Chinese Education Arbitrage

Chinese families are moving to Thailand, so that their children do not have to compete in the Gaokao system, among other reasons. The children are flourishing, despite some having ADHD etc, and have developed hobbies unthinkable in China.

It will be interesting to see if the new diaspora will draw the mainland Chinese culture away from the Rat Race. Chinese people just cannot resist the Rat Race.

Americans Rediscover Cheaper Rural Life

Boomers now discover they can afford to retire in rural America, whereas they can't in the cities. But rural medical care is a concern.

Took them long enough to figure this out. Classic arbitrage. City life is too expensive. But for some reason the Establishment Media and the Entertainment Industry does not want to talk about country living being fun.

Even Female Prisoners, Living Outside Male Gaze, Crave Makeup

Female prisoners invent all kinds of ways to homebrew makeup and beauty care accessories, in addition to buying and smuggling real makeup. They say that access to makeup was a requirement for them to access their own authentic selves.

This apply demonstrates that women invented fashion and makeup all on their own, with only minimal attention paid to male desires. Of course, the prominent gay men opinionmakers in the fashion industry means it was very likely gay men were responsible for female fashion in the antiquity as well. For, as we know, women are stupid and are not that creative as a collective. Chinese women during the Mao era demonstrated that women can maintain a local minima of no makeup, policed by their Karens.

So this raises the question: If women do not understand what men find sexually attractive, then how do women find their fashion sense? Indeed, women spend inordinate amount of time looking at the fashion magazines and videos, consuming massive amounts of imagery to calibrate their aesthetic sense with the existing female fashion gestalt. The dynamics of female fashion also indicates how women organize themselves into their wheel hubs and spokes.

Young Girls Hurting Themselves with Skincare Products

Girls are using adult skincare products to keep skin young, but the adult products are too harsh for young skin, scarring the girls. The girls are using the products because of social media influencers.

Girls are stupid, of all ages. And girls younger than 18 probably should not access social media. Or TV. Or magazines. Basically, no media at all. Girls probably should stay in a nunnery of some sort, for their own psychological wellbeing.

The funny thing is, girls instinctively start using makeup on their own. See tomorrow's post, for how they start competing on looks all on their own.