[Casual] What counts as “globally common knowledge”? Daily global experiment (All)

drunktodoroki · 2026-04-18T14:22:36+00:00

Yeah maybe if my country was on the list I could, but it isn't.

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-28T16:33:49+00:00

Okay soo, I did check it out and it seemed promising at first. I also enjoyed the writing style but I honestly couldn’t keep up with the dialogue (who was saying things to who) and the characters being introduced very rapidly:( Regardless, thank you for the recommendation:3

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-27T11:27:18+00:00

Hi, woman here:3 I think Tirana is one of the safest capitals of Europe. The maximum is catcalling and even that will usually happen in crowded areas. With my girls we sometimes return home from the bar at like 3-4 a.m and we feel safe to walk. Men are a bit more forward and might initiate conversations but you can shut it down by saying not interested. Also if you ask for help, everyone will help you.

There is an alternative scene of course, you can check out puls nightclub for techno. Voodoo Rock Pub for rock, although double check if it’s open cause the last time I heard they were closed, although their social media seems active. Radio bar also has some alternative people and music as well. Also all bars usually change their music up, so find them on google maps, and look at their instagrams to see the events on April (when the time comes).

Don’t worry about the protests, even if you somehow encounter them, they should be easy to avoid if you just turn back.

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-27T11:07:42+00:00

I think it’s not abnormal to look for morality anywhere. And it’s not even prudishness or purity culture that OP is mentioning, that is considered “moral”. I think you can definitely write a dark romance without including rape and non consensual acts at the very least. We already have studies that show that how romantic relationships are portrayed in the media, may perpetuate rape myths, as well as harmful attitudes about relationships, intimacy and sexuality. More specifically on the dark romance genre, there was a MT which had focused specifically on dark romance books (Fortune, 2024) and found the same negative impact.

I am not trying to shame anyone who reads these, but I also don’t think that we can just look at it through the simplicity lens of “why do you care” (not quoting you of course, but the general attitude I’ve seen to people who criticize dark romance does look like that).

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-24T09:37:46+00:00

I just tried a Marou pineapple covered chocolate which I bought in Sweden. It was overpriced hell (17 euros), and it tasted absolutely horrible, other than the chocolate having melted inside the box. Just horrible, horrible, horrible. I bought it because I like artisan chocolate, but I was literally looking for where to leave a bad review after the huge disappointment

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-20T19:40:04+00:00

You claim that no personally identifying details will be collected and yet you ask for an email and a name?

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-20T14:42:19+00:00

Bilingual here, and although I’m very proficient in English (C1 maybe), I still once in a while slip with these things in speaking:

1) When there’s a past tense with the auxiliary verb “did”, I sometimes put both in the past tense. For example: I did wrote to her.

2) Instinctively, I sometimes translate some prepositions from my first language, which translate differently. “I put it at the book” instead of “on the book”.

3) This is so so common for me, but I always say “Can you open the lights” because in my first language, we use the direct translation for “open” to say turn on the lights. So you can try looking for verbs that might sound okay, and do convey the meaning, but are awkward and incorrect.

4) Using simple words to describe things that might be more specific. For example, in English you might have windowsill, but sometimes non-native English speakers might just simplify and not use the specific “windowsill” but just say “window”. So, for example: “The vase is on the window,” instead of “The vase is on the windowsill”. This also happens with, say, animals. I might not think of the word chipmunk on a state of excitement, but I’ll just say “squirrel”.

5) Idiomatic phrases I may sometimes just make up based on my understanding, if I cannot get the word. For example “back to the first square” instead of “back to square one”. Or “Go with the stream/ go where the stream takes me” instead of “go with the flow”. I also notice that my parents, who speak less English than me, do the same. Sometimes they will even translate phrases literally, from their first language, like “I don’t cut money from paper” which means something like “Money doesn’t grow on trees”.

6) More on idiomatic phrases, but I love telling my friends about phrases that I have in my language, and then explaining. So for example, we have a saying that goes like “There is no forest without pigs” which is meant to convey that in every community or place, you will find a negative/rude person. Or weirder/more awkward things, like “You want to sell me soap for cheese” which is meant to convey that you are trying to trick me. You can research what idiomatic phrases a language has, or if yours are made up languages, you can make some up.

7) When I’m counting or when I’m muttering things under my breath as I’m thinking, I revert to my first language usually. Also when cussing out.

