johnwang wrote:HotSoup wrote:Wu Tunan’s motivation was pretty clear — faking his age
Fake his age to be older? Why?
Last time I had my hair cut, the girl asked me how old I was. I told her I was 20 years young than my true age. She believed me. It makes me feel great for many days.
As a government hack, the only way to 'bond' with the poeple was the social consciousness of the past era and the beard was a symbolic of that hope from the past of the wise adept, which in the modern era went no further than "if you dress the part, that is all you need". Like me, Ihave no hair on my head but I can grow a beard, I think
