Question: What about bai lan 摆烂? And, perhaps also cite David Graeber’s book Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (2018). Graeber talks about it here (and on other occasions):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHx5rePmz2Y
(London Real, Nov 9, 2015). It sure sounds a lot like tang ping, sometimes. And I’m sure he would have loved it (tang ping). And Marine Brossard’s article.
Magnus Fiskesjö < nf42@cornell.edu>