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the editing direction on this.... i thought my headphones was broken....

im pretty sure he is

the usb drive was pretty small and if youre creative enough, it is possible, but yes.
And it's because her father tried kidnap her and murder her was she was younger based on what we see.

oh yuck, " infidelity does not need any justification." A sentence only pretentious lookers on MDL you'll find. And somehow blame the person being cheated on. It's pathetic to not leave a relationship you're miserable in, but the excuses are ad hoc. How can anyone trust you? How could you even trust yourself?

the rating system should totally be more diff

i think its made clear the VP has backing from the head of education who's way higher than the President.

ur so right on kdrama but even cdramas, well most of them, miss the true mark. but yes ur exactly correct on the new wave.

I mean, I don't exactly agree with her route, but she's not necessarily wrong. What the boygroup member did was just very inconsiderate. Honestly, liked that she didn't back down because of the hate from his fans/others, but I do think her expression is a bit much.

i think we assume he is like this because his trainer did the same to him, *you get a scenes of every bit or while.* and yes, it is very unhealthy, it is unforunately very real for people push or push others beyond their limits.

people talk about knetz being harsh and superifical lol.. some international fans give them a run for their money

im so confused, the fl is 30 years old. people are acting as if shes 15 or even 20. She's way too grown lol and it's odd behavior to infantilize grown women.

Absolutely, but while not directly there could be detection methods through nano-imaging detecting the DNA, and even more so with AI for mapping sequence patterns. But you're right, that's not direct observation, just detection even with best possible tech. But I doubt that is what they were going for.

you can dislike the drama for it's nonsense (it's not good nor that bad), but you do there's women against abortion right? A large amount. In fact, abortions kills more baby girls than anything else simply because they're girls.

the sex is determined at fertilization well before the morula stage, not sure in their universe technology gets advanced enough to recognize at that stage, though.

not sure if this what theyre going for, but this happens in so many movies n shows its annoying. I did read some directors that do say they do that as time is different for us and the characters, (a second to us is like 10 for them..) to slow down the moment but still.

first saw him in class of lies (which is a good drama btw) and i somehow never recognize him in dramas, he always plays a completely different character and the range is crazy.

this is such a fun drama, didnt expect to like it (romcoms are iffy) but actual belly laughs. also summer time, so hopefully i can get back to gym myself lol!

that first article is insane lol "But whether he set his school on fire or has naughty hands, we definitely wouldn’t mind having Kim Soo Hyun around. Not at all."

Reality itself shapes how we interact with others. No one is saying that friendship or caring about others is all fun and games. It’s not. It can be brutal and heart-wrenching, but that’s part of being human. Transactional relationships, where everything is seen as a trade, simply aren’t realistic. They reduce human connection to a cold exchange of resources, feelings, or duties. And in doing so, they become inhumane. True relationships whether friendships or romantic are about shared experiences, mutual respect, and genuine care. Anything less reduces us to mere tools, not people.

But how does that friend actually care about you? Suppose someone gives you attention, affection, and so on but only to further their own agenda and sees you as a tool. Is that truly a friend?

And what do we even mean by "balanced" give-and-take? In a world filled with unequal power structures and vastly different experiences, is there even such a thing as a universally balanced transactional dynamic? What feels “fair” for one person may be exploitative for another.

"Because the obsession, life-altering decisions, jealousy, betrayal,
and codependence mirror patterns people associate with romance. Tragedy has been the most romantic trope of all."

But that’s just one lens specific to some cultures. In many others, friendship is valued deeply and isn’t seen as transactional at all. I'd argue that no true friendship is purely transactional. Obsession isn’t friendship, or love, or care, it’s control. It’s toxicity and essence of transaction.

True friendship and relationships are about mutual care. Take beom seok, he was obsessed. His idea of connection was hollow, rooted in control, insecurity, and validation. su ho, on the other hand, genuinely cared for si eun, and even, to an extent, for beom seok.

Across history and cultures, stories have been written about the strength of friendship, the intensity of brotherhood, sisterhood, chosen families. These bonds stretch back as far as storytelling itself. Some societies may repress or ridicule these bonds, but they are still foundational to the human experience.

"Society permits and encourages the open expression of strong feelings in romantic contexts, dismissing or poking fun at the same feelings between "just friends." Intense feelings read romantic since romance is the primary model we have for understanding such depth of emotion."

But romance isn’t the only model. There’s familial love, platonic love, solidarity, rage, grief. Romance covers a wide range of emotion but it’s not the only frame. And some societies, especially, repress emotional expression, particularly among male friendships not because the feelings aren’t real, but because the accepted outlets are narrow.

In fact, real romance is an extension of friendship and chosen family. To be romantically close to someone is to have a kind of friend who loves and cares for you in every dimension emotionally, intellectually, physically, in ways a family member or platonic friend may not.

Friendships, by transcending lust and physical desire, reach a kind of clarity and purity that romance often cannot. They aren’t based on attraction, but on mutual recognition, trust, and presence. That doesn’t make them less intense or meaningful, just differently intimate.

Ultimately the same societies who distort friendship often distort romance too, framing it as an act of exchange, a contract of roles, needs, or status. In doing so, they strip romance of its actual intimacy. Romance becomes unromantic, another performance rather than a space for real care.

These are all puzzle pieces of the human experience. Not replaceable yet equally integral.

yeah, I don't get how these people exist and interact with normal people, likely beyond MDL, they don't.... lol