coin collecting!

We discussed this, and it was mentioned when JOSEON ATTORNEY and MY DEAREST were airing. Women's rights went to hell in Joseon.

What's "poor DNA"? And how was this not known before the marriage?

I remember reading about those. LOL

Heartbreaking.
So that's Mrs. Bennet out, I guess.
Also, if you have three daughters, your next child is most likely to be a girl, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_girl_paradox

Politics - As said before mariam has good chance - if not Prime minister - chief minister n that too of powerful region is quite good outcome -n as expected - as said several times before - upperclass - wealthy - better be conservative society as it gives a female more power.

donut is so much fun - i'm laughing an enjoying this comedy drama - keep doing that.
as i always says - customer - consumer - audience - voter. if you can observe one you know how they behave as other too - it's your foolish approach.

tradaeu is not a decent leader and does lot of haha than doing actual work - don't be yes boy.

zelo boy has not muc to serve on table either.

moody is just too moody - he can give lessons to all his brothers how to control everything n then act as a democratic guy.

Rest is same as usual - more protests more chaos more fun all around.

Farmers protests - they happen every year - nothing new, nothing special. they happen everywhere. every govt gives subsidies - because farming is one heck of a loss making business but its main purpose is too keep nation food sufficient - that's why govts pay subsidies.

European protests in 2024 are for European union elections - i've talked about them before. right time playing. main stream media not much playing it which is also the main source for most audience aka voters and many of those privileges class.

Farming isn't some sitting job in a air conditioned room. here investment is high, return is less, risks are way more high and then you have the kind of weather system build up every season. then u hv to follow dozen laws n this n that,

European farmers have big farm lands and good tech tools available, even then they face so much

now think about Asian farmers - who has like 10 times more troubles to follow and they mostly depend upon good rains for good harvest.

privileges class who go all gaga over plastic faces can't understand the hardwork here. hardwork that mostly brings heartache.

on twitter there are some positing videos and for that information i would like to tell - i stand with farmers all along.

riding the subway right before all hell breaks loose and i have to kick ass to any song by "imagine dragons"

Now that's a great prompt, ty!

I'd personally LOVE to change my actual melo-thriller-horror daily life to a stylish adult romance with a hot as hell ML, many gorgeous city night scenes (I'm particularly fond of bridges and street lamps as aesthetics) and some bedroomy retro rock ballad as BGM (Scorpion's "Obsession" will do). Don't wanna work much though - leads in this genre rarely do anyway, being busy with far more interesting things, so let's skip to the "after work" content right away^^

Great prompt! So looking forward to reading the comments from the beanies.

Sometimes when I get in my car usually in the summer when the windows are down and the music is putting me in a good mood and say to myself this feels like an opening scene to a K drama and then I smile and head off to wherever, feeling good about life.

🫘Beansprout🌱 for a great conversation starter on the OT.

No matter the genre of drama that I'm "really" starring in, the only music that'll be playing is Global Pop. Preferably in a language I don't know very well so that I don't have to listen to the silly lyrics, and can focus on the ebbs-and-flows of the rhythm in the melody and bass line.

I'm literally a, "It's got a good beat and I can dance to it" type of music-lover.

PS: Try "Love Girl" or "Loner" by CNBlue to hear what I mean in the best way. Kang Min-hyuk...GAH. Drums can be melody too.

I think the only way I've never commuted to a job IRL is by ferryboat. I've driven, taken the bus or subway, biked or walked to different jobs, and of course worked from home a lot. We have public transport ferries here and I think it's kind of a cool image, right? If I'm going to be a main character I want to be main character age, though I'm really supporting character/mom age. So let's imagine the younger, slimmer, but still kinda spacey and bespectacled me on the ferry, maybe looking back at the city? (What the heck is the job? Maybe park ranger?) In the background, Blossom Dearie singing "Moonlight Saving Time."

Walking in the sunshine with a coffee... just like Yoon Ji-ho in this song. I know she was going back home from work, after many days 😂, hence the celebratory tune. But for normal folks like us, workdays can be daunting. So, if a song can be the only cheerful thing in my day, why shouldn't I start it by listening to listen to this 🙂
https://youtu.be/tNqBZcbIh2Y?feature=shared

Do we have to go to work even in alernate universe/imagination? If so, I want to apparate like in "Harry Potter"

The screen shows the clock with the the time (6:40) and a banner on the screen "Work starts: 8:00AM". It proceeds to follow my morning routine - slapping my phone to turn off my first alarm, and then either rolling groggily or bolting out of bed (groggily) to the bathroom. I'd be nodding off while brushing teeth because it would be hard to portray me nodding off on the floor of my shower appropriately. When my third alarm goes off I finally start shaking myself awake and finish getting ready for the day.

