Chapter 29 who is afraid of whom

AXN's reality show "Fear Factor" is a more daring show (in this sense, CCTV's "Weekly Quality Report" is comparable to it).The so-called courage is to first find out what someone is most afraid of, and then let him accept this "most fearful" test. With a lot of rewards, it looks very good.I remember in a certain episode, after successively passing impossible tasks such as ejecting from the ground into the air and climbing to the top of a telephone pole in a storm with bare hands, etc., a group of surviving American heroes , Sit proudly at a table in a restaurant in Chinatown - the test of this level is: eat a whole stewed pig head, including the external nose and the internal mouth.

As soon as the pig's head appeared, there was no suspense at all, and everything was as expected.Except for those who are tongue-tied, eyes closed, nose covered, crap out of their mouths, and scurrying around, the rest of them either give up after taking a few bites, or can't help but vomit after taking a few more bites. As an Asian, especially a Chinese audience who loves to eat pig's head, I am very happy to see the old beauty who has gone away.It may be that my laughter infected the producer. At the end of last year, AXN conducted an online questionnaire survey on people in 11 countries or regions in Asia with the title of "Things to Fear". The results were recently published in "Fear Factor " aired. 6114 valid questionnaires show that people in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and other Asian regions are generally afraid of heights, ghosts or death. Among them, Indonesian people are most afraid of lightning, Indian people are afraid of the sea, Hong Kong people are afraid of getting fat and being alone, and Thai people are afraid of being alone. Fear of dental surgery and Taiwanese people's fear of in-laws are special.

According to Thoreau, the most frightening thing is fear itself.According to this, this kind of "who is afraid of whom" investigation is not done.What I mean is, being afraid of the sea, being afraid of in-laws, being afraid of thunder and lightning, being afraid of dental surgery, etc., is a little less common;What is more moderate is the general fear of heights among people in Asia.In fact, the altitude of these areas is not high. Even if the roof of the world does belong to Asia, the part of Asian people who participated in the survey is unlikely to surf the Internet in that place.The height that Asian people are afraid of mainly refers to high-rise or super high-rise buildings.Fear of high-rise buildings is the same as fear of the dark, ghosts and death, both of which belong to human beings' natural fear of supernatural phenomena.Yet all fear is relative.The Egyptians said: People are afraid of time, and time is afraid of the pyramids.For another example, eating pig's head may be what Americans fear most, but when Shanghainese celebrated the Spring Festival in the 1960s and 1970s, what they feared most was not being able to eat pig's head.The relativity of fear seems to include some mutual fears among Asian people, such as the "Koreanphobia" in Chinese football, and so on.Moreover, the relativity of fear implies specific historical circumstances.For example, in the era when we were most afraid of not being able to eat pig heads during the Chinese New Year, we said "people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being fat", but in today's era of brand marketing, "pigs are afraid of being famous and people are afraid of being fat" is that both people and pigs Understand the truth.

Chairman Mao once asked and answered himself in the "May 20" statement: "The east wind blows, the drums of war are beating, who is afraid of whom in the world now? It is not the people who are afraid of American imperialism, but the American emperor who is afraid of the people." American imperialism and American imperialism There has always been only one AXN. Although "people" in a broad sense includes all the anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, and independent people in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, but in terms of the political situation at that time, it mainly refers to the Asian people, or the Chinese people and Indochina. people.Although it’s been 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, but more than 30 years have passed. I think the US emperor is still a little afraid of the people. This online survey of Asian people by AXN may as well be regarded as it It is a manifestation of the US imperialism's fear of the people.Of course, as a member of the Asian people, I am also a little afraid of American imperialism, and what I fear most is the skyscrapers of American imperialism.Fortunately, in this matter, it will soon be the turn of the US emperor to be afraid of the people, because the center of gravity of supertall buildings has shifted from the US to Asia, and Asia is becoming the last paradise on earth for American-style skyscrapers.Asia currently occupies 6 of the top 10 tallest skyscrapers in the world, while China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) occupies 4.Hong Kong has four of the 15 tallest skyscrapers in the world.The reason why Hong Kong people are generally afraid of heights is not unrelated to this.

As far as buildings are concerned, it is better to say "sublime" than "fear of heights", or the two are the cause and effect of each other.According to some Hong Kong female office workers who participated in the survey, when they usually wear high heels to climb the stairs, they will keep looking down and look down. After feeling afraid, they want to continue looking, unconsciously imagining that they will fall.On the one hand, this typical situation shows that Hong Kong people's "fear of loneliness" and "fear of getting fat" are probably related to fear of heights. Sublime" notes.

The "nobleness" of the Asian people is also reflected in the continuous refresh of the "world's tallest building" record. In Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Dubai, and Seoul, the "world's tallest" skyscrapers over 500 meters have been built, are under construction, or are claimed to be built. Buildings rise and fall one after another, and you chase after each other. According to a report by CCTVcom: "For Chinese cities, they are gradually becoming sensitive to the Asian market as a growth environment...In an absolute sense, Beijing has more National Center for the Performing Arts and Koolhaas's giant CCTV building, It also means that Hong Kong Foster's Hang Seng Bank Building and I.M. Pei's Bank of China Tower have been deprived of some cutting-edge eyes."Don't be afraid of ignorance of goods, but afraid of comparing goods - I believe that this heated labor competition is becoming the latest fear factor of Asian people, that is, they are afraid that other people's buildings will be taller than their own.The "tallest in the world" that has been built is most afraid of the "tallest in the world" that is under construction, and the "tallest in the world" that is under construction is most afraid of the one that claims to be built, and the one that claims to be built is most afraid of holding grudges, always thinking about breaking the record of.Seeing him building a tall building, seeing my building being short.It is in line with the old Chinese saying, don't be afraid of thieves stealing, but be afraid of thieves thinking about it.