On September 12, 2026, a Bilibili netizen posted a video showing them shopping at a mid-to-high-end supermarket in Germany using the hourly wage of an outsourced security guard (approximately €22-24). The video documented purchases including pizza, bread, marinated pork ribs, salmon, steak, buttered toast, 1 liter of whole milk, and two kiwis, totaling €24.85. The video sparked a flurry of comments discussing Germany's purchasing power and recent discussions about the implementation of the two-day weekend.
On August 8, 2026, a man in Shanghai earned about 100 yuan after a 5‑hour part‑time shift at McDonald’s. He then took the money to a local RT‑Mart supermarket, buying roughly 300 g of pork belly, bananas, 1 L of milk, cabbage, eggs, 300 g of chili peppers, a box of tomatoes and five baked flatbreads among other daily necessities. The man recorded the whole process and posted it on a social platform, aiming to test the actual purchasing power of that income locally, sparking netizen discussion about low wages and cost of living.