"Eat Bitterness" - China's New Cuisine

[@laowhy86]

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[@peacepoet1947]

Life is difficult for many people. We need to do things for yourselves. Unless you are born into wealth to pay for your own needs, makes us wage slaves. We need to earn money for food, shelter and medical care.

[@willwchang]

I often find in your videos that you say you have a link to content shown on screen when you don't have any links.

[@MonicaJKelly]

I don't have a computer

[@smileface369]

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[@michellebarnhill5130]

@@rcmkps4528 I am trying to figure it out...I got it today thanks to Laowhy86! I want to use it to order tomorrow on Amazon Prime day sale

[@heavenbound45]

Breaks my heart seeing all the evil being done around the world by these wicked leaders.

[@tequalssquareplushell5358]

Don't worry God will have His vengeance on these nations that commit and spread evil, The Soviet Union and Federation of Russia is taking the Lord's vengeance. Even here in the USA will take it one day, Communist China may be next then us sadly.

[@bitcoinisfreedommoney.fckt2663]

Study bitcoin you will feel a lot freer and happier

[@MrMedalice]

China will be leading super power with all these success in 2030 forward.

[@TricaGamer]

like all US presidents now and before?

[@DrCruel]

@@TricaGamer No. This is fairly recent in the US, very much from Democrats, and is getting worse.

[@sanitarycockroach9038]

It turns out the 'security' you get for giving up your freedom isn't terribly secure after all.

[@markpukey8]

Ben Franklin said something along the lines of "Those who surrender their freedom for a little security deserve neither". And it looks like "neither" is just what the current Chinese workers are going to get!

[@SatanIsTheLord]

Somehow I don't feel pity for these communist bastards.

[@markpukey8]

@LadieKatie That Franklin guy had a way with words. Sounds much stronger in your quote. Thanks.

[@ImperatortotiusHispaniae]

Imagine that

[@Mr2greys]

@@ImperatortotiusHispaniae Exactly and the west are pushing that way, funny thing is most of that is being pushed by the rich. They dont want a repeat of the French Revolution when the great automation happens and people in the west are unemployed

[@HerbertDuckshort]

When criticism is outlawed all praise is worthless.

[@sergejadam8860]

Criticizing China is allowed in the US, but not in China.😮‍💨😔 It is also permissible to criticize North Korea and Russia.😲 Even the dead have the right to vote, if these are the good ones they vote for. USA are the freest states in America🤗🤤

[@sergejadam8860]

@JackSmith-mk1ru they were looking for the weapons of mass destruction but Iraqis have hidden them very well.😮‍💨 I'm not surprised if Putin finds these in the ukraine. Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen don't want US freedom,😞 so sad, but America has given the best of itself.😮‍💨

[@higherground9888]

​@JackSmith-mk1ruWhat ISRAEL strongarmed them into doing. US is bad sure, but Israel was always the real threat!

[@niniv2706]

@JackSmith-mk1ru - You are missing the point, either unknowingly or nefariously, anyone in Canada and US can trash how these conflicts were dealt with . There are inquiries ongoing still on many of these venues . Serge was pointing that out and it is ... Valid . JackSmith no need to throw insults and run without presenting evidence or supporting matter . In Canada my loci ... We are slowly gliding into an era of darkness where no one will be allowed to criticize IDEAS and the only ones deemed presentable will be those the STATE approves . This is worsethan communism; the only way out could ... Could be civil war for the nations that reach this level of wokeness . There are two genders and sexes ... BTW . Good day JackSmith

[@thesummergamer7245]

​@JackSmith-mk1ruit still shocks me when i see people stupid or ignorant enough to blame the west for the korean war

[@mac4039]

Appreciate the info shared on your channel. “Eat bitterness” just exposes the lack of decent “menu options” at the CCP ‘restaurant’. They are admitting they’ve failed big time.

[@jabba0975]

But they aren't responsible for difficulties, just benefits.

[@hello-im]

The difficulty falls on them because of unfair sanction, just look at huawei in 2019 how they fabricate lies to put stop on them and now you compare to others mobile android brands, todays android mobile are bs full of hidden ads.

[@DesiDesi-wg6te]

@@jabba0975 Ah, yes, policies have never created difficulties.

[@justincase8532]

No, China has not failed in any way. This channel reeks of jealousy.

[@jabba0975]

@@justincase8532 I know, right? Their example of caring for the environment is an inspiration to the world!

[@chrishamlin5863]

I live in Vietnam. Life here is good. People are happy. Many businesses leaving China and coming here.

[@karinefonte516]

You might see an exodus of illegal migrants following these jobs.

[@captainnyan-nyan2005]

That's good... Kinda. As long as the people there realize the mess they would have been if they had been a completely communistic or socialistic country like china or NK

[@metternich05]

Vietnam is also a communist dictatorship. It might be better than China but still it is what it is.

[@Schminner]

yep, the Chinese are moving their factories and businesses to Vietnam... the Chinese will exploit cheap Vietnamese labor to the bone.

[@thaongu1]

Propaganda for conmunist dictatorship.

[@itrytobeanonymoustoo5289]

I am actually shocked by the speed in which China is reverting back to Mao culture. Right before and during COVID, I didn't think things would get this bad until the 2030's but here we are.

[@taiwanisacountry]

The study looked at suicide until 2021. A lot of people were not looking for jobs at that time, strange. The spike in data for the teenage suicide correlate with a general spike across the world known as COVID lockdown, it was especially hard on students. Really strange. Maybe just maybe that was the cause. Hmmmmm. Then we have the 5 to 14 year olds. Now it is your turn. Why?

[@tam8641]

Because they think they are No1, if western companies is out China, they will back like 1970, soon you can see, Xi will pay for his price, they come to my work place tell me if you want rich, you should deal with Drug, they will pay for their price

[@tam8641]

I keep my eyes on them last 15 years ago

[@joselopez-he1mc]

As this duo has said before xi was deemed the safe pick by both factions in the ccp. He wont make waves he will continue the steady path we are on now. Both sides got it dead wrong.

[@user-ci5vz8yv6u]

After reading a little more about the media campaign, you'll feel faster

[@DemonKingOFFICIAL]

A country that constantly says they will be the world’s dominant superpower. We really should be doing everything we can around the world to ensure that never happens.

[@gustavtarankov3899]

Start by not buying anything made in China!

