Makes sense!

I’m also a foreigner in Vietnam, but not in an area where there’s tourists (it’s not unusual for me to be the first white person someone has met) … I guess things work differently in places that have more foreigners around

Was this a problem before?

I’ve paid in VND directly from my European card, and the cash machines recognise the Chinese payment system (though you’d have to operate them in English)

I think some people literally skip this phase of teenage, or they just skim the surface … and because many humans lack empathy, they assume anyone who says otherwise is being over dramatic or is mentally unstable

Do yourself a favour and watch Andor - it’s not just great art, it’s also a call to arms for the current state of the world

This is useful info for people who dip into Reddit for specific thinga that cannot be found elsewhere on the internet - you don’t have to like the place in order to use it for that sort of specific thing

I hope you break your leg later, then :-)

Break a leg! :-)

I bet that was fantastic … the film version that stars him is my favourite :-)

I think Wicked is my favourite, saw it in London a looong time ago. I still listen to the soundtrack sometimes, and still get goosebumps at “Defying Gravity” :-)

It’s fun and funny, but IMO not that funny … probably hits different for people who know lots of Mormons personally (my sister used to live in SLC and she rates it much higher)

1 … 2 … 3 … 4 … 5

I used to love using the Wolfenstein 3D level designer to create a VR minesweeper sort of thing … all the walls are doors, but some of them release baddies in a controlled manner and others notsomuch >:-)

They’re referencing the movie 1-Hour Photo

It’s a psychological horror sort of film

Two come to mjnd:

Star Trek 2 - The Wrath of Khan.

Spock gives his life to save his friends, willingly and without pause. And his best friend has to say goodbye to him.

Of course, the first time I saw it I didn’t know what was coming next, so to me it was final, and devastating.

It prepared me well for things that happened IRL later on.

Secondly, because I don’t want to be 100% on a downer, the finale of Labyrinth. “You have no power over me” nudged me towards the idea that many people who profess to be in charge of you only have that power because they say they do. And you can take that back for yourself.

It also touched on the systemic oppression of the modern world, and showed how most people just go along with it … I was a young adult when it came out and that really shook up my word view.

That actually has fulfilled my morbid curiosity, thank you … also, there seems to be a lot of squeemish people around

Top-notch nerd joke, bravo :-)