Sleep and eat: the secret of happiness of the "rat people" is revealed!

New youth movements are regularly emerging around the world, but the “rat people” from China have surprised everyone with their uniqueness. An unusual subculture called “rat people” is rapidly gaining popularity in this country. This is by no means an insult or a fiction, but a new social phenomenon that has captured the minds of young people. Moreover, this subculture has become a real Internet phenomenon and is capable of influencing views on what modern life should look like.

"Rat people" have nothing to do with quad bikes. Moreover, the active lifestyle of two-legged "cats" and "dogs" causes them obvious rejection. For "rats", the ideal pastime is complete idleness. Their main task is to spend a minimum of energy. Therefore, they prefer to move as little as possible, trying to reduce resource consumption.

Representatives of this subculture spend almost the entire day in bed. There they play games, leaf through comics or watch TV series. "Rats" eat exclusively food to order and try not to leave the house at all. They have no friends, hobbies or goals in life, and all communication with the outside world is limited to social networks and instant messengers.

The origins of the new subculture go back to a resident of Zhejiang Province in eastern China — a TikTok user with the nickname @jiawensishi. She began posting videos showing her daily life. Followers could see how the blogger lies in bed for three hours after waking up, then washes herself and returns to bed again to spend another five hours there.

The young Chinese girl ate only when her parents woke her up for this purpose. In this case, her food was brought to her already prepared and straight to her room. The girl had no concept of day and night. In the videos, she could wake up at two in the morning, take a shower, and then go back to bed. In her videos, @jiawensishi called herself a "rat person" and compared her life to the gray and monotonous fate of rodents living in the sewers.

The Chinese blogger's very first video gained almost half a million likes and thousands of comments. The following posts were no less successful. Under the girl's videos, users admired her leisurely existence and said that they were tired of the fast and efficient life imposed by modern society.

Soon, @jiawensishi gained followers, and communities of interest began to form on social media. Some participants in the new movement call themselves “rats,” while others prefer to call themselves simply “lying down.” The trend quickly gained popularity in China and has already begun to attract supporters outside the country.

The Chinese edition of South China Morning Post conducted a study and found that outside of China, the largest number of followers of the “stationary movement” live in the UK. The core of this community is made up of Chinese students who have encountered high prices for housing, food and entertainment in Foggy Albion, as well as constant rain.

Many of these students choose to stay indoors and avoid socializing in order to preserve their mental and physical strength. It is important to note that this is not the worst option. Among the “rat people” there are many who do not study at all and live from day to day, surviving from one food delivery to the next.

Some "bedridden" people seem to feel uncomfortable because they spend their days in idleness. The famous Chinese writer Liao Zenghu came to their aid. He put forward the concept that "rat people" are not just hikikomori and slackers, but real rebels! In his opinion, they represent a passive-aggressive resistance movement to the modern world, where money and consumer culture rule.

How to join the ranks of the new "lying revolutionaries"? It's very simple. If you have no desire to climb the career ladder and your main goals in life are to sleep and have a snack, then you are already one of them. What to do? Nothing, really. Just continue in the same spirit and calmly ignore outside attempts to bring you back to an active life.

Although the ideology of the "bedridden" seems quite clear, the trend has still been turned into a source of income. The principle of the 21st century is: if something can be monetized, it will be monetized. A cartoon character named Big Rat, the unofficial symbol of the movement, now decorates T-shirts, mugs and other souvenirs.

The sale of merch has already brought in more than a million yuan (11.3 million rubles) for enterprising businessmen. The cryptocurrency world is not far behind: a new token, RatCoin, will soon appear on electronic exchanges. While millions of people around the world lie under the covers, enjoying their special philosophy, the first entrepreneurs are being found who have managed to earn a fortune on this laziness.

What do you think: is the “rat people” movement an alarming signal about the state of society or a conscious protest against burnout and the pressure of success?