@rika Exactly! Her skin is already thick but someone with no shame like her would not care at all.

@winnie Because she is a crocodile (hint: Australian slang) who cries crocodile tears.

@littlefish Actually, when I was a gamer, I bought gacha boxes to sell to other players for in-game currency. I never bothered to open them because I calculated how low the statistics were. Easier to let other whales keep buying and opening gacha boxes till the item floods the market and pushes down the price, I will swoop in to buy the item I want using in-game cash. At least, the result is guaranteed. xD But as you said, I was aware of other players who would spend up to thousands to get certain items. Most of these players aren't exactly high income earners either; some of them were working in fast food restaurants only. There were a few I knew who were practically living paycheck-to-paycheck but wouldn't mind spending all their earnings on gacha boxes or upgrading their PCs for better graphics or performance. I always felt that these people have low self esteem in real life and they only get their momentary feeling of control and power from games itself when they show off to other players of their OP weapons and costumes.

@rika idk what they call but yes :p the thing about those is you might be pretty good at self control, but something happens and you might slip, since you play the game, willing to spend X amount, you are so used to this that to you, it’s normal practice. So say now and then you just want to splurge out, and that when it can become a problem. Also different people react to this very differently, like it’s well known that the aboriginal’s genetic is prone to be an alcoholic. Our society is now heavily into these gacha game concept, because we in large part vulnerable to it lol

@rika Luv your crocodile's skin comment

If this is true, her skin is thicker than a crocodile's.

@littlefish You are referring to gacha games. I used to play MMOs that have gacha concept but I have pretty good self control so I have a ceiling limit of how much I can spend on buying gacha boxes.

@hohliu It's not just celebrities. Even Mainlanders I meet in real life are the same. On one hand, they protest how much US is being nasty to China. On the other hand, they quickly ship their children to US for studies or give birth there to gain immediate US citizenship. I have learnt not to take Mainlanders seriously for a long time.

@rika Your comment is spot on. They were raised in a safe environment. In UK here it does not help when women ignores police advice and walk alone at night. They condemn the police for giving these advice and believe it is victim blaming. Women should have the right to walk freely at night without worry but it doesn't stop predators thinking differently. When they take these unrealistic mindsets abroad it becomes a real danger let alone at home.

@rika Back to the point if research is done properly, apartments can be very good investments. My money was earned from one purchased in South East Asia 30yrs ago and grew from there. I started with very little too. And I only purchase apartments not landed property. Thus your comment is subjective.

@hetieshou No offence but I never understood parents who love comparing their kids. Unless they themselves are Mr and Mrs Perfect; otherwise I truly don't see the point as all the children are individual entities by themselves, not clones of one another.

@foodie Good for you then. You are obviously a seasoned investor with tons of money to burn but not everyone is.

@rika Luxury apartment for investment purpose is Poor choice, LOL, I have to disagree on that. My portfolios are over 60 apartments over in 6 Countries that generator profits thru rental or sales. Not a single of my investments have been poor choice. Just study your market well. I am still able to sell my HK properties with very good returns in these climate. So I really have to disagree with your comment.

@rika Yes and good observation! Most of my brothers did well in all areas. But my late parents were disappointed in me as I was bad in math and science but did well in art and linguistics. I was always getting compared to my brothers so a lot of pressure was on me throughout school. I was proud of my brothers but hated to be constantly compared to them and living in their shadow.

@foodie It will never be addressed. The reason why companies can always get away with ethical working hours is because there's always a ready supply of people willing to do those hours. India and China are countries with high population. One man collapses and another 100 men are more than happy to take his place. That's the reality of life and how capitalism thrives since the world is full of livestock (aka humans).

@foodie To be fair, luxury apartments are just "speculative investments". The pool of people who can afford them is rather small so if she is buying one for investment purposes, it's a poor choice. However, if she is buying it to live in, then it's perfectly fine as long as she is physically and mentally able to keep working to generate the cash flows to maintain the upkeep of the house.

@hetieshou That's always the case I observed in my ex classmates as well. The artistic ones are usually bad in math and science but excel in linguistics and art. The intellectual ones are the vice versa of the artistic students. It's only a small minority within the class who can excel in both areas. Think of the normal distribution bell curve. Most people (> 80%) fall within the central area of the curve and only an extreme small percentage is what the society calls "gifted".

@dramas4me The #YOLO mentality doesn't really help either. People often think they will be okay to travel alone but they often forget that they were raised in a safe environment. To use their own growing up experience as a conjecture to assume they will be fine in a foreign place doesn't make sense but that's how most humans operate.

@nomad822 Haha, nouveau riche grooming their daughters to become the next Kathy Tsui or Kate Middleton.

Hate to burst his bubble but wearing stupid colors don't help. He is better off trying 种生基 like what the Macao king does.