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I feel like my reactions are too slow
I have problems reacting to situations i haven’t experienced before
And then my teacher starts yelling at me to use my head so i get too nervous
Hmmm. That seems like a weird problem to have. Why are you in situations where you have to react suddenly?
Stopping is usually an appropriate reaction for most dangerous situations. 
Braking
My orientation in space is also bad so i can never guess how much to turn the car
Or how far the other cars are
🤔 I honestly haven't heard of such problems before
Unless your poor car is in the process of being destroyed by hail and you can't see shit because it's raining heavily so you just rush for the nearest place to stop and hide. 
But turning is actually more visual than most ppl think
A lot of problems will solve themselves with time.
Eh. Orientation comes with time and practice. You have to get used to how big your car is.
U judge how much with your eyes sorta
How's turning a problem though? 🤔
I don’t mean stopping, like for example when there was a car before us, i didn’t do stuff like “signaling to left, looking to the mirror and then turning”
I can’t guess how much to turn the wheel arrem
That's visual
That's just your brain being overloaded because you're a beginner. There's just too much stuff to keep track of. With time, working with the pedals and the steering wheel start feeling natural, so you can direct your attention to other things.
U don't dicide on how much u turn then turn it sorta ish
How much have you driven so far, Suzu?
I think like 10 hours :<
It sounds like you are in way more complicated situations than you should be, to me. 🤔
Turn it a bit, see how the car reacts and adjust. Unless you're in a really memey curve or driving really fast, you'll have time to adjust.
No wait
That's not much so dw
^
18 times 45 mins
13 and 1/2
Yeah, for us, to get our license before 24 or something, we have to have 120 hours of driving minimum.
Still not much
We have 28 times 45 mins
13 hours 30 mins
True. With 13 you're as green as it gets.
That like 20 hours OwO
No wonder you would feel unprepared at that point. 😄
Maybe practice with your parents I guess ? >.>
You should see if you can spend some time driving in places where there are no cars.
But I’m half way through the lessons cries
Like in a safe place where cops can't get you
Like an empty parking lot or so on.
^
My lessons were shit. I had really few and I really only learned to drive properly later with my dad.
I don’t have problems driving in empty roads but on traffic lights D:
Practice your Kansai dorifuto a bit more
Or generally places with more cares
You don't have a problem driving in empty roads? But you just said you don't know how much to turn the wheel.
@opal sequoia it’s easier when there are no cars around
Unless you violently jerk the steering wheel around, turning too much/too little can be easily compensated for during the fact.
Then the problem isn't the turning.
Cuz theres a lot of plac
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Don't expect to be perfect when you finish your lessons.
^
Actually you'd most likely suck
Ah, I can give you a tip for steering, though you may already know it: Never push the wheel. Only pull it.
The exam is only to make sure you won't kill anyone tbh
I second Base's advise.
tf u doin pushing and pulling the wheel
@opal sequoia what
What I mean is... you never turn the wheel left with your right hand. You turn it right with your right hand.
Driving pro tip: instead of pushing or pulling, try turning it left or right. 
You turn it left with your left hand.
drive without steering wheel trust me
This is how they drive in Australia, Arrem:
What if you only have one hand on the wheel tho? 
I don't mean pushing it forward and back. I mean pulling it towards your hand or pushing it away from your hand.
Then you turn it forwards and backwards, easy.
That's for ppl more comfortable with their driving
I’m confusion
Someone who can't turn with two hands should not be driving with one hand.
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds
I think the way i turn it is kinda ok
My advice is this: keep readjusting your hands as you turn. As soon as one hand is at the top of the steering wheel, move it to the side again.
Once you want to drive straight, you can just let go. The car will automatically adjust for you, which is awesome.
Yes, your hand should never cross over the middle of the wheel. That's another good tip.
Fun fact that's maybe known to everyone else: Newer cars have steering wheels that are so light that it literally doesn't matter what you do. I can pretty much turn the wheel with just one finger. 😩 😩
Give it a month and it will be touchscreen compatible, Arrem. ^^
These tips might seem super useless and meaningless, but they actually affect your turning accuracy a LOT.
