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text/rural babies entering the city
I don’t know what people in other countries are like! Anyway, people all have a common problem, that is, they have too much herd mentality, and they start to grab things at the slightest sign of trouble - buying like crazy.
I don’t know what other people think, and I’m too lazy to care. Anyway, I personally hate this phenomenon! Some things were bought in a panic and were not used at all, but were simply thrown into the trash can.
Because of the family planning , the older generation had fewer children and more only children. In addition, they caught up with the trend of loans to buy houses and cars. Most families have been complaining about the high expenses and the money they earned could not make ends meet. In addition, young people and parents are getting older and have to have children and raise children. The pressure of survival is great. Every time they make a fuss, the items they snatch back are not used up. As a result, they are thrown into the trash can and the hard-earned money is wasted. To cite a few obvious examples, such as:
In 2003, SARS , it was said that isatis root can be cured, but as a result, the price of a single isatis root was raised from 16 yuan per iron hall to more than 1,000 yuan per iron hall.
In 2010, the quack doctor Zhang (Wu Ben) said that mung beans could cure all kinds of diseases and detoxify all kinds of poisons. People robbed them and raised the price of 2 yuan and 50 cents per catty of mung beans to 13 yuan per catty. Until now, the price is still 78 yuan per catty and cannot be lowered.
In 2011, there was a nuclear leak at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Our citizens were rushing to buy salt. There were long lines everywhere, rushing to buy salt . As a result, people who could not buy fine salt went to the back door to buy a few sacks of coarse salt and went home. My second uncle's family was the same. In the end, they couldn't eat it and ended up in the ditch. The price of table salt has increased from a few cents per catty to now, only two yuan per bag.
In 2012, people said that the Mayan calendar predicted that December 21 of that year would be the end of the world, and that the sun would not rise the next day. Many people rushed to grab flashlights and candles in advance. Some people took home more than a dozen flashlights and several convenience bags of candles. I was selling clothes in Xi'an that year, and a few aunts came to my shop and told me to hurry up and buy them. They said they wouldn't be able to buy them if they were late. I teased them and said, "I don't want to buy them. I can stand next to you and borrow some money." They all shook their heads helplessly at me and said I was stingy. Tell me what I will do then. Alas, if the end of the world really comes and the sun won't come out the next day, think about it, how long can we survive with a few flashlights and a few convenience bags of candles? Later, nothing happened, and it wasn’t all invalid! ! !
These are absolutely true and well documented. I can only, alas...!
Now the new coronavirus started to break out in January 2020. People rushed Sanxin Shuanghuanglian to sell it out across the country. I also grabbed a yao worth four to five hundred yuan and took it home. Later, it became invalid and was thrown into the trash can.
After the various communities were put under lockdown, the supermarkets were all sold out of rice, oil, salt, vegetables and fruits. Several aunties in my community went shopping with me and took home fresh vegetables and fruits worth a thousand or eight hundred yuan. I couldn't stop them no matter what, and in the end they rotted before eating and threw them away. Fortunately, I only bought some dried mushrooms and dried fungus, as well as some rice, oil, and salt, so there was no waste. Now that
has been unblocked, people are grabbing yaos again. Many yaos start at 30 yuan per box and soar to more than 100 yuan per box. ibuprofen is not available at all.
Do you think this is annoying?
The life of the grassroots people is already tight. They are overwhelmed by mortgage and car loans. If they don't go to work one day, they will be worried about not having enough money, and they will feel panic. This makes it even more difficult for people.
This common herd mentality is terrible!
is good, but it promotes consumption and promotes currency circulation , which has been sent to a few people! ! ! ! .
is not just a well-known incident. In normal times, during festivals and the like, major platforms, in order to promote sales, advertise huge product price reductions. Many people rush to buy clothes, hats and shoes, which are piled in the closet. Some of them have not worn clothes for several years.
How wasteful do you think it is?
We all need to learn to consume rationally, slowly get rid of the bad habit of following the herd mentality, and make life simpler, and people will live happier and happier lives! Let’s work hard together! ! !
Herd mentality is bad
Herd mentality is at work
