Virtual China

Netease’s "news" forum has this item today, on a group of rather shabby streetwide fortune tellers: On those who know the fate of others. 

With great difficulty I managed to sneak up on these people and secretly take a few photos.  Could it be that they can see their own fates?

Selected responses:

Yes, their fates are to remain this way for the rest of their lives!

They’re all fakes!

Maybe they told their own fortunes and found out that this was the best thing for them to do?

Hey, they’re making a living.

Fate can be told, but it all depends on who’s doing the telling.  Really good fortune-tellers don’t sit on the street.

When someone dies his or her relatives can’t stand the feeling of being separated.  Even if one knows it’s fake, still sometimes they do make pretty accurate predictions.  There’s a willingness to spend the money.  Whose fault is it, anyway, that China’s psychology profession is so backwards?