5 posts tagged with "social phenomenon"

Nowadays, everything requires queuing, even rockets launching into space. It sounds absurd, but it's actually happening.

That price tag, it was just an ordinary piece of paper, beige, printed with a simple line drawing of a bird, recognizable as an Arc'teryx only upon close inspection. Originally, it lay quietly on an expensive jacket, like all its mass-produced counterparts, silent, cheap, waiting for its destiny of being cut off and discarded. However, fate, or rather, the logic of the market, painted a completely different picture for it.

Old Wang is a little annoyed lately.

Old Chen's greatest pleasure after retirement was not enjoying his grandchildren, but researching "dressing formulas." He firmly believed that everything in the world had its own rules, and dressing was no exception. Ever since he saw the "perfect pairing formula for skirts and shoes" on a short video platform, Old Chen had become obsessed.

The formula stated that an A-line skirt paired with white sneakers was a symbol of youth; a pleated skirt with Mary Jane shoes was the epitome of elegance. Old Chen memorized these formulas by heart and even made them into exquisite cards, which he stuck all over the walls of his house.

At precisely eight o'clock, the alarm clock rang on time. Old Wang sprang out of bed with a lunge, his movements as swift as a sprinter in a 100-meter dash. He didn't even bother to wash up; he grabbed his phone and rushed to his computer desk. This was the top priority for the evening—the JD Spring Festival Shopping Festival, with large-screen TVs up for grabs at 9.9 yuan.