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[–] lath@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

China still has the "lots of restless young men" problem, so they may be trying to placate the issue by way of diversionary tactics.

Still it's something they created on their own, at the expense of women and now shockingly (not) blame women as well.

Truly idiotic leadership everywhere.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Isnt catfishing misrepresenting yourself by using fake photos/descriptions not gold digging per-say.

[–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

From my understanding both revolve around using other people to get money, but a gold digger dose it in person, might even go as far as marriage and life insurance clames. Where as a catfish dose it online, to be able to maintain the fake persona.

So they are similar but there are some differences.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Yeah, 8 minutes into this, and I can already tell this narrative is extremely sexist. Anyone can be a gold digger in the hyper capitalist nation that is China, that also includes males who prey on innocent women trying to make ends meet for their loved ones.

Capitalism is fraud in of itself, so I'm not sure that's a true claim for praise.

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While I hate that word too, this is a surprisingly high quality article (given it's a no-name magazine)

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 13 hours ago

Sixth Tone is not a "no name magazine", it's the English language publication of one of the largest online news publications in Shanghai.

Its a contender for best English language publication in China, and a good source of investigative (well, as much as you can get in the PRC now 财新 has been nutuered) journalism. It still gets to do more critical stories when they're small scale and frame it as a problem government will find a way to solve.

Released for $4.60. below average game cost they said. This makes me wonder... What do games cost on release most places?

I seem to remember $40 PS2/Dreamcast era $50 PS3/360 era, $60 PS4/5/Xbox S/S era. And now people are saying $80 for next gen. Sorry I know I dropped a lot of consoles, but was that pretty standard everywhere?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The game is believed to have been made in the wake of the suicide of gaming influencer Pangmao, or “Fat Cat.” The incident sparked significant online debate about “gold diggers” upon his death in April 2024.

How on earth does someone make a full game in 1.5 months

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

It's ok. Time isn't real since covid.

2015 is both 10 and 100 years ago.