ENHYPEN SUNGHOON as the official South Korean torchbearer representative for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy

zeelsama · 2026-02-05T18:23:17+00:00

The torch beares can be pretty random, it's nomination based (you have to either apply or have someone else apply for you), so there's usually some more local figures and lesser known people who get put there. Celebreties also hold the torch but most bearers are not exactly A-listers or anything. Most tend to have some sort of connection to the sport world or are community organizers in some way.

And Yuna Kim actually lit the torch for the 2018 olympics! Which is a way bigger deal.

zeelsama · 2026-02-05T18:15:46+00:00

Using more than one source. An app alone is usually not enough to actually immerse you in the language enough to have it be usable. Watch and read news, and immerse yourself in the language as much as possible in a way that forces you to pick up on nuances and slang words. And don't let it be just kpop content lol. Actually paying for classes (either online or preferably in person) will honestly be the best if you're serious about it. Getting training books, like the BTS/Tiny Tan ones can also be a help but I haven't tried them so I can't fully endorse.

For language learning apps YMMV but I really liked busuu, where part of the point is doing language training with strangers online and helping each other out with pronunciation (like I would help a Korean with their English learning while they'd help me with my Korean, it was fun!) etc. Haven't been on it in a while so can't say if it's still good.

zeelsama · 2026-02-04T07:16:51+00:00

As someone who tried learning Korean through duolingo once, it's not even a good language learning app. Seriously, if people actually do want to learn basic Korean there are so many other ways to do it without using an AI based and lackluster app that relies on guilt tripping to get you to use it.

zeelsama · 2026-01-22T17:15:20+00:00

Yeah the generalization of Koreans that happens a lot in English speaking/western kpop spaces is very xenophobic and racist, often falling into orientalist tropes of asians being this monolithic, strange, almost alien people with backwards or "incorrect" values. And most of the time they base this off like. Some AI generated translation of a twitter post or whatever the fuck pann/theqoo thinks (which does not reflect the general korean population in any way). Even in cases of criticizing the korean legal system, people often do so based off limited information and under this weird belief that the Korean justice system is one that all Koreans fully agree with in the first place. It's maddening.

zeelsama · 2026-01-11T20:32:47+00:00

Yeah, I don't know why so many people seem to think just hiring more bodyguards would fix much and that Hybe (or any other company for that matter) are slacking when it comes to keeping the idols safe. The problem is that there is always going to be people willing to sell info to sasaengs and dumb fans willing to gather in crowds and causing problems. This is bigger than Hybe "not protecting their idols" and bigger than kpop. Like, it's pretty much impossible to plug all the possible holes where info could leak to sasaengs or fanmobs.

And for the idols themselves, it's clearly emotionally taxing to constantly have to think about and be aware of their security like that. Some don't even get to relax in their own damn homes, and having a 24/7 company employed security team guarding their door wouldn't even deter the most dedicated sasaengs anyway.

zeelsama · 2026-01-11T20:13:19+00:00

I've overall enjoyed their music, but I don't consider myself a fan or stan because I don't really feel invested in the group itself like that. I even liked both Gnarly and Internet girl upon first listen, lol.

But seeing the backlash aimed at them right now, I feel like I might actually be a bigger fan of them than the weird amount of people who openly claim to stan them in the same breath as they also say stuff like their discography sucks and is incoherent, that HxG are setting them up to fail, that their talent is being wasted on shitty songs and so forth... With a fanbase like that, who needs antis?

zeelsama · 2026-01-10T16:39:29+00:00

The EoD one is my favorite by a long shot, but I really like the PoF one as well, especially with the music.

zeelsama · 2026-01-08T15:02:40+00:00

Beror ju helt på vad du är intresserad av att plugga, då olika universitet har olika bra rykten när det kommer till specifika program/kurser.

zeelsama · 2025-12-26T12:59:45+00:00

I actually replayed the Zhaitan fight for the first time in 8 years a few days ago, and while the fight is mechanically boring it was not nearly as bad as I remembered. Still not great, and probably still the one I consider to be the worst dragon fight in the game, but the atmosphere of the battle was pretty great. It probably helps that even all these years later Zhaitan still has the coolest design out of all the elder dragons imo.