[@CBRN-115]

They will impose THIS to the rest of the world

[@Marcara081]

Sorta. You've got a billion strong nation of people yearning for freedom. Just airdrop in rifles and let them take care of the rest.

[@EvilMAiq]

Ain't gotta do shit. Their leaders ran their country into the ground. They're not a threat to anyone now except in their death throws.

[@April-xq4ll]

Unfortunately, it’s already happening. The n3w w0rld 0rder is already here. We won’t be able to travel freely. No more paper money. All digital. Forced to worship an entity or be beheaded. People will be microchipped and if your not you can not buy or sell goods. It’s all coming and coming fast! Get your spiritual house in order. Repent of your sins. Give your heart to Jesus Christ. JESUS IS COMING Back soon! GOD bless you! JESUS CHRIST Is The WAY. The TRUTH. The LIFE.

[@Bnice2any1]

Hearing this since young 吃苦耐勞🤢🤮and it never sat well, imagine deliberately make your kids suffer just so they’ll become “stronger”. What I learned was to endure it, I stayed the same, never stronger. Mentally I was numb and felt like I eventually adapted to the pain… but I didn’t learn any useful skills from enduring bitterness/ suffering. What made me learn better, was very few compassionate adults who didn’t choose to raise their voice when they felt frustrated at educating me. If I didn’t understand, they’ll teach again without calling me stupid for not learning the same way my peers did. They never called me “impatient”and didn’t force me to endure my struggle. When I expressed my struggle, they didn’t invalidate my feelings. They acknowledged it and taught me another way. There are many strategies & techniques to discipline & to educate, I’m thankful for those who never used physical punishment or verbal insults when they were teaching me. When I made some mistakes, they noticed my weakness, and helped me improve with their compassion. That was how I learned useful skills & the job I have now that I love, not because of yelling and belittling, not because of “oh your teachers called you “idiot”? Good on them, they should spank you to teach you more lesson too!” .

[@NoMoWarplz]

It helps when you start to seek and learn on your own. That is the real value.

[@samb123078]

As an ABC, “eat bitterness” means something like “you lived a cuddled life, hence you’re useless”. And being useless is one of the greatest insults in Chinese culture. On the other hand, if you say “I’ve eaten bitterness” it implies you aren’t pampered and have cut your teeth on life’s suffering. It’s kind of a flex that you’re not a wuss.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Humanity has a way of destroying itself through false "flexing". Even the most "useful" individual can immediately be made non-sequitur by placing them in the wrong environment. What good is a farmer as a scientist? What good is a scientist as an actor? And what good is some 80 year old as a "sexual dynamo'? Society is stupid when it attempts to decide who is "useless" and who is not.

[@theunfinishedbasement]

Yeah eat bitter is something my parents said every day since I remember them speak words.

[@pv2639]

You chinese are real drama queens, aren't you?

[@cocaineminor4420]

What is a abc? Abc news?????

[@Limthemad]

​@@cocaineminor4420 America Born Chinese

[@seanbinkley7363]

As many others are saying, this is a sentiment many people all over the world share. I would speculate living under a regime like China's would probably exacerbate these feelings of despair somewhat compared to democratic societies that are more open. I think there's a lot of "doommerism" occurring among younger people for a wide variety of reasons but in large part our systems/leaders in so many sectors are failing to adjust with the times and face the crises that they need to face. Without some really profound changes to some fundamental structures in our societies we're not going to be able to have much for the future.

[@karinefonte516]

The greatest sentiment, I'd say, is that as in China the decisions in general, regarding all aspects of governance, are taken not with the citizens of all echelons in mind, but only the upper classes. Laws and policies are design depending on what bankers and financiers need, agriculture is incentivized, or supressed, depending on heavy-weight traders' insterests (I'm looking at you, Netherlands), even colleges and education are less informative and more conformative than ever (left or right, it doesn't matter as long as the young don't question, or question the way it's interesting and profitable to that very few). Authoritarian or semi-democratic in any level (hardly any country has a full democratic system), very fast or slowly, it's happening. for real or perceivedly.

[@hogrider8525]

Yeah, we can be universally poor, woo-hoo!

[@MrsKwan-jp8lr]

Absolutely. It is worst in China because their demographic situation is the worst in the world. But nearly every country on the planet right now is seeing their baby-boom generation retire, to be replaced by smaller generations. So the world is experiencing an insatiable demand for laborers, positions that were once filled by the now-retiring generation. People that remain in these positions are often hostile towards new workers too, because for once in their life they have bargaining power with their employer. So you have a relatively smaller generation of young people that were told they need a lot of education to succeed in the world, only to realize that their education isn't in demand, and if they try to take a job that is "beneath them", they will be met with hostility. With labor being more expensive, everything in turn becomes more expensive, pissing everyone off. The sentiment is bad because people can smell something is burning; I would reckon the world a decade from now is going to be a very different place.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

the western youth are posh and over-entitled the amount of opportunity available to youth in the west is staggering.. they have the easiest life of any generation that has ever lived on the planet they have NO RIGHT to this attitude..

[@humrH2360]

​@@MrsKwan-jp8lr It doesn't exactly help that educators basically teach these future adults to scorn the working class for being "uneducated." It's absolutely horrible in the West, AFAIK, because here, it's further motivated by political demographics (most educators are uber-liberal nutjobs).

[@misscabbyp7198]

When diagnosed with cancer and forced to do 6 rounds of high dose chemo that turned me into a shadow of what i was before... feeling pain nausea and jitters like my bones were jelly and didnt belong inside my skin... I developed the motto = "Embrace the Suck" Because sometimes life sucks and you dont even know if you can survive the process to completing.. Embracing the bad feelings and all the fears made my life's good moments memories that much nicer. And i developed an appreciation for little things like waking up alive and breathing a full breath or going to sleep at night without vomit in my bed.

[@eloquentsarcasm]

"Embrace the Suck" was our motto in the Army, and it got me thru some of the toughest moments in my life. Much respect for making it thru your nightmare, you survived hell. And I agree, it makes you appreciate everything good in life, no matter how small.

[@lXlDarKSuoLlXl]

11:53 this sentence just resonates so much with me... I'm from Venezuela, I was forced to leave or die from hunger, the fact that not only my generation, but my previous generations are now living lives harder than it should be, for a lunatic in power... My heart is with the Chinese people, I hope someday you're free from this torment... 😔

[@neurocidesakiwi]

Do you tell everyone about the evils of socialism?

