Notices by s1m0n4 (s1m0n4@ohai.social)

@youronlyone @kdramarama @EllenInEdmonton @kdrama I don't easily get offended, don't worry. I like to argue, as long as people stay polite and constructive.

Here's the thing. Just like Koreans don't like to be culturally assimilated to Japanese or Chinese from Western people, now maybe more than before, a lot of people in Europe want to be set apart from North Americans. Our culture is different and that difference is somehow present in English-speaking Great Britain too.

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@youronlyone @kdramarama @EllenInEdmonton @kdrama so while Adolescence, which is a British production, may receive an Emmy award in the US, since both countries speak English, that particular mini-series is something that today could have never come out of Hollywood.
Because, as you mentioned, the US cinema industry doesn't portray real societal issues anymore.

Personally I would prefer that people started using the adjective North-American instead of a general and confusing Western.

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@youronlyone @kdramarama @EllenInEdmonton @kdrama I'm not entirely ok with putting every production that is not Asian under the Western label.
Have you watched Adolescence? Supacell? HPI? Marseille ? La Casa Del Papel?
This is just to name a few not coming out of Hollywood and showing real societal issues.
In Europe the industry is not as developed as in South Korea, China, Japan or the USA. There's definitely less money. However you can find entertaining contents too.

#workoutoftheday

🌊 #Aquajogging
30 x 25 m

🏊♀️ #Swimming
12 x 25 m freestyle
12 x 25 m breaststroke
2 x 25 m backstroke

Not sure about how many lengths I did while swimming because I lost count at some point. Anyway it was a great session 💪

#fitodon #fitness

#workoutoftheday

Unfortunately with 26°C I couldn't even get to 1h of #running 😟🥵

My Achilles tendon started bothering me again. I haven't run at all last week, nevertheless I have logged 16k - 20k steps/day, most of which with 4-5 kg of equipment on my shoulders.

I'm not feeling confident about the HM. My ultimate plan will now involve:
➡️ pool sessions (1h aquajogging + 30' swimming) 2x/week
➡️ long run 1x/week
➡️ strength sessions 2x/week

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#fitodon #fitness

@youronlyone how do you find this #kdrama ?
There's a lot of hype and I'm curious about this new generation of actors, but the plot didn't convince me.

#MyGirlfriendIsTheMan

@youronlyone @ronsboy67 I think this #kdrama may have set the trend. The viewers see what's happening for the most part but there's still some restraint 🤓. Medical k-dramas that followed went further.

And it is indeed touching! It has some minor issues but it strikes right at the viewers heart ❤️

#kdrama #DDay #디데이

#kdrama #DDay #디데이

A 2015 medical drama.
Vote: 8/10.

Compared to more recent k-dramas it shows a bit less surgery details. Probably the budget for special effects in collapsing buildings and earthquake destruction didn't leave much room for anything else.

And I don't know exactly what happened but characters in the past were more daring when it comes to romance. I loved the secondary couples and the main couple kiss scene. The ending was disappointing though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day_(TV_series)

@ronsboy67 yeah the closing scene doesn't make sense imho. They handled much better the secondary couples romance.
And the main villain development leaves me a bit skeptical too.
Still I found it passionating and addictive. And I also cried when ____ died 😭💔.

Can I ask you a question? You wrote in another toot that you can't stand watching blood in dramas. How could you watch this one then?

#kdrama #DDay #디데이

@smashtie the winning song is Austrian, not Swiss.
Honourable intention, but if the writer makes this sort of mistake the credibility of the whole text plummets.

@smashtie ahhh, my mistake then!

I have to admit I am quite baffled by the votes given to Israel. I suspect a group of rich supporters maxing out 20 votes per credit card and using different cards to achieve that.

Why we would allow 20 votes per card is beyond my understanding. It used to be 5 votes a few years ago.

#Eurovision

#esc2025 Claude has THE voice 🇳🇱 #TheNetherlands

@youronlyone
Yes, most people unfortunately stay quiet. I consider myself a tolerant person when it comes to controversial opinions. As long as they're reasoned and motivated without personally attacking other users, I think every point of view can lead to a constructive and enriching discussion.
On the other hand I believe blogging to be more like a monologue or a dissertation. It's a very important tool to get thoughts out of one's chest. Not an exchange though.

@hanktank61 @youronlyone With an instance limiting my toots to 500 chars I don't even think about starting an argument 😂
Here everyone is respectful and even if we don't agree, we get along!

@youronlyone I believe this is a general trend not linked exclusively to #drama discussions.
Exchanges are increasingly polarised by personal sensitivity to certain topics.
It's more important today to belong to a faction rather than expressing a nuanced POV.
It may have something to do with the communities being now online. People don't meet as often as they used to do at the public library book club.
Social approval comes easier through a popular opinion compared to an insightful one.

#kdrama

@youronlyone you got this! 화이팅 🔥🦵

@lookitmychicken when I was starting Korean language learning I appreciated a lot the #kdrama Do You Like Brahms.

They speak slowly, so inevitably many words are easily understandable.
They speak in casual polite register.
There are no swear words or idioms Korean use when they are angry.
It's slow and it allows to focus on dialogues.

#DoYouLikeBrahms

Today I'm sharing my #hip #mobility routine. I've been doing it consistently for 3 weeks as warm-up.

0 - (not videotaped) deep squat 60s
1 - 90/90 dynamic hold x20/side
2 - alternating 90/90 x20/side
3 - hip IR lift off x20/side
4 - hip ER lift off x20/side
5 - shinbox w/ extension x15/side
6 - tabletop x20
7 - straddle leg lifts x20
8 - leg circle x6 🔁 and x6 🔄 per side
9 - glute bridge w/ alternating leg lift x20/side
10 - Cossack squat x10/side

It takes me about 12-13'

#fitodon #fitness

I took the #TOPIK 1 exam on October 12. Results are supposed to be on https://www.topik.go.kr starting from today.

Obviously the website is down, because everyone who took the test around the world is eager to find out the outcome, after waiting for 1½ months

Apparently the admins didn't see this coming 😁

#Korean #한국어 #한국어배우기 #languagelearning

The website is still unreachable 😭
I will never know how I did!

#Korean #한국어 #한국어배우기 #languagelearning #TOPIK