Way more than you think.
Give it a year our license will be useless with self driving cars
I'd buy a self driving cat tbh.
Not going to lie, I'd prefer to have a self-driving car.
Also, don't clench your hands when you grip the wheel. Hold it loosely.
Casca had a great advice - to write down my mistake. I’ll do that and consult it later with you guys here
Okay, good luck.
Ok
Well, not now cuz I’m sleepy
But please do think about how you're moving the wheel next time you drive.
inb4 we were all GTA drivers
Yo Soo.
So you can keep throwing the advices at me 
Brilliant plan. Take your dad's car key and go for a drive like right now. And livestream it so we can give you tips. 
lol
Keep your hands on the steering wheel whenever you can. Don't fiddle with your fingers. Only move one hand off to shift when you have to. Resting your hand on the stick shift prematurely is unnecessary.
My dad doesn’t have a manual car
Inb4 we crash her dad's car
TWITCH DRIVES A CAR WHEN
I bet if Suzu had to drive a manual car she would stall it constantly.
Then a tip for driving automatic: Place your non-dominant leg beneath your seat. Don't even think about using it.
That's assuming she can drive it
@opal sequoia i do have a manual car during my lessons 
:0
Then maybe that's why you're having trouble.
Push the clutch down as far as it goes. It makes shifting a lot less forceful.
Some of my friends haven't the faintest idea how to drive manuals
No. Change gears without using the clutch.
LPT: An automatic transmission car can be used as a manual transmission car if you just pretend to shift gears.
Reverse LPT: A manual can be used as an automatic if you buy two monkeys and train them to shift gears.
Learning on manual cars is a standard here i think
@sudden panther best advice so far buy two monkeys got it
And yeah, I’m stalling the car quite often lately 
Not-stalling-pro-tip: Go easy on it.
Arrem in an automatic: "Whoops, I'm in low mode again. Reverse. Drive. Park. Neutral. Now I'm driving sideways."
I saw a story about someone who thought P stood for Pass once lmao.
Pass?
Me Driving manual is 20% shifting gears 80% me thinking I'm initial D MC
Take over.
Hahahahaha
What.
That made me feel better
Manual for me is 95% shifting correctly and 5% going from 2nd to 5th.
Wow.
Boi
For me driving manual is having to get my stupid clutch fixed.
That's like going from kissing straight to paying for child support
Seeing as accelerating in 5th gear when you're going no more than 30 km/h is really hard, I'd say it's like going from kissing to h*lding h*nds. :D
Y would u even do that anyway
Because I'm clearly doing it on purpose. :D
I mean we can't drive over 90km/h in France anyway
*h*lding h*nds
Wait, seriously?
I thought it was 80. @rugged plaza
Ok 120 at some places
The government puts a chip in your head and if you drive faster than 90km/h, it explodes.
wtf
Oh, you just mean the general speed limit.
So driving on German border is like watching a vid speed up by 2x
90 on a freeway should get you and your dog shot 
.-.
90 is indeed a slow freeway.
Why is it so regulated in france?
Snail country, snail drivers
What do you mean "so regulated"?
Safety measures
In town the limit is 50 km/h, and out of town the limit is 100 km/h. On the Autobahn there usually is no speed limit. The highest velocity that you might be limited to by a sign is 150 km/h.
The govt won't take any fucking chances
@opal sequoia the speed regulations
Soo woz d fastest yev ever driven
Decreasing the speed doesn't mean it's "more regulated".
It just means the regulations are different. There's still the same amount of regulation.
I remember during my lessons when I was like "omggg i drove 60km/h so speedy zoom zoom fast 😎 xd". Fun times.
@sudden panther 60 or less
150 90 ofc UwU I'm good umu
I’m not confident enough to drive faster
Cars start feeling powerful at 80-100 km/h.
I was panicking when I reached 60 like oh mAh God am I flying
If your highest is 60 km/h, then no.
^
And flies
Actually it's 130 ;-;
Speeding is reckless, but not having speed limits on the Autobahn seems to work really well, so I wouldn't call it speeding.
The exception being high-speed roads like freeways where it's safest to drive at the same speed as traffic.
