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Tech wankerage from around the world

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@0xryankim This observation is spot on

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@shaunrein I lived in HK for a year and didn't figure this out until month 11. Now based in Shenzhen. F&B and rent are the two QOL improvements I noticed most.

[Kimberly @king1818888]

刷X各国时间线，画风差异太明显：

韩国区：全是半导体投研、搞钱方法、中美AI竞争分析……又深又专业，卷王本王

日本区：日常骂中国、骂中国游客；女号一发颜色内容，流量直接起飞

西班牙区：我的天……他们搞黄色的水平已经达到人类巅峰了，彻底服气

法国区：找工作、抱怨找不到工作、骂政府官僚……整条时间线都散发着浓浓怨气

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@gmryot Hang in there

[스내그원 @snagweon]

Berlin File as well

[류승일 @Yussoonn_]

What's striking me is that Crash Landing on You has already shown how to turn a North Korean men into an international romantic figure, this series serves as a test case for imagining what might happen if Korea were to reunify.

The series contrasts two types of Korean masculinity.
On one side, the South Korean men:
wealth, consumerism,technology,
freedom,emotional chaos,expressive

and the North Korean men:
austerity,mystery,intensity,virility authenticity.

The North Korean hero becomes desirable because he seems to come from a less cynical world in a capitalist world less commodity-driven,partially outside the timeline of modernity.

So yeah,in a reunified Korea,the archetype would already be in place, it is narratively appealing, but it is very very ambiguous politically and morally, as it transforms a violent and traumatic reality into a romantic aesthetic.

[류승일 @Yussoonn_]

What's striking me is that Crash Landing on You has already shown how to turn a North Korean men into an international romantic figure, this series serves as a test case for imagining what might happen if Korea were to reunify.

The series contrasts two types of Korean masculinity.
On one side, the South Korean men:
wealth, consumerism,technology,
freedom,emotional chaos,expressive

and the North Korean men:
austerity,mystery,intensity,virility authenticity.

The North Korean hero becomes desirable because he seems to come from a less cynical world in a capitalist world less commodity-driven,partially outside the timeline of modernity.

So yeah,in a reunified Korea,the archetype would already be in place, it is narratively appealing, but it is very very ambiguous politically and morally, as it transforms a violent and traumatic reality into a romantic aesthetic.

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@romanhelmetguy @balajis Speaking of the north, I watched this World Cup match between Japan and N Korea a few days ago.

North Korea beat Japan convincingly. Not with the greatest coaching or playing style, but by running faster and harder on the pitch. You can probably guess who I rooted for.

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@romanhelmetguy @balajis So when I think of "my people" it's very clear who they are. They're part of the Korean tribe, ethnically Korean. And that's distinct from nation. It includes my cousin, who moved to the US and later became a US citizen. And it includes the brainwashed people up north.

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@pretentiouswhat Funny, last year I walked by the Uyghur restaurant mentioned on my way to the Botanical Gardens and had it starred on AMAP so I could try it out.

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@pretentiouswhat Perhaps you have seen this already on Zichen Wang's Substack. Someone points out the delivery driver is supporting a family and owns a home on 7800 RMB per month. https://t.co/3q5ggTtj3r

[Zichen Wang @ZichenWanghere]

Life as a Migrant Food Delivery Rider in Shanghai
https://t.co/07o4F3Hj3k

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@hamptonism Unless you are a young, local HK person in which case you probably need to be in SZ

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@WhileTravelling I'm new to China and can relate

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@shaunrein @georgegalloway @MoatsTV You look a bit like east London drug dealers here

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@Yussoonn_ Degen domestic traders will screw it up with leverage

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@kejimao Sanyo's lack of competitiveness and the capital intensive nature of semiconductor manufacturing led to its downfall. And also some plain awful luck.

[스내그원 @snagweon]

@kejimao The factory closed down in the early 2000s but the buildings are still mostly intact and look like this now. Sanyo had a good run in Shekou, making calculators and cassette players but eventually moved production to interior China before running into financial difficulty.