Candles in Shanghai for Earth Hour, Not Dead Pigs

One of the top trending posts on popular Chinese microblogging platform Sina Weibo today, with over 40k reshares and 13k comments…

On Sina Weibo:

@徐卫华: Last night, the Huangpu River was lit up with candles. It turned out to be for Earth Hour, and I had thought it was for the pigs, pshaw!

Comments on Sina Weibo:

过利-过过：

Haha, it could also be a memorial service for the poor pigs!

飞象网项立刚：

How many candles were wasted? More wasteful than the electricity saved, right?

郑州保喜：

This is even more wasteful.

念悠天：

Retarded, isn’t lighting candles even more polluting to the environment? Creating even more waste!

俺也推勒个特：

Shanghainese people are probably normally very frugal, but are now lucky enough to have pork rib soup all day long. Why not hold a pork rib soup festival, like the “Streaky Pork Festival” that bangzi have.

烟头cool：

A bunch of poser cunts who can only do something for show.

螃蟹Berk：

The intelligence of these people is truly embarrassing for Shanghainese people.

芦葫娃：

Would’ve been better to organize people to watch Young Leifeng.

雷锦辉：

Isn’t lighting a candle even more energy-wasting than turning on a light?

倪捷：

I think it’s still for the pigs. Candles compared to electric lights are even more wasteful of natural resources and produce even more pollution. There is absolutely no need to use candles to convey the notion of using less electricity.

LucasLuk：

Just how much more carbon emissions did this cause…

鼻子里有一坨屎的村长：

Shanghainese people are simply SB.

麻酱派：

Does manufacturing candles not require electricity!?

Ashura-alaya：

Turning off lights and lighting candles, candles are paraffin wax, 2C8H18 +25O2 = 16CO2 +18H2O ,2C22H46 + 67O2 = 44CO2 + 46H2O ,C17H35COOH + 26O2 = 18CO2 + 18H2O, pigs floating on the river, rest in peace. Oh yeah.

欢欢向前冲呀冲：

There truly are no lack of SB.

一个喜爱摄取糖分的人：

Humph, retarded Shanghai people.

张玉辉_微博：

Indeed it isn’t for the pigs, because the pigs are the ones lighting the candles! Candles aren’t even as environmentally friendly as electricity! Pigs!

罗不头儿：

Looks like being a poser is more important than drinking pork soup.

L泡沫飘零：

For the dead pigs, I am truly moved… Even the pigs are laughing in heaven…