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Zhao Mingyi, the drummer of the Black Panther, a popular Chinese rock band, recently hit the internet because of a vacuum cup he holds.
“I did not image such a dauntless guy now holds a vacuum cup, walking toward me,” said one of Zhao’s middle-aged friend, a photographer who used to be a rocker. He made the comments shortly after he took photos for the rock band.
If you never hear about the Black Panther, congratulations, at least you are young guy, not a middle-aged man/woman.
The Black Panther, founded in 1987, is a group of Chinese rockers with big hair. They soon became a sensation among the youth at that time
This piece of news has triggered an extensive discussion in the Weibo, especially among the generation of the 1980s because the eldest ones are almost 40 years old.
Not surprisingly, the 90s also joined in the fun.
(Screenshot taken from Weibo “A lucky escape that I can still seize the tail of youth as I was born in 1992”)
Because of the vacuum cup, the topic on middle age seems to go viral online. An old saying from Gu long, a famous Chinese novelist, goes like this: “A beauty in her old age and a hero’s downfall are the most miserable things in the world”.
Similarly, a rock star in his middle age holding a vacuum cup appeared again in front of his old fans which remind them of the bygone.
How come a vacuum cup as a tag of a middle-aged person? Different voices are heard on the internet. Most people take as stand for the vacuum cup.
I can't understand why so many people could endure cold water, I like using vacuum cup. By the way, I was born in 1995
“I am only 17 years old. I often take a walk after dinner with a vacuum cup.”
“I was born in 1996, and purple sands vacuum cup is my favorite.
There are other four items which are unnecessarily associated with the middle-aged people
Bracelet
It is said that most of middle-aged people like bracelets a lot, There are different materials including old wax, Rudraksha, Nanjiang carnelian and so on. If you don't wear one, please don’t hold out your hand.
Health care products
Young people don't care too much about their health, nor believe health care products. But people in their forties don't think so.
Some people hold the view that most of the healthcare products have two characteristics: not poisonous and useless.
Cigar
For a regular smoker in their forties, it would be a shame to still buy the cigarette wrapped in a flexible package. One must have a cigar made in Cuba.
Drinking
When dining together, the host often serves guests with red wine, rather than asking them what they would like to drink. It’s not because the red wine represents romance, but its healthcare benefits.
“God wants us to know that he loves us and wants us to be happy, so he gives us wine,” said Benjamin Franklin.
“The young don't know what melancholy is for sure, but they claim that they are in a deep sorrow simply because they need to write a poem,” said Xin Qiji, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279).
The vacuum cup disturbs the netizens with the so-called midlife crisis. The wild rock teenager was gone and he now holds a vacuum cup, but who knows what’s in it, maybe the strong wine.
As a lyric written by Cui Jian, a Chinese rock singer, says: “You may cut my hair, but never my dream.”
The truth is everyone could keep a long hair, but not everyone has a dream, there has nothing to do with the age.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
