08/17/23 - Over 70% of doctors say that their pre-tax income is under 100K.
“My relative has two kids (one in middle school, one in sixth grade), who asks me for gifts every birthday. I’m actually really torn on the inside.
On the one hand, of course kids want to get lots of gifts for their birthday. Who doesn’t?
On the other hand, I feel like birthday gifts represent someone’s love and well-wishes for you. If you use your birthday to demand gifts from other people, then it changes the whole nature of things. Plus, the two kids have already picked out what they want, and just need me to pay for it.
I once told a relative of mine that next week was my birthday, asking whether they’d gotten anything for me when I was little, and my mom yelled at me a lot over it. Now that I’ve been through it myself, I understand.
The two kids’ mom knows that they’re asking for gifts from me. She even warned me before hand. They’ll also post red pockets on the family group chats, where the caption is, “Happy Birthday to Me” to remind people that it’s their birthday today and to send him red pocket. I feel like they’re just using their birthday to make money? I don’t know if I should be so cynical towards little kids.
I really want to ask the kids’ mom why she doesn’t tell them they’re being terribly rude. Maybe she really thinks this behaviour is perfectly okay. The comment she left to her kids using red pockets to remind people of their birthday was just, “The birthday boy is fishing for his red pockets!!” Plus a bunch of birthday cake emojis.
Maybe I’m overthinking it.
But if they’re being taught this behaviour and this mentality as little kids, then when they grow up….sigh…”
Comments say, “That’s awful. It’s like they think it’s your duty to give them gifts on their birthday.
“There really are people like this. I don’t even know what to say. Most of the time, their parents don’t do anything about it either. You’re still a student, you haven’t worked for long at all, how much money do you really have? Why do you have to give gifts just because it’s their birthday? Even if you had to gift something, it has to be voluntary, right? They can’t demand it of you.”
“Send them a link on your birthday and demand gifts too.”
“Just read a wish fulfilment power fantasy story that had my jaw on the floor the whole time. It’s, like, a crazy mental patient sort of wish fulfilment power fantasy hahahahaha.
The female protagonist’s brother is XYY, a huge asshole, the whole family is sexist. After she was hurt by him again and again, she conned him into going to Myanmar.
Once he’s been tricked to Myanmar, the whole family blamed her for not keeping an eye on him and letting him be abducted, but they had to figure out a way to save their son. They had no money for the ransom, so they secretly planned to sell the protagonist’s organs to save their son. The protagonist happened to overhear their plans.
So while her dad is sleeping, she used her dad’s phone to call the criminals in Myanmar and told them that they’ve already called the cops, they’ll never pay a cent in ransom. She watched the video they sent of her brother being tortured to death, and then deleted all records of that phone call.
Then the next morning, she pretended like nothing had happened and put sleeping medicine in everyone’s breakfast. Then, she took her dad’s phone and called the organ dealer he had gotten in touch with, and told him that the whole family would rather die than hurt her, they’ve already taken a bunch of pills, he can come straight over and take their bodies.
And then she packed her luggage and left the city.”
Comments say, “I mean, sure, it is a power fantasy, but it’s kind of dumb and filled with plotholes…guess if a power fantasy is all you want, then it’s okay.”
“But why isn’t there a scene where the parents watch the son get tortured to death? That’d be even better, wouldn’t it?”
“Oh man, I had just heard about this story on Bilibili, and now I’m reading about it on Weibo. Big Data is scary.”
A blogger says, “If you complain about Spring Airlines’ luggage policy on instagram, you’ll get bullied by other travellers. I guess this is a part of airline culture. XD”
The instagram post reads: “Spring Airlines Red Flags! I had to travel to Shanghai on super short notice, and chose Spring Airlines when ordering my tickets. And I got screwed over real bad. There’s no free carryon luggage for the flight. No food either. At first, I thought so long as my luggage was under 7kg, I could take it on the plane. I brought an 18-inch suitcase. It definitely weighed under 7kg. But when I got to the desk, the employee told me I couldn’t bring my luggage on, I had to go check it. I had to spring to the entrance of the airport and check my luggage and then sprint back to my gate. I was running so hard, my pants almost fell off. And then, I was informed that the flight’s been delayed, no clue on when we’ll be flying out. I had to wait two hours before I could board my flight.
As soon as I went on the plane, I almost threw up right away. It was freezing! I was instantly covered in goosebumps! I asked the stewardess if they had any blankets, and they said that they only have disposable blankets that I needed to pay for. 12 RMB per blanket. So I had to buy it.”
In the comments under the instagram post are people saying, “[Circles options to pay for carry-on luggage] Can you not read?”
“If she reads, she’ll have to spend more money. How can she whine about it on the internet then?”
“How are these red flags? Spring Airlines is a budget airline. That’s the entire point. On budget airlines, only the ticket is cheap. You have to pay for everything else.”
“There’s all kinds of different tiers of tickets, and she bought the cheapest one, on an already budget airline. They warn you of everything before hand right on the ticket information, she’s just playing a fool.”
“I flew back from Lanzhou a couple of days ago, and saw that Spring Airlines had no free carry-on, so I picked Eastern Airlines instead. They didn’t even weigh my luggage, which I was pretty sure was overweight.”
