Do you still remember the memories of throwing and fishing bottles in the QQ mailbox when you were a child? The
qq mailbox drift bottle was officially offline on June 24, 2019. To this day, many people still miss the time of fishing for bottles.
Some people lamented that the popular social platform Xiaohongshu “is a huge bottle beach”, “Sending a note feels like throwing a bottle, waiting for the destined person to see it, clicking it every day with expectation, wondering if anyone will I was very excited when I saw my notes, and I felt so wonderful and happy when chatting with every strange sister!”
Below this post, someone also replied, “I searched for the keyword ‘drift bottle’ in and saw it. This note seems to have changed the form of the drift bottle. "
Not only online, but also offline young people have developed various "new era drift bottles". Some time ago, a passenger's message on the high-speed rail cleaning bag turned into a "drift bottle" and touched countless people.
Recently, many netizens have posted pictures and shared memos about mobile phone store prototypes. Countless strangers have left messages in the memos, and latecomers have spontaneously connected with them, leaving countless touching moments.
Some people fainted with laughter, others burst into tears
All kinds of life in the mobile phone store prototype memo
On June 19, the topic "Mobile phone store memo has become a drifting bottle in the new era" became a hot search topic and received more than 8.8 million followers.
Under this topic, netizens from all over the world shared the messages they found on the memo of the Apple mobile phone store prototype.
A Tianjin netizen shared that on February 26, 2024, someone left "hi, how are you" in the memo, and then continued until June 13, with people constantly leaving messages.
"I'm fine, how about you"
"I'm fine too, have you eaten?"?
Tianjin people’s must-have social topic “Did you eat?” opened up the conversation. On this mobile phone memo, latecomers shared the food they ate that day. Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, grilled cold noodles by internet celebrities next to you, Kung Pao chicken rice bowl... Some people said, "I came to Tianjin for a graduation trip alone, it's such a comfortable city." Others shared the troubles in life, "I'm hungry." "Hey, I have a lot of troubles lately" "It's raining and I don't have an umbrella! My camera is dusty"...
For more than three months, strangers have been leaving messages in the memo on the same phone, one after another like "Drifting bottles" in the city, I don't know who will see it, and I don't know what the latecomers will say, but everyone joins in the interaction tacitly.
In addition to the classic "What to eat today" sharing, someone also wrote an invitation to strangers, "If you can, I hope to meet on the West Lake bench, because I will sit there for half a day every time. Stay on March 19, 2024."
The netizen who took the memo lamented, "We are all people wandering in the big world, and the little things in life can really be heartwarming."
There is another type of memo that was evaluated as "true feelings", "I hate the original Apple camera, it is really outrageous, the lines at the corners of my eyes are clearly visible", "I miss the time when I had a mini", "I like it very much, but can't afford it"... This is the most popular one. Real Apple mobile phone review?
Picking up "drift bottles"
Looking for a feeling of being so far apart
Among the many mobile phone store memos shared by netizens, one memo is very special.
Someone wrote, "Dear stranger, my birthday is coming soon, can you wish me a happy birthday? I will come back to see you on 2.14 of the lunar calendar."
Since then, people have continued to leave happy birthday wishes and message dates in this memo.
Although it is unknown whether the person involved will return to read this memo, I believe that every stranger who sees this memo will be healed and moved.
Interestingly, the mobile phone store prototype memo was regarded as a "drifting bottle". After being written offline by strangers, picked up and shared by onlookers, a new round of "drifting" online began.
In the comment area of a post where netizens shared mobile phone store memos, an online battle started about "what to eat today".
Someone described the feeling of fishing for drift bottles, "Waiting for a random stranger to fish for me and reply to me, it really feels like I am far away from home."
’s warmth has also extended to the “New Era Drift Bottle”. In the comment area of the post sharing the memo, many netizens said, “ I really like this kind of post. I see that everyone is healthy and well in their own tracks. Living here, I feel that the world is so beautiful. I am really moved and want to cry. "Everyone has their own little blessings and worries. It is really very warm."
Memo and drift bottle are a medium. The important thing is that "my" mood and existence at this moment are seen. There are close friends in the world, just like countless people who have read the same memo and shared moments in their lives in the memo. When they finally meet in different time and space, at that moment, the bosom friend becomes concrete.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Ning Gefei
