Still Waters Posted May 3, 2014 #1 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Walking a cabbage is better than walking a dog because they don't bark, according to someone who has decided to do just that. The vegetables are being taken for walkies by teenagers in China as a way to get over depression and loneliness. http://metro.co.uk/2...liness-4716551/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros of Skaro Posted May 3, 2014 #2 Share Posted May 3, 2014 It's better if they compost their road rash pets instead of sending it to a landfill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cisum Posted May 3, 2014 #3 Share Posted May 3, 2014 That's depressing in itself. Quite funny, though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Serenity Posted May 3, 2014 #4 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I may be lonely but not that lonely. I rather talk to my dolls instead. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYlvax Posted May 3, 2014 #5 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I think a pet rock would be more to the purpose... at least it wouldn't fall apart, and a rock on a leash would be a good mugger-deterrent. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaterasu Posted May 3, 2014 #6 Share Posted May 3, 2014 They are not cabbages .... they are caulies and therefore need to be walked daily ....sorry ...I'll get me coat 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted May 3, 2014 #7 Share Posted May 3, 2014 A waste of good iron. Why don't they just make a paper dog using bits of old newpaper instead? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplybill Posted May 3, 2014 #8 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Maybe if he didn't dress like that he could make some friends. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplybill Posted May 3, 2014 #9 Share Posted May 3, 2014 (edited) Seriously though, this was a very entertaining and interesting article. Good find Still Waters. Edited May 3, 2014 by simplybill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 4, 2014 #10 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Whoa..and my generation was considered weird...and all we did was to grow long hair and wear bell bottom jeans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted May 4, 2014 #11 Share Posted May 4, 2014 if it works, if it's helping people, why judge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplybill Posted May 4, 2014 #12 Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) if it works, if it's helping people, why judge? Sea - Personally, I believe this quote from the article is the key: "The youngsters are able to meet other people who also walk the green foods." It's not really about the cabbages. It's about our innate need for community. My first reaction was sadness in reading that loneliness is a problem in the world's most-populated country. Then I took a closer look at the way he was dressed, and the people taking photos and videos. I'm not a psychiatrist, but I'd guess that young man is crying for attention. I'm a little angry about this statement: "Chinese psychiatrist Wen Chao said: 'The idea is simple; you feel as lonely and as simple as a cabbage, so you begin to act like one and befriend one. And in that acceptance comes change.'" If Dr. Wen seriously believes that acceptance by a cabbage is therapeutic, then I think Cabbage Boy needs a new doctor. Edited May 4, 2014 by simplybill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlyeh Posted May 4, 2014 #13 Share Posted May 4, 2014 If I did that I'd be depressed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted May 4, 2014 #14 Share Posted May 4, 2014 cabbage are good listeners . simplybill Said: Personally, I believe this quote from the article is the key: "The youngsters are able to meet other people who also walk the green foods." It's not really about the cabbages. It's about our innate need for community. .... Right , they're just trying to have fun ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted May 4, 2014 #15 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I swear the weirdest trends come out of Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh17 Posted May 5, 2014 #16 Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) If they don't want to walk with you, drag em till they're cole slaw. Edited May 5, 2014 by Realm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted May 5, 2014 #17 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Whoa..and my generation was considered weird...and all we did was to grow long hair and wear bell bottom jeans. Naw, you're generation was experimental. The eighties, on the other hand, were weird. The fashion, the music, the keyboards! Men tend to wear more makeup and hairspray than women. They couldn't even walk closer to 20 feet from an open flame without bursting into a fireball. Flock of Seagulls. Yeah, I wanted to run so far away... from the whole generation. Now I stuck that song in my head. *seizure* Okay, I might be exaggerating a bit but the eighties look normal these days. Especially reading articles like these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted May 5, 2014 #18 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Well a lot of Europeans wear garlic around their neck or on their wrists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted May 5, 2014 #19 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Not that it has much to do with the topic except it is a vegetable, but my mom was the "Zucchini woman." The thing grows fast and is easy to handle and goes reasonably well in wok dishes, but one year she had so much of it she was carrying wheelbarrows of them around trying to give them away. Hence the nickname. She swore she would never plant the stuff again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilliman Posted May 5, 2014 #20 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Sad. It seems today society is more connected through technology but we get lonelier and lonelier and physically isolated from everyone around us. At least walking a cabbage takes the eyes away from all the technology out their and offers opportunities to meet others. Just my two cents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted May 5, 2014 #21 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Sad. It seems today society is more connected through technology but we get lonelier and lonelier and physically isolated from everyone around us. At least walking a cabbage takes the eyes away from all the technology out their and offers opportunities to meet others. Just my two cents. I guess walking a cabbage could be a good conversation starter lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted May 6, 2014 #22 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Sad. It seems today society is more connected through technology but we get lonelier and lonelier and physically isolated from everyone around us. At least walking a cabbage takes the eyes away from all the technology out their and offers opportunities to meet others. Just my two cents. It's just young-person angst, which for some reason prosperous Japanese seem particularly prone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted May 6, 2014 #23 Share Posted May 6, 2014 "Chinese psychiatrist Wen Chao said: 'The idea is simple; you feel as lonely and as simple as a cabbage, so you begin to act like one and befriend one. And in that acceptance comes change.'" If Dr. Wen seriously believes that acceptance by a cabbage is therapeutic, then I think Cabbage Boy needs a new doctor. yeah, you're right. i think i missed that quote the first time i read it; that is not something someone treating depression should say. need to read more closely next time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted May 8, 2014 #24 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Well a lot of Europeans wear garlic around their neck or on their wrists. Don't they know vampires doesn't really exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh17 Posted May 10, 2014 #25 Share Posted May 10, 2014 What a bunch of weirdos walking cabbages. Now excuse me, while I go play with my pet rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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