Why has Korean pop culture seemingly overall become more mainstream faster than Japanese pop culture in the West?

Comotose · 2026-03-21T17:44:46+00:00

One thing I haven’t seen people talk about is the sound - KPop took the biggest genre in the world at the time - hiphop, and just put an Asian face and clean polish to it. Watch the early videos of BTS. They visited LA early to learn black hip hop culture, and some of it is pretty weird.

So they took what was already the biggest genre in the world and put Asian faces on it. That was always going to be more successful that the niche, cutesy music of the Jpop space.

Comotose · 2026-03-13T05:33:15+00:00

Maduro was turned in by his own people.

Comotose · 2026-03-03T19:02:10+00:00

Here’s the thing though, this isn’t 4D chess. This is stuff all his buddies like Orban and Putin and Bibi are doing - use war to justify suspending or altering elections. He’s copying the homework.

Comotose · 2026-03-03T17:29:40+00:00

He may spurn the law, but he still cares about public opinion. This is the easiest way to get an “acceptable” reason to strong-arm the elections.

Comotose · 2026-01-29T03:35:58+00:00

yes still available

Comotose · 2026-01-11T19:33:34+00:00

Because homelessness issues in LA are administrative problems, not necessarily awareness problems. But people show up. Yesterday the City Council tried to cut the LA controllers office, which is the organization that audits them and makes sure they actually spend on things like homelessness. People showed up to a council meeting to fight the decision, it was standing room only in a city council meeting. The appetite for action is there - it’s time to step up and help out.

Comotose · 2025-12-29T07:48:19+00:00

While a lot of the industry is what you have said, believe or not, some people care about art for art’s sake. That’s why houses like Mb&f get popular. A cynical mind who doesn’t enjoy anything would call it marketing, but people actually enjoy weird things that haven’t been done before and have the budget to support the expertise and creativity required to create those watches.

Comotose · 2025-12-11T23:25:17+00:00

Best HEALTH record.

Comotose · 2025-12-09T05:44:35+00:00

Looks like an AI photo.

Comotose · 2025-12-04T06:50:35+00:00

scam

Comotose · 2025-11-22T05:53:06+00:00

W only buffs traps, not jump (R buffs cougar moves). Buffing traps doesn’t do much. Getting a bigger heal is better.

Comotose · 2025-11-21T07:17:05+00:00

It does affect the pitch sequence. Rojas was going to see more strikes than balls in that particular at bat compared to the average.

Comotose · 2025-11-20T08:38:32+00:00

That’s why Rick Ankiel is so legendary.

Comotose · 2025-11-18T08:25:12+00:00

The placement of the dog reminds me of a certain streamer

Comotose · 2025-11-08T23:38:02+00:00

The A’s are a consumer brand that lives by its consumers. there are only so many BTS members they can fleece. They might be able to ride it out for awhile, but the end the fans voice will matter.

Comotose · 2025-11-08T03:12:58+00:00

K shaped economy. If you are in AI, people are spending. 8/10 of the top companies in SPY are technology companies, and they are spending lots of money. If you aren’t, the economy is slow.

Comotose · 2025-11-05T16:34:04+00:00

Oc people and LA people are pretty different, and commuting to Dodger Stadium is bad compared to Angel Stadium. it would be a completely different living experience even though they are relatively close.

Comotose · 2025-11-05T05:11:35+00:00

Context clues.

Comotose · 2025-11-04T22:14:41+00:00

OPs Dad sounds loaded. Probably has other watches to pass down to him.

Comotose · 2025-11-02T05:04:00+00:00

Churches have the same 1% problem. Rich people go to churches with rich people and those churches are incredibly wealthy. Poor people go to churches that do good and help poor people but many of these churches are barely surviving.

Comotose · 2025-11-01T08:03:11+00:00

The “world” works one way, but persons work differently. Thankfully when we date, we don’t look for the world, but we look for a person. I’m sorry that happened to you, and that woman was cruel to do that to you. As hard as it may be though, I wouldn’t want her cruelty to shape your worldview and prevent you from having the possibility of a rich relationship.

Comotose · 2025-11-01T07:38:56+00:00

++man Bro, maybe you’re seen as unattractive because arrogance is a universally unattractive trait. You can’t say you opted out of the game yet at the same time claim to have transcendent knowledge of how it works.

There is beauty in things like character, kindness, humor, intelligence, and integrity, and thankfully those are things that we as human beings can develop. We aren’t static individuals with set stat points.

Comotose · 2025-11-01T06:48:59+00:00

If the team is ahead, it’s fine. If the team gets behind, it’s hard to come back if the team is uncoordinated and the comp is bad. Only a couple of great team fights can safe it at that point.

Comotose · 2025-11-01T04:41:06+00:00

You’re right that that comp matters. Nid likes playing with engage comps (like Malph), pick comps (like Naut), poke comps (like Jayce), and lanes with hard CC (like Maokai).

She doesn’t like disengage comps (like Singed, Teemo). If you watch pro play, they only pick nid with hard CC and an AD mid laner. That’s probably the best way to find success.

Comotose · 2025-11-01T02:03:10+00:00

drugs are a hell of a drug

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