[@lXlDarKSuoLlXl]

@@neurocidesakiwi what? Do you want me to clap at the ideology that made me an immigrant? As if it's some sort of panacea for all the "evils of capitalism"? Socialism is doomed to fail, and it'll always be.

[@-rate6326]

​​@@neurocidesakiwi it's not socialism but lunatic ruler. Any ideology can work if it's flexible

[@neurocidesakiwi]

@@-rate6326 it's always socialists

[@-rate6326]

@@neurocidesakiwi Marxist-Leninist states. Vietnam is one of them.

[@MillywiggZ]

Third evolution of the Pokemon. -Lying Flat -Let it Rot -Eat Bitterness

[@pkendlers]

I hope the average Chinese person realizes that it's not America that is their enemy. We went through this too. It is the rich and their own government that has done this to them. And they will use war as a distraction to the populace, to keep the populace from attacking THEM. If people around the world realize how they are being manipulated, they can take action. There are a lot more wage slaves than there are "leaders" and rich people. Why do we allow ourselves to be enslaved?

[@hgec]

We say "suffer in silence" is something that is said when you don't want to hear someone else's pain, in a negative way

[@piroshk1968]

this is what starts mass mental health deterioration imo..

[@Marcara081]

The revolution begins only if and only when the women are no longer comfortable enough, because the men will fight and die for the promise of a wife and family but won't do so only for the mere pat on the head that they're getting now. Truly, the sexlessness of men is when the dictatorship begins but also leads to its downfall: millions of men with nothing to lose and everything to gain.

[@CloudyWolf713]

Emotional Invalidation is the term, I think.

[@oliviastratton2169]

Yeah, or maybe "take your licks"?

[@sordmasta6646]

This thinking reminds me of our grandparents here in Europe. "Go to college get a desk job manual labor is for plebs". Meanwhile now all the farmers and tradesmen make three times what a high end techie makes, with none of the stress.

[@jz4057]

My parents, who were from Beijing, both spent 8 years of their youth in the harshest environment in Northern China doing hard labor works. Both my parents worked so hard to be admitted to universities when policy changed and were able to go back to Beijing. Many of their school mates died or got married with the locals and never came back. My mother was accepted to Graduate school in the US and left China when i was 8 years old. She brought me to the States when i was 13. She never went back to china other than a month long vacation every few years to visit her family and old friends.

[@michaelpatterson8799]

So tell me how many chinese still support the ccp. In aussie many left china to better there lives but still support the ccp. Which is abhorrent in my opinion

[@Ziegfried82]

@@michaelpatterson8799 their loyalty is to their nation, their people. You should be blaming the Australian government for not vetting immigrants properly.

[@13donstalos]

I just imagine ancient China as being this stunning cultural epitome of the world, and modern communism has absolutely decimated and degraded that culture into an unrecognizable, disturbing sideshow of human life. It makes me so sad to think of all the people who are dehumanized by the government.

[@cattysplat]

That China government and people beat back Japan in WW2, only to be stabbed in the back by communists when weak from fighting, who cared only for power.

[@mo-s-]

*state capitalism if you read about communism and it's goals, you realize it's the exact opposite of what the 'C'CP is doing lol.

[@user-kp3do5cw2l]

Nah they naturally suck at being human

[@UserName23567]

Ancient China was not better. There was alot of war and they also did alot of sick things

[@ericconnor8419]

Being poor is O.K if you think things will get better for your kids. It is a different thing if you grew up with money and hope but have to suffer unnecessary hardships because of the foolish behaviour of others. One develops strength and resilience, the other produces bitterness and anger. Being poor in the 1960s is not the same as being poor in 2023.

[@taiwanisacountry]

Explain to me how that affected the suicide rate of the 5 to 14 year olds. Ow I am sorry you can't because you don't know crap about suicide.

[@1DangerMouse1]

What if you never wanted kids?

[@kingrobotnik6950]

@@1DangerMouse1same rules apply. Just towards you. If you grew up in 3rd world poverty, trust me, there’s nowhere to go but up. But if you lived comfortably, then just suddenly get dropped into the poverty machine, you aren’t lookin at it as a chance to shoot for the stars, but burn down a society that took your peace away from you…

[@kingrobotnik6950]

Finally someone else gets it. It’s not the same poverty. Oh, you grew up in a hard life, who cares. You got nowhere to go but up. Otherwise you’d be dead. If you had expectations of financial security and prosperity while living comfortably only to realize that degree don’t mean Jack, your parents and society lied to you about how many doors it’d open, and you have bills, debt, etc. breathing down your neck for money you don’t have, that’s a downward spiral if I’d ever seen it…

[@fc7307]

@@kingrobotnik6950 The difference is during the 1960s they were not lied to. Farm and you will have something to eat even if its is not enough. Now they tell you to waste 22+ years of your life studying to get a better life only to find out everything you worked for was a lie.

[@rainbowcat83]

When I watched your program today, I felt sorry for those Chinese in China. As my mom first fled the country over several decades ago, so my whole family did not have to suffer like the rest of Chinese who were still staying in their homeland. 1911 Revolution did not bring peace; 1948 brought terrors and prosecutions so my mom seeked a opportunity and fled. She endured hardships all her life but she gave her children freedom and opportunity that I owed to my mom even though she was a traditional lady who could eat bitterness for her own life. However, she couldn't see her kids suffer so I think if all parents will rise up to seek opportunities to feed their families then they should leave their comfort zones to seek employments in rich countries or develop skills enable to earn a living everywhere. Good luck to those who will try their best!!

[@benyosep5640]

Stop being a coward and stay and fight. You don’t see Black Americans running like rats to other countries. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@styxzero1675]

Imagine busting your ass off in the university, getting master/doctorate degrees, only for your dear leader to tell you to go work at a farm, factory or doing other hard labour. The dread.

[@1DangerMouse1]

I feel that way not even living in China. The world's future looks bleak to me. Might just be me.

[@ryv2484]

Not just you.

[@Warbr33d]

It's tough but keep on keeping on. Men are born for adversity.

[@pondeify]

things will only get worse for everyone, i don't see any good future.

