Attention people born in the 1990s: please do not have sex in Chinese gondola

[Video Link] A sign mounted on a gondola ride in Henan Province in China warns people born in the 1990s to refrain from having sex in the cars.

"Following numerous complaints, authorities were apparently forced to step in and put an end to what has been a popular local pastime for young couples," News.com.au reported.

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gregbaker

I have been told that the (mainland) Chinese refer to the “after 90s” generation almost like North Americans say “millennials”. Roughly, those are the ones who have grown up with influence from the outside world and have a more global perspective: they are very different from their parents.

So the closest culturally-aware translation is probably something like “keep your pants on, hippies”.

Edit: I can’t find much (English) reference to that cultural divide, but this mentions it, at least: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-18/tech/china.post90s.generation_1_internet-analyst-wild-card-generation-tencent?_s=PM:TECH
tylerdurden

Phew, I’m safe.
http://www.paradea.org/notes/ Teirhan

Well, there go my summer plans.

wait, i was born in the eighties!

yess
SamSam

Oh man, people born in the ’90s are allowed to have sex now?
Felton / Moderator

I would have assumed the image on that sign meant “no CPR allowed.”
- dragonfrog
  
  Indeed – you’re in a gondola, enjoy the ride. Critique of Pure Reason can wait.
  - SomeGuyNamedMark
    
    If this gondola is a rock’n…
bo_burger

This gives me an idea for my next trip to Palm Springs.
- Lobster
  
  Is that what they’re calling it these days?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  The first time I rode that thing, they were playing Cher’s greatest hits all the way up. It was very weird.
  - niktemadur
    
    There is or was a large framed picture of hard-drinkin’ Leslie Nielsen in his wilderness years (pre-”Airplane!”) in the departure lounge, which I found a bit bizarre and not as funny as the original “Naked Gun”, but waaay funnier than “33 1/3: The Final Insult”.
ChicagoD

Wait, those kids were totally not doing what the sign showed. They were doing more of a face to face, not cowgirl. WTF, China? WTF? Oh wait. Is that a pun?
- niktemadur
  
  Is that a pun?
  
  No, not a pun… what’s that thing that spells the same backwards and forwards?
  - Lobster
    
    Palindrome, but it’s not that either.
homer2324

The sign reads
“There are risks in high places,Love Love be careful”

The first sentence is self-explanatory.The second sentence’s meaning:

“Love Love” – referring to intercourse, or simply sexual activities in general
“be careful” – probably intended means “think twice”Therefore, the sign can be interpreted as “There are risks high up in the air, think twice before you act sexually.”However, it can also be interpreted as ‘There are risks high up in the air, be careful when you act sexually.’
- Wingnut
  
  Here is the whole sign
eselqueso

But… everyone wants to join the 100 M high club!
SomeGuyNamedMark

So are other positions allowed?
Nash Rambler

Fondola?
niktemadur

Wait, it’s confusing… since the nineties per se began on January 1, 1991, do people born in 1990 count? If they don’t, then people born in 2000 surely DO count, as the “noughties” didn’t begin until (you guessed it) January 1, 2o01.

It shouldn’t be a problem now, but just wait a few years, when the hormones start a-flowing!