Netizens put their worries and secrets in the virtual floating bottle without knowing who will get it. All are anonymous.

网友在漂流瓶里写下苦衷和奥秘，不知道它被何人接到。一切都是匿名进行的。

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Experts say the virtual floating bottle is popular because it can release people's deep-rooted psychological loneliness and depression.

有专家认为，漂流瓶在年轻人中流行起来是因为这种新颖的网络方式可以排解人深层的心理孤独和压抑。

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Put a note inside a bottle and leave it floating in the water.

将一个纸条放在瓶子里，让它在水里漂流。

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The imagery was of a lonely freighter out there somewhere in the dark, with Winchell's disembodied voice floating out of the blackness, like a rumor, a message in a bottle.

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