Straight roads with lots of space.
My highest was "achieved" on an empty highway where I just forgot what I was doing and drove forward without paying attention to anything before my dad noticed what I was doing. 
I was just saying it's weird since I'm the guy who can't drive past 90 most of the time
I don’t feel like driving too fast but i also get nervous when i see cars stuck behind me
It's not weird.
90% of the people who have overtaken me were speeding. Why overtake me when the limit is 80 km/h, and I'm going at no less than 78 km/h?
Others are gonna get stuck behind you until you get a fair bit of driving experience (and know the roads you're driving on) anyway, so ignore them. They're not your problem and you've enough to worry about anyway.
@hot cloak Never worry about people stuck behind you. If they want to pass, they can just do so when appropriate.
And I regrat it
So long as you're not going slow to the point of you endangering traffic, it's fine.
If you're on a really long road and have a lot of people behind you, you can always stop at a rest and have a break though.
LPT: go 20km/h on a highway for maximum safety. 👌
I feel like I’m prolly the only person who gets happy when people overtake me 
No, Suzu.
I get people behind me and have to let them pass too.
Ride a bike tbh.
If you want to play it safe, then don't go above 130 km/h on a German Autobahn.
Just walk on the highway arrem
If you get into an accident at higher speeds, you receive some of the blame, regardless of events.
Going over 100 is already fast for me
Can't get blamed if you don't get caught, so remember, whenever you get in an accident, drive away as fast as you can. 👌
It is fast but driving long distances on freeways in the country is really relaxing.
(That gif doesn't represent my views, merely reflects my eagerness to post it.)
And if someone saw you plate
That's easy.
Run over that bastard
Fake plates. Driving 101.
Get one of those plate-rotating devices.
^
Only drive stolen cars.
Just bring a sharpie and change a 3 to an 8 or something.
Make sure to do it on both sides though.
lol
I think I know what you mean, Arrem, one second.
Put camo on your plate
Rude.
Warum? @indigo dune
waiting for op to deliver
@indigo dune why are you whiskey with a beer emoji?
Yes, precisely!
I give it no more than ten years before license plates have emoji.
That would be cool
Suzu, nooo. :P
15 years till they get custom emoji.
I would def get the mmmlol
● Don’t fill the chat with unrelated or inappropriate pictures.
I'll be the proud owner of W

It’s so fokking hot here, i think I’ll just sleep in the living room
My plate would be I7️⃣7️⃣O 1 3 NHT
I've taken to sleeping on my sofa with a fan pointed at my legs.
That’s exactly my plan casca
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Btw, do people get a msg when they’re banned?
Sole bots do that i think
It's normally the mods that get a message when someone is banned. 🙃
I dont like being mod though
It makes me corrupted and drunk on loser very quickly
Well they'd know when they can't find the server they were banned from
They don't know who banned them.
surprise
They just find the mod that think can help them.
Which is none of us.
If we ban you, we cannot help you.
You get a lot of fun messages as a mod.
● "How much does it cost to be mod?"
● "This user told me they were banned, and I'm their friend. Can you unban them?"
● "Hey, you idiot! Why did you bully me?"
The last person had no proof, couldn't tell me what they wanted for almost an hour, and then dropped the subject when logs showed nothing ever happened.
They get paid in memes 
Have you ever given a ridiculous amount and seen if they'd try to pay it?
I wish I had thought of that at the time. :D
Well, next time.
"To be entered into the pool, transfer 1 BTC to this address."
😄
Sorry, you didn't qualify.
Also send your I'd card and fill out this application form
*credit card
"It's normally $300/yr but since I really like you I'll get you a discount down to $120"
Well examine your case and answer you in 7 buissiness days
"To be considered, send us a picture of the front and back of your credit or debit card."
We just want to see your card to be sure it's not a fake.
Seven business days later:
"Due to server issues, we have lost your application. Please try again.."
Which reminds that I used to be the overmod of a smol Australian servers
Why Australian?
