InspectorMegre

you are conditioned and manipulated to "like"

@Beli Wow I cannot believe that I found ONE SANE PERSON talking here :) Thank you for being a rare case who does not blindly stand up for the worship of male "beauty". I think you are the only one who spoke so eloquently about many traps of idolizing. Just a few people mentioned in a sentence or two that Chinese gvmt has a point, but did not elaborate. Everyone else - literally tens or hundreds of users - are vitriolically defending the "beauty" pushing and see nothing wrong with it.
Which proves exactly what you said.

Indeed this is catch 22..... Consumers THINK these porcelain dolls is what they like, but the consumers were manipulated into liking it - bc consumer are prone to liking stuff like that :)
One link in the chain is that the gvmt does not allow ppl to protest about the gvmpt :) so it sidetracks / distracts ppl into being brain numb, and so this idol culture was serving that purpose just GREAT .. until it went out of hand, just like drugs in the USA.

The comments from the audience really show the extent of the damage and inability to think for oneself. Ppl are complaining about not being able to enjoy what they like as consumers, they argue that makeup is ok and pretty boys are ok if consumers like it. They do NOT see anything more than that. It is entirely the Matrix movie situation.
Also it is worrisome as it is clear that these ppl lack brain power to learn and study, for example I cannot see how these ppl will do math, computers, infrastructure, planning, social services, etc etc etc. Essentially Chinese gvmt is left with millions /billion ppl who are disfunctional and cannot even think logically. That is a SCARY future for any country. The USA is at that state too but it always gets immigrants. China does NOT :)

Ideally, Chinese gvmt wants billions of healthy, strong, functional, robustly healthy, capable ppl who think sharp and solve problems and run the country - BUT think along the gvmt lines. And that utopia - which China enjoyed for so long - totally disintegrated. The country is left with a bunch of idol zombies... This is an epidemic wiping out the future of China, for any gvmt, not only the communist regime.

Imo Chinese gvmpt is complaining about a few more things. i will state the 2 most obvious.
One, ppl have become too dumb and what used to be a nice distraction has become a monster, now the ppl rule the gvmt and demand the MALE porcelain dolls, and the gvmt cannot touch this sacred cow of billions of voters.... and billions of young people influenced by this.

Suddenly, the ppl are so brainwashed that they created their own world SEPARATE from the gvmpt and are rebelling against the gvmt, i.e. the gvmt has no control over this huge group, they are independent and free :) Well not really, they are enslaved by something else :) but that something else is not Chinese gvmt :)

The entertainment industry and its $$$ and values has become the main brainwashing force in China. Not the gvmt :) When gvmt wants a better script... they want THEIR script :) Essentially, Chinese gvmt is complaining that idolizing shifted from idolizing the communist ideology to idolizing pretty male faces.

Two, ppl have become too unhealthy. I think the gvmt is complaining that those idols do NOT realistically look like healthy and strong men who can work hard, they look like sickly weak couch potatoes - and since THAT is the standard of beauty, so many men in China will be like that and the country will basically die off lmao there will be nobody strong enough to run the country. I think Chinese gvmt wants realistically healthy strong ppl on the screen.

These idols have BMI of like 13, they are super skinny, pale, flakey figures,and the face is very androgenous and is easily gay too. To be honest, there is nothing sexy or manly about them bc they just do not exude ANY vitality or vibrancy, they are stationary, permanent "serious gloomy expression" characters with pretty pale faces, THEY LOOK AND BEHAVE LIKE PORCELAIN DOLLS. *****They are not ppl who go to work every day. They sit on a sofa all day and pose for photographs. *****

China does not need more babies but needs strong ppl to go to work every day and defend when needed. Chinse gvmt will not have soldiers to help it uphold the regime :) is the bottom line.. And the country is gonna have million of sickly ppl who need medical care and sick leave, is another concern.

Chinese gvmt is also sweeping under the rug that modern men have a LOT less testosterone bc of plastic pollution. Instead of taking care of the environmental issues, the gvmt blames the idol worship. To be fair, Chinse gvmt is already taking some steps, e.g. China does not accept global garbage anymore. But China has heavy manufacturing and much of its territory is/will be non-habitable bc of industrial pollution. Those are HEAVY issues - and yeah lead to men who lack testosterone and look androgenous and lack physical strength.

