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   Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 02:08:19 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

   Few people notice this: there is often a monthly & quarterly theme in #Kdrama

   This month and last month, the recurring theme is #euthanasia or "assisted death", and #Switzerland is sometimes mentioned in passing. (IIRC, there was a K-drama that touched on this earlier this year.)

   Usually, this has to do with current social sentiments and discussions. Writers and directors who still values social issues more than entertainment produce projects based on what's the current trend or pressing issue/discussion. Again, usually. The other possibility, someone or some group is pulling the strings.

   However these themes occur, it gives us some insight intothe cultural and social situation in South Korea.

   As we all know, fiction can influence the people's views and sentiments on sensitive issues, directly and indirectly. It may not be evident immediately but it will be eventually.

   It looks like it is euthanasia or assisted death this time. It's a war on minds. Push and pull. Either make it common so people become comfortable with it and make it easi for politicans and news to openly discuss it, or write the stories in a way that will make people to reject it.

   It's good to openly discuss sensitive topics and use fiction to put cultural and social issues up front, as long as fiction isn't used to push one side or an agenda.

   @kdrama

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   Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 17:47:37 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

   I invited all my neighbors over for a meet-and-greet last night. Several were obviously confused to learn I'm "Ryan" — British people aren't used to it being a unisex name. I heard one ask my partner ask "who is this lady?" (clearly referring to me), and they looked a bit confused when I introduced myself.

   Nobody asked for an explanation, and neither my partner nor I offered one, though my partner found more explicitly gender neutral ways to refer to me than strictly necessary.

   I imagine there will be some curiosity-driven gossip, but they'll figure it out eventually.

   It was pretty clear that the overwhelming sentiment was "you invited us into your home, which you aren't turning into an AirBnB, so we love you!".