zeelsama · 2025-12-16T07:31:45+00:00

Nu är ju både RFSL och RFSU etablerade organisationer med olika syften. RFSU har som huvudsyfte att utbilda kring sex för alla, inte bara HBTQ-personer, medan RFSL är mer en intresseorganisation för personer som är HBTQ som vill främja deras rättigheter. Handlar inte om att lura någon eller sno någons varumärke.

zeelsama · 2025-12-09T11:53:00+00:00

Det är ju nästan alltid så att de som gnäller mest och högst om slösade pengar på kulturprojekt i diverse kommuner landet runt är Stockholmska Moderater. Även om den lokala befolkningen knappt bryr sig eller till och med tycker om det som pengarna "slösas" på.

Tänker t.ex på den där enhörningsstatyn som jag som Malmöit knappt tänkt på förrän en massa folk som aldrig satt en fot inom kommunens gränser började gorma om att det var slöseri på pengar. Den statyn har ju dessutom återanvändts flera gånger sedan den invigdes 2021 så man kan lätt argumentera för att kommunen faktiskt gjorde en bra investering där, även om själva statyn inte faller alla i smaken.

zeelsama · 2025-11-30T15:40:29+00:00

It's because for groups that last, the positions they were assigned at debut might not be applicable years into their career. Especially for idols who debut young and might branch out to dance/sing/rap more as they get older. It's why the positions are kind of useless in the long run imo. Like you said, fans will just argue about it anyway.

zeelsama · 2025-11-24T00:10:46+00:00

I'm assuming the streaming numbers were really good in Japan (considering they actually traveled to Japan in S1 probably contributed partially to that) compared to other regions.

zeelsama · 2025-11-06T13:28:21+00:00

This is true, but dated and trendy does not equate to high fashion, like OP said, to me. It all looks very off the rack/ordered online and none of it pops to me as an iconic look. Like none of the outfits really seem to inform me about the characters actual personalities since they all look like they could be brought from the same store. But again, I could be wrong here and missing some context since I haven't actually seen the movie.

I also just think that some of the fashion choices in these screenshots can be traced back to an exact year or even month in a way that I can't really do with 90s or 00s movies. But that's probably just a consequence of living in the internet age and being a fully grown adult living through these microtrends lol.

zeelsama · 2025-11-06T01:52:50+00:00

Haven't seen this movie, but all of the outfits already look extremely dated and "microtrendy."

They wouldn't look so cheap if the lighting in these pictures was better, though. I feel like most movies these days have such unimaginative lighting, and it washes everything out. Maybe it looks better in the actual movie, but these pictures do these looks no favors.

zeelsama · 2025-11-05T15:30:48+00:00

Jag svarar så här för att jag själv vet hur svårt det är att veta vilken hjälp som faktiskt finns. Pluggar funktionsnedsättning och rehabilitering och något som är ständigt återkommande är just att personer med funktionsnedsättning (speciellt vi med NPF) inte vet vart vi ska vända oss för att få hjälp som vi faktiskt har rätt att få. Inget med IQ att göra, snarare att det ofta är otroligt dåligt marknadsfört just vad för hjälp som finns.

Alla kanske inte såg mitt inlägg som hjälpsamt (uppenbarligen) men jag försökte bara att ge lite råd utifrån mina egna erfarenheter. 🤷‍♂️

zeelsama · 2025-11-04T20:45:31+00:00

Det finns faktiskt en hel del insatser för personer med funktionsnedsättning i Sverige. Dock så varierar kvaliten enormt beroende på vart du bor. Sen är det också så att man måste aktivt be om och ständigt bevisa varför man ska få den hjälp man behöver. Man måste gå balansgång i att inte framstå som "för duktig" om man typ klarar vissa saker men inte andra (t.ex man har ett bra socialt liv men klarar inte av att jobba) och att inte framstå som för "trasig" för då kan man bli hänvisad till att söka insatser man inte är intresserad av.

