3/27/23 - She wasn't old enough to be charged or tried.
An askreddit: “Do people really think Guangdong food is the best?” The top-voted reply is, “That’s really a personal taste question, but for me at least, Guangdong food is my least favourite genre of food. But my parents and my wife all love it, so I’m forced to eat it quite frequently and I suffer through every meal. In order to not ruin the mood, I never say anything, so let me take this opportunity to vent here.”
“This isn’t a matter of regional tastes—I’m from Dongbei, and so are my parents. They love it, but I feel it’s too light. Especially veggies—almost everything is just plain boiled. There’s no taste at all. And steamed fish, also rather flavourless.”
“My wife’s favourite liquid yolk buns, I can’t stand them. They’re way too sweet. Barbecue pork buns too, are sweet. Chicken feet, ribs, they’re all sweet. I feel like Guangdong food is either entirely flavourless or sweet.”
“Don’t try to claim that I’ve just never had real Guangdong food. I’ve had it in Guangdong, in America, in Hong Kong, and now I live in Singapore and Guangdong food is all over the place. I’ve eaten expensive Guangdong food, I’ve eaten cheap Guangdong food, but no matter where or what kind I eat, I hate it.”
Top-voted comment is from an IP in Guangdong, saying, “Who cares if you like it or not.”
The news does a report on whether it is still safe to travel to Thailand, whether there is a risk to lose your kidneys. Everyday News reporters have gotten in touch with returned tourists from Thailand and people who live there long time, including people who have worked in the tourism industry in Thailand for over two decades. From various interviews, the reporters believes that Thailand crime rates are relatively low and haven’t changed much since Covid. The almost 200,000 tourists who go to Thailand every year never report being victims of crimes, and a large portion of them end up going to the internet famous male model restaurant.
As for advice for tourists, many interviewees suggest choosing vacation plans from established companies, keep up the same safety habits you would have in China, don’t go through small alleyways, and keep an eye on your belongings.
A small hotel owner, Squid, has been living in Thailand for over 6 years in the countryside and says that the culture is very pure and kind there, and it’s much safer than bigger cities like Bangkok. People who live in small town Thailand almost never pay attention to safety, and the crime level hasn’t changed since Covid. “Like most of the time, when I park my motorcycle by the side of the street, I wouldn’t even bother taking the keys with me. And after I’m done partying all night, it’s still right there. I’ve left my phone on chairs and countertops and never had it taken either.”
As for the rumours of “losing kidneys” flying all over the internet, Squid says, “I’ve never heard of such a thing around me.” As a single woman living in Thailand, she often stays out late at night too. “But you do need to pay attention and make sure that you’re walking down well-lit roads, main streets, and stay out of alleyways. And to not stay out too late—9 or 10pm is ideal. So long as you keep up reasonable precautions, there’s no problem at all with visiting Thailand.”
She says that she’s been explaining this to all her family and friends, but rumours spread a lot faster than clarifications. And these rumours have gotten far more viral than she had ever imagined, “All my Thai friends are talking about this. It’s even gotten on the Thai news. Thank god my personal friends are pretty reasonable people and haven’t started looking at me weird.”
“Honestly, I think this whole losing kidneys thing is probably just a made-up click bait. And it’s not like that male model restaurant only got famous after China opened up, thanks to Chinese tourists. It’s been a popular place since last year. Now that the controversy is getting more heated, I’m really worried that Thai people will start resenting Chinese people.”
The report finishes with a poll asking whether people would still consider travelling to south-east Asia.
Comments say, “Well, it’s not like the people who died can be interviewed.”
A blog asking, “Does anyone remember the 10-year-old Li Bingrui? In 2013, she beat up a one-year-old baby in an elevator and threw him out of a 25-story window. She’s 20-years-old now.”
“That day, the little boy’s grandma had put him in the stroller to take him on a walk outside. When the elevator came, his grandma pushed him inside. But because she’s older and slow, before she could step in, the elevator doors closed. She saw through the door that there was a little girl inside.”
“She watched as the elevator rose to the 25th floor and stopped. She hurried to catch up through the stairwell, but when she arrived, she only saw the little girl and not her grandson.”
