"Too good to check" refers to those stories that a reporter comes across that may whiff of baloney, but are so entertaining or compelling that to do due diligence would be to kill the dream of a more magic / page-view filled world.
In an almost certainly bullshit story, the Metro reports that Chinese teenagers are taking cabbages for "walks", complete with leash, as a means of coping with loneliness and depression.
Chinese psychiatrist Wen Chao said: ‘The idea is simple – you feel as lonely and as simple as a cabbage, so you begin to act like one and befriend one.
‘And in that acceptance comes change.’
The sight of people pulling cabbages down the street has surprised many, but Lui Ja Chen, 17, defended the pastime and said it had helped him.
‘I feel I can transfer my negative thoughts about myself to the cabbage, go for a walk with it and come home feeling better about myself.
‘If I see someone else its easy to start up a conversation with them about their cabbage, and they are better than dogs as they don’t bark, or start fights with other cabbages, it doesn’t even need feeding, or leave a mess on the pavement.
‘In fact afterwards, I can throw the cabbage away and feel that I have tossed my feelings out with it.’
I want to believe.
[Image via Instagram // h/t Jonah Kessel]
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