In China, teen girls see hunks as dreamy, and route their way towards them:
Nonetheless, the craze blossomed here and in Beijing. “There was no way they could block [Taiwanese boy band “Flowers Four”, and their TV show “Meteor Garden”] here. This is Shanghai,” said Zhang Lulu, a 19-year-old devotee of the group.
She maintained that government bans cannot work in a society that also tolerates widespread pirating of compact discs and videos: “When girls like us have needs, there is nothing anyone can do to stop us.”
So not only do I live in the future; I live in a Bruce Sterling future.