[@EarlHare]

I live in the UK. Definitely not just you. It feels as though someone out there has won the capitalist competition and are now just increasingly reducing living standards worldwide.

[@jonathanedwardgibson]

Literally ‘milk-ing it’… Yawn. These two goofballs feel like National Endowment for Democracy contractors anymore. They can’t see or report on anything but bad-dog China regardless of the US citizens crying around them - too busy counting coin. I enjoyed these two when they rode motorcycles and explored China, and adjacent cultures, but they’ve devolved into lazy rabble. No help getting america back on it’s feet with these empty shills - they have important money to make distracting us from solutions. Double-yawn.

[@georgegonzalez2476]

What's worse, the infrastructure built up over the last 30 years is just about due to be redone. But now there is no money for that. Big problem.

[@angelacahill9460]

It's all tofu dreg anyway.

[@MrKillswitch88]

May as well be planned obsolescence despite the obvious tofu dreg. Modern China will turn to dust.

[@mason4354]

What happens when the majority is homeless because all the buildings fail? It'll be interesting to witness

[@angelacahill9460]

@@mason4354 perhaps they will revive ancient building methods that have withstood centuries.

[@mason4354]

@@angelacahill9460 that may not even be an option anymore. China has destroyed most of its own culture and so the knowledge of ancient buildings and construction may be lost to history

[@ozanaksoy7230]

It is so sad to see this. I feel really sorry for the situation of these people are forced into

[@annashepard6337]

In case no one had noticed, the exact same playbook is being applied in our own country and around the world right now.

[@shrunkensimon]

Zis man here! Take him avay!

[@GB-gf3dm]

Sure is. All planned to put China ahead of America by bringing America down to China's level (to enable successful warfare).

[@MYNAMACHEF]

I'm least im working retail and not out in the fields

[@Joemantler]

Your explanation of the phrase "chi ku" reminded me of a comparison I heard about the original Ju On vs the Americanized remake The Grudge. They discuss how the Japanese mindset is that if you get caught up in the supernatural, you're fairly screwed; whereas Westerners always think you can break the curse or kill the monster.

[@incognitod8444]

Americans think you can break the curse or kill the monster. British people would go to the Winchester for a pint and wait for it all to blow over.

[@herpderp3916]

We (Americans) place a lot of emphasis on triumphing over adversity through force of will. For better or worse, we're the type of people to square up against a threat rather than just try to endure it, and we love an underdog.

[@cedyanlee666]

Telling people to deal with the hardships themselves while restricting what they can do is just pure evil..

[@manoz6194]

Sounds worse than prison

[@users4007]

shows how disconnected from society some leaders are

[@jiazhenwang7494]

​@users4007 It's somehow an issue for almost all dedicators unless your country is as small as Singapore...

[@jiazhenwang7494]

​@users4007 It's somehow an issue for almost all dedicators unless your country is as small as Singapore...

[@Larsgman]

“Suffer patiently” Every time i watch videos from serptentza and laowhy i am thankful i was born and live here in the US. The poor in my state do not compare to the poor around the world. I can imagine how people would react if we had to go through the great depression again. Bet you 90% of my own countrymen don’t even know what that was, what it means. I first learned about it in highschool, but seeing the videos and those pictures of the lines, all the people suffering, gas stations with “NO GAS” signs out front - they have been burned into my memory.

[@mo-s-]

Don't just be over there in the US and think you're save forever though, try to watch the political climate and watch out for politicians using fascist rethoric. Most germans didn't realize they were fucked until it was too late either. If you want to keep your freedom defend it and the freedom of others at all times

[@manoz6194]

In some ways America is worse. Parts of it are 4th World levels of bad and the rich live in delusions.

[@vaneetro646]

Being Chinese I would say you nailed the translation of ‘chiku’ the way I never would think of yet it’s so precise.

[@mo-s-]

It's kinda his job so ye lol

[@NinjaMan47]

Imagine seeing others invest everything into the real estate bubble only to see it crumble with them left with nothing. You think how smart you were to save your money in the Regional Developement Bank and then find out you can't access your own money for an unknown length of time. Then your employer begins delaying salaries, citing lower orders and a hard economy. Maybe you even lose your job and resort to food delivery, something already overcrowded with too many workers. It's a downward spiral where I can only see two routes: dispair or revolt.

[@GF-mf7ml]

These people are different, the education is nothing like the west. They know nothing about the past.

[@Marcara081]

Work from home job for foreign companies with a favorable exchange rate. That is the solution.

[@MrRezillo]

My god, the look on the old man's face at 0:23 is heart breaking. I can't forget it.

[@MrRezillo]

@JackSmith-mk1ru Does that matter in this case?

[@francisty139]

Translation: Suffer for your Emperor. Your life has no value.

[@cyber_robot889]

I feel bad for Chines people, because it the same way in our post-soviet countries, but for them it's turned out even much more worse! I hope as humanity we can overcome our problems and help each other.

[@nanky432]

The great thing about chinas opening is that million got educated, the problem with China opening is that millions got educated and now have expectations. -Xi

[@Frostchris4121]

You mean the same education that was subsidized by the communist party??

[@cattysplat]

I'm sure they will get rid of their educated with migration, war or sending them to farms or prison if they say no.

[@millennialodyssey5956]

I had a dream about this a year ago. People were in lines to eat scraps in China. Begging on the streets and only allowed to buy so much from shops that barely could feed them that day. Then you had some of them very rich. Their kids able to have candy, eat what they wanted and go to fairs but everyone else is barred from participating. Honestly it shocked me. Because i never thought that could be a thing. How a leader can do this to people for no absolute reason especially now. My heartbreaks for these people. It truly does!

[@MrKillswitch88]

In a lot of ways this world is pretty much done and China is the first of the big nations to go then the rest are going to fallow in some way or another.

[@captainnyan-nyan2005]

Greed and Hubris... It's in every corrupted politician's hearts and minds. It doesn't change even after millenia.

[@aint_just_whistlin_dixie]

"How a leader can do this to people for no absolute reason especially now." The answer: "evil".

[@NaruIchiLuffy]

I see the same thing happening in American cities. The elite rich having lavish parties booze, food, sex, and all sorts of luxury while people are in the streets starving or suffering from all sorts of addictions with the tacit endorsement of the government authorities. It's an epidemic of indifference for our fellow human beings. All whilst people are eager to jump up at every opportunity to help out stray dogs or pontificate about being vegan on SM.