Idk I new the guy who made it and joked about being that one tyrannical mod that outranked the others and there I was
Aussie stuff
I didn't understand shite until 6 months in
You sound like an excellent mod 
XD if shitposting until a mod reminded me it's a non shitposting channel is good then right xD
Ok I do my job most of the time
But don't lure me with memes
lures umu with memes
The vc is so active today 👀
Oh boi
Umu, did you ever live in the us again after moving away?
wdym
You said you lived in the us till like elementary school before moving to japan i think?
yes i did
So did you ever come back to usa and live there for a while again?
Oh wow you moved around a lot
yeah XD
reason why I don't like staying at one place for too long
Am not the only who moved though i think
Why not?
hmm it's more like i need to leave home for a while or not i'll feel like i'm stuck
What do you consider to be your home?
Interesting 👀
Prague but i don’t feel attached to any country
I have yet to move abroad tho so it might change later
Hmmmm I’m not sure about the culture either
I feel asian rn but that might be just because i live in Europe
There are too many things idk about asian culture and my mindset is also different
well being multicultural means you are never comepletely one
but yet you can't balance it like thanos
I feel mentally closer to Europe
But i also never feel like i belong there
Idk, it’s weird 
.-.
just become a multicultural overlord and show them the next step of the evalution
That was smooth Casca ❤️
I gotta admit, you’re very skilled :D
😊
❤
❤
@crystal delta Can you give me the Native speaker role?
well sure, if you give me at least a bit of German too :^)
Hallo, ich heiße Aurelio, komme aus Österreich und spreche seit dem ich klein bin Deutsch. ^^
Ist halt meine Muttersprache xD
:D Willkommen c:
Ich würde mich freuen wenn ich anderen evtl. beim erlernen der Sprache helfen kann weil ich eigtl. ziemlich gut darin bin (mache aber natürlich wie jeder andere auch Fehler, ist ja logisch). Und werde sicher auch noch einige Sachen selber Lernen können :D
@crystal delta hi ich bin neu hier mein name ist Kim und ich komme aus Münster :3
Willkommen Kim^^
^^
<@&305455824174710787> or so I sense a trolling attempt
@fair iron die freude ist ganz meinerseits ❤️
@radiant matrix what happened?
he used du instead of ihr ^^
Idk why people waste their time with that
Oh crap I thought this was allgemein 1 lol
Sorry for the ping
eh
I wasn’t looking here, it’s fine
I only mind pings if they could acutally just be like, not exist
like if I’m present, or it’s not actually really directed at me
Gotcha 👌
Hi!
Hiya
Henlo
Is it common for German employers to ask for an ID photo in your resumes?
I'm applying to a German company and they asked for a photograph :/
they might need your photo for an employee card
odd
what field are you applying for?
it's an NGO
not sure why they'd need your photo then
a stiftung e.v
btw, if i get accepted i have to resume my German studies... which I haven't studied it since 2015 😮
lol good luck
Thank you
I would expect having to include a photo
not one to ID specifications, but a Passphoto which is just a photo in that format
like a small one
Do you have permission to post that link here?
If not, I'll have to remove it, I'm afraid.
question about that actually
if someone were to ask me for an invite to a server
would I have to ask for permission first
(I mean I could just pm it)
(but you know)
@fair iron
If you were to post it here, then yes, you'd need permission.
Exceptions are made for other language learning servers, such as the French one.
You can link those without approval.
requests permission to post an invite to the conlanging server, as well as to Learn a Lang, at some point in the future
cause you can be sure I’ll forget about that rule
@nocturne frost Aachen offers lang courses from B1 (you need an A2 certificate) but they’re expensive and will take longer
Regensburg offers courses with a min of B1 certificate but it’s cheaper
Idk the deadlines for application tho
probably too late, international students rarely have the advantages citizens do
but thank you, I've been looking at aachen too
going into set uni courses scare me
Deadlines to such courses differ from uni application deadlines tho
I dont want to feel like I'm wasting my time, or to be locked into a course without any hope of escaping
Without any hope of escaping? 👀
yeah like
I need to finish it, otherwise I have to go to another institution
and all thetimeI spent in it was for nothing
Not really, i see the german language course only as a place to learn german at
Because you don’t get any paper that you finished the course (or you do but it’s not important)
What you need is to get a DSH certificate or any other german certificate and the german course is only meant to prepare you for it
I thougth the 1000-2000 hours of course time was a must though?
especially for DSH
You just have to apply for it and pay
Nope?