And ppl are sweeping under the rug those issues and all kinds of other issues.

The root problem of ALL problems is that ppl like to escape into fantasy without self-accountability. We LOVE TO HAVE FUN AND HAVE A BIG DADDY TO FOOT THE BILL. So all of us - instead of dealing with issues of pollution and lack of testosterone making men look androgenous, instead of dealing with the issues of oppressive gvmts and our own destructive consumerism habits, etc etc ...
we ... escape ... into shopping, games, tinder, drugs, alcohol, worshipping idols of SOME sort :)

We the people like easy fun and games, we like to live in the Pinocchio Candy land, and then we turn into donkeys and die :) but we do not think that far... and of course, any predatory force exploits that, be it gvmt or entertainment industry :)

THE ROOT SOLUTION IS SPIRITUAL EDUCATION but that would make people truly independent and so it never happens :) Predators need their cash cows :) So the cows have to be smart enough to stay within the fence and keep themselves healthy and producing milk and meat, but never so smart to go out of the fenced-off area and survive on their own :)

Right now there is a group of people inside that bigger fenced off area that have created their own little fenced off area :) the little area owner is milking this group, not the big area owner :)
The idols are like separate independent kings who rule the land, not the gvmt... they are like "Chairman Mao substitutes" :) they are their own ideology and distraction for millions of ppl. It is all cool if it is under control of the owners of the big fence and serves the purpose of the owner of the big fence, eg RollingStones served their perfect purpose of dumbning numbing and spreading drugs and decadence. But these new idols are a lot more dangerous :) What they are worshipping is seemingly innocent and socially acceptable... so .. it dangerously creates independent kings with millions of subjects who are functional ppl who vote and take life seriously.
Also, it effectively serves as an "opium epidemics" or "zombie epidemics" as ppl are totally blindly into it and openly rebel against the gvmnt.

The idol pushers are hot passionate ideologists who talk back at the gvmnt and are "justified" bc it is all fun-and-games, entertainment is not "serious". It is catch 22 bc the gvmnt brainwashed ppl to think that "entertainment is only fun" - so now ppl DO believe that - so when ppl complain about their rights to any entertainment they want, the gvmnt cannot come out clean and admit - hey ENTERTAINMENT IS ONE OF THE KEY BRAINWASHING TOOLS and we are upset we cannot control it / use it anymore...

So the idol fans are actually rebelling against the gvmt, they openly oppose it. it is not real progress.

It is like a kid who left an abusive family ... and then joined a gang. The kid never ever learned to stand on their own two feet and be independent. Someone always runs the kid - the kid always stays in the shade of some Big Daddy ideology - first the family, then the gang, ...
In this case, people are refusing to be totally under the control of chinese gvmt - but are worshiping idols instead LOL always something to worship.... ...

and the depth of the issue is obvious - the FIRST to bring up the issue was Chinese military... not gvmt afraid to piss off so many voters... not parents afraid to piss off their genZ kids...

Really the only way out is spiritual education, increasing self awareness and self governance, instead of always depending on something external to tell you what to do, be it idols or gvmt or ... whatever and whoever.
But most likely, ppl will stay ignorant - if you read the comments by the small fence subjects, the depth of their delusion is obvious - they do not even know they are milked inside that small fence... they do not have a desire to abolish the fence... and they have no knowledge of HOW to go about it... only someone like Tibetan Buddhists have the know-how and that is why China is killing them off.... - so .... NO MOVEMENT FORWARD -

and now we are going to watch the battle of "wag the dog" between big fence and small fence owners manipulating their subjects :) I am SO CURIOUS what the big fence owners CAN do :) when the small fence makes so much $$$$$$ and funds the big fence and they both make a living from brainwashing and milking the SAME subject lmao

I made it simple so far by calling it big and small fence. The truth is that the "small fence" of entertainment industry is actually a huge global fence :) and right now we are talking about the Chinese franchise :)

This is a lot longer than you ever wanted to see, probably lol but there is even more to say :)

That is very probable.