[@XxXnonameAsDXxX]

You described what the soviet states when through in Eastern Europe from 1950 to 1990 lol

[@kayoss8787]

I think of 吃苦 as “to endure the unendurable” it’s the last stop on suffering until you have nothing left to give… my heart breaks for the people of China. 😢 Feng Jicai, great writer, warned that people will be willing to tolerate a loss of rights if they have money in their pocket … once that disappears then their is nothing left to buy their apathy.

[@Samson373]

I can vouch for the Cultivate extension. It's the best free way I've found to personally uncouple from China. It tells me what country a product is from when I use Chrome to shop on Amazon and other sites. It’s already helped me avoid buying many products from China that I otherwise would’ve bought.

[@alexandergrouios470]

I sincerely appreciate your journalism 🙏😭

[@kitkat5596]

I weep for the suffering of the innocent, its so heartbreaking to see anyone suffer so. 😢

[@mikewallace8087]

Weep for America too.

[@kitkat5596]

@@mikewallace8087 I weep for all that struggle in life, suffering is a horrible thing.

[@captainnyan-nyan2005]

​@@kitkat5596well they wanted it. They could have the chance to change it when they had the opportunity to do so. But they didn't.

[@mandranmagelan9430]

@@captainnyan-nyan2005 ... they didn't do it, yet :-)

[@zxt5148]

@@mikewallace8087 If you make >60k then you're in the top 1% of earners globally. The average income in the US is ~50k. We're doing fine.

[@pierrevillemaire-brooks4247]

It's really a tragedy to see government officials destroy the fruit and labor of its citizen , really shameful 😞

[@ForestTekkenVideos]

Yes the fact that we still have real video, albeit in black and white, of those awful, hard times means those hard times really weren't very long ago. Big fan! 👍

[@johnvsymons]

This video reminded me of Emperor Hirohito's speech at the end of World War 2; "We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable". At least for the Japanese, they were able to overcome their devastating situation and become a much more successful and democratic society. China can certainly do the same if they can "change their current form of government". That, unfortunately looks like an unattainable goal.

[@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA]

it would change when they decide to have a civil war and the upset populus being exposed to western and asian democrocaies for soo long as they worked and visted there see how successful europe the usa, canada and places like japan korea taiwan etc are they will demand to be like those countries. When thats happening you know for sure the usa and many countries in the area will be passively supportive of that and even encourage it further emboldening the democry movement there to take over control, thus a civil war there would mean the ccp side will always lose in the end. After seeing that fall you know north korea is next as its people start adding pressure as to why they arent like south korea and then wonder why the fuck are we not awhole nation again?

[@chrism4008]

Imagine how powerful they would be if they were a free society, it would be insane

[@yenpham-jb4wo]

China is much too greedy culturally to make that happen. See any Chinese at a buffet to see what I mean

[@gkfujiwaraesquibel7998]

China as a free and open society under Winnie The Pooh? Impossible.

[@MmntechCa]

Japan was already modernized industrial nation and Great Power prior to WWII. They were also a constitutional monarchy. So the framework was there. They also had a lot of help rebuilding from the Americans, wishing to avoid a repeat of the aftermath of the Great War, and wishing to keep out the Soviets.

[@user-fk8wm4gm8v]

I want to thank you C milk and Winston for all you do I've watched your channels for years and you are basically the best Channel 4 what is actually happening in China. My family and I live really close to China we reside in the Philippines and I'm actually really happy that the US has come into the Philippines even stronger than ever. Because the philippines has no way not a snowballs chance in hell of defending themselves from the chinese

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I sincerely hope that more countries become aware of the obvious threat XiXiPi poses to the planet. 2049 was always marked for the XiXiPi world domination, and that is no secret. But it doesn't seem as though anyone's interested in uniting to prevent it. 😕 If the Philippines and other locations are invaded and annexed, the world will have no chance nor choice. Puton and Crimea was just a smokescreen.

[@darthkek1953]

If the Southern Vietnamese can defeat the USA you can defeat China.

[@metalvideos1961]

@LadieKatie yeah no shit USA owned the Philippines for 48 years. Illegally mind you.

[@pite9]

China is not going to invade your country. Don't let the alarmists worry you.

[@user-fk8wm4gm8v]

@LadieKatie this is true I have been living there for 20 years and right around 2006 is the time where they cleaned out Subic Bay and basically kicked the US Navy out of the Philippines. Duterte was definitely anti having the US military in their nation even though they're the only ones that were really protecting them. The Philippine military can handle internal conflicts like with the Muslim groups in the southern part of the country. But they're maybe is practically nil and their air force is a dilapidated aging farce of an organization. So since my wife and son are there I am glad that they have now opened up four different naval bases there. It's gonna be the only thing that will be able to keep open the malacca Strait and the bashi channel which are the main trade routes of all goods leaving and coming into that area. When I was there in the early 2000s they had the US military there working in conjunction with the Philippine army to clean out the terrorist training groups in southern Mindanao. I'm glad they're there and so are many Filipinos. There's always the anti American pro communist league that doesn't want them there but screw them. Glad to see that bongbong Marcos has a head on his shoulders and those that the US is still their greatest ally

[@thetayz72]

Reminds me of when people say "It is what it is" , basically saying this thing sucks but nothing will improve about it.

[@HughEMC]

Great information 👍🏻 "Eat bitter" sounds soul stifling-oh & thanks for the cultivate plugin. Im tired of odering cheap Chinese knockoffs & being disappointed after waiting 2 month's for them to arrive 😂

[@Noxis07]

On a somewhat unrelated note: Thank you for recommending Cultivate, C-Milk. I normally roll my eyes at sponsors, but this is one of the few legitimately useful ones. Really helps with avoiding the cheap Chinese counterfeit products.

[@mariaguild2024]

I hope it works on ETSY! That place has been completely flooded with drop ship items from Chinese wholesale sites that are anything but handmade!!! they are mass produced in factories As an etsy seller who does handmake things its very disheartening, as I simply cant compete with the ultra low prices coming out of china. I can spend every last dime advertising with Etsy..but they no longer care about the actual small business that got them fame in the first place, they make more money allowing everything to come flooding in, and pushing the actual small business out. Honestly at least Amazon handmade "vets" people

[@crypto66]

Eat bitter, because all the honey is mine.

