Selected Micro-Quotes 0507: Five Horror Stories of Life

@知书少年果麦麦：
Five horror stories of life:
1) Going to work
2) Having no work to go to
3) Looking for work
4) Spending the first 20 years of your life preparing for work
5) Having to work for the rest of your life once you start ​​​

@千寻和菠萝油：A new word I learned recently: I wish you "gain with micro-effort." Because gaining with full effort is what you deserve, and gaining with no effort sounds too fake. So I wish you gains with micro-effort, shallow effort, slight effort, and small effort for big returns. My first reaction upon hearing this was that such beautiful wishes are actually just the everyday reality of people who have already accumulated initial wealth and hold resources.

@chengyilzq：The best businesses are: selling knowledge in China, and running e-commerce in the US.
The reason is simple: both have massive markets and stable foundations.
One grows up with exam-oriented education and feels uncomfortable without finding a teacher.
The other grows up with超前消费 and feels uncomfortable without buying something.

@刘掌柜深圳：Why is traveling happiest at different ages? Let me summarize my own experience.
Kindergarten: They barely remember anything, happy playing whatever, no need to care too much about their choices. The happiest thing is playing with sand; at this age, playing sand downstairs in the community is just as happy as playing sand in Sanya.
Elementary school: Nothing is more fun than an amusement park, they have memories now, and the happiest thing they can remember is the amusement park.
Middle school: Visiting scenic spots mentioned in books, like the Yellow Crane Tower, Mount Lu Waterfall, the Great Wall, etc.
College: Traveling alone isn't fun anymore, need to go with companions. Mountains, grasslands, deserts—scenery becomes secondary; the experience with a boyfriend or girlfriend is the most important.
After working: The happiest thing is slacking off at work, casually checking in at a place you haven't been, and then lying in the hotel playing on your phone.

@徐繁阳：I was too young before and had an obsessive fascination with industrialization. I didn't realize that advocating for handmade products and craftsmanship in some "inconsequential industries" isn't anti-intellectual; rather, it's leaving a way to make a living for artisans, and even a way to increase the income of specific groups.

For example, hand-roasted tea, hand-brewed wine, hand-polished jewelry, hand-forged gold, and the fresh stir-fries in many small restaurants.

Industrialization neither significantly improves the quality of these industries, nor does it widely seize people's livelihoods and lower their incomes. There is absolutely no need to do it.