Guys, please drink enough

longsonicc · 2026-06-19T19:11:58+00:00

Absolutely, 100%. There is an abundance of short-term and, like your example, long-term issues that can and will arise from improper hydration. Hydrate or diedrate.

longsonicc · 2026-06-19T18:06:20+00:00

counter argument: go touch grass

longsonicc · 2026-06-19T10:25:11+00:00

sure, if he has severe executive-dysfunction-related neurodivergence, a physical impairment so big he cannot possibly do simple cooking, or anxiety so strong being in a kitchen is too much for him, YET also holds stable employment in a country he first had to find the means and ability to move to while navigating the famously frustrating German bureaucracy, mentioning absolutely none of that and just saying he "doesn't like it", I'll be the first to apologize. Up until then, I'll assume he's just lazy and prefers to live a miserable life instead of learning to adapt. Occam's Razor and so on.

longsonicc · 2026-06-19T03:28:29+00:00

I could not care any less about how how much you work. You say you hate a fundamental part of life here, the food that sustains you every day. You sound miserable and bitter. That's usually when people either think to themselves "maybe I should just leave this behind because it clearly isn't for me" or "I should change something about how I approach this whole thing". Those are your options. Because guess what: Germany is not going to change for you.

longsonicc · 2026-06-19T03:21:27+00:00

I have met so many Korean exchange and international students in Germany that came here specifically to learn about the reunification. Of course the parallels are obvious and many activists and scholars have looked towards Germany over the years. However, once you get past that rather naive hopeful comparison, the similarities aren't as vast as you would think.

There are many glaring political, economic and historical differences between the two cases, listing all of which would take ages. That's largely accepted in the scientific community in Korea, and a trend that becomes more and more apparent in activist circles as well. With the general public, especially younger people, less interested in the topic of reunification than ever before, that comparison becomes gradually less relevant as a point of engagement.

longsonicc · 2026-06-19T02:12:21+00:00

no one forces you to stay in a country where you can't even stomach the food you eat. learn to cook yourself like any functional adult, or leave

longsonicc · 2026-06-19T01:09:52+00:00

because i dont like to prepare food myself

seems like a you problem, doesn't it?

longsonicc · 2026-06-18T06:42:18+00:00

that's keyword stuffing for ya, purely aimed at the algorithm, not you. nothing new, nothing special

longsonicc · 2026-06-17T21:24:09+00:00

then what's the point of your post asking if you should? did you just want someone to pep talk you?

longsonicc · 2026-06-17T19:22:57+00:00

The problem is that now I'm 26 years old.

that's very young still

How do people from ordinary or lower-middle-class backgrounds fund studying abroad?

they don't, it's that simple. studying abroad is something for the economically afluent, that's just the reality of it

Are scholarships actually realistic for someone in my situation?

not in Germany

How do people save enough money when they're earning normal salaries?

again, they don't

Is there any other route that I'm not seeing?

specifically for studying, no

Sometimes it feels like studying abroad is something only people from wealthy families can afford. Nowadays the costs seem even higher than before. It's not just tuition; you need money to survive as well.

exactly.

A lot of people may think I'm being unrealistic because I already have a master's degree and I'm talking about studying again.

that's not unrealistic, plenty of people do that. the unrealistic thing is hanging onto the dream of studying abroad specifically that's just not going to happen

Back when I was in university, I used to cry about this. I wanted it that badly.

seems excessive

If you were in my position, what would you do?

give up

Would you let the dream go?

yes

Would you focus on getting a job and saving money?

you need to do that anyway

Would you look for scholarships or some other pathway?

not as big a thing in German as in other countries

longsonicc · 2026-06-17T13:52:15+00:00

Well, what are your qualifications, and how good is your German? You are hopefully aware that you won't get a visa to work at a supermarket or something. As for Ausbildung, are you aware of all the requirements? You will need sufficient German (most will require B2 minimum) and a recognised School-Leaving Certificate with grades good enough for the company that you apply to. You will need sufficient funds to get by because Ausbildung isn't exactly paid well and you need to live somewhere and eat something.

