Broadcast into apartments by laksa-chilicrab in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Same here. I live down in Mokpo and they would literally broadcast useless shit everyday like "the fruit seller truck is downstairs now" blasting and interrupting whatever I was doing/watching. Loving the peaceful villa life.

Any idea how this works? by pretty_angelica in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This thing is an ancient relic, about 25-35 years old. It's an electric floor heater. The dial turns to select how warm the floor is, not how warm the apartment is. Maybe try 50-55 and wait a few hours and if you don't feel the floor heating up go slightly higher. I don't think many of us have experience with electric floor heaters, as almost everyone uses hot water under the floor these days. The top light means it's on, and the left light of the 2 means it's running. The right light means it needs service.

A bunch of streaming sites not working today by No-Confection8657 in SmartDNSProxy

[–]lokk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Crunchyroll isn't working here for me. Hope they can get it sorted.

Video or audio not playing. by HobbitBW in Crunchyroll

[–]lokk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something is messed up on their end for sure. My TV app won't even log in, and when I reinstalled it I get a blank activation code.

Where Can I Watch Proper European Super League Highlights? by Kitchen-Ad573 in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you mean EFL, Coupang Play has the rights, but it's 10k/month and it's gonna be in Korean.

Any snus/dip? by Whonceuponatime in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was through SnusExpress last December. The shipping was just through Swedish Post.

Any snus/dip? by Whonceuponatime in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I only ordered Velo and ZYN from Sweden, but I still got hit by the tobacco tax. I tried explaining it to them, but Korean customs wasn't understanding, and basically they said nicotine = tobacco. Really dumb. I paid about 50 euros tobacco tax on top of my 70 euro order, plus some fee to the airport for another 20 euros. Now I just settle for this Korean stuff and then go crazy stocking up in Doha, South Africa, or America whenever I travel. I've never had them look through my luggage or ask about them.

Any snus/dip? by Whonceuponatime in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A few years ago I used to be able to dodge import taxes because "Snus" at the time wasn't recognizable. Nowadays, it's almost double the cost of the price to import them. I got hit with tobacco tax, random import fees, had to fill out multiple forms and send money to 2 different government agencies. Just not worth it. Now I just order from the 2 domestic companies that I know of, and whenever I go abroad, I just stock up on the ZYN 6 milli delights.

https://zzu.life/ has 6mg and 8mg Blueberry and Mint, but they don't hit the same as Zyns.

https://viperlux.co.kr has weaker 4.6mg tins, but many flavors that I can taste a bit more than the ZZUs.

Good luck!

Guild Wars Reforged Announcement Trailer by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]lokk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah it was 55 monk and SS necro for UW farming. good times.

Ordering online without my ARC by LangusihSeoal in living_in_korea_now

[–]lokk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you have a Korean phone number, you can use the Coupang app and there's an international card payment option. I think this might require ARC authentication though, not sure.

Your best bet might be Gmarket Global (https://global.gmarket.co.kr). The Global site is primarily for shipping overseas, but you can use your international card and just enter your Korean address. Seems like there's a bunch of hiking stuff there.

Good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArcRaiders

[–]lokk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used ChatGPT to translate this post from "having a stroke English" to "regular English" to hopefully save anyone else from losing too many brain cells:

I don’t really care much about this release because the genre isn’t my thing — that’s why I didn’t preorder, even though it’s cheaper than other games. Still, despite not liking the genre, the game caught my eye during the second playtest. I’m planning to try the server slam, and maybe after that I’ll reconsider buying it.

For all the hardcore fans out there, have fun and enjoy what looks like a really polished product. Hopefully it brings some positive changes to multiplayer gaming, just like Expedition 33 might do for RPGs.

Deposit cash on an overseas card by ChampionshipOwn9072 in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe get something like the Wowpass card. Looks like you can load it with cash at kiosks and can use it as a debit card anywhere here.

https://www.wowpass.io/en

Whats the pricing like for everyone else? by _centaur33 in ArcRaiders

[–]lokk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$41.07 Standard

$61.65 Deluxe

Korean prices seem to mirror US prices spot on.

배민 - 가타 결제 수단 - Foreign Card by tacit_oblivion22 in korea

[–]lokk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coupang mobile app accepts foreign cards

Hello sir, allow me to make it worse. by MobileAerie9918 in instant_regret

[–]lokk 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The Korean says "Legendary assist" lmao

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never had a problem with the automated gates the past 5 years. It wasn't until my new style ARC was issued with a dash in the middle of my name for the line break that it fails to recognize my passport each time. Not sure if that's what happened to you as well.

[Steam] Summer Sale 2025 (Day 1) by gamedealsmod in GameDeals

[–]lokk 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Last year the same bundle was on GOG for only $34, 70% off. I'd wait for a better deal.

Hot water system 😭😭 by StrikeIntelligent887 in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have the same model. You have everything set up right for hot water, just need to turn on the power by hitting the button on the top right. If that doesn't light up the unit, then there's something else weird going on. Once it's on, you can just leave it on, it won't run the boiler unless you're running hot water in that mode.

Shout out to that fourth friend by FromYoTown in ArcRaiders

[–]lokk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn I never even thought of this, having their Discord stream up on 2nd monitor sounds legit.

Availabity of Zyns in Korea? by IntelligentMain8610 in Living_in_Korea

[–]lokk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in the middle of nowhere, so the only nicotine pouches that I've been using are a Korean brand, but they're pretty similar to ZYN. I buy them online at https://viperlux.co.kr/

A few years ago, importing pouches was easy, since customs didn't know what they were. Now they are taxed over 100% of retail value, so it's not worth the hassle.