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Vincent's parents 'never say he's good enough' - so he turned to a middle-aged couple online
During mealtimes, Vincent Zhang, a tech worker in Shanghai, has a habit of whipping out his phone to check on his "virtual parents": a middle-aged couple online, armed with an endless stream of warm w
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Dermatólogos y académicos han acuñado un nuevo término: ‘cosmetorexia’, que definen como una obsesión malsana por lograr una piel "perfecta" desde una edad temprana, lo que lleva a un uso obsesivo de
Thousands of Social Media Users Swap Their Profile Pictures for Kris Jenner for ‘Bizarre’ Reason
Note: AI technology was used to generate this article's audio. Chinese social media platforms have recently witnessed a strange phenomenon, with thousands of users changing their profile pictures to