Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family

        • @[email protected]
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          110 months ago

          Indeed. In the elevated male fandom, the Sigma is the one who abandons all thoughts of women to focus on the grind and his version of success. The Chad is the one who gets the girls

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      110 months ago

      I’m not connecting it to sex I’m using them as examples of groups that if this was a Chinese forum we might be reading about and thinking they’re significant but were we to then ask a random American most wouldn’t have even heard of them and those that have would almost universally tell you are meaningless and not taken seriously.

      When using one thing as an example of a certain facet of something it’s generally understood that the other aspects aren’t important - the sun is round like a cricket ball doesn’t imply it’s the same size or that it’s used for sport.

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      110 months ago

      I’m guessing because it’s a big carrot with equally dismal prospects and even when it’s achieved it’s not really so glamorous as advertised.