According to Asahi News in Japan, the Tokyo Electrical Company is preparing to dump contaminated runoff water from the Fukushima First Nuclear Plant into the ocean on the 24th, but if weather doesn’t permit, then the plan may be cancelled. The TEC has diluted 1200 cubic metres of nuclear runoff in sea water and stored them inside giant tanks, and have been detecting the concentration of the radioactive element Tritium.
As of 10AM on the 24th, the concentration of Tritium is no higher than 1500 Bq per litre. TEC plans to release the nuclear runoff water through the underwater tunnel, but if waves are too high then they cannot perform Tritium measurements in the sea, and the plans will be cancelled.
The Japanese government announced on the 22nd that they will be releasing nuclear runoff from Fukushima into the sea on the 24th. On the same day, the TEC declared that they will be releasing 7800 tons of nuclear runoff water in the next 17 days. They plan to release a total of 31,200 tons of water in 2023, containing a total of five trillion Bq of Tritium, roughly 2% of the their maximum yearly release allowed.
The Japanese government’s decision to release their nuclear runoff water into the ocean has faced strong criticism and opposition from the international community. Many media sources from multiple nations have claimed that Japan’s behaviour is highly irresponsible and dangerous, calling for them to withdraw the decision.
Comments say, “There are a lot of ways to deal with nuclear waste water. I’ll provide one—Japan has roughly 126 million people. There are 1.3 million tons of nuclear waste water. If everyone drinks half a litre a day, it’ll be finished in one month. If America helps out, then it’ll be gone in half a month.”
“The earth can do without Japan. It can’t do without oceans.”
“They probably already released it all secretly.”
“My girlfriend showed off flowers she got from other men for Qixi. Is this normal?”
He shows screenshots of his conversation with his girlfriend under her social media post showing off a bouquet of roses:
OP: “?? So you went on a date with someone else? And they gave you a bouquet?”
Girlfriend: “No, a delivery driver gave this to me.”
OP: “So who sent it to you?”
Girlfriend: “A classmate of mine from high school.”
OP: “You need to be clear with him. He’s always sending you dresses and flowers. He obviously wants to date you.”
Girlfriend: “So let him. It’s better that someone’s giving me gifts than nobody.”
OP: “I gave you gifts, didn’t I? You didn’t even care about my gift. What do you mean “let him” when you have a boyfriend? What do you think I am?”
Girlfriend: “I didn’t mean anything by it. I just posted because I like flowers.”
Comments say, “Then give her a better bouquet. You didn’t give her what she wanted, so someone else got it for her instead.”
“She’s already booked for Qixi tomorrow. You’ll have to take an opening on Thursday.”
“What, you won’t let someone else gift her when you won’t yourself? [Doge]”
I rode the train with Gou Dan (my sister’s child, five-years-old) back to my hometown yesterday.
Just as we were about to arrive, Gou Dan excitedly said, “Wow! Just another 20 minutes and we’ll be at my grandma’s house.”
My daughter said quietly to the side, “It’s my grandma’s house too.”
Gou Dan was shocked, “What? Your grandma lives over here too?”
My daughter, feigning surprise, “Really? No way! My grandma also lives over here! ….Your grandma isn’t also chubby and called Er Pang, is she?”
Gou Dan, dumbfounded: “Yeah.”
My daughter, “Oh my god! Seriously! Do we have the same grandma!? That’s such a coincidence!!”
Gou Dan, excitedly, “Really! We’ve got the same grandma?”
My daughter: “But I’ve known my grandma for 14 years. What about you? You’re only five years old.”
Gou Dan, “Yeah, I’m only five years old.”
My daughter: “Then you lost. My grandma and I go way back. You’ve only known her for five years.”
Gou Dan lowered his head, disappointed and thoughtful.
Comments say, “My mom once told my sister’s kid, “I’ve known your mom for thirty-odd years. How many years have you known her? You lost.” And the poor kid burst out in tears.”
“Awww, what a sweet kid~”
“Gou Dan is so cute. He’s not gross at all.”
A tiktok video of a middle aged lady fighting with an underage cosplaying, yelling about how they’re traitors to their country, they don’t learn any good habits, that she was going to teach them a lesson for their parents. She beat up the cosplayer, to the point that an ambulance had to be called. [I don’t know if the cosplayer turned out okay in the end, so I won’t upload the video.]