You can even get any other certificate for a uni
I don’t find that important, you just need a visa to be able to stay in germany
Or austria
yeah like goethe, telc
Yeah
I'm a EU citizen so
Oh right
weeee I can apply for housing 🙃
I forgot haha
Well, i only treat the german lang course like a lang school
Where i can improve my german
I'll ask about it
when are you going to germany suzu?
im really out of the loop lmao
At the end of September
ah gotcha
It’s ok haha
@nocturne frost for the german courses, search “<name of uni> dsh Vorbereitungskurse”
Np hecke, glad to help you ❤️
@plush kraken awe my bru
Hey everyone, a friendly reminder that 0x1 has a suuuper cute dog that you can tell him to pet.
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About 200 a day
Wow
I know lmao
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@whole rapids is mean xd
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Asks 0x1 to pet his dog, Freya.
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Ahha
@sudden panther is there a limit to how many petting messages can be given
3
what does it do if I give more
Calls you stupit.
pferd is mean
@whole rapids is mean xd
It's Python, there is no max int.
I didn't even know we had sheep here
oh that is python 2
evalin
print(9223372036854775808 * 9223372036854775808)
Nice.
Rekt
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Go on @hot cloak
She's sleeping :^(
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FreyA deserves all the pets
oh god
@hot cloak you still havent done it
Heckie
he still hasnt done it isla
You are on freyA pets police force
can you believe this guy?
Wow ban him
I'M ON THE CASE 😤
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I want an irl fight
we alread y did lmfao
not even fucking around I was || <- THIS close to grabbing his balls
she dragged me to the kitchen to prevent me from pushing to gitlab
Why didnt you grab his balls?
I would also feel the pain
Do it to assert dominance
Tru
ON IT
👀
Grab his willy instead
ana he just gave me a fucking LOOK as I wrote it
A look of fear?
YES LMFAO
We're this close to spending a night in pain
YESSSS SLAY HIM GIRL
big love to you isla
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I like this new update.
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HAHAA
thanks nully
yw
were not actually petting her
gotta give freya a break yknow
spoiler
:)
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aight she gets up at 6 my time
I'm ok with that
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BAHAH
@hot cloak bitch
I feel bad for nully
lmao why
A million pings
rpc for local rpc server access, this allows you to control a user's local Discord client
rpc.api for local rpc server api access, this allows you to access the API as the local user```
lol
if you add a thing as a third party app
does that still count as account automation
what are you referring to?
well, is there a way to get around the account automation ban ree
oh just saw your message
RPC for user accounts is kinda questionable too
but as long as you dont tell me, im not gonna do anything
🤔 okay in that case at some point in the near future
i'm going full time
on the second
pinging
bear in mind that those websocket endpoints are heavily monitored
shakes eyes

explains why callums on his 4th account
Telling discord
not if i tell on you first
'discord she's like, super gay'
^
'definitely ban worthy 😔 '
"she lidorally wants to bang a 17yo as well wtf"
Legal here
i hope your tea is bitter
LMFAO
Age of consent is 16
He agreed
you can't prove nothing
i'm a victim
my ropes will remain unseen until marriage hecke 👀
your ropes have seen almost the entire population of scotland you harpy
You cant probe that I want to bang you
Wait a minute, so Hecke and Nully know each other in real life or something?
Hello friends. I just made a suggestion in the #suggestions channel, as I was advised to do in #282831147942281216. Could you all please check it out and maybe give me some support so that the mods see it? Thanks! :)
yeah they're siblings Knote
They bang ok
Ana that's incest. :/
incest is wincest 👌🏽 
I dunno which one of you is serious
Callum is serious.
I am serious
Except for his last message, I'd hope.