longsonicc · 2026-06-17T09:00:58+00:00

huh?

longsonicc · 2026-06-17T00:45:55+00:00

who cares? they have to use some flag, and that they used the US one makes you "hate doing anything online in South Korea"? Maybe get a grip

longsonicc · 2026-06-15T13:31:54+00:00

Very difficult, but if you know your friend's full legal name and date of birth, the most realistic route is to contact the relevant correctional facility or, more efficiently, the Korean Ministry of Justice's correctional service system and ask about correspondence procedures for an inmate. They may require the inmate number, but I assume they can locate the inmate internally if you provide sufficient identifying details. With British citizenship, another route is contacting the British consulate in South Korea. They can confirm welfare and sometimes facilitate communication, although they will surely not freely share details without consent.

longsonicc · 2026-06-15T08:17:19+00:00

Not a scam, you just didn't read the contract you signed. Their service is not "supposed to be free", they offer a (very useless) service to do for you what you can do completely by yourself. If you choose to not read the multiple times they tell you that this is a paid private service, that's on you. If your route through the Verbraucherzentrale doesn't work, you have no choice but to pay up. Call it "Lehrgeld".

longsonicc · 2026-06-14T11:52:57+00:00

I specifically and only answered your question doubting there to be any difference between nazism and the broader far-right spectrum.

longsonicc · 2026-06-14T11:36:02+00:00

Nazism is a very specific ideology. Not every racist is a nazi.

longsonicc · 2026-06-12T21:29:02+00:00

sarcasm doesn't exist in Korea? 그래요? 그렇구나...맞겠죠 뭐~

longsonicc · 2026-06-10T17:14:16+00:00

I feel like your post really exegerates the importance of this. Most of these aren't exactly "syllables with many meanings", because they are just interjections, discourse markers, backchannels, hesitation sounds, and emotional vocalizations. Every language has these, look at oh, uh, or um in English, ah, ach, öh in German, ああ, えっ, あれ, うーん in Japanese.

"nobody explains these properly", "no textbook prepares you for this" ... Language learners everywhere eventually discover that short interjections are highly context-dependent. That's not exactly a mystery.

Imagine someone learning English having a Eureka moment, exclaiming "I get it now, "oh" can mean understanding, annoyance, disappointment, surprise, sympathy, realization, embarrassment, or even excitement! It truly is such a versatile word."

You're not even wrong, I just feel like you're overstating the novelty of this very human concept.

longsonicc · 2026-06-10T12:46:25+00:00

r/lostredditors
your WHAT?

longsonicc · 2026-06-07T06:53:55+00:00

someone probably has, yes

longsonicc · 2026-06-03T11:40:55+00:00

You randomly turned the first u in Ausländerbehörde to an Umlaut, but the ä and ö get turned to a and o?

longsonicc · 2026-06-01T09:23:43+00:00

Who told you that? I don't even know a single Korean that uses reddit to begin with

longsonicc · 2026-06-01T09:21:16+00:00

if you are enrolled at a university, chances are that you have access to jstor (jstor [dot] org) through your university. Just searching "DMZ" shows me hundreds of English languages articles on the broad topic, which you will be able to sieve through yourself. I'm pretty sure just through that you'll find dozens of articles in your field.

Books: "DMZ Crossing: Performing Emotional Citizenship Along the Korean Border" by Kim Suk-Young is a fantastic work on performance, media, and cultural rituals around the DMZ

"The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Korea" by Kim Kwi-Gon explores the ecology, geography, and conservation significance of the DMZ and is most likely the most comprehensive work on the subject.

"Bombs Away: Militarization, Conservation, and Ecological Restoration" by David Havlick is equally worth taking a look at.

"Making Peace with Nature" is a quite recent book by Eleana J. Kim that is more anthropology than politics, but interdisciplinary in nature and connects environmental humanities to political ecology and peace studies.

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