[@jilbertb]

🐻 pffttt, no poohbear emoji

[@MrRourk]

When are people going to get mad enough to strike back?

[@marymaryzhang]

Thank you for your videos, which is so important to not only for the Western but also for thousands of millions of Chinese. It is wake up call... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Well done, please continue!

[@Person-st8wz]

You are a man who really sees through Chinese society and chooses to do the right thing instead of looking for the easier and faster ways such as being a "white monkey". I really appreciate what you have done for us especially if we could be saved one day🙆🏼 - Someone from China

[@busking6292]

@@zhanjas Now let me guess,YOU have the 'REAL' truth..is that correct ? so,please enlighten us o great holder of all that is true !

[@Person-st8wz]

@@zhanjas Well, I didn't get this conclusion only through this one single short video. This guy has made many short videos in different aspects to present Chinese society. Only by watching them can you make this conclusion about whether he only "scrape some vedio clips." Yes, maybe we couldn't say he is an "expert" and I didn't say that. Maybe he doesn't know much about the structure of Chinese officialdom or the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese organ of authority. He just records and presents what he has seen and what he has found. But who told you that you have to be an "expert" to see the thrth in China? And what is your definition by "expert?" Actually this kind of logic makes me kind of detect the foul odour of Chinese officialdom system. At least he knows what's truly going on in Chinese society much more than those who only sit with a computer or smartphone randomly giving comments below others' short videos.

[@Person-st8wz]

@@busking6292 Yeah, through your sentences we can see no wonder generally China isn't well known with good English skills although it has the "most difficult university entrance examination/Gao Kao." Or you are simply someone in a prison trying to work for CCP to reduce your prison term?

[@busking6292]

@@zhanjas -you haven't explained which part of what he said is BS, all of it ? some of it ? one thing ? is he making it all up just for attention ? surely he could do that with the 'truth' as he's pretty well known already,I remember a propaganda photo of a really run-down street full of rubbish and broken windows and the caption read 'AMERICA', next to it was a picture of a gleaming cathedral with the caption 'RUSSIA' both were technically and geographically correct but can you spot the flaw ? I have been to China twice(Guanzhou and Sichuan) I lived in HK at the time but ALL of that is irrelevant,this person isn't the ONLY one to voice these concerns,when you couple all of these voices,you eventually create a picture of what is happening IOW you don't KNOW the truth of what's happening in Beijing while standing in the middle of Shanghai,what has this person to gain by making up stories ?

[@busking6292]

@@zhanjas He IS doing this for free! if he wanted to make money the CCP would pay him handsomely if he painted China AND of course the CCP as all sweetness and light,remember this guy loved China and it's people but had to watch them slowly being strangled by authoritarian gangsters and corrupt 'officials' and BTW his wife is Chinese.

[@Phiyedough]

Getting qualifications does not guarantee getting a good job in any country. I'm from UK and joined the job market in 1976. There was always huge competition for every job. At one interview I actually asked why they demanded a degree when they only needed a technician. The reply was "To keep down the number of applicants".

[@robertcarmosino6563]

That and Affirmative Action, remember Affirmative Action ? I do !!

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

Constant immigration ensures that remains the case. Only a small percentage of immigrants will ever employ anybody, and if the few who will, it takes many years to become that established This severely disrupts the normal employer-employee balance inside a nation.

[@ibrahimsimko8039]

​@JackSmith-mk1ru😂😂😂 good joke

[@LoveLovingLoveInc1]

Thank you for sharing these videos giving us a glimpse behind the curtain

[@marcobenor3087]

Thank you for saying the truth without fear.

[@CodexIndia1]

Sad as it is, these days are around the corner for all of us. The next few years are going to be very difficult.

[@lairdmichaelscott]

I beg to differ. There are many different degrees of difficulty and many different kinds. For example, everyone, from the ditchdigger to the college professor, tends to think their job is difficult. The Wall Street broker makes at least ten times what an ER nurse makes, does he have it ten times harder? The life of the Chinese (and the Russians, and in many other countries) is made far more difficult by their government). One could, quite credibly, argue that the lives of US citizens are made far more difficult by their politicians, but this pales by comparison with many other countries. (Although this does not excuse our own politicians, nor us for permitting them to behave as they do.) For a real eye-opener, look at Nogales, Arizona and contrast it with Nogales, Mexico. Same climate, same soil, etc., even same DNA in many cases, but the difference between the two towns, separated only by a border, is night and day. Now think about why that would be the case.

[@ElijahReturns]

When I taught in china, as far back as 2009, the youth I knew then said they saw no future. There was rioting at the university I was at (Xinxiang Hunan). We're at the end of age of Oil, this is why we're in this crisis world wide. Laowei, I use your videos and Serpentza on B/Chute

[@angelacahill9460]

We are NOT at the end of age of oil. That is incorrect. BRICS will continue with oil and coal powered production.

[@stlouisix3]

I've heard 'chiku' heaps of times over the last 5.5 years and I always disliked the concept and considered it to be unjust.

[@chrism4008]

😂😂😂😂😂 all the leaders of the entire world are fighting as hard as they can to extend the age of oil for themselves, and just force the citizens out of energy all together. All of them, every single politician without fail. The crisis is them trying to halt humanities growth at every turn so they can keep their perceived power

[@ElijahReturns]

​@@chrism4008Wonderful reply, couldn't have expected better

[@256Justinian]

we're in trouble because weak beta intellectuals like u are not willing to organize and grab a pitchfork when all of this fake green movement is clearly meant to enslave us all.

[@aplcc323]

I had been quietly unsubscribed from your channel... I resubmitted my subscription, but this is very worrisome! We need more alternatives

[@Commonsense_91]

I watch this channel almost everyday, I’m watching tonight an my tv shuts off mid way through. It’s bad when your first thought is was it my government or china that just did that. An I’m American 🇺🇸

[@finned958]

Eat bitterness has an emotional component to suffering and endurance. In contrast, heart bitterness (心苦) is often used to describe our personal struggles. Neither is good, but sort of the Chinese experience.

[@Marcara081]

'A Sith is not a Bantha,' is the proper retort to glorifying endurance.