The banner in the bottom corner of the screen starts getting a bit bigger and turns colors to red as I go over my time to where I'd be a bit late. I make myself some avocado toast and head down to the car, whereupon I drive to work (somewhat quickly) to a Seventeen song - something upbeat, "Aju Nice!" seems fitting at first glance.

Mine would be walking down the narrow lanes of Florence (Milan would do to), hopping in to a small Mom and Pop store to grab some mouthwatering pastries, and then walk to the art gallery I own and curate (irl I have no clue about art but hey this is K-drama opening scene :D). While now a days I bore everyone by playing KD OSTs on the loop, my ideal music would be the nostalgic Hindi songs from my teens.
What a fun topic!

I slide of my bed and eat my breakfast in my pajamas in front of my computer(s) with several dictionaries open.
https://imgur.com/43JGbgF
The music is "Too Marvellous For Words" with Billie Holiday or Chet Baker. Including a long, muted trumpet solo. For the slightly cheerful, but very sleepy feel.

I would be walking through the wood in the direction the sun is rising, listening to the Beatles, not necessarily Norwegian Wood but that would be good too.

Definitely martial arts stealthily leaping onto a temple roof in the black of night to rescue my forbidden lover who has wrongfully been imprisoned ~

For myself, I think my ideal would be two parallel commutes:
In the morning I’ll walk to my office building through city streets with my headphones in and the audience will hear that I’m listening to “Wonder” by D.O.
At night I’ll infiltrate a building, masked, sliding from shadow to shadow while “Bite” plays, also by D.O. Maybe I’ll just have him do the whole OST?

A tightrope walk over Niagara Falls to work in a gift shop. The song would be Jackie Wilson's, 'Higher and Higher'.

I see this as a nightmare dream scene after a drunken goodbye team dinner, with the dreamer about to leave for Canada without a word to her boyfriend on grounds of noble idiocy.

Her rival in love, the spoilt and evil Chaebol daughter, lied about getting off with him, and how she can offer him so much more than our FL, his lowly first love, who decides to step aside for the sake of his happiness. She of course works in a crap job in the Chaebol daughter's department store, rearranging shoes and sticking labels on items that buyers can never adequately remove.

He will foil the plot and like Prince Charming, chase after her to Canada with one of the shoes. He knows she will be in disguise so he can only identify her by her feet and her lovely voice when she finally says, "I do" to him. Unfortunately for @gikataa he is played by PHS, and it's the last you will see of him before he disappears with me.

Sorry ... 😂😈😂

Sorry to hear the battle you are going through to find a diagnosis and treatment plan that works for you. I hope you can find the right clinician soon.

I got an ADHD diagnosis from my psychotherapist, an LICSW, which doesn't mean anything to anyone else. I think it's been at least five or six years I've been casting around, trying to figure out what to do with this information. It explains so much, maybe everything, about my struggles as a person.

Yet no one else has ever had a problem with *my* ADHD. I excelled in school and I'm good at a lot of different kinds of work, though I've also had a lot of trouble with jobs and career. I think the biggest misconception that psychologists have about ADHD is that it's a deficit of attention. It's a SURPLUS of attention! It's why you and I are coming into contact here, on this board, right? Since I could never persuade my insurance to pay for a neuropsych exam, I base my perception of this on my kid's neuropsych exam.

So sorry you’ve had a bad experience with the doctors. My third was the charm and his creativity in prescribing has changed everything for me, I wish the same for you.

This is a real problem. When we were young we usually got
good treatment. Diagnosis or misdiagnosis was never a issue. Now I have experienced myself and also heard so many stories about misdiagnosis. I really wonder what is the issue. We are lucky to live in places with ease of access to medical treatment but still it feels as if we cannot get proper treatment. I do hope you find a doctor who is able to help you find the treatment which works for you.

