Notices by Neon (fandom) (geraineon@sakurajima.social), page 2

@rakyat@hachyderm.io @liztai@hachyderm.io I wonder if it's because calling it Cultivation makes it sound extra fancy/ "different culture"

@rakyat@hachyderm.io I was a very unregulated early internet user 😂 both parents work. Nobody to watch me at home. Grandmother didn't care. ... Of course that means it always comes out on the phone bills, all the evidence of my sneak internet usage @agasramirez@mastodon.social @gombang@social.nancengka.com @liztai@hachyderm.io @aulia@octodon.social

@rakyat@hachyderm.io @gombang@social.nancengka.com @liztai@hachyderm.io @aulia@octodon.social @agasramirez@mastodon.social 💀 are we of different gen??

@agasramirez@mastodon.social @liztai@hachyderm.io @rakyat@hachyderm.io @aulia@octodon.social @gombang@social.nancengka.com what's this sudden throwback to the past 😂

Time to write testimonials for each other again?

@liztai@hachyderm.io I actually like the taste of bat zhan tong so I have it anytime I want 😆

I don't remember being embarrassed by my family about it but maybe coz my family doesn't actually do rituals. Just the soup? I don't even know what ritual you're talking about (if it's not the soup...)

@liztai@hachyderm.io I am sick of condor heroes! They keep doing it every few years. There are so many more out there la pls give those a chance, China.

@liztai@hachyderm.io my reaction is completely opposite 😂

Mine is: wtf, again? Why can't they do a different jin Yong this time and skip condor heroes?

Why not adapt Gu Long?

@Sollenbum@mastodon.online nice to see that you're enjoying this drama. I finished it some time ago and thought the concept was interesting

@liztai@hachyderm.io maybe they just dunno how to find their angmoh salad @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io I am reminded of the Bali person from a few years ago who said Bali is a great place for queer ppl to move to ... Haha

I think the other thing that I dislike about digital nomads from the global North is, a lot of the time, there is no attempt to understand the local culture at all

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io oh noo... I guess it's a good thing we guard our fav food places quite well 😂

Maybe it's for the same reasons as JP ppl liking Malaysia. Easy to communicate. Also Malaysians like to accommodate (also accent switch ability).

@liztai@hachyderm.io all the best with it

i have trouble with podcast so i prefer text reviews... or usually i just ask my cdrama kaki

@liztai@hachyderm.io and I'm happy to not have to watch! It's fine

@liztai@hachyderm.io my issue is not with her not liking most shows. It's her adding oil to fire when China decided to erase actors. Anyway, it's fine. We can enjoy different things 👍

This is both in her discord server and in her channel

@liztai@hachyderm.io ah. I stopped watching avenuex for a long time.

@liztai@hachyderm.io okay. Thank you! I'll skim the episodes tomorrow!

@liztai@hachyderm.io thanks! You remember which episodes?

And lol I kinda expect weddings to be not exactly that accurate anyway. And rituals will probably be different for different location/time too...

@liztai@hachyderm.io Can try telling youtube you don't want to see these videos?

did you manage to find a recipe for hearts though?

and nak tanya, you remember any historical/period cdramas with wedding scenes ah (wedding or betrothal rites and stuff)

@liztai@hachyderm.io I think it's partly timing, partly internet hype machine making it much easier for everyone to get into it at once

the timing was good. 2019. Guess what happened in 2020? It coincides with the donghua, and the novel translation (one version of it or several, I forgot) was also complete. There were marketing for the donghua, cdrama, etc.

So, for many, it's their gateway cdrama, and that can be a very special experience

@liztai@hachyderm.io it's not a drama with a good budget, and the acting is not very polished, especially the first few episodes. But the themes, structure, types of characters are very new to people who haven't experienced cdrama