“Freaked out, she asked the little girl if she’d seen her grandson. The little girl calmly replied that a man had walked off with the baby. That terrified the old lady. She hurried downstairs to search for the baby, but just as she arrived on the ground floor, before she’d even left the lobby, she heard a commotion outside. She heard someone ask, ‘Whose baby is this?’”
“Even more scared now, she hurried forward and pushed aside the crowd to see her grandson laying on the ground covered in blood.”
“The baby was still alive then and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The doctors said that he has suffered from grave injuries all over his body, particularly a lot of internal injuries. It would take a long time to heal. Everyone said that at only one-year-old, there’s no way the boy fell off a building on his own. So, the little boy’s family called the police.”
“When the police checked the security cameras, they saw something terrifying.”
“A 10-year-old girl beat the shit out of the little baby in the stroller, even lifting him out of it at one point to kick him. When she got to the 25th floor, she hauled the baby out of the stroller, hit him a couple more times, and threw him off of the building.”
“Thankfully, as he fell, his clothes caught on some tree branches and slowed him down. That’s what saved his life.”
“But the little girl was only 10-years-old. She wasn’t old enough to be charged or tried. Only her parents needed to pay the medical expenses. But they didn’t have that much money. After paying just 75K of the astronomical medical expenses, the family fled and disappeared. It was only through crowdfunding and donations that the little boy managed to survive.”
“Between healing and rehab and therapy, only the little boy’s family knows how much they’ve suffered the last ten years. But not once have they heard a sincere apology.”
“Now, that little girl is 20-years-old. Has she gotten any kinder? What are your thoughts? See you in the comments.”
Comments say, “Yeah, there’s nothing you can do about this legally. This fucking sucks.”
A blogger screenshots of a Japanese thread where some supposed “criminal” claims to otakus that if they do marijuana, it’ll let them hallucinate talking to their waifus. But the otakus reply, “But I can already talk to my waifus.”
“Why would you need marijuana for that?’
“If you can’t do it, your power level’s just not high enough yet.”
“If I had that kind of money, I’d rather buy more merch.”
“I get way higher going to conventions than doing drugs.”
A blogger writes that, “I’ve seen a lot of people discuss that video of a little kid not sleeping at night, so his mother takes him on walks around the neighbourhood. This is actually a pretty common question: a lot of parents read a lot of parenting books, follow a lot of parenting experts, and try that whole ‘gentle and steady’ parental approach, but most people don’t understand the stages of growth for a child at all and have entirely unrealistic expectations for their children, and that’s the source of a lot of conflict.”
“Although I’d already graduated from medical school by the time I became a mom, I hadn’t actually studied paediatrics at all and had no clue about babies. After I got pregnant, I started reading parenting books in both Chinese and English, but my mind was still a blank. I still remember that I worried a lot whether holding the baby every time they cried would spoil them. And why a 4-month-old baby wants me to read to them, but doesn’t want to me to actually finish reading with them.”
“It wasn’t until I read The New First Three Years of Life that I started getting it. This is a book that details all the growth stages of a child from birth to three years, so you can establish reasonable expectations and avoid blaming yourself over what is entirely normal. Now that I’ve been systematically studying paediatrics, I know even more now. For example, babies don’t manipulate their parents by crying. Crying is the only way they know how to communicate, and it means that they have needs that aren’t being met (hungry, wet, sleepy, uncomfortable, etc). And babies have short attention spans. Even two or three year olds might not have enough attention span to sit through an entire book reading, much less a 4-month-old. Reading exactly how much they’re interested in reading is a much better pattern. Toddlers need their parents to establish a sleep and wake pattern for them, because they’re not capable of managing it themselves. Teenagers don’t have a fully developed frontal lobe and don’t have as good of an understanding of consequences or self-control, and can be overly reckless. Even if they think they’re adults, they still need the guidance of adults.”
The blogger goes on to recommend a couple more books, like “Bright Future: Guidances for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents”, and “High Five Discipline: Positive Parenting for Happy, Health, Well-Behaved Kids.”