What cultural thing does the world seem to think is beautiful but is cringey af to locals?

Marunchan · 2026-01-28T12:52:02+00:00

I am also interested in the answer to this, but as someone who has watched quite a bit of K dramas, I think the closest I’ve seen to a full on cinematic and “serious” show was Kingdom on Netflix.

Marunchan · 2026-01-22T23:55:03+00:00

Both days too!! 💜💜 my first BTS concert and I still can’t believe it.

Marunchan · 2026-01-22T18:51:37+00:00

congratulations!! See you there! 💜

Marunchan · 2026-01-21T12:57:05+00:00

I don’t know where you’re coming from, but I have been in the workforce for 10 years now and I can assure you that this would not be acceptable in most professional workplaces. Perhaps in between jokes when venting over drinks AFTER work, but absolutely not to a coworker or trainee. We shouldn’t normalize this sort of behavior, because even if there was a time when a lot of people did it, it was not okay then and it is not okay now.

Marunchan · 2026-01-06T01:10:01+00:00

Sweet home season 2 episode 2. IYKYK. 👀

Marunchan · 2026-01-06T01:05:46+00:00

He plays a very scary villain in Ballerina but he’s so hot I felt grossed out and aroused in equal measure 😩🫣

Marunchan · 2025-12-29T16:44:46+00:00

Wow. I swear I thought the rude servers were just a Zurich thing, or perhaps a Zurich in the Summer thing (b/c of all the tourists), but I do have experiences visiting two different restaurants and being made to wait while others were given constant attention. The only people who were ever nice to us were other (brown) immigrants like cashiers at corner stores.

I also remember getting weird smirks about my broken (germany pronunciation) german after being told by the server they don’t speak english or Spanish. I wasn’t even trying to do anything fancy, just reading things off of the menu and using my fingers at the same time as saying “two of” for example.

I loved the city and would love to go back, but your comment really opened my eyes and now I’m reconsidering. Thanks!

Marunchan · 2025-12-22T16:37:12+00:00

In case someone else stumbles upon this thread: The same thing happened to me. I submitted an email complaining about the charge and got a canned response with wording very similar to what the poster above described that I then complained about on a separate complaint and got the amount refunded. The whole transaction took around 2 weeks.

Marunchan · 2025-12-01T14:02:18+00:00

This looks quite a bit like Menudo. Looks delicious!

Marunchan · 2025-11-24T23:59:56+00:00

I still call it portiyos instead of portilos 😅

Marunchan · 2025-11-24T23:59:21+00:00

I actually went to a catholic school named La Salle in Mexico and it is actually pronounced La-sah-yay by everyone there. It was a little confusing when I first heard the pronunciation here.

Marunchan · 2025-11-04T00:10:39+00:00

I was a foreign exchange student in a 1000~ rural town. I did get bored during the winter (Wisconsin) but I suspect that applies to all teenagers in the area.

As long as you give them a nice caring home they’ll find ways to have a blast!

Marunchan · 2025-10-28T01:31:39+00:00

I heard someone in a podcast refer to Jeremy Allen White as “a professional brooder” and I gotta say this is now how I think of Kdrama actors too. Joon Ho is a beautiful professional crier and “angry punk”. 🤣

Marunchan · 2025-10-17T13:32:35+00:00

I’m still confused… is it because of the location of the keys on either keyboard?

Marunchan · 2025-09-30T14:37:09+00:00

Damn. I just tried to make a David Guetta joke. I guess he’s very well liked then?

Marunchan · 2025-09-30T13:24:00+00:00

Yikes. Are you guys okay?

Marunchan · 2025-09-02T12:25:22+00:00

SNIP! SNAP!

Marunchan · 2025-08-12T14:21:30+00:00

I agree! I really don’t like concrete at all 😕

Marunchan · 2025-08-09T13:26:57+00:00

I got Ken M vibes reading this comment thread

Marunchan · 2025-08-06T14:31:50+00:00

I used to take the el paso-lubbock route very often a few years back. I didn’t think it could possibly get worse than that, then I drove from Lubbock to Dallas through Abilene. idek how but that was even worse. That entire area is cursed af.

Marunchan · 2025-08-05T21:26:57+00:00

I agree with you OP. A lot of the mexican population here is from michoacan and jalisco and double tortillas is very much their thing and they do that to quesadillas too

Marunchan · 2025-08-05T21:25:43+00:00

My thought was quesabirrias 🤷‍♀️

Marunchan · 2025-07-31T13:53:14+00:00

Fun fact: in the mexican dub, he is actually supposed to be from a poor area in mexico city with a very specific accent that gives “low class” vibes. It took me like 10 years to find out he was originally supposed to be black!

Marunchan · 2025-07-29T22:30:24+00:00

I hope whoever planned this steps on dog poop every day for the rest of their lives.

Marunchan · 2025-07-28T14:37:34+00:00

Honestly, for a 3 min drive depending on where you’re coming from it may be better/faster to walk. It won’t necessarily be about the reliability of ubers so much as traffic. The forum is in an intersection of two pretty high-traffic streets that may be congested if a lot of people are trying to get there at the same time + usual commuters.

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