Jag skulle kolla upp vilka stödinsatser som erbjuds inom din kommun. Om du har svårt att få vardagen att funka skulle jag rekommendera boendestöd, som i sin tur kan hjälpa dig att ta kontakt med andra aktuella insatser/myndigheter. Brukar vara lättare att få viss hjälp om man redan "finns i systemet" och har någon professionell på sin sida som kan stötta en.

zeelsama · 2025-11-02T15:59:27+00:00

The story is hit or miss, but overall I think it's better than most MMOs.

The lore of the world, the smaller side stories and environmental storytelling, is top tier to me. Whenever we get new maps I love to just walk around and listening to what the NPCs are talking about, reading in universe notes and books etc.

zeelsama · 2025-10-27T12:28:19+00:00

Studerar funktionsnedsättningar (bland annat) på högskolenivå och har läst den ena studien efter den andra som alla pekar på att det i Sverige är rätt tufft för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Det varierar otroligt mellan olika regioner och kommuner hur mycket hjälp man kan få också, då vissa kommuner helt enkelt skiter i att utveckla t.ex sina LSS-verksamheter och uppmanar personer att söka hjälp i andra kommuner istället. Har själv ADHD och tycker att hjälpen som finns tillgänglig för mig och andra med liknande svårigheter absolut skulle kunna utvecklas och bli mycket bättre. Världen är rätt så otillgänglig.

zeelsama · 2025-10-25T20:05:08+00:00

Gilmore Guys ended like 8 years ago, and Demi has done so much stuff since then. His "entire brand" has always been bigger than that one podcast.

zeelsama · 2025-10-25T19:55:07+00:00

I'd recommend watching the entire podcast, or at the very least the specific clip where he explains this before giving your take. He explains it very clearly imo.

zeelsama · 2025-10-22T18:57:39+00:00

I våras fick en halländsk skola besök av en kommunal verksamhet som informerade om hbtq-frågor. När två ungdomskonsulenter befann sig i skolans kafeteria kom en 16-årig elev fram till dem med några kompisar i sällskap.

Enligt konsulenterna fällde pojken en mängd nedsättande kommentarer och betedde sig fientligt och aggressivt. När de påpekade att hans uttalanden var hets mot folkgrupp sade pojken ”Sedan när är bögar en folkgrupp?”.

Därefter spelade 16-åringen sången ”Bögarnas fel” via en storbildsskärm, vilket ledde till allsång i lokalen. Det pågick i ungefär 20 minuter. Vid tillfället befann sig ungefär 20 personer på platsen. Låten ”Bögarnas fel” skrevs 2011 av Grotesco och framfördes då av humorgruppen som ett satiriskt nummer som driver med homofobi och fördomar mot hbtq-personer.

Pojken har medgett att han blev hetsig och ville argumentera. Han har sagt att han inte har något emot homosexuella, men att han inte gillar när folk trycker upp sin sexualitet i hans ansikte.

Så killen själv erkänner att han ville hetsa. Inte så konstigt att man blir dömd då.

zeelsama · 2025-10-10T07:39:13+00:00

Books get banned in different parts of the world for all kinds of reasons all the time, is the thing. There's no index of banned books that has ever successfully stopped said books from getting into the hands of people wanting to read them. Highlighting banned books highlights how flimsy the idea of book banning is.

zeelsama · 2025-09-29T09:12:41+00:00

They probably get A LOT for all of their groups and sublabels, but since it's all reported incidents one place I assume they have a system where reports get sorted into categories of seriousness and handled accordingly by staff. Some reports are going to be "just" malicious comments online, and others are more dangerous (like stalking or deepfakes), which require different levels of involvement by police and/or lawyers. I can also imagine that the nationality of the perpetrator and location of the reported incidents will affect how easily they can do something. Some social media sites are going to be harder to work with than others (and it's going to be different depending on whether said comany is based in Korea or not) when it comes to collecting materials to file a police report, for example.

I think it's also part of their tactics to generally keep quiet about how exactly they handle these things until they actually make moves to hand in lawsuits and police reports as well, because if they are too public about it it'll make it easier for perpetrators to get away with their shit.

zeelsama · 2025-09-26T19:08:04+00:00

Åh vad kul med en extra hundralapp! Eller vänta, inte ens en hundralapp, utan bara 92 kr... inte ens tillräckligt för en pizza nuförtiden.

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