Pancake people

    门门通，门门松的人

    Pancake是“煎饼”，people是“人”。Pancake people是什么意思呢？请看对话：

    A: What's hot on Weibo?

    B: I didn't check. I've decided to spend less time browsing the Internet and more time reading history books.

    A: Why is that?

    B: I don't want to be one of the pancake people, although everyone tends to in this Internet era.

    A: Pancake people?

    B: Pancake people refers to the Internet-dependant generation, who read widely on the web, but superficially and without delving into any matter. Like pancakes, individuals are flat and spread themselves thin with small bits of information.

    A: That saying is vivid. Did you invent it?

    B: Not me. It came from an interview with American playwright Richard Foreman. "I think we're producing a race of people who are paper-thin — almost pancake people — who cover a lot of territory," Foreman said.

    记住了吗？Pancake people就是“门门通，门门松的人”。