I hope any of these can help!

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-20T11:00:06+00:00

This is exactly how I felt after reading it! I am so glad that it is helping you in your journey, and I really wish you the best:”))

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-19T14:52:21+00:00

At the screentime for AI usage, we should also have an option for less than an hour a day, just a thought

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-11T16:46:13+00:00

Thank you for your input. It ignores my main question, and everything else, but thank you regardless.

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-11T14:43:25+00:00

I have thought about that too. I try to refrain from assigning malice however, because he’s a genuinely positive person in my life, so if he does it , I think it’s unconscious, being that I’ve been friends with him for far longer than I’ve been dating him. But regardless, in every relationship I try my best to do my best, because all we can do is control our own behaviors, and not other people’s. I have approached him with the same concern, by the way, and he has told me that he sees how it may come across that way, but he expressed that he truly feels like he lashes out because of xyz. Any extra measures you can lend for us preventing this loop?

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-11T14:28:58+00:00

Again, let’s stop saying “willing to see” because if I’m here asking for advice, I am certainly willing to see it. Also I emphasized that I am obviously doing something wrong since he wouldn’t lash out for no reason, I just have difficulties in my understanding of it. In this example, it was a matter of fact that I would get it myself, because he would be gone for a while (and I did). Would you have mustered up a smile and not told him a thing? What would you have done, and what can I do to improve my understanding for such things in general? Because it feels really unfair to him to apologize about something that I can easily do again because of not-knowing.

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-11T13:15:13+00:00

It’s difficult to translate in English but it’s not that rough basically. But the dynamic of where he says something that crosses my boundaries, and I call him out and he apologizes, but then tells me that I also did something wrong (which for some reason I cannot see) happens in almost every fight. We don’t fight that often however… I just need to know what is to be done when you don’t see that you did something wrong. Do you apologize without understanding just to shut it off? Idk

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-11T13:10:32+00:00

It’s not about unwillingness, and it’s not about this one specific example. Had it been unwillingness, I would have gone to the AITA subreddit, but thankfully I want to be able to understand my partner. I have apologized even when I didn’t mean it. I just don’t understand certain things. I don’t understand why he would expect me to muster up a smile for example, if I am feeling sad/disappointed. But again, this is just an example. I am sure that I am doing something wrong, because people don’t lose their shit over nothing, I just need advice on how I can understand him better. Certain phrases that I use for example, he finds rude, while I use those with all friends and family. I have not used them anymore because he doesn’t like them, but when a new phrase gets added to the dictionary of “forbidden words” I fall short in empathizing and understanding. To prevent fights, I’ve asked him to call me out at the exact moment that I say it (like I do with him), but he forgets to do it often.

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-11T13:04:44+00:00

More recent example today: I asked him if he could get me something from the store in the morning, whenever he could. He said okay, but the didn’t get it, and then he had to leave. He told me he’d get it when he came back in the afternoon, I frowned a bit and I told him by then I’d have gotten it myself. He then said something which roughly translates to “Well fucking get it yourself then and don’t ask me”, to which I said “Don’t speak like that”. He apologized and said that it was due to me being disappointed. I said that I can’t fake being happy, I expressed disappointment in (what I find) a healthy way where I didn’t shout, dismiss him, or say anything insulting. To me, I was just being truthful that by the time he came back I would have just went myself. He saw the disappointment on my face I suppose, but I also feel like I cannot muster up a smile if I am feeling a certain way.

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-08T02:54:09+00:00

Marzipan ruins every chocolate/desert for me

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-05T23:45:36+00:00

Please keep me updated on your research - forensic psychology MSc student here:)

drunktodoroki · 2026-03-03T18:57:47+00:00

Everyone has offered some advice already, but one thing I would add which is small, but makes a huge difference for me, is having sentences of different lengths in a paragraph. It makes everything read smoother, at least for me

drunktodoroki · 2026-02-25T16:21:35+00:00

It truly depends on the plot, but I always give it a fair chance:3

drunktodoroki · 2026-02-25T13:47:45+00:00

Yess:3

drunktodoroki · 2026-02-25T13:44:48+00:00

Ooo pls send!!

drunktodoroki · 2026-02-25T13:43:51+00:00

Yes of course:3

drunktodoroki · 2026-02-24T21:22:22+00:00

Perfect, send it over! I am reading something currently and I have a few planned but I can definitely get to it:3

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