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Wait, what is the jellyfish one, that's new to me.

Haven't they already turned on the Kyiv Independent too?

Pretty soon we will come full circle, and they will argue that the entire war was actually Russian propaganda that never happened.

Anti-democracy disney villain authoritarianism is when leaders are held to account for their actions. This goes against Freedom^tm^ !

The phrasing is a bit strange honestly, I don't really think of states as having a favourite or not. I would sooner credit them when they deserve it and critique them the same.

I tend to agree with Cuba most often, so maybe them?

Personally: I work. I am in hospitality so Christmas/New Years is the busiest time of the year, especially christmas. Basically all hands on deck, even if I am back office.

Generally in my country, it's the one day that everyone is off (basically minus city services and hotels) so tends to go back home. Everything is closed, so the western style party new years isn't a big thing outside of Tokyo. Fireworks aren't common either, those are a summer thing here. People sit at home with their familyand watch the [absolutely awful] new years specials.

I don't mind working, I would rather do that than have to watch another multi-hour long new years TV comedy special.

Team Cyborg Implant Checking In.

I used to wear contacts/glasses, I was EXTREMELY near-sighted.

I had surgery a few years ago. My eyes were too bad for lasik, so I got ICL. Basically like a permanent contact implanted in my eyes. Best choice I ever made. It's been about 7 years and I have 2.0 (20/10) and 1.5 (20/15) eyesight still.

In a long parade of terrible leaders, Yoon is perhaps the worst president the ROK has had, so I am not overly surprised by him making statements like this. He has based his presidency on being very anti-DPRK (and anti-women and anti-labour, tangentially).

I still have even odds on Yoon arranging the attempted assassination of his rival yesterday. He just failed to arrest him over some trumped up political charges.

Well obviously if you are principled social democrat you are above such things and must live in squalor for your dedication to your morally superior philosophy. Unlike those sellout communists.

I live in a more rural area so I go more virtual these days, but I prefer in-person still if it is an option. In my country there are actually free magazines published that have a language exchange section in the back people can post classifieds, I used this for when I was studying Korean, but you could do the same with somethings like craigslist if it is available in your area.

I generally have always paid money, I find both parties are more invested that way, but that isn't the only option. Language exchanges exist, where you offer your own time as a tutor in your native language for them. It can be rewarding and teaching your own language can actually help you learn others more effectively (people do not always understand their own native language in the same way that a language learner would). Just be aware that your learning time is also going to be split with teaching.

When I tried it, it was also carbonated. Like a fizzy yoghurt drink.
Quite nice actually.

China secretly brought in DPRK Actors to pretend they are happy and successful. All those giant glittering skyscrapers? Cardboard actually. Anytime you see a Chinese person happy? Paid actor.

With over a billion highly skilled actors, the DPRK is the world's leading outsourcing agency.