▲ 990 ▼ China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ (www.wsj.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 233 comments fedilink hide all child comments Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family
[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 85 points 2 years ago (8 children) This is not how I want to read an article. permalink fedilink source hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children) I checked the comments before opening the article and wasn't sure what to expect based on yours. Holy hell, we really are catering to the lowest common denominator here. It's not that I think we shouldn't, we absolutely should, but our society really should be working harder to keep lowest from being so damn low. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) And reader view doesn’t pick it up… gross permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 years ago Well if you jump to the last picture there's a link to open the full article, then you can.... stare at the paywall..... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) As much as I agree, I've seen plenty of articles that are so damn long it makes me wonder if they actually expect people to read it. Who has time to read an entire 30 min article where half is about a specific person's personal story that's only meant to back up the main points. Just tell me the main point and back it with data (bonus points if you kink every source you reference, imo). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago That's why I think more detailed articles should be written like scientific journal articles. One to three paragraphs that convey the gist of the article and the remaining pages dedicated to analysis and explanation. Not only would this be more work than a normal article, though, it'd reduce ad revenue because most people would read the abstract and leave. permalink fedilink source parent [–] remus989@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Mmm, yes, show us your kink sources. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago* (3 children) The Tiktok Manga Slideshow format has finally migrated to major news sites I see. God I hate tech this decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] rwhitisissle@lemy.lol 7 points 2 years ago God I hate tech this decade. I feel this sentiment in my bones. I know it gets overused, but the word of the decade so far really does seem to be enshittification. The only thing that seems to be getting better is self-hosting, which is still a massive pain in the ass for a lot of things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago I mind this less than the stupid video articles. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago It's just buzzfeed articles returning from the grave. They'd split a few paragraphs over 20 pages somehow permalink fedilink source parent [–] withnail@infosec.pub 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) Over half of Americans read at below a 6th grade reading level. So it makes sense that they want to bring back picture books. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] teamevil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Is this still true? Damn shame if so permalink fedilink source parent [–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago Humorously, maybe the writer wants to let it rot permalink fedilink source parent [–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Might be the worst experience I’ve had. We don’t want books. We got rid of books permalink fedilink source parent [–] xep@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago It's like a picture book! permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaschen@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago I think it makes it harder for us to scrape their site and copy and paste it here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] veroxii@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago Not great but not terrible. At least there were no ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children) I checked the comments before opening the article and wasn't sure what to expect based on yours. Holy hell, we really are catering to the lowest common denominator here. It's not that I think we shouldn't, we absolutely should, but our society really should be working harder to keep lowest from being so damn low. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) And reader view doesn’t pick it up… gross permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 years ago Well if you jump to the last picture there's a link to open the full article, then you can.... stare at the paywall..... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) As much as I agree, I've seen plenty of articles that are so damn long it makes me wonder if they actually expect people to read it. Who has time to read an entire 30 min article where half is about a specific person's personal story that's only meant to back up the main points. Just tell me the main point and back it with data (bonus points if you kink every source you reference, imo). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago That's why I think more detailed articles should be written like scientific journal articles. One to three paragraphs that convey the gist of the article and the remaining pages dedicated to analysis and explanation. Not only would this be more work than a normal article, though, it'd reduce ad revenue because most people would read the abstract and leave. permalink fedilink source parent [–] remus989@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Mmm, yes, show us your kink sources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) And reader view doesn’t pick it up… gross permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 years ago Well if you jump to the last picture there's a link to open the full article, then you can.... stare at the paywall..... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 years ago Well if you jump to the last picture there's a link to open the full article, then you can.... stare at the paywall..... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) As much as I agree, I've seen plenty of articles that are so damn long it makes me wonder if they actually expect people to read it. Who has time to read an entire 30 min article where half is about a specific person's personal story that's only meant to back up the main points. Just tell me the main point and back it with data (bonus points if you kink every source you reference, imo). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago That's why I think more detailed articles should be written like scientific journal articles. One to three paragraphs that convey the gist of the article and the remaining pages dedicated to analysis and explanation. Not only would this be more work than a normal article, though, it'd reduce ad revenue because most people would read the abstract and leave. permalink fedilink source parent [–] remus989@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Mmm, yes, show us your kink sources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago That's why I think more detailed articles should be written like scientific journal articles. One to three paragraphs that convey the gist of the article and the remaining pages dedicated to analysis and explanation. Not only would this be more work than a normal article, though, it'd reduce ad revenue because most people would read the abstract and leave. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] remus989@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Mmm, yes, show us your kink sources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago* (3 children) The Tiktok Manga Slideshow format has finally migrated to major news sites I see. God I hate tech this decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] rwhitisissle@lemy.lol 7 points 2 years ago God I hate tech this decade. I feel this sentiment in my bones. I know it gets overused, but the word of the decade so far really does seem to be enshittification. The only thing that seems to be getting better is self-hosting, which is still a massive pain in the ass for a lot of things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago I mind this less than the stupid video articles. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago It's just buzzfeed articles returning from the grave. They'd split a few paragraphs over 20 pages somehow permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rwhitisissle@lemy.lol 7 points 2 years ago God I hate tech this decade. I feel this sentiment in my bones. I know it gets overused, but the word of the decade so far really does seem to be enshittification. The only thing that seems to be getting better is self-hosting, which is still a massive pain in the ass for a lot of things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago I mind this less than the stupid video articles. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago It's just buzzfeed articles returning from the grave. They'd split a few paragraphs over 20 pages somehow permalink fedilink source parent
[–] withnail@infosec.pub 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) Over half of Americans read at below a 6th grade reading level. So it makes sense that they want to bring back picture books. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] teamevil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Is this still true? Damn shame if so permalink fedilink source parent
[+] teamevil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Is this still true? Damn shame if so permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago Humorously, maybe the writer wants to let it rot permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Might be the worst experience I’ve had. We don’t want books. We got rid of books permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaschen@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago I think it makes it harder for us to scrape their site and copy and paste it here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago Not great but not terrible. At least there were no ads. permalink fedilink source parent