'free' makes us feel good and 'free' has no downside; it we didn't pay we've got nothing to lose if our decision turns out to be wrong.

“免费”让我们感觉良好，同时它也没有不好的一面。因为我们没花钱，所以，如果我们选择错了，我们也不会损失什么。

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"The economic downturn here has presented a blank canvas to us because we can create whatever we want here, because we've got nothing to lose, " she said.

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