Selected Micro-Quotes 0511: God is Aiming a Sniper Rifle

@唐宁街的猫先生: I thought God was turning a blind eye to let me off the hook, but it turns out he was aiming a sniper rifle.

@包特_ExpEcon: A rather savage comment made today: reading some current AI + economics research feels like having a sudden inspiration during the Industrial Revolution to equip beasts of burden with steam engines so they can pull carts faster.

@乃使象罔: My dad ran into his old boss while out for a walk. This guy gave my dad a hard time over thirty years ago, and now he's in his eighties with severe heart disease. My dad had a relapse of cerebral infarction last year and has only just basically recovered.
So he shook the boss's hand and said: "Secretary X, your problem is a bad heart, and my problem is a bad brain. We both need to take care of ourselves."
He told me this quite proudly, saying the other guy just glared at him, speechless.
Me: [Facepalm]
So much for all that "meeting in old age and letting bygones be bygones"... it's all fake.

@九边Pro： Our parents successfully dodged every opportunity since the Reform and Opening-up, and now many of them continue to dodge AI opportunities. Why?
Actually, the reasoning is very simple. You all know that in the past couple of years, it was semiconductors first, then optical modules, and now memory chips—they've gone up like crazy. A blogger on Douyin sold his house to speculate on semiconductors and has already made several hundred, close to a thousand (ten thousand yuan). So why don't most people play these games?
To put it bluntly, everyone is well aware that these things are extremely dangerous. They look like opportunities, but maybe not. After all, aerospace was so hot last year, and before that, the Metaverse and Web3—didn't they still bury a lot of people?
All opportunities are actually massive traps. The vast majority of people have a natural ability to identify risk, and this ability makes us accurately dodge all kinds of opportunities. So don't be anxious if you missed out; at least you didn't fall into a trap. For most people, ending up without falling into a trap and being knee-deep in debt is already pretty good.

@Antonio张: My daughter told me that while reading Lu Xun in Chinese class, she heard a lot of anecdotes. For example, when settling manuscript fees, Lu Xun insisted that punctuation marks should also be counted for money, but the publisher initially refused. Later, when Lu Xun submitted his manuscript again, he didn't include a single punctuation mark, leaving the editor to do the sentence parsing themselves. Eventually, the publisher conceded, and punctuation marks were counted as money.
I thought, as expected of someone from Zhejiang.
I thought again, this is a true warrior.

@hoso_human: Yesterday, my boyfriend and I were so tired that we went to get a couples massage together.
The massage lady wanted to sell us a membership, so she flattered my boyfriend, saying he was handsome and looked like a star.
I immediately burst her bubble:
"Auntie, stop flattering him. I'm paying for everything today; he doesn't even have money to foot the bill."
The lady froze, looked at us in shock, and said:
"Oh my god, I thought you were a filial daughter bringing your dad for a massage!"