling eggs lately and was worried my eggs have gone bad. They tasted perfectly normal though.”
#20K in monthly wage is not enough to afford fruit, Baiguo Garden’s profits plumet. “30th of July, “Number One Chinese Fruit Retail Chain” Baiguo Garden released a profit waning announcement, predicting that in the first half of 2024, their profits will decrease by no more than 70% compared to last year, and their revenue will decrease by no more than 15%.
The board of directors believes that the main reason for the fall in profit is due to their attempts to implement the new strategy of “becoming experts and leaders in high-quality fruit. In addition, renovating stores, marketing, and hiring sponsors has caused expenses to rise, while sales have been slipping.
Baiguo Gardens claims that they continue to pay close attention to the shifting demands of the market and will shift their strategy in response to it. Aside from diversifying scenarios in which people buy fruit, they’ll also continue to improve their product supplies and price range.
After four harrowing attempts, Baiguo Gardnes was finally able to become incorporated in Hong Kong at the beginning of 2023, with a price of 5.6 HKD per share. After the initial release, Baiguo Gardens immediately reached limit-down and their stock has ben falling ever since. As of the 2nd of August, Baiguo Gardens’ shares are worth 1.85 HKD, a 66.9% decrease from their release value.
“You can’t buy anything at Baiguo Gardens for less than 100.” was the complaint on social media. “Can’t afford Baiguo Gardens on 20K a month,” is not an exaggeration either. Baiguo Gardens has always identified as a currier of high-end fruit. Their signature has always been high-quality, and highly-priced fruit.
But Baiguo Gardens never dreamed that one day, this signature will come back to bite them.”
Comments say, “But their quality doesn’t match up to their price at all.”
“Consumption downgrade means that they can’t sell anymore. People are buying products that are more bang for their buck. People used to buy luxury handbags at the counter too, and now everyone just buys Guangzhou high-end knockoffs. It’s the exact same product, and sometimes the quality is even better.”
“I’ve never understood why fruit is so expensive. What makes them worth it? What’s different about their fruit compared to a farmer’s market?”
#Every Zhejiang person has a little goal they’re saving towards. “Lately, Sina has found that a lot of Zhejiang netizens are sharing their motivation for saving up. It turns out, everyone has a little dream in their heart, and have been working hard to save up towards that dream. Some netizens want to see the beautiful night sky in Tibet, and some want to buy a car to drive their family around in, and some are saving up for a down payment for their future home. What goal are you saving towards?”
Comments say, “Ragdoll cats are so cute! I really want one! But I’ve got no money so I have to save up.”
“I really want a polaroid camera, so record my friends and all the fun things around me. I need to save up T_T”
“My dream is to get a photoshoot, with costuming and sets and lighting and everything. The kind that people will awe at on the internet. Still saving up…”
#Betrayed women start wearing men’s clothing instead. “Men’s pyjamas are loose under the arms. Men’s pants have pockets you can stuff an umbrella and a bottle of water into. Some men’s clothing even have little cloth designs that cover up their itchy label. “I’ve been wearing women’s fashion for 20 some years and have never felt so taken care of.”
For the longest time, women were used to the small discomforts of women’s fashion. They thought that, “all clothes are like this. I need to get used to it.” It wasn’t until they started trying men’s fashion that they found out that some of their troubles just didn’t exist in men’s fashion.
Feeling betrayed, many women are turning to men’s fashion.”
Comments say, “Oh no. Men’s fashion’s return rate is gonna skyrocket too.”
“You’ll still get judged by everyone around you if you wear men’s fashion as a woman, though.”
“Yeah, why not? My daughter specifically requested boy’s underwear because she doesn’t get as many wedgies.”
I am curious about the marriage law change. Is it normal for legislation to be given to the public for comments? This is not something I expect in an authoritarian state.
I don't understand what the hukou thing changes. Is it just that it makes the paperwork easier, or is there some actual functional change to who can get married?