Beijing, the sprawling Chinese capital and one of the world's biggest cities, saw its population drop last year for the first time in 19 years as the country grapples with a demographic crisis decades in the making.
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snickerdoo
Political correctness is euphemism for fear to speak truth to authority.
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submitted 2 Months ago, Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 08:36:01
We all have baggage, find someone who loves you enough to help you unpack.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 01:12:01
Why did the can crusher quit his job? Because it was soda pressing.
submitted 3 Months ago, Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 07:12:01
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
submitted 3 Months ago, Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 08:45:01
You never truly understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
submitted 3 Months ago, Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 12:09:01
You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.
submitted 3 Months ago, Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 02:12:01
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
submitted 3 Months ago, Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 02:54:01
An apple a day keeps anyone a way, if you throw it hard enough.
submitted 3 Months ago, Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 06:06:01
When you're going through your rough time / Maybe I could be your lifeline / Keep your head up, when you're down
submitted 3 Months ago, Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 03:00:01
Seeing a spider in my room isn’t scary. It’s scary when it disappears.
submitted 3 Months ago, Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 05:51:01
I bet giraffes don’t even know what farts smell like. – Bill Murray
submitted 3 Months ago, Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 10:36:01
IRS: We’ve got what it takes to take what you have got.
submitted 3 Months ago, Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 02:06:01
You wanna know who I’m in love with? Read the first word again.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 12:21:01
Toxic people ruin family gatherings. They assault friendships. They can run businesses into the ground.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 09:54:01
Replace your grief with love and appreciation. That is truly what any who have departed from our lives would wish for us.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 03:24:01
It is a fine game to play— the game of politics— and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 05:03:01
If the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 05:54:01
You're even more beautiful on the inside than you are on the outside.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 08:15:01
If there is one thing we know, is that this sucks.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 08:57:01
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 11:12:01
Join The Army. Visit exotic places, meet strange people, then kill them.
submitted 2 Months ago, Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 01:06:01
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