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I remember reading a great take: the ML embodies the millennial stereotype (still at home, feckless, no relationship) and their climb represents millennial burnout (climbing with no end in sight) and their social strata exit is social media influencing lol

You’re welcome!! I saw it in theaters with my husband and we loved it. We often talk about how phenomenal the ending was (Like saying, Oh what? You think this has to be a *realistic* movie? Get out of here with your nonsense and enjoy the ride!)

This was my favorite one

You’re welcome!

Btw my best advice is to dig into the comments. Or if you follow someone, go to their replies

Lots of convos are happening deep i the threads, but you won’t know if you just scroll down the feed

Here’s the feed for Asian dramas! Youll find all kinds of c/kdrama discussion there. I think MDZS might have its own feed too 🤔 you’ll have to check

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by Jingjing Chen IN ZHUANGZI At 7, an ancient Chinese text written by Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi during the late Warring States period (476-221 BCE), a story tells that Zhuang Zhou once dreamed he was a butterfly, flitting and fluttering around, happy, and doing as he pleased. As a butterfly, he did not know he was Zhuang Zhou. All of a sudden, he awoke and found he was Zhuang Zhou, solid and unmistakably human. But then he did not know whether he was Zhuang Zhou dreaming he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuang Zhou. In the end, Zhuangzi wrote, there was necessarily a difference between Zhuang Zhou and the butterfly; this difference was the 'transformation ofthings'物化．The transformation is a change in consciousness between reality and illusion. The constant flux between dreams and awakening leads the 'self' to change from being unaware of the distinction of things to being aware of the definite distinction between and among things.

Oh! And here‘s a primer on Zhuang Zhou’s (aka Zhuangzi) butterfly dream for anyone who doesn’t know ☺️

Shao Ping was the former Qin Marquis of Dongling. When the Qin fell, he became poor, wearing simple clothes and planting melons east of Chang-an's walls.

Mt. Penglai am was according to CHINESE MYTHOLOGY located on an imaginary island in the Eastern Sea (Donghai #i or Bohai $) #). It was one of the three (or five) mythical islands where immortals lived.

And some context for the references:

It was born from zhuang zhou’s dream

Zhuangzhou dreamed he became a butterfly, Or did the butterfly become Zhuangzhou? With ease, one body turns into another— Passing from change to change, all things flow. Water that lapped the fairies' eastern island Returns in a stream running clear and shallow. The farmer planting his melons past Green Gate Ruled as Duke of Dongling not long ago. Seekers of wealth and power, surely you know Your vain posing is just a shadow show.

Sharing a poem from Li Bai 😊

Hopefully she doesn’t chat to her AI or have a nickname for it/it for her lol.

Strictly speaking about AI psychosis (not any of the other harms), it‘s an issue that arises from conversing with chatbots in particular, because human psyches aren’t really equipped to delineate between human/non-human, and because it’s designed to keep ppl coming back for more.

Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year - Wikipedia

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Between 1899 and 2023, there were 3,996,709 traffic fatalities in the United States.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of preventable death for people aged 5-22, and the second most common cause for ages 23- 67

32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949.181 In 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 deaths in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. 191 In 2022, there were 42,795 motor vehicle fatalities.

Is she pro-AI or just anti-life lmao

Ngl it’s a good analogy. Cars could be safer - add a speed governor, make them smaller, prioritize pedestrian safety, etc etc

But none of that happens because the auto industry is prioritized over lives

Nah I finished 5 eps yesterday and they were fine. It definitely seemed like a different drama would’ve taken longer to get through, but ngl the pace of it added to the feeling of “so what’s true? What do ppl know?”

Really great early eps for making me actually interested in the mystery of it all!

Jing Chao on the right. Some other guy on the left

Um hi why did none of you mention that #JingChao is in #GenerationToGeneration??

If you have any friends or family talking to AI chatbots… please stage an intervention.

Like “falling for“ a cult. AI psychosis is not something that happens to the mentally ill or the weak or the stupid. We are all vulnerable so why walk this razor’s edge?

Just started this one! Great opening monologue 👍

Heee cutie

I love Korean disaster comedies. My favorite is #Exit

—dense toxic chemicals blanket the street level in a Seoul neighborhood & prompt an evacuation. Our ML, an aimless millennial, and the FL, his college crush + reason he joined rock climbing club, must boulder their way across the city to safety👍

1000%!

Glad people are settling on the term "pervert glasses". Bonus points if you also say it while posting a picture of Mark Zuckerberg or call them Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses.

In Congress, I won’t just be fighting Donald Trump. My vision is to reverse the decades of policy violence, complacency, and austerity that got us here and directly hurt our communities.

The 9th District deserves better than the same tired approach. We deserve a new generation of leadership.

It’s a half recommend half not-recommend

It is an AMAZING setting (Granada Spain) and such fun fantasy

But the fl is relegated to a literal NPC lol and it makes the back half and end a struggle imo

I recommend starting it and giving up part-way

See also: #MemoriesOfTheAlhambra

Or maybe it was three not four. My number memory is bad haha

that there were only FOUR members now (not five)

lol cute

hongki has one of my favorite real-life personas of any celebrity. he seems legit, and likes he takes his role as celebrity seriously.

I also appreciated that when his bandmate went away for his role in the burning sun scandal and he was asked something about it, he was unequivocal

YouTube video by 푸른하늘사랑 HD 160614 KCON 2016 France - FTISLAND - Falling Star

Yes! 😂 so inspired 👏

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This drama was what made me an FT Island fan. I was charmed by #LeeHongKi running around the stage and found that it was a real performance for kcon Paris in like 2016. let me see if I can find it…

Just went to the sweetest restaurant. Run by a family for 14 years, super popular in the neighborhood, so charming. Maybe the best coffee in town. Just an absolute delight. So rare to find a well-run establishment with good food these days when everything seems to run on instagram and vibes

I only watched #TheGlory and it was one of my favorites last year. I started #Glory but it wasn’t for me (or wasn’t for me at that moment, I might pick it back up later)