Comments say, “Well, she was pretty fierce when she was beating up underage kids, but boy did she run as soon as she heard the cops had been called.”
“A lot of young kids have been brainwashed by foreign cultures.”
“I’m pretty sure that dress you’re wearing was also created by the West :/ “
“Watching a romance TV show about a middle aged guy dating a young girl, and oh my god, I’ve discovered that as I’ve gotten older, my opinion about these pairings with big age gaps has completely changed.
Like, if I was 18, and someone asked me if I’d date someone 18 years older than me, I’d be like, “Yeah, sure, why not?” He’s only 36, mature, responsible, probably could get ranked Employee of the Month at his workplace.
But if I was 28, and someone asked me if I’d date someone 18 years young than me, they’d be 46! 46! That’s old enough that I could get away with calling him Uncle! No matter how much charisma he had, he’s an uncle! I….he’s just an Uncle to me!”
Comments say, “Uncles should be fishing.” OP responds, “Yes, uncles never date. Uncles just fish.”
“OP is weirded out by the generational gap, not the age itself. Don’t be so harsh down in the comments. In society, your dad is an uncle, and my dad is an uncle too.”
“For me, he’d be 57. Even imagining it, that’s someone I’d call grandpa. No. There’s no way. Even if it was Chen Daoming, I can’t do it.”
The most hardcore form of urging people to get married: According to an internet commenter, her boyfriend’s dad was done constantly urging them to get married, and simply notified them to come home for Mid-Autumn Festival to get married. He’d already sent out invitations, reserved the venue and food, and hired a fleet of cars and a officiant, and bought drinks for the open bar. The drinks by themselves added up to over 100K. The worst part is, he declared that if they don’t show up, he’ll go ahead and conduct the ceremony anyways using their photos.
Comments say, “Then let him conduct it with photos. We’ll see if he ends up with any grandkids by next year.”
“How mental.”
“Break up right now. That old man’s bad news.”
A family was building a garage, only for their neighbour to insist it was his land, and block their car off by dumping truckloads on sand and pebbles in front of their driveway. The conflict escalated until the man barged into their home and beat up the 72-year-old grandpa inside, causing multiple broken bones. He’s still in the ICU with severe injuries. The 18-year-old grandson filmed the entire process as evidence, and was threatened, causing him to become depressed and commit suicide by jumping into a river. The man was sentenced to a 500 RMB fine and 15 days in jail.
Comments say, “They should investigate if he has any organised crime connections.”
“That punishment is way too light! He clearly has connections! How there’s just an orphan and a single-mom left. That’s terrible :( “
“15 days?? That’s breaking and entering and attempted murder! In America, he would’ve been shot.”
A relationship blogger writes, “Just saw this on instagram: A lot of parents make mistakes raising their child, not because it’s their first time being parents, but because it’s their first time holding power. It made them forget how to be humans.”
Comments say, “It’s not just parent-child either. In the workplace, in society, there are plenty of shitbags who forget how to control themselves as soon as they have a little bit of power.”
“And there’s no checks and balances on this power. All of the child’s objections will be refuted by, “there are no bad parents under the sun.””
“After I had a kid, I just want him to spend every day as happily as possible, and not have to face so many hardships, whether physical or emotional. I never blame him, never force him to study. He was already forcibly dragged into this world by me. It was unfair to begin with.”
Three men and three women climbed onto the top of Python Peak, on Mount San Qing in Jiangxi, and have been sentenced to a 6 million RMB fine, an average of 1 million each. That’s terrifying! I can’t even watch the video.
Comments say, “This isn’t some kind of heroic feat. They hammered nails into the rock face the whole way up. It’s irreversible damage to an important tourist spot. As time goes on, the cracks they left behind would only grow and eventually destroy the peak. These people knew what would happen themselves too, and sneakily climbed it in the early morning. What dicks.”
“Most people don’t climb it because they know it’s a protected site, not because it’s hard to climb.”
“Shouldn’t they go to jail for putting so many nails on the peak?”
If you want to see a tense but fun video watch youtuber Magnus Midtbø climbing with Alex Honnold of "Free Solo" film fame. What makes it scary is less what they do but that Magnus, a cool, calm and collected elite climber, is clearly uncomfortable which makes it easier to put ourself in his shoes rather than just watching Honnold free soloing.