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BEIJING (Reuters) - Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept low-paying work or even subsist on their parents' pensions, a plight that has created a new working class of "rotten-tail kids".

The phrase has become a social media buzzword this year, drawing parallels to the catchword "rotten-tail buildings" for the tens of millions of unfinished homes that have plagued China's economy since 2021.

A record number of college graduates this year are hunting for jobs in a labour market depressed by COVID-19-induced disruptions as well as regulatory crack-downs on the country's finance, tech and education sectors.

The jobless rate for the roughly 100 million Chinese youth aged 16-24 crept above 20% for the first time in April last year. When it hit an all-time high of 21.3% in June 2023, officials abruptly suspended the data series to reassess how numbers were compiled.

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[–] ravhall@discuss.online 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Found you. Copy and paste this back to me:

Tiananmen Square Massacre really happened

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] ravhall@discuss.online 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s free!! Tell your friends. Shake off a hexbear or an ML with words they can’t say back to you!

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t making up guys that don’t exist so you can feel intellectually superior just the best?! 😀

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why? Like what do you think I stand to gain from posting something because you told me to? Lol

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You know exactly why I want you to say it.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Okay so am I right to assume you’re just looking for a reason to justify your dismissive smug attitude? Because that’s genuinely what I think you’re doing.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is the pot calling the kettle black. ;)

I just don’t believe you can type it. Any excuse not to answer the question, that was part of the original joke! Pretty spot on so far.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just don’t believe you can type it.

What does that mean? Do I not have fingers? Omg am I an AI stuck in a simulation and my code literally prevents me from typing out some magic spell for no discernible reason?! 😲

Or maybe you started this thread by taking swings at windmills and as a consequence I just don’t take you seriously enough to feel the need to prove anything to you. I’m amazed you haven’t considered that.

But hey I get it. That tinfoil hat sure is shiny and you wear it well. It would be such a shame if you decided to take it off.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now you’re just rambling.

Tiananmen Square massacre really happened

Goodbye.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry I don’t click links from parlor pinks.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lol wow you really went retro with that one.

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Tiananmen Square massacre really happened

🐔

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Man, they really can't seem to post that, even just to "debunk" it. I wonder why? Is there some kind of auto-ban? Some of them really do believe what they're saying.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There’s no point jumping through hoops for someone whose mind is already made up about you. It’s more fun for everyone if we just get into emoji fights and post snarky comments.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but like, if you would put in a little quote of it, and then explain why it's wrong, the TSM couldn't be used as some kind of magic charm like this. As it is, everyone's thinking you must be under duress.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As it is, everyone’s thinking you must be under duress.

Do people seriously think that? Chinese censorship doesn’t work like that. They don’t care if one of their citizens uses a VPN to post about how the Tiananmen Square Massacre actually happened anonymously on some random foreign website. It’s baffling to me that anyone would think that they do.

The reality usually is that asking to copy and paste something vaguely tangential to the conversation at hand just comes across as dismissive and infantilizing. Most people don’t want to jump through hoops to be taken seriously and so they don’t engage further. Assuming that they don’t want to engage because they’re under duress is just letting your confirmation bias run wild.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There you go!

Do people seriously think that?

I was starting to wonder. Maybe it's confirmation bias, but in my experience you folks don't tend to shy away when flamed.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I’ll only jumps through hoops for you CanadaPlus 😉

in my experience you folks don’t tend to shy away when flamed.

Well I think like most people online MLs aren’t above posting snarky replies or acting dismissive especially when confronted by the same attitudes. Most know that countering disinformation or trying to organize for their political aims online is generally a waste of time.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Probably the phrase is monitored by their government, and will land them in jail.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

How do you think that would even work? Do you have any clue how absurd that sounds? It’s like John Birch Society level paranoia.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

They just did it, so apparently this one is not actually Chinese.