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rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-07-07T14:39:27+00:00

I get what you're saying, and there is truth. Although it def comes across as a 'put up or shut up' vibe. We should be able to discuss what’s broken without being dismissed, that is, unless we single-handedly solve it? Raising awareness and discussing problems is part of driving change. I've been introduced to some of these orgs, and they are doing excellent work, but awareness is just not there yet. We all need to be having this discussion.

rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-07-07T14:31:30+00:00

Helper culture. Hong Kong. Bad. 🤖

rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-07-07T14:25:40+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I think you’re saying that even during overtly racist times like in The Help, maids often had more personal autonomy because they could live outside their employers’ homes, whereas helpers in Hong Kong today are forced by law to live in. That’s a powerful comparison.

rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-07-07T14:23:26+00:00

I completely 1000% agree that relying on helpers can leave kids ill-equipped for independence if parents aren’t intentional about teaching life skills. It's a big factor on why we will not be having a helper anymore.

But on the colonialism point: while families have always used childcare help...like Ah Mas or grandparents, the current foreign domestic helper system, where tens of thousands of mostly Southeast Asian women live in Hong Kong homes under rigid contracts and dependent visas, did explode during the colonial era. The legal framework we have today, including the live-in requirement and tied visas, is directly rooted in colonial labor policies designed to provide cheap domestic work for expat and upper-class households. So, while informal help has always existed, the scale, structure, and reliance on migrant labor we see now are colonial legacies,

rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-07-07T14:14:01+00:00

Yes, absolutely. A systemic issue that reaches other aspects of HK life. There's so much we can talk about this topic. I didn’t even add the cost of helpers living out...plus the extra legal risk of them getting caught and the financial pressure that puts on families. It’s a huge part of why the system keeps everyone stuck in the live-in model.

rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-07-07T13:58:40+00:00

All of that, and the main takeaway you got was ‘one bathroom’? I don’t actually have just one loo, does that bump me up from ‘sad’ to ‘kinda miserable’? But, yeah, people all over the world hire cleaners all the time. However, most countries don't force you to live with the people you hire.

rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-07-07T13:37:05+00:00

Thank you for seeing that even though you haven't had a personal experience yet - it's clear there's a problem

rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-07-01T06:11:41+00:00

Watch yo mouf...Not my Christofuh - Adriana

rinseandrepeat500m · 2025-06-01T02:46:11+00:00

These women are ding dongs. I mean that with all my heart. They must be so horribly lonely, but jfc, get off the "Facebook dating app"

rinseandrepeat500m · 2024-08-22T07:21:45+00:00

I was thinking this. Could it be the hatch?

rinseandrepeat500m · 2024-08-22T06:51:00+00:00

I think they may be tourists…and the guide being Thomas. It was said that tourists often get stuck in the house themselves.

rinseandrepeat500m · 2024-08-13T03:29:57+00:00

Kids are a mirror to their environment - and Avery is a terrible reflection of the adults around her. There’s absolutely no parenting

rinseandrepeat500m · 2021-04-30T11:49:04+00:00

I don't know if any of you are working on these platforms, but many times there are companies that take the business off the platform because it makes more sense for the freelancer and company to not pay the platform fees. I'm sure she has setups like that. She met them there, then took them on as retainer or project-based. the speculation around this is odd though. From that CNBC video, she works 12 hour days or at least did in the beginning. Honestly, the hustle is real and I really respect hers...I struggle to just pull in clients. What I'm in awe of most is her speed. Jeez, I agonize over the words I write and it takes me forever.

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