[@danielle4644]

Thank you for your videos that speak the truth. For several years I taught English online to students in China, one of my students whom I always enjoyed seeing and talking with was so stressed about life and all the pressure she was under to do well in school…she was 12. I hope she’s doing well, and would love to one day visit with her again. To Helen and Katie dog, I send you peace and love! 💕

[@bobs_toys]

You can see this from the myopia epidemic there. Kids need sunlight for their eyes to develop properly. Something about affecting the shape of the eye. The study culture is keeping them inside so much at this point in life it's literally messing up their eyesight long term.

[@ralphmueller3725]

Been using Cultivate for a few years now. I do my best to avoid Amazon purchases as much as I can.

[@riothead1240]

The US is having a lot self inflicted hardships

[@edmund2j]

This one hit me. The utter hopelessness.

[@williampatton7476]

I too found it very emotional and am almost in tears reading the comments. Humanities heart seems to be collectively breaking over the last few years. I still think a better world could emerge but not for a while.

[@taiwanisacountry]

I have a theoretical term for that I am using for a coming PhD proposal "losing your capacity to aspire" it really fits if you ask me.

[@junyin5950]

The streets of the United States are full of homeless people and drug addicts, and racists are everywhere

[@funtourhawk]

Hope is always a choice you have to make...they want you to despair

[@uselessfarmer]

"吃苦" is such a funny word in English when directly translated. Btw i know everyone hates Ads, but Cultivate is actually pretty useful and legit. I avoided buying cheap garbage often with that extension.

[@TimothyZhou0]

Yea same... my first language is Chinese, I did a double take when I saw this video like "what the heck is eating bitterness?" Took me a solid ten seconds to realize what he meant lol

[@smogity]

Very enlightening great video 💠

[@kawehionalani]

On your way to 1 Million subs 🎉🎉🎉🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@kohank5938]

He tells the youth to endure hardship and poverty, yet as a red egg himself, he has never gone through that. Open hypocrisy is the trend now, I guess.

[@MrSeedi76]

It has always been thus. Especially with politicians. In Germany they use the phrase "den Gürtel enger schnallen" which means to tighten the belt so that the pants don't fall when you starve. Of course at the same time politicians raise their salary. Ray Dalio was right about something - we see what happens when rich elites control governments. But he was wrong in thinking we enter a new era in which China will be a leading force in the world.

[@hoewaxcandles]

He ended up in a gulag as a kid so no that’s false

[@mchonkler7225]

Standard commie behavior. The marxists in the US are the same hypocrites. Bernie Sanders ownes 3 homes and is worth tens of millions. Before he became a multi-miilionaire, he'd always prattle on about making millionaires pay their fair share. Now that he's become one, he's changed his rhetoric to making billionaires pay their fair share.

[@plmokm33]

Yea he used to clean shitty toilets, his dad was a shamed party member or something.

[@citizenofterra]

He did work as a manual laborer in the countryside for like 7 years in his youth tho, being denied entry to universities due to his background (his father was deemed counter-revolutionary)

[@turdfurgeson8769]

You and serpentZa do amazing work. Been taking the fight straight to CCP state media social media pages, wumao abound! Haha

[@ApolloMyLove]

As a native Chinese woman I can confirm that what he said is all true. Be living in China is not only a simple torture but also a HUGE challenge to overcome, like every single day you have to double check one thing: Are my humanity and mankind still there? How do I keep them as much as I can? As a Chinese person, you just simply lose the ability to fight for something bigger than surviving in messed up conditions, if you are different, people around will always take the lead to stab at your back and knock you down because you have different opinions - Chinese people choose to be living that way, the CCP and Chinese people just made a perfect match. I hope one day Chinese people will realize something goes 100% wrong and try to make some fresh moves to change or this will never proceed to happen.

[@cheryl8466]

I really enjoy watching your show. I learn something every time and am left thinking..

[@AIXITstageleft]

Many countries are facing population collapse and China (and some other Asian countries) are at the extreme top of the list for this impending phenomenon.

[@RedSinter]

My understanding based on an actual Chinese Government Organization some 10 yrs ago stated under Mao inexcess of 80 million died and counting. The report also said they can't be more accurate, but felt the number is actually higher , but they doubted they would ever know the real number. The publisher said they found it amazing that the officials would actually admit this, but did. 😢

[@williamduke1756]

Send masses of well educated young people to work on farms... sounds familiar. Didn't end up too well.

[@davidangeron3365]

vERY GOOD WORK!!!! Please, you and Winston keep it up!!! Hope your Wife and Kids are great!!! And, STAY SAFE!!!

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Give me the worship I’m entitled to,” said Glorious Leader.

[@drakefang8368]

Maan. I'm not Chinese but this speaks to me deeply.

[@metalvideos1961]

Because you love propaganda thats why

[@laughingseagull000]

@@metalvideos1961Says the fanboy of the Father of Lies, lol

[@metalvideos1961]

@@laughingseagull000 nah the father with a brain. a brain that you all dont possess. so ironic your comment.

[@mo-s-]

ye, happens when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

[@mo-s-]

​@@laughingseagull000who do you mean by that?

[@arxsyn]

i have had this said to me in my face from the worst abuser and predator i've ever encountered. soul crushing indeed. it's hard to swallow.

[@patraic5241]

People in China got a taste of what they hoped was freedom. Now even that illusion has been ripped from them. I'd be depressed and hopeless too.

[@wiggattelo]

All of this and waaaay more, and still not a speck of people rising up at all? Sad.

[@angelacahill9460]

Same here in the US.

[@jilbertb]

Thanks for another great video C-Milk. I never shop on Amazon, Temu, Shein, Alibaba, etc... which could be contributing to China's demise? Sad, but so be it. You CAN find quality, American and non-chinese products if you try!

[@ultrainstinctjax7209]

CCP does not want free trade. They want to rule the world. The Globalist model fits right into their plan. Governments need to curtail China's unfair trade practices. The average person around the world does not know the threat China poses.

[@freiesleben6126]

Well seems not to be different in germany,i am homeless 4 years now....

[@CB66941]

Eating bitterness reminds me of a rather famous chinese story. The emperor Goujian, after a crushing defeat to another king, was allowed to go back to his kingdom and rule, but had to serve the king he lost to for several years. He quickly employed skilled politicians in his rule and lived as the peasants did, sleeping on sticks and tasting gall, all so he never forgets the humiliation he endured. He never splurged on kingly riches either. During that time he plotted revenge against his kingly master. His motivation for tasting bitterness was revenge and humiliation, but it was entirely voluntary. He never wanted to lose sight of what was important to him, not that he believed suffering was an inevitable part of life. He was the king too, but chose not to indulge. I think eating bitterness then is a stark contrast to the meaning it has today.

