12/11/24 - There’s a theory in psychology that you have to be able to feel some amount of pleasure in your suffering or you’d be dead already.
#What is the purpose behind America’s endless actions behind Syria? #Experts interpret why America is showing off military power in Syria. “Just as Syria is going through great changes, America has been acting in India frequently. America claims it’s to continue attacking extremist organisations, but what is their ulterior motive? America has been illegally stationing troops in Syria for years under the claim of fighting extremist. Syria has accused America of violating its sovereignty, unlawfully occupying Syrian territory, and frequently extracting oil and stealing food. Experts interpretation: America’s intention is to intimidate the new Syrian regime. America has been putting pressure on Turkey hoping for their support. America’s actions is increasing Syria’s future uncertainty and instability.”
Comments say, “Nothing good happens where America is. Who’s extremists? It’s America.”
“Oil creates American soldiers.”
“American shows are all about saving the galaxy. Anywhere there’s war and conflict on Earth, there is the American military.”
A compilation of the comments underneath a photo of a menu, where mantou [steamed bread] is being sold for 16 RMB per slice:
“Now that you’re in the big city, you’re even doing photoshoots?”
“Waitress: Ma’am, what would you like to order? Me: I’d like to leave.”
“Mantou: Don’t tell my mom. My family doesn’t know I’m doing this.” [A stereotypical line that sex workers say.]
“16 RMB shocked me once. 16 RMB per serving shocked me again.”
“You have to give something to gain something.” [Photo of a menu item named “give and take”, which is a small bowl of steamed bokchoy for 168RMB per serving.]
“Feels like the kind of relative to move to a big city and pretend they don’t know you.”
“It’s not 16 RMB per mantou. It’s 16RMB per slice. That mantou is cut into 4 slices. That is, that piece of mantou is 64RMB.”
“The buns I made myself, cooked over a wood fire. It’s crunchy.”
“Isn’t red sugar cakes 2RMB a piece, 5RMB for three pieces?”
“This is really tasty! It’s sweet and much better than normal mantou.”
“But there’s a hint of sweetness in the mantou that you can buy for 1 RMB each from grandpas off the street too.”
“Name in the village: Xiu’e. Name in the city: Lucy.”
“This was 98RMB/bowl in a tourist spot.”
“I’ve gotten it. It’s different, kind of sweet.”
“Mantou: I don’t care whether you call me mantou on the streets, but here on the menu, please call me Chinese sugar-free bread.”
“What about this?” [A screenshot of mantou being sold for 138RMB on a different menu.”
“Ideals and reality is like a street separated by barbed wire. Mantou and golden cake is only separated by a steamer.”
“So wouldn’t this be worth an entire house?” [Screenshot of a tray full of mantou.]
“16RMB is pretty expensive, huh? Then you get served your meal and you find out it’s just one slice on the picture.”
“If this mantou is super big, then 16RMB seems like a reasonable price, because the kind of huge mantou we order for New Years for offerings to the Gods is about that price.”
“Nobody would buy this for 50cents in the villages, and you’re selling it for 16RMB on a menu?”
“So I’m a millionaire?”
#Over 70 million people have opened a personal retirement fund acount. “Caixin News Agency reported on the 12th of December that personal retirement policies are going to be officially rolled out. What are the results after two years of trials? The newest data shows that the number of personal retirement fund accounts have broken 70 million. The number of products available for investment have reached 836. Auditors point out that participating in personal retirement investments can help the people achieve diversity in fulfilling their retirement needs. First of all, personal retirement investments can enjoy tax benefits and lower financial fees, increasing the amount of retirement fund savings. Secondly, personal retirement funds are managed by professional, mature wealth management institutions, and can help the funds in personal retirement accounts grow over long-term. At the same time, personal retirement funds are marked for a specific purpose and can help individuals perform mandatory savings, protecting their retired life.”
Comments say, “I’ve got a personal retirement account. There’s 10 cents in it. Don’t ask me.”
“What’s the point in this kind of data? You’re just putting pressure on bank employees, making them work themselves to death trying to sell these accounts, and all it results in is just a single line on an official document, 70 million people have opened accounts. How many people are actually using it?”
“Are we still promoting this? At the end of the day, all you bought was another insurance and you still feel like you’ve been fucked.”
A compilation of people pretending to have jobs. The OP reposting this writes, “Life tolerates a lot of mistakes! After reading this comment section, I feel like no matter what happens, life still goes on.”
“Bought a scratch-off ticket and won a million, 800K after taxes. I told nobody. I rented a one-bedroom outside for 2000 a month and bought a 20K computer to play games and livestream on every platform. I get about 4-5K in donations every month and send 3K home every month.”
“I tell my mom I’m going out to work but I just ride the bouncy horse toy in the little park beneath our building until I broke it. I didn’t have money to fix it, so apartment management called my mom, and that’s how she found out I didn’t have a job.”