True
dont make me bring the whip calnerd
Hot
:/ he's 17 you sick fuck
What's the safe word
arrem
spain
:/
I'm not screaming arrems name
STOP VALLODE MORE
ketchup
THAN ARREM IN THE MIDDLE OF SEX
Oh true
Everyone has Arrem in their name except for Arrem himself
But I wouldn't want vallode to stop
you dont
😏
maybe he likes just absolutely gnawing your arm off?
Hot
you dont know???
yeah but what if he's not into anything
@fast nexus
Ñ-
and just likes having sex for like 30 seconds, then sleeping?
What are you into boo
he shoots and leaves
hit and run
5 second killer
I'll latch on with my legs
hit and miss
And he wont run
STRIKE
uh oh
ANA HAS HOLES?
whats going on
IN HER HOLE?
Vallode list your kinks.
MISS??
Vallode do you hit and run
VALLODE LIST YOUR KINKS
What are your kinks
its time boys
!!!
You need to add vallode
tf you mean I don't have arrem in my name
do we wanna
thanks dad
sure
@fossil nova wrong channel
Haha
whoops
Yeah well
YG is indeed cool
I want to watch the 1 hour BP v live for their 2 year anniversary just for the hell of it
I grew up listening to YG songs hahah
Ye they seem to put in a lot of time into each of their songs
I randomly started talking about kpop to some guys and forgot that one was Korean and the other Japanese 😂
Both started going on about BP
hahahahah
For some reason, my (non korean) friends feel somewhat uncomfortable when I see them listening to kpop
LOL
Lemme try and rationalise it somehow
I guess because we're interested in a culture that's not our own, it feels as if we're somehow being annoying to the people who are genuinely connected to it?
Sometimes an interest can be nice for the people of that culture but with kpop it feels like I'm being annoying somehow?
Idek why
Tbh, we do judge when people go on about "oppa" and say random Korean words
I mean all Korean people I know don't give a crap haha
The Koreaboos
Yeah that's just objectively cringe tho haha
What do you think of people who learn korean 😂
I guess it depends on your reason to learn it
Listening to kpop and being invested in the culture in general has stigma I feel like, at least to most people who don't listen to it
I think so too :(
I love when people want to know about the Korean culture and want to learn the language
oh there are two potatoes here!
Something to do with the visuals and aesthetics that comes with the culture, the aegyo / cutesy stuff that just makes a lot of people cringe, and the stereotypical bubblegum pop that comes with the music
I haven't listened to Kpop in awhile, like my kpop phase lasted for a year, but it did introduce me to other genres in Korean music that are less mainstream in a way so I don't really look down on kpop in general too
I just stay away from the hardcore fans, they're crazy
I got judged for listening to kpop on this server🙄
Ye they scare me too
I don't really listen to mainstream kpop either
Which artists do you like?
the only group that I genuinely liked a lot is in the military (bigbang) so I took a break from kpop around the same time (actually got into kpop late 2016 so not much to say anyway)
and freaking blackpink just takes too long to make a comeback in between albums
I'm just more of a YG guy in general, I just like their vibe and style more over the others
I do remember liking mamamoo as well just because they're really great singers, and Seventeen for being amazing dancers + being involved in their music and choreography in general. I do like some of BTS' stuff, but their crazy fans just turn me off so
yeah the guy is an icon for sure
Yeah, BTS does produce good music, but the fans freak me out
I played Blackpink's 뚜두뚜두 during Phys ed class, and it was funny to see how the kpop lovers were dancing to it while the others were looking judgingly
it's literally just a pop song smh, it's a bop
as soon as they hear that "weird language" they just look at you funny
Besides Korean sounds beautiful and has the coolest script known to man so uhh
tfw we're talking about kpop in a German learning server and they got knocked out by South Korea in the world cup
Also hi fellow potato
yeah I do admire the Korean script as well
I mean I kinda liked it too haha
ok I was actually mad about that, but at least I got to see Croatia reach the final
Do you think korean as a lang sounds cute or it’s just the way koreans speak?
Hi Suzu!
