Chinanews, Xi'an, November 28th, title: From "resume" to "blind box": young people frequently come up with "new strategies" to obtain the "love code"
Author Yang Yingqi
In the winter night, many convenience store signs flashed on both sides of the pedestrian street, but He Jia, a girl from Xi’an, was attracted by the "order-off convenience store" in front of him. The sign standing outside the glass door said "Do you want to take off the order? "After watching a while with curiosity, she opened the door of the store.
An interior view of a "off-the-order convenience store" in Xi'an.
Photo by Yang Yingqi
Fancy products such as Fate Bottles and Peach Blossom Blind Boxes are filled with two walls in the store. “Fate Bottles are placed according to the date of birth, with basic information of single men and women built in. You will get photos and voices when you scan the QR code of the bottle for payment. , You can find your favorite person according to your preference." After listening to the introduction of the store manager, He Jia was eager to try, "It's like opening a gift box. I don't know which small bottle my fate will be in?"
The end of the year is approaching, while many young people are enjoying the "freedom of being single", they are also preparing to face the "compulsory course" of the end of the year of "urging marriage".
Especially in some traditional Chinese families, the elders show a slightly direct blind date, which makes many young people confused about love itself.
Tong Tong, a "post-90s" girl, was repeatedly "stuck out" by her parents at the blind date corner in the park.
She told reporters that when personal traits such as education, appearance, and material conditions were made into a resume "stall", the process of finding an object seemed to become a "clear price" business, "I feel that love is getting more and more away from me. Far away, I'm just looking for a suitable'partner' to spend the rest of my life." Tong Tong smiled bitterly.
Compared with the rules and regulations that parents value, "like-mindedness" is the "hard index" for most modern young people's blind dates.
Offline entertainment venues such as escape rooms and talk show theaters have become "encounter treasures", and online exchange areas such as fund stocks, music software, and other online exchange areas have also appeared bold "recruiting" messages, and even more categorized by "knowledge field" to create 985 associations Blind date group of international students...
"My wife and I met during a camping-themed friendship event. We found a lot of common topics. Nowadays, there are few differences in our lives." said Wu Zhenghua, a young "post-85" young man, although this kind of themed blind date event was somewhat "utilitarian". ", but after being screened by the "interest index", it can indeed help each other to get to know each other more efficiently and find love.
In the eyes of most elders, blind dates are a "homework", and only a successful relationship is considered "homework."
However, young people now have their own ways of socializing, and Wang Han, an office worker, has a deep understanding of this. "Unlike the traditional blind date process, activities such as board games and script killings do not have such a strong purpose. The form of'off the single convenience store' Novelty and freedom of choice. Even if I don’t meet love, these activities can make me happy."
From "blind date resumes" to "single blind box", young people's "love book" is still constantly updated.
The reporter searched on the Internet platform and found that a "Yue Lao Office" sold more than a thousand a month, and fancy order removal services such as "order take-off stalls" and "love test" were very popular. The blind box products had unknown attributes. The yearning for love with singles attracts people to keep "early adopters", but there are also consumers who comment on it, saying that they "buy a loneliness".
"Whether it is'freedom of being single' or'freedom of dating', it is a manifestation of contemporary youth who are more independent." Wang Xiaoyong, an expert from the Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, said that new ways of "getting off singles" are emerging one after another, but young people also need to be "early adopters". Be rational in the process.
As for the "monthly old" in the market, how to maintain information security and ensure integrity management requires the relevant departments to carry out a certain degree of standardized management.
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