[@FirstLast-vr7es]

We're staring down the barrel of worldwide revolution here. There is such rabid dissent all over the world. Like a powder keg looking for a match. Weak men really do create hard times.

[@angelacahill9460]

All planned.

[@killman369547]

All planned for an ulterior purpose. To usher the world into a new dark age so the uber rich can bring back feudalism with minimal resistance.

[@1371CEA]

​@@angelacahill9460Europa?

[@MrKillswitch88]

Problem reaction solution. Things like this are often planned out years/decades in advance by the little men and little women behind the curtain in high places so to speak.

[@MrSeedi76]

​@@angelacahill9460😂😂😂great plan to endanger your own profits by creating civil unrest and risk getting strung up on lamp posts. Genius really.

[@kalebhenkel9410]

In the US we say "pull yourself up by the bootstraps."

[@DJPoundPuppy]

This makes me so sad for those people!

[@sverkerolausson2252]

As a Nietzsches once said: "What if pleasure and displeasure were so tied together that whoever wanted to have as much as possible of one must also have as much as possible of the other. You have a choice in life: either as little displeasure as possible, painlessness in brief or as much displeasure as possible as the price for an abundance of subtle pleasures and joys"

[@trustme7731]

What you describe about university graduates and jobs is basically the same in the U.S.A. This is true for a number of reasons.

[@Ziegfried82]

Yes I would argue that he and Winston have become US propagandists to a degree. Maybe not paid by the US gov the way the Chinese are, but they are having some rosy views of the West to say the least.

[@cvdinjapan7935]

It reminds me of the English expression: "It's a bitter pill to swallow." A harsh reality that you have no choice but to accept.

[@cattysplat]

That is still only temporary though. I think "grit your teeth" is a better equivalent, or maybe "suffer in silence."

[@cvdinjapan7935]

@@cattysplatGritting your teeth or suffering in silence could be called temporary too. In any case, those would also be good, but my point was that the English expression includes "bitter" like the Chinese, so it reminded me of the phrase. It still has the feeling of "enduring" a bad experience beyond your control, so I think it's also appropriate.

[@Ignatiusussy]

Pill? More like "a lifelong prescription of bitter pills to swallow"

[@mattanderson6672]

Thank you showing us this

[@vsksf]

as we like to say ; Take a concrete pill and harden up.

[@PhunkBustA]

"this is how it worked for me and it will work for you too" said every boomer ever

[@jilbertb]

I'm a boomer... and not a wealthy one. I feel so bad for younger generations. I hope the entire world doesn't end up like China.

[@TheGRAYSvarietySHOW]

Growing food, being close to family, having natural resources, it is nothing to scoff at, life is hard, work it

[@cattysplat]

Government come destroy your crops, fine you, put you in prison. 🤡

[@TheGRAYSvarietySHOW]

@@cattysplat this one response is a perfect example of why the founders of the United States of America deemed it absolutely necessary to include the Bill of Rights, and in particular, The Second Amendment, into our charter document, the Constitution for the United States of America.

[@Ziegfried82]

@@TheGRAYSvarietySHOW we are not defending it well enough, sadly.

[@stewbacca117]

Years ago my mainland coursemate popped back home for some reason and came back and told me I would get a job easier in China, because I'm tall 🤔🥴😅. They were literally hiring the tallest candidates just to easily differentiate them - because so many students return with degrees from western universities (although many of them seem to plagiarise or have their submissions ghost written, having language checked or even marked many of them in a past life) but she ended up studying for a masters and her husband had a PhD in chemical engineering. Another friend from the mainland did a bachelors in business and then TWO Masters at separate universities in the UK just to try and collect more XP before returning home. There are so many graduates that more and more mainland students are just hoarding qualifications in a vain attempt to further push themselves up the pile when they return home...

[@ghostbeetle2950]

That translation work you did for "chi ku" was spot on, I think, C-Milk! You have been hitting it out of the park recently. Stay awesome!;)

[@jameshatton4211]

That footage at the end of the state bulldozing those people's farm was truely heart breaking

[@metalvideos1961]

you do know that they will build up a new one right? that is literally just a fragment of them showing that it got teared down. they will be getting a new farm but ofc he wont show you that. why? well he need pitty points from idiots like you who still believe this propaganda.

[@Ziegfried82]

This is going to happen in the EU, Canada, Australia, and maybe even the USA sooner than you think. After all we can't have cattle farms according to the NWO crowd they produce too much CO2.

[@mo-s-]

It's just more profitable that way, the CCP runs China like a big corporation without any regulations

[@usamwhambam]

An unemployment figure of 25% is Great Depression level. And that is the "official" rate.

[@jilbertb]

Yeah but they're not taking into account all the ppl who have died from cvid or ethnic cleasing. 25% of 1.4b ppl minus dead or missing ppl = closer to 30% at their TRUE population rate of less than a billion.

[@RenStrider]

Tfw I'm casually listening to the first few minutes of this vid and thinking to myself "I'd use 'endure' as the closest translation" and then surprise pikachu face at the 4 min mark

[@jstarASMR3103]

this is horrifyingly depressing. China has to be one of the most fascinating societies in the world, it is so scary and shocking that this dystopian nightmare exists on our planet.

[@wisdomleader85]

They don't just get low-paid internships anymore, unfortunately. The opportunities are so scarce that some companies are reported to ask interns to pay them instead. Yeah, you heard that right. You have to pay the company to get internship....

[@WildArtistsl]

😢

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

So much for the "Glory of Communism" As Thomas Sowell put it - paraphrasing "Even the caste system, atrocious as it is, for hating those at the bottom of the rung from the moment of their birth; doesn't imply the idea that it's going to elevate them."

[@metalvideos1961]

China is not even a communist country lol what are you even on about.

[@mo-s-]

Yeah Marx would be so fking Mad at china lol, the CCP runs it like a big Corporation, being okay with throwing all of its people under the bus, as long as it generates profit for the leader

[@beerman204]

The triumph of ideology over humanity......