This week, the word "diaosi" became extremely popular, from Tieba to Weibo, everyone was talking about diaosi. It is said that the term "diaosi" originally came from the Baidu "Three Giants Bar" as a mocking nickname for football fans in the "Li Yi Bar," but it was embraced by the fans of Li Yi Bar. Afterwards, the two characters "diaosi" carried a sense of helplessness and self-mockery, and were proudly promoted by netizens. Nowadays, "diaosi" has become a synonym for a group of people: they have no money, no background, no future, they love DOTA, love Di Bar, love brick-laying: in front of the "tall, rich, and handsome," they can only kneel; after mustering up the courage to chat with a "goddess," they only get a reply of "hehe." More specifically, "diaosi" mostly refers to young men who are humble in origin, they call their work "brick-laying," they love online games, love Tieba, love "goddesses," and also love fantasizing, but lack the initiative to act; they are inwardly vain, yet disdain the "tall, rich, and handsome" and pretend to be noble; they are inferior, self-deprecating, yet think highly of themselves; they are kind, they are also weak. Being ugly, poor, and incapable but still kind, this is the life of "diaosi"; self-mockery and comparing misery, these are the survival skills of "diaosi" on the Internet. In fact, I think the artistic image closest to "diaosi" is not Lu Xun's Ah Q, but Jia Zhangke's Xiao Wu in his films. Xiao Wu is a habitual thief from Fenyang, Shanxi, who never reforms, but is a very emotional person. Later, all his relatives, friends, and even society "abandoned" him. One day while singing at a karaoke lounge, Xiao Wu met the accompanist Hu Meimei, and a certain ambiguous feeling developed between them due to their similar mindsets. However, Hu Meimei understood that Xiao Wu was not her destination, she needed to find a stronger "shoulder" to change her fate. Although Xiao Wu understood this, he could not suppress his disappointment when it happened... The climax appeared when the song "Love the Country More Than Beauty" was played, Xiao Wu held fake flowers from the dance hall to present to Hu Meimei, accepting her requirement to treat him as a tycoon, and drank wine with a bold demeanor. Under the music, the humble person finally gained the dignity of a man. At that time, a netizen named "Yao Er" wrote: "I am so familiar with such moments, the illusory hero dreams fill every man's heart, but in reality we have to live a lowly life, endure blows, silent and fragile. I've seen many men wildly indulging after getting drunk, I've seen them boasting about their worthy or unworthy experiences, talents, properties, careers, interpersonal relationships. Xiao Wu, this ordinary person betrayed by friends, this restless person during the social transition period, this thief who maintains his survival and dignity in the cracks of a small county, finally gained an illusory self-respect and satisfaction at this moment, gained the left hand holding the country and the right hand holding beauty, gained the illusion of a passionate husband, he raised his glass and drank wine in large gulps, he hugged his woman elegantly, he had his brothers enjoying themselves thoroughly. He gained release at this moment." Several years later today, due to the deepening of social transformation and class differentiation in China, there has emerged a large number of "diaosi," do they still need to anesthetize themselves with music like "Love the Country More Than Beauty" which worships power? On the morning of February 28, actress Bai Jing was killed by her husband Zhou Chenghai, followed by various gossips about Bai Jing being disloyal to her husband. There were revelations that Zhou Chenghai was worth several billion yuan, spent a lot of money promoting Bai Jing, but Bai Jing did not treat Zhou well, trying to force Zhou Chenghai to divorce her and wanted a large amount of property. A modern Pan Jinlian has appeared online, netizen "Yang Yuzhe" analyzed: "In our traditional social psychology, if an 'unfaithful' woman meets with a fatal end, it is her 'self-inflicted suffering,' vividly embodied in the repeatedly hyped 'Pan Jinlian plays' in recent years. Similarly, if Zhou Yan and Bai Jing are proven to have betrayed, the violence of the perpetrator gains a certain rationality, and their misfortune is 'understood.'" But regarding the gossip about Bai Jing, besides fitting the traditional 'patriarchal' discourse encirclement, isn't there also a little modern 'diaosi' resentment towards the 'princess eventually becoming the abandoned wife of the tall, rich, and handsome'? Of course, modern 'diaosi' also have healthy outlets. On the afternoon of March 1, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang attended a special legislative session meeting for questions and answers regarding accepting hospitality from tycoons, apologized to Hong Kong citizens, and stated that to eliminate public doubts, he had decided to abandon renting the Shenzhen 'luxury mansion' originally prepared for retirement after retirement. At one point, he choked up. Many mainland netizens were curious: Mr. Tsang, the Chief Executive, has shed tears apologizing, but those legislators are still relentless, what makes them so powerful? Hong Kong netizen "Zhang Jianting" believed, "A sentence we Hong Kongers often say, even if pressed down hard by life, just hearing this sentence, we straighten our spines, our eyes flash with light: 'Hong Kong's rule of law and integrity make us proud'... This world is indeed unfair, the Chief Executive cannot take advantage, we can; he cannot buy abalone at McDonald's prices, we can. The pride of Hong Kongers has been taken away by Mr. Tsang, their anger is understandable... More than 20 years ago, a friend of mine was a mafia boss, I knew him since childhood, one day he looked worried and told me: my son was threatened at school to be recruited as a mafia member. I almost laughed, would he not be able to solve this problem? He sincerely said my methods are used to solve gang problems, and school problems should be solved with higher standards, he also didn't want his son to be proud of having a father in the mafia. Even a mafia father knows society has higher standards, how does our Chief Executive not have this common sense?" Mainland netizen "Yang Hengjun" also lamented: "Conscience is unreliable, and relying on political figures to discipline themselves morally is even less reliable. Fortunately, Hong Kong relies on systems and the rule of law... Residents of some inland cities can visit Hong Kong on 'individual tours.' They come to Hong Kong with some money in their pockets and go on a shopping spree. If I were to suggest, I hope the officials and civilians of the mainland use the 'individual tour' to Hong Kong to carefully study Hong Kong's news programs and newspapers, then the 'individual tour' might harvest more 'freedom'." These are the former 'diaosi', now the citizens of Hong Kong. As fellow 'diaosi', will we have such fortunate releases? Other highlights include: the rumor monger of Baoding's "SARS" case was sentenced to two and a half years of re-education through labor, netizens sarcastically remarked: "If according to this logic, shouldn't the officials who concealed the SARS cases back then be sentenced to death? But aren't they still in high positions, living luxuriously?" A 47-year-old dishwashing female worker was fired for leaving leftover food for her son, many netizens forwarded a story to express their views: In 1935, New York Mayor La Guardia attended a trial: an old woman stole bread for her grandson and was fined 10 dollars, after the trial, the mayor took off his hat and put in 10 dollars, saying: 'Now please each person pay a 50-cent fine, to pay for our indifference, to punish us for living in a city where grandmothers have to steal bread to feed their grandchildren.' Everyone quietly donated 50 cents." Three girls initiated a poetry "flash read" in Shanghai's subway, philosophy professor Yu Wujin criticized via Weibo: "Do they have no legal awareness at all? Subway cars belong to public spaces, they need to remain quiet, how can they make loud noises?" A netizen from the Wenzhou Forum "wang8jian" found quality issues with clothes bought on Taobao and gave a bad review, and then received threatening messages from the store owner: "I am the store owner, sir, is there anything you're afraid to face? If the clothes are not good, they can be returned or exchanged, I hope the bad review can be deleted. Secretary Wang of Pingyang County is an old classmate of my father at the Central Party School, tomorrow I will ask Uncle Wang to talk to your bureau, 1040 Project." Netizens sighed: "Too much harm!" □ KF