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情人节恶搞 买断电影院单号座位 Bless them. Bless their cold, dark hearts. 祝福他们，祝福他们冰冷，黑暗的心。 ? In what might be the greatest-ever Valentines Day prank, a group of Shanghai singles purchased every odd-numbered seat for a Feb. 14 showing of Beijing Love Story. Their sole purpose: disrupting lovey-dovey dates. Want to see a movie on Valentines Day? asks a message posted by an organizer. Sorry, youll have to sit separately. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ? Tell that to the millions of Chinese who will be spending the day in the absence of a date. With a population of 1.3 billion, China naturally has hefty share of the worlds singletons. This is compounded by a dramatic gender imbalance. Thanks to the one-child policy and preference for sons, there are an estimated 34 million surplus men in China -- a whole lot of lonely hearts. ? Luckily, the countrys unattached have a history of being awesome; theyve even got their own day. Since the 1990s, Nov. 11 have been celebrated as Singles Day. It was picked because the numerals -- 11/11 -- are said to look like bare branches, a Chinese term for bachelors. It started as an occasion to get together for a meal, but has since morphed into a multi-billion dollar orgy（狂欢，放荡） of online shopping. ? Valentines day is also celebrated (if youre into that type of thing). As I left my apartment block this morning, an older gentleman entered through the lantern-drapped gate, a bouquet of pink and white flowers tucked under his arm. All of Beijings best restaurants have been booked up table-for-two by table-for-two. ? The self-described computer nerd that spearheaded the Shanghai theater stunt said he was just trying to do something nice for fellow singles. He initially tried to buy all the the tickets in the theater, he told the Shanghai Morning Post, but was turned down. Things came together when he started a campaign on a crowd-funding site and, working with fellow singles, snapped up the requisite seats. ? The best part may be the comments it gen