But I dislike the idea bc then BH will be unrelated to JM and will still want her
Imo it is best that BH let JM go, she is 100% undeserving of him. JM and JH are two evil people and should end up together :) and BH should find someone loving caring and honest, like he is. Well we still need to see if he will turn bad when he discovers JH is marrying JM. Assuming that he will not... . bc BH has certain noble qualities, he is a high caliber man.

So, imo, In some ways it would be better that BH is Chairman's relative so JM is out of question as his wife. It is best BH never mixes with the evil JM.

JM is really NOT a good woman for anyone and especially not for BH, after ditching him so stupidly and cruelly . The longer it goes on, the less fixable..... she already had 2 episodes and it is getting beyond fixable.
She is just too dumb and selfish to be BH partner. She has no clue about team work or love. She is a villain, a very dumb villain.

Hm I am starting to get really upset here. I watched ep 88 by fast forwarding all JM scenes. It is bes for me to totally ignore JM from now on, or drop the drama. I really feel cheated, that "my" daily just went to trash bc of dumb stupid JM.

the most sexist thing that could possibly happen in this drama is for BH to take JM back bc "she didnt know what she was doing" i.e. to take her back as a mentally disabled incompetent crude woman-child he has to take care of for the rest of his life -
you know that plot "she cannot function without his guidance" - gross disgusting SEXISM

I owe you a favor. Thank you for reminding me of my love, this exploration was so healing for me. THANK YOU. If you need me to provide lipstick or clothes or hair etc opinion for you, or anything, go ahead :)

i am looking forward to two vibrant robust HEALTHY strong ppl on the screen as ML and FL, not the usual super skinny porcelain dolls. The farmer should be someone who breathes and exercises, and FL .... hopefully too if she is his match
But this farmer looks more like ... a fashion model than a farmer... ?
Ah this drama is misadvertised. The description I read somewhere else said that he is a farmer not delivering mushrooms to a shopping network. So I expected a FARMER. I just read on this site that he is not really a farmer but a CEO and researcher of a cosmetics company and runs this "farm" which is really a tiny greenhouse. Yeah sure he looks like that kind of CEO - his skin is perfect

So what does this mean - no normal looking person can ever get a job an actor and there will never be dramas about farmers and other kinds of real, "working class" ppl... ? Wow. The world indeed is a very small place in dramas...

"Sunbae Universe" lmao I didnt remember that black hole until you mentioned the small child lmao What a great rename :) I would redo " entirety of SML screentime was him wooing FL" as "entirety of screentime was SML wooing FL" :)
Similar thing happened in Practical Guide to Love, FL was two-timing

"psychotic" was exactly the word...

100% agree

So WOULD someone please remind me, how does Gyeol know that FL was scam-kissed and robbed by her ex-colleague? Thanks.

ML actor acts well in "happy" warm scenes, then he is quite charming, e.g. when he is enjoying FL's company. They could be a great pair. I just have a desire to feed him first and then send him surfing.

It is tricky bc often actors, esp women, too often do have too much white powder on their face to make them look more Caucasian. So eyes look like a raccoon and the neck is clearly darker. Their natural skin color seems to be tan, like Italian who goes outdoors. Do you watch Our Happy Days? The nasty wife of Chairman's son is a prime example of this.

So I do NOT want actors to wear that white powder. They are beautiful as they are.
On the other hand, the faces cannot be shiny either. I think just natural washed skin and maybe a little makeup to conceal any imperfections - I am not a makup artist so I dont know. I just want it to be NATURAL.

yes indeed. And the hair. Looks like Detective Cell from Yumi's Cells. So we need to grab him and restyle him. He is tall and would look good in anything - but seems like... he is a little too thin and that's why the coat is too big
btw I think Chloe's hair is not oily, her face is too shiny from moisturizer and her hair is cut in fringes at the end so all together it looks like she is sweating

Min Ju actor is still a terrible actor. He is just not improving fast enough. He gotta step on it.

