SomethingForNorthing

People in China are becoming increasingly clear-headed. A while ago, an influencer posted a video online calling for the protection of polar bears. He said that polar bears have fewer and fewer places to land, and once they can no longer swim, there will be no polar bears left.
At first, hearing this would make anyone feel a sense of guilt. But after seeing a comment from a netizen, everything suddenly became clear.
The netizen said, “With housing prices soaring, it seems that I’ve also become a drifting polar bear, with nowhere to settle. I can’t afford a house or a car, and I’m reluctant to

Today is comparable to 1011
Except it’s happening in reverse😭👊

Walk slowly

Do you know how Chinese stock market experts in 2008 kept reassuring retail investors all the way from 6,000 points down to just over 1,600 points?
6124 points: A bull market pullback is worth more than gold
5500 points: A short-term correction and shakeout are meant to pave the way for a stronger rise
5000 points: A long-term rock-bottom level, buy boldly
4500 points: The market cannot fall any further
4300 points: Shorting is extremely dangerous
4000 points: The opportunity to build mid-term positions has arrived
3500 points: At the current level, do not blindly sell into the decline
3000 po

This also explains why most people in many groups remain silent: a small handful always dominate the conversation, leaving everyone else unable to get a word in, so they gradually give up on participating in discussions.
So quiet—I thought we would always have something to say.

If a person is deprived of agency for a long time, they may come to dislike socializing, lose interest in other people, prefer being alone, and even disappear from social life altogether. They may not have any psychological disorder at all, such as social phobia or social anxiety. They simply feel exhausted and resistant when dealing with other people.
Schopenhauer said in The Wisdom of Life: “A person can be completely himself only when he is alone.” This is what it is like for people who have been deprived of their agency: in a crowd, they lose the right to be themselves. Being accustomed to

What is the greatest tragedy of being poor?
Many parents don’t have much ability themselves,
yet they somehow bring you into this world
and give you an ugly face, a pig brain,
and the back of your head as flat as a rice scoop.
They casually give you some lousy name
and then tell you that you must make something of yourself,
putting all their chips on you.
Many people endure an unfortunate childhood,
a painful adolescence, and a desperate youth.
When you’re young, they constantly put you down; when you grow up, they demand that you be confident.
When you’re young, they tell you not to compare w

Deconstructionist Feng Ge knows a lot of things, but he will not tell you.
Idealist Hu Zi knows a lot of things and cannot wait to tell you.
Reconstructionist Da Bing knows a lot of things and always tells you solemnly.
Among the three major public-opinion influencers, Hu Zi was the most naive, so he died the earliest. Of course, you could also say that he was sincere; he died in the trap of idealism.
Da Bing’s livestreams are too heavy. He is always trying to solve problems, working very hard to think of solutions. But in life, there are always problems that cannot be solved.
Feng Ge’s livest

China’s Four Major Sources of “Leeks”
The four groups of “leeks” that have made enormous contributions to China’s economic development:
1. Lottery players: Buy approximately RMB 630 billion worth of lottery tickets annually.
2. Drinkers: Support a liquor industry worth approximately RMB 1 trillion annually.
3. Smokers: Contribute approximately RMB 1.58 trillion in fiscal revenue annually.
4. Stock investors: Generate approximately RMB 41.4 quadrillion in annual stock trading volume, including approximately RMB 203.5 billion in securities transaction stamp tax.

The game Earth Online actually has no main quest at all.
If you insist that it does, then it’s simply staying alive.
The most common main quest for people in the East is to become one of the elite, but the elite will always be only a small minority, and there will always be those who fail under meritocracy.
There are some things you don’t have at birth that you basically will never have for the rest of your life.
Becoming one of the elite isn’t the main quest; failing to become one won’t kill you.
It was always just a side quest, but while you were still immature, someone forced it o