I listened to this an unhealthy amount of times - my neighbors probably know the lyrics by heart despite none of them speaking Chinese *chuckles in fake regret*:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jzQVY63_HU

Yet another serenade. Sounds downright desperate – I love the man in a full begging mode, he mastered the art clearly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN_f-b1yZLI

Not sure if video's many views are mainly attributed to the song or rare occasion of him showing some collarbone (not stitching his collar deadly shut is already peak fanservice from this Victorian dude!), but either way, thanks for the meal, chief)))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mLEVoWLUOg

In case if you ever wondered how he'd pronounce “oh honey”))) Comment about a previously empty street gathering a smitten crowd once he starts singing cracks me up – no lies detected lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaItF2vJ2gg

Now truly legendary stuff – the very same cover that made him go insanely viral on c-web. He has MANY renditions of this song, I'll only give a few, really. The OG performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IVW86Y_Z-Y

Stage live from the platform he went viral on – he made THEM big too so they held him A CONCERT in return:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PuuKbNI8-E

Artsy stage performance on TV finally. Interesting arrangement (wish I could say the same about his clothes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAfio1LUaz0

And official studio version (it's also on Spotify if you wanna stream the hell out of it like I do daily):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NvQa6Xmr3Q

Something more playful for a change – one of his own. It's a riot too – jazzy, musical-like, borderline cabaret! Like an OST from a sexy Republican drama we never got (yet?). Studio version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuO2kKCo-5A

And TV performance (pls ignore his lame attempt at dancing – man's bound to have at least one flaw, right? Plus he makes up for it with his glorious camera flirting):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKyVrnS--lI

Back to official covers – he has (had?) a whole series of those called Listen.Ning and it's sooo precious, but this particular song takes the cake. It, to borrow cringy popular expression, altered my brain chemistry once and forever. Seriously advising to use headphones – both for a better experience and because he's freaking moaning through it, so you likely don't wanna people around to hear THAT^^ Studio version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTPJt_GnwcU

And stream live with subs – btw, it's called “Hope that you are well” (no, I'm light centuries away from well, but it was very sweet of him to ask!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hq73pCtla8

We'll wrap up here. Hope you had as much fun as I did. Till the next week!)))

@kiara, @jillian, @zindigo, @wapzy, @isagc, @wonhwa, @seeker – if I forgot anyone, pls correct me!^^

Thank you @gikata! ❤️

I comment on the dramas I am watching, sometimes one I want to watch but it’s too scary/stress inducing so I am following via weecaps. I respond to the Meta posts that are of interest, Open thread as and when I have something to say or I am responding to another beanie’s comment on there and I usually comment on What We’re Watching most weeks.

Why I was just having this convo with @seeker

I guess I’m one who rarely comments on Open Thread tho, here I am. But what surprises/scares me is that I have some idea of the posting patterns of Beanies who comment regularly. 😬

I usually only comment on recaps for shows I'm currently watching. Obviously, today I'm trying something new and commenting on the Open Thread. At various times I've also weighed in on What We Were Watching, but I suspect that's not good for me because it might make me want to watch more TV. I have commented on the meta posts. I guess I am ready to comment on days I need to avoid thinking about something IRL.

I mostly like to comment on recaps because (obviously) I am here for Kdramas. I enjoy recollecting the watch experience through our DB recappers' funny and witty writing. If I drop the drama, I will no longer appear in that section.

The second section that I find interesting and may warrant a comment from me is the "Fanwall" or weekly discussion spaces like "WWW/Open Thread".

On rare ocassions, I engage in "meta chats" only if I feel the topic is bound to get hot like "Drama that everyone likes, but you did not' etc., Those are hotspots to find varied opinions.

I avoid new casts at all rates because I want to starting kdramas without any bias and be surprised.

...ready to comment anywhere that catches my interest on a daily basis!!!

I think I rarely post on OT because Friday mornings are my "life admin" time. I'm not even sure what drew me here today although I certainly could come up with numerous things to chat about on the OT as well as responding to Beanie posts.

I'm an "in the moment" poster on DB, except for my fan wall posts. Those I prepare in advance. But the rest of the time, I just come to DB to see what Beanies are chatting about and respond as I feel like it or have time to. (MBTI "P" 😜)

I comment on whatever catches my interest and also where I can contribute something thoughtful.

Mmm I comment mostly on casting news posts I think, and then on what I'm watching and OT. Occasionally if there's a drama I'm really enjoying and it seems like other beanies are enjoying it too I comment on recaps or weecaps. I don't tend to comment if I'm liking the drama and others are either 1) not enjoying it or 2) just not super invested in the drama.

I'd say I do comment anywhere that really catches my eye, though.

Other beanies comments are what call me to post - I think I enjoy reading other beanies comments and replying to them more than anything else.

A habitual spam filter offender, apparently)))

On a serious note, I'm something between a rabid alligator and a permanently drunk on poetry mead storyteller - once I find a topic I feel like biting into, I won't stop waxing essays about it until circumstances - or people tired of keeping the convo going forever - seriously kick me to shut up let it go.

