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Touch-Everything-But-Buy-Nothing Culture

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Touch-Everything-But-Buy-Nothing Culture There is a special kind of Malaysian who enters a shop not as a customer, but as a free-range inspector . They touch everything, test everything, criticise everything—and then leave without buying a single item. Welcome to the Touch-Everything-But-Buy-Nothing culture, a uniquely irritating performance art where entitlement is high, manners are low, and shame has taken a permanent day off. These people don’t shop. They audition . They squeeze fruits like they’re testing stress balls. They unfold shirts with the confidence of seasoned retail managers, only to toss them back like laundry done by someone who hates the household. They press buttons, twist knobs, sit on chairs, bounce on sofas, and tap screens with oily fingers—all while asking questions that begin with “Why so expensive ah?” and end with absolutely nothing in their hands. In electronics stores, they are even worse. Phones are poked like lab rats. Laptops are slammed s...
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The Facebook Comment Section Gladiators

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The Facebook Comment Section Gladiators If ancient Rome had Facebook, the Colosseum would’ve closed down due to lack of attendance. Why bother watching lions maul prisoners when you can scroll through a comment section and witness fully grown adults tearing each other apart—barehanded, bare-brained, and blissfully anonymous? Welcome to the Facebook Comment Section, where everyone is a warrior, nobody is wrong, and humility died sometime around the third reply. These are not commenters. These are gladiators . Armed with caps lock, half-read headlines, and screenshots taken out of context, they march bravely into battle from the safety of their sofas. Their shields are profile pictures of flowers, sunsets, or children who will one day be embarrassed. Their swords? “Bro, you bodoh ke?” and “Do your research.” Ah yes— do your research . The rallying cry of the unlearned pretending to be enlightened. Research, in this case, means reading another Facebook post shared by someon...
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