越喜歡炫耀這幾種東西的人，越沒出息
http://www.thevalue101.com/article.php?id=65562 01 心理學上說，越是炫耀什麼，越是缺少什麼。 相信每個人身邊都有幾個喜歡炫耀的人，無論對方炫耀的是什麼東西，下意識都在等待別人的肯定與誇獎。 人們對於愛炫耀的人通常不太待見，真正低調的人一笑了之，高攀不起的人羨慕嫉妒恨，水平相當的人只會評價兩個字——嘚瑟。 喜歡炫耀的人，他的炫耀不過是取悅了自己。
Watch Sassy Justice, the New Deepfake Satire Show Created by the Makers of South Park
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ZUHAIR MURAD Spring Summer 2020
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Economics and epidemiology, revisited
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Writers’ Chat Room: Chat Log April 13
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“This Pandemic Was The Final Blow To Our Collective Notion Of Money As Something Real”
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無論關係有多好，請遠離“愛八卦”的人
文：聞秋聲 原創文章，抄襲必究 01 在這個快節奏的社會上，很多人都腳步匆匆專注於自己的事情，為生活奔波努力，或者是為了夢想積蓄力量。 而有的人總是將自己的關注點放在別人的隱私及是非上，總是帶著八卦的心，肆意傳播著一些似是而非的信息。 “愛八卦”的人，愛傳言，愛打聽。
悲哀的社會現象：越是底層的人，越喜歡互相傷害
http://www.thevalue101.com/article.php?id=65573 中國人民大學教授儲殷說過這麼一句話：底層的人，往往有一點權力以後，迫害底層比誰都狠。 這讓我想到了前段時間鬧得沸沸揚揚的崑山世碩電子廠的”扔證事件”，該公司工作人員在給新員工發工作證時，故意將證件丟在地上，而新員工被叫到名字後，只能蹲在地上將證件撿起來。 其實不用核實，廣大網友也能猜得到，視頻中扔證的那三位員工應該不是領導，領導是不需要做這種瑣事的。 所以，這三位員工大概率充其量也只是工廠裡底層員工裡的一個小頭目。 既然都是底層人，又為何如此踐踏同類人的尊嚴呢？ 答案是：這就是人性，人類骨子裡欺軟怕硬的劣性。
Does everything you own need to be beautiful?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/06/does-everything-you-own-need-to-be-beautiful-coco-khan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other There’s a reason I don’t have more things: I think most objects are ugly The process of moving flat has got me thinking in cumulative numbers. “12,045 days” I…
Why Lotus Silk Is So Expensive
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