“I leave every morning from the front door to buy some breakfast, then circle around to the back and climb back into my second story room on a ladder. My house was self-built in the countryside. Every day before leaving, I lower the ladder from my window, and every afternoon, I climb back out my window and come back in through the front door. I did this for over a month until I watched a show that was too funny on TV and couldn’t help cracking up and got found out by my mom.”
“It’s pretty normal. I’ve lied flat for 3 years now. If I get bored, I build some 3D models and get some part-time work and just barely make rent every month. I only work 3 days a month, make a couple grand, and immediately lie flat again.”
“I’ve always been curious why the park and the mall are so full of people on work days. I always thought they must be super rich and have lots of free time. After reading this comment section, I’ve realised they might just be unemployed homeless people.”
“I’ve been lying flat for a year now and I’ve eliminated mornings from my life.”
“I book tickets at the museum and bring my thermos. There’s AC all through the year, it’s free, and once you’re familiar with everything, you can take other people on tours and say you’re a volunteer and make new friends that way. Then you can ask them what field they work in, pick an industry you’re interested in, and join them.”
“I’ve been lying at home for a year now. If I’m bored, I’ll send out resumes. A couple of days ago, while I was sunning myself, I got a call to go to an interview the next day, and got so anxious that I couldn’t sleep that night. The next day, I just pretended it didn’t happen and kept sunning myself.”
“This comment section gives me the feeling that no matter what happens, you’ll find a way.”
“So long as you don’t have kids, things aren’t gonna get too bad.”
More stories of Chinese therapists:
“Last time, I told my therapist that I was under so much stress that I can’t sleep. I only sleep 6 hours a day now. And he was like, “That’s enough. That’s more sleep than I get.””
“I went to see the doctor a couple of days ago (she was a very gentle auntie, didn’t try to trigger me at all, I’m the one who’s crazy), and no matter what she said, I just got more and more frustrated, and I got so mad at myself I started to cry. I buried my face in the table and was just crying my heart out and I started getting self-conscious about my own crying, so I started touching my chair out of anxiety. I wasn’t going to do anything, but as soon as the doctor saw me touch the chair, she ran like she thought I was going to beat her with it. I laugh really easily so I couldn’t help but start laughing, and I got diagnosed as anxiety-induced bipolar and schizophrenia. I’ll never do it again.”
“My friend is bipolar. She switches between being super excited and super depressed. Her therapist was like, “It’s okay, normally only geniuses get bipolar.” So my friend got even more excited.”
“I had a toothache before and my doctor asked me if I wanted euthanasia.”
“I had manic episodes in 2021 and my boyfriend at the time took me to see a psychiatrist. He pissed me off and I grabbed the mug off the table to throw it at him, and my boyfriend launched himself at the doctor to protect him and ended up tackling the doctor to the ground. I just held onto the mug and didn’t throw it at anyone. The doctor got up and rang the bell to call someone to drag my boyfriend out of there.”
“There’s a theory in psychology that you have to be able to feel some amount of pleasure in your suffering or you’d be dead already.”
“Almost got beaten to death by my dad, and my therapist said, “But your dad must love you, though.” And I was like, “How do you know? He told me himself that my brother is enough for him.” And the doctor was like, “But he didn’t actually beat you to death, right?” I swore at the doctor and he told my mom that he recommends I get committed.”
“Went to a therapist and he made fun of me for keeping a diary and cutting myself. Made me so mad that I never wrote another diary entry or cut myself again. So I guess he cured me?”
“My hands kept shaking and the doctor told me to stretch my arm out, and then he suddenly grabbed my hand and went, “See, it’s not shaking anymore.””
“Therapists: You’re mentally ill. Daoists: Fuck him, he brings bad luck to you.”
“Every time I go, I regret not stabbing him. Feel like he’s just exploiting people for money. Last time, I accidentally brought my knife in, and the nurse very cautiously asked me if she could have my knife.”
“Maybe they’ve never met the kind of crazy that my classmate has. The doctor told her to calm down, and she tried to gouge his eye out.”
“The doctor said that the reason I have insomnia is because I watch too much tiktok and that my mom needs to confiscate my phone. I was like, “I’m 20 years old. Why would my mom still confiscate my phone?””
“One time, I got an appointment with a really young therapist. I talked to him about my high school days for less than 15 minutes and he suddenly started reminiscing about his high school to me. And as he talked, he started crying. When he was done, I had to get some tissue paper to wipe up his tears.”
“I went to a doctor and the photo he had displayed outside was super young and super hot, and when I went in, he’d lost more than half of his hair. I kept wanting to laugh, and tried to cover it up by picking the skin off my lips, and he said that it was a tic to relieve anxiety.”