I like to think that my sphere of interests is pretty big and diverse. All types of DB content is fine (except maybe long dropped short-lived celeb gossip "news", I have more than enough of that from other places). I rarely interact with topics about dramas/actors I don't watch though - one needs a solid basis to form an opinion worth sharing about something, and nope, other peoples' reviews is NOT that in my book.

I comments on a lot of the posts that interests me and the recap threads of the dramas I am watching.

🫘 Or are you, like some of us (🤓) ready to comment anywhere that catches your interest on a daily basis?

That's me. I am all over the place but I do stay away from recaps of shows I have not watched and try not to comment on shows that have fallen out of my favour (cas in point: I can only write JJS is doing a great job so many times....insert eyeroll.)

I'm mostly active on What We're Watching posts, and I'll scan the fan wall, OT, and drop in on special topic threads if they look interesting. I don't live watch that often, but if I am, I may drop in on the recaps as well. I will say I tend to avoid recap discussions that get heavily into "what might happen next" theorizing, as I tend to prefer just going with the narrative flow of shows rather than trying to crack the code of what "twists" might be coming down the line.

At least 97% of the time I am commenting on a weecap, it is a show I’m watching. I tend not to want to weigh in on shows I haven’t seen, even if I’m following along with the weecaps the whole time. Exceptions are sometimes made for super good weecaps, or when I appreciate a weecapper sticking with a show even when it seems like no one else is watching.

Other than that I’m all over the place! I definitely comment on news, meta, open thread (though not consistently as Fridays are busy for me), WWW, drama chats, movie nights, the lot. I love commenting on others’ fan wall posts and will occasionally do my own posts too.

Mostly on my fan wall (w gifs) and that of some other beanies, but also under recaps, almost always on Open Thread and What We're Watching and often on what pops up when I go to "Beanies".

🫘 I usually read recaps and comment on shows I'm watching (hangouts included). I rarely comment on past shows.

🫘 For shows I'm hesitant about watching, I may not read recaps but I read beanies' comments to see what people think about it.

🫘 I don't read Drama Casting & News because there're quite a few of them and by the time I've got to watch one, I would have forgotten which show is which.

🫘 If I come to "Would You Rather?", that'd be to see the votes and comments by other beanies. I rarely comment on "Treasure Hunt".

🫘 I read the main page as well as fan wall. Looking back, I've commented on fan wall more frequently than on the main page.

🫘 "Open Thread" and "What We Are Watching?" are my things to read but I don't often comment there. It's fun to go through "Open Thread" and see various topics beanies talk about.

🫘 I like posts of unexpected prompts like "Drama Chats" and probably "Cast Away" when beanies just spontaneously jump in with all sorts of (genius) ideas.

🫘 "How would you describe what calls you to post your comments?" -- This question is not easy to answer properly. Probably the most appropriate answer for me is "When I have something related directly or non-directly to Kdramas I would like to chat about with others"?!

I comment on "Girls' Generation 1979".

aerial yoga & graphic design sound like massive fun!

just a thought? maybe, just maybe, if rent and EVERYTHING wasn't so damn expensive and men were NICE, just maybe, women would actually want to get married and procreate? hmm.

The Korean press also reported that the lower than expected 2023 birth rate of 0.72 was attributed to the fourth quarter's birth rate of 0.65.

Hehe baking... I love to cook but really don't know how to bake. I'm stretching myself though! I'm going to make muffins this week.. from a package..

Hmm, seems like experts in item B could also have cited the kerfuffle about item A as a cultural factor contributing to low birth rate. 😒

Huh Yunjin continues to be an absolute queen

Equality is practical. Better wages for everybody, free hospital and education, ... fewer private jets and mansions with parks ... more autonomy for daughters in law, fewer tyrants ... better chance of people wanting kids.

I always appreciate your posts on Korean news @magajesj!

I've noticed that I can see several sageuks in a row for weeks, or more than two sageuks at the same time.
The same with slice-of-life shows.

But I take more time between thrillers or melos, or pure comedies.

If I finish a really good drama, I figure out why it was so good then either a) backtrack the work of the actor(s) other works or b) make a mental note of the actors/writers future works. There are some actors who are really good at picking a variety of good roles which lessen the possibility of drama duds. However, if an actor is basically type-cast in the same role or genre, I may pass (been there, seen that).

I'm not "bored" by any genre and can watch same / similar type of dramas if the cast and crew interest me.

The only thing I can say that about is sageuk. I love them, but I can't watch more than 2 at the same time (and prefer just 1 at a time tbh). I also need a break between them. Idk why as I'm usually watching fusion sageuk. Maybe it's because the themes are so common and they almost always include women struggling and being mistreated, even in the romcoms.