nycfoodie

Judging by your tentative & tenuous grasp of the English language, I must've mistakenly assumed you came from that crazy kpop-obsessed country (iykyk) with the low literacy rates. My bad.

Oh, and you're welcome!

Oh, btw, isn't the language of your former British colonial masters one of the two official languages in your country?

So, pray tell, why is your English embarrassingly "plain" & "average?" Remember, I'm only agreeing with what you said about yourself.

You're a blindly biased fanatic, so no surprise there. I personally think Wang XingYue is as good or better.

The difference is that I'm a straight guy, so I can be relatively objective, unlike some fangirling fanatics who fantasize about ZYR because they have no one IRL.

Despite the fact that your posts resemble text messages from a ten-year-old, I understand exactly what you wrote.

I'm not sure you understand what I wrote. Do you understand what it means to "cherry-pick?"

You seem to think that there's some sort of MDL conspiracy against ZYR or something, so you point to low-rated ZYR dramas as evidence. You intentionally leave out high-rated ZYR dramas because that would defeat your argument and destroy your narrative.

You are not so much a fan, but a fanatic. ZYR is doing fine on his own; he doesn't need you to defend him against each & every real or imagined slight. He doesn't even know or care you exist.

I was trying to be tactful & discreet in my prior post, but you chose to reply with passive-aggressive condescension, so no more Mr. Nice Guy.

Last but not least, don't call me "dear."

Cherry-picking at its finest! Not surprisingly, you conveniently choose to leave out ZYR's two highest rated dramas: WIFTY (9.0) & Twelve Letters (8.8) because they don't fit the narrative that you're trying to spin.

With the possible exception of Wang XingYue, I'd regard ZYR as arguably the best C-drama ML 25 & under. But that doesn't mean I should assume some kind of anti-ZYR conspiracy going on at MDL. Does he have anti-fans? Sure. But who doesn't?

The whole "if X deserves this rating, then Y deserves that rating" thing is silly. Even if all MDL users share the same exact tastes & preferences, ratings still wouldn't be transitive. No one rates the entire MDL drama list holistically. Not to mention, different people are rating different dramas at different times & places. Otherwise, Nirvana in Fire should be 9.9+.

You don't appreciate the concept of sarcasm, do you?

Or, do you think time machines actually exist?

That's exactly my point. I'm making "the whole thing [including the perpetrators] sound even more ridiculous."

I can't believe I actually have to explain that I'm agreeing with you.

To be honest, why you thought MDL ratings were ever "credible" is beyond me. It's fairly obvious that anyone can rate whatever they want however they want, so why get all worked up over it? No one in the C-ent industry does, assuming they even know or care that MDL exists.

All the ratings are legit. Some MDL users built their own time machines.

Not necessarily. It's just that the Chinese tend to count in ten-thousands, so each additional unit of 10000 is seen as a new milestone.

Law of diminishing (marginal) returns.

When The Noble arrives, if not sooner.

Oh, and if I were you, I'd block me. That's your only way to save face now.

Yes, I read what I wrote. Did you? Read or understand? For starters, look up what "privileged access" means.

Here's the thing: all I did was post a completely innocuous comment under yours. You could've easily said that what I posted was irrelevant or something to that effect and left it at that. But for no good reason, you chose to come at me with your passive-aggressive nonsense and dig a bigger hole for yourself.

Explain how tf was I NOT stating something as a matter of public record when that's exactly what I did?

So what if you didn't ask for my input? Who tf are you again? This is a public platform, not your personal playground.

I felt like making an unsolicited statement of fact. What tf are you going to do about it? Unless you're an MDL moderator, you don't get to tell me how, when, where or what to post.

You chose to pick a fight. You got one. You started a fight with me, I'll finish it.

: "So I can't response [sic]"

Apparently not! 😂

Exactly what part of "I was just stating something as a matter of public record" didn't you comprehend?

So what if I posted under your comment? Do you have privileged access to my post or something? Are you the only one who can read it?

You mentioned Netflix, so I said something about it that occurred to me. Had someone else done so, I'd have said essentially the same thing. Nothing more, nothing less. Get over yourself, "sweetheart!"

Oh, by the way, learn how to use "less" vs "fewer" (episodes) appropriately. Don't worry your pretty little head over your linguistic error, though; it's a fairly common mistake among the masses.

It's a play on words.

"Daddy long legs" is a nickname for species of spiders and TXT's English name is "Daddi" (with an "i")! 🙂

As an American, I would never wish for C-dramas to get Netflixed (Westernized) like K-dramas.

Fun fact: TXT's nickname is "(Daddi) Long Legs."

I know exactly what you said. Care to compare SAT (reading & writing) scores?

I was just stating something as a matter of public record. May I, Your Highness?

Isn't MDL a public platform? Or, are you under the impression that it serves as your personal safe space?

Youku is a subsidiary of Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), a publicly traded (holding) company whose shares are owned by the following:

44% public (stockholders); 40% private institutions; 14% Softbank; the remaining percentage private equity firms & investment banks not included under "private institutions."

Youku isn't funded by the CCP* [sic].

*The official acronym is CPC (Communist Party of China).

Not a Chinese citizen, but I guess I count as a "patriot" by some people somewhere, so here goes:

*crow*