Comments under the blogger reads, “I’ve seen posts about Eva Airlines red flags, ANA Airlines redflags—I mean, it must take a lot of effort to write something this funny.”
“For a budget airline, all other services have to be independently payed for, and the flight crew just do their minimum tasks of ensuring safety. Spring Airlines is the most financially healthy of all domestic airlines, and has the highest profits.”
“Stop scrolling these posts, or you’ll find that all airlines have red flags.”
On the 15th of August, a 20-year-old man who had went missing in Myanmar successfully returned to China. The manager of the Chaoshan People Abroad Service Centre who assisted in this rescue told Red Star News, that volunteers took Chen’s parent’s ransom money to a certain plantation in Kokang, Myanmar to get Chen back.
Never believe anyone who tells you there’s a “gold rush” in Myanmar and that you can make boatloads of money. In reality, there is nothing in Myanmar except unimaginable chaos. If you went, it will only become a nightmare. Most Chinese nationals who are conned into going to Myanmar are forced to scan people online, and are beaten and imprisoned on a daily basis.
Comments say, “I’ve seen a lot of news that said they paid money and that was why he got to go free. I guess he got lucky. But isn’t this an international incident? This goes beyond civil matters between citizens, right? Don’t we care about our pride as a superpower? I don’t know anything about Cheung Tze-keung, but if he’s never harmed an average citizen in his crimes, then he shouldn’t have gotten sentenced to death.”
A post on Chinese reddit, “I’m really curious, why do all girls nowadays claim to not know how to do any housework as soon as you ask? And the minute you bring up marriage, they talk about how they don’t want to be a maid to their husband or in-laws?
I’ve been to a lot of girls’ houses, some of them are my friends, some my relatives, some my dates. I’ve never seen any girl with a house cleaner than mine.
And I don’t even do any housework usually. I just wipe the table when I’m done eating, and sweep the floor when I take out the trash. It adds up to less than 10 minutes a day. Every two weeks, I do a deep clean, change the sheets, mop the floor, fold my clothes and all that.
Every months, I’ll clean my windows. I only dust my bookshelves once every several months. My parents think I live in a pig sty.
But even so, whenever girls come over to my place, they’re like, “Wow, it’s so clean!”
So all the girls talking about how they won’t do housework, do they have any concept of what housework even is? Or are they just using it as an excuse to PUA their partners?”
Below this reddit is a comment, “It really doesn’t take much time to do housework. I’m a girl. I play around with stocks as a living. I’ve got tons of free time. Like, oodles of free time ever after I’m done with housework. I really don’t understand people complaining about how housework is exhausting. My mom complains all day about how hard it was to raise us blah blah blah. I mean, sure, she really did raise us. But she’s always going on about how my dad never helps out around the house, how he drinks and smokes and doesn’t care about her. She never shuts up about it. But my dad’s the main source of income for my family, and he works in a super physical job that’s super exhausting. And I’ve never heard him complain about how my mom never appreciates him and how hard he works. I understand why he drinks and smokes—he’s under a lot of pressure. Plus, he’s quit smoking, and alcohol’s never gotten in the way of him doing what needed to be done. What’s the problem? But my mom complains every day and keeps comparing him to other people. But she never compares herself to other people.”
“I mean, she’s a full-time housewife. Even if she had nothing to do all day, she has to make up some shit, or else how can she make it look like she’s contributing to the household too? How can she keep control of her husband?”
“My mom’s told me since I was young that I need to find a wife who appreciates me, who understands me. Nothing else is important, but she has to feel bad for you.”
Comments say, “Do you really think taking care of an entire family is the same thing as cleaning a bachelor apartment? What the fuck do you even know?”
“You can’t pretend to be a woman just because you have a small dick.”
“Anyone who actually has a mom would never say this about her.”
A compilation of absolute tragedies.
“Just got off of work, shopping at Sam’s Club for the first time. Bought myself a roast chicken.”
“Guys, who knows my feels.”
“Only homemade noodles are spicy enough. I’m salivating so much!”
“Oh my god! Fuck!”
“Look at that rain! Man, that’s so fun!”
“Fuck, it smashed my car.”
“Got my driver’s license in 40 days. Mission Accomplished!”
[Cops are confiscating her license after she ran into a railing]
“Discuss: What’s it like to come home after a work trip to find a cat has taken up resident in your house?”
[Receipt for a Rabies vaccine.]
Due to the latest series of anti-corruption strikes against the healthcare field, the salary of doctor has become a controversial issue again. The most heated discussion surrounds whether doctors are high income or not. The Study “Research and Report on the Current State of Chinese Hospital HR 2022” surveyed 2226 doctors in order to take a closer look at the rate of pay for doctors currently, and the state of HR management in hospitals. According to the data, the average surgeon makes 94K RMB a year. Over 70% of doctors say that their pre-tax income is under 100K.
In the comments, the first one is a pinned screenshot of the study in its entirety, which is way too long to translate.
Comments say, “If you believe it, you’re a fool.”
“Last time, they were saying doctors only made 1600 a month.”
“Who doesn’t have a couple of doctor friends? Who the fuck believes this kind of study?”