Hey potat~
Cute-wise, maybe it's just the way Koreans speak??? But I think the language in itself is beautiful
I love how it flows
I don't just mean from the music but from yt videos of people speaking etc
I like the intonation of the language
I think Japanese sounds cuter
I feel like it’s the way they speak but i also sometimes hear normal guys speaking cutely even if they’re not really trying to idk
Hmm fairs haha
As soon as as I faded out from listening to Kpop I went straight ahead to Korean hiphop and I just can admire how the Korean language flows so well. It just sounds sonically great
I haven't gotten as far as trying to learn the language though
kpop is up
What is your native language, salat?
Jk we're just talking about Korean lol
Filipino / English
the circle letter just looks so bad imo
also rip hanja
could use some more of those imo
yes I know the point was to replace them
the circle is kinda funny looking to me
이응이 왜 싫어요
Aw. Korean is so cutie though.
yea
ㅇㅇㅇㅇ
It’s literally just a circle, how can it look bad?
doesn’t fit the style, imo
it’s like, clearly based on other east asian writing systems
I've heard people say that Korean letters look like numbers..
Oh so you mean hiw everything is sharp apart from the circle?
yea
It makes it unique!
I bet whoever created it just wanted an excuse to be able to draw a stick figure with a circular head
옷
Lol
means clothes
nah I mean it’s there pretty much to show how it0s a placeholder
right?
at least for onsets
The circle makes the hangul cute
it’s the “null” consonant from what I’ve seen
I do like the modular thingy though, it’s a great idea
like the system is fantastic
I'd like to know myself how this aegyo culture sprouted
Although don't certain sounds sound different depending on where they are in the block?
I can't remember exactly
more like all of them
Lol
well, most
Ok
what do you mean by "block"?
Oh like each syllable I guess?
and it’s surprisingly hard to find a good explanation for how things are pronounced too, I recently watched some “how to pronounce korean consonants” videos to get a feeling for how the tense consonants differ from regular ones… but all the lax ones were lightly aspirated
like I could not tell apart g and k
because apparently they are slightly aspirated in the beginning
but not the end
You should check out Go Billy's videos
He explains things really well
I think asians are just naturally attracted to cuteness @hot cloak
Isn't everybody haha
Koreans have aegyo and japanese have kawaii
as in to me ㄱ (g) and ㅋ (k) sounded the same, clearly distinct frm ㄲ (gg)
@hot cloak if I'm not mistaken, at least from what I remember, this certain girl group back in the late 1990s who became popular pretty much started the trend. Then it just grew in popularity from there. When you look at it Japan also has its kawaii culture. Seems like East Asia values childlike innocence and celebrating youth more than their counterparts.
parltcularly, ㄱ sounded like what I expected ㄲ to sound
Like, in asia it’s kinda normal for guys to be cute too?
no
It's probably more of a Korean thing at this point. I don't think Japanese guys present themselves as cutesy too. I wouldn't expect the same thing from other parts of Asia where most societies are still inherently conservative and still conform to the same social norms when it comes to men and their image
Also I'd be hesitant to just say 'asia'
They aren’t constantly cute but don’t mind doing cute things as opposed to the white macho culture
I mean here, if you say someone is Asian is usually refers to Indian/Pakistani/Bengali for some reason
Probably more open to it yes, I would agree. They don't frown on it as much in East Asia at least
Asia is a big continent
Yes
we say asia, but we mean east asia
like Siberia haha
Exactly
China is starting to love Kpop as well, it's getting bigger there
Siberia is the ideal example of cuteness
Japanese music isn't usually welcomed in China (along with the culture that comes with it) because of their history
Do you guys know Produce 101?
Do you think Korean songs will try an incorporate more English in the future?
I don't, soz
They are already doing it, potat
imo Kpop lyrics nowadays consist of about 40% English
Yeah I know haha
With hiphop being the #1 genre worldwide right now and the Korean industry looking to capitalise on that as well as having traditional pop and electronic elements they're just putting more effort into incorporating English lyrics in their songs
But I mean full on English versions, like how there are many Japanese versions
Like BTS's Japanese versions
BTS is spearheading the international movement pretty much and they're looking more into being able to interact with their international fans as well
I know a full English kpop song, should i post it?
other companies will follow suit
illegal
that song isn't terrible
its there
TEN is more known as a dancer though (hence the mv)