Ok i hear you. Yes I like to help people wear something that is comfortable and looks good, and I help ppl shop :) I believe in color therapy - what we are wearing influences us. I am not sure how to do it online...

i provide free advice to ppl who buy clothes made out of traditional African fabrics, and I reached the level where I recommend the same stuff the maker would - i.e. I am "certified" lol and I would like to help him sell that but he is too unorganized to put it online and I cannot be there physically every time. But ideally I would be there physically, helping customers pick somethiing out.

So if you have ideas for a youtube channel, plmk, i would greatly appreciate it :) Thank you for making me think about it :) I love making ppl look pretty AND comfortable AND functional
Hm starting witih shades of lip gloss with SPF... ? :) A topic everyone needs these days.. using lavender oil to prevent sun damage... etc

Oh you are so kind!
I dont think I am qualified to have a youtube makeup channel :) there are lots of ppl better than me - and I dont wear makeup LOL but ... I am very good at judging what is already made and suggesting some. I live vicariously by helping other ppl shop or clothes etc esp. traditional African patterns clothes
I am a fashion diva :) and a fashion nerd and a fashion guru :) I create my own fashions and other ppl copy me. Look what I am wearing now and it will be fashion in a few years :) I am totally ahead :)

So let me give you a quick tour how I do it - just imagine GoldDiggerMom face and then in your mind, "put" clothes and lipstick on her, like how little girls play with dolls. That is why little girls play with dolls like that, they practice their fashion skills.

Kdramas have absolutely AMAZING fashion. Every character is unique with their style. If you watch carefully, you will pick a lot of useful "looks".

To be a fashionista, this is what you do: have various colors and shapes in your closet - the easiest is going to ... Ross, TJ Max, Burlington, ... so that you have enough cheap disposable clothes and enough "palette" of shapes and colors to work with - and also stop at some ... trad African market or Tahitian etc market and grab some details...
Hint: you can wear cheap clothes with some outstanding details and totally look GLORIOUS
e.g if you are a woman, put a scarf, have a bag, have some jewelry
Essentially - just put lots of bangles on and you look glamorous :)

if you are a man - the cheapest super nice man's fashion that black wear in NYC is sneakers and baseball hat in the same nice bright color pattern eg bright red that mimics the colors/patterns on the jacket e.g. red in the sleeve and bottom elastics. Or just - bright red pants... One of the best looking guys I ever saw had a bright red bandana on his head and bright red pants... Cost him like $20 to be dressed to impress...

and then - just put together whatever strikes your fancy. Yeah - put turquoise top with the rusty brown burgundy pants... violet with light brown and orange... etc
PUT the fancy jacket with jeans...
Wear your power suit with sneakers... whatever!!!!! Just have fun. And be comfortable :)
One role model in that is Nan Suk loan shark from A Graceful Liar. She has amazing wardrobe and jewelry. not at the very start o the show. Aftr like ep .. 10. 20?
IF you need to look spic and span conservative, you can still have fun with that, with details like jewelry or scarves... shoes, bags, ...

and if you are a man - hey - your spic and span conservative can be totally totally wild and sexy if you get the right tie/shirt/combo... Highly recommended ML look from the start of Can This Love Be translated (bright blue shirt with green tie) and What's Wrong wiht Secretary Kim ML's clothes - wow. Pearl in Red has amazing combos on Min Ju, Queen's House on FL's darling Doctor.
For ppl with gray hair, I love the look of SFL's RichDad in ALl About My Mother, in light blues...

men and women who love a little more color have even more options...
African fashion uses say a bottom of many colors and then the top of a DIFFERENT shade of one of those colors :)
The Western fashion would use the top in one of the SAME colors as on the bottom. Which is boring :)
African fashion also has A/C features ;) in its cuts, and frills and riffles that accent the movement. Like what hotel employees wear in King's Land or some other dramas, those are African cuts, the top has ruffle from the waist.

here is a great African fashion show, the singer in white at the start and singer in black at the end have super simple and glorious outfits... Africans have a knack for good dressing
Just google African fashion, hawaii fashion, etc or luxury look google "Manaola fashion images" that is Hawaiian designer who sells at Saks Fifth Ave NYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-2nxYmQOs one of my fav fashion shows He had - still has? a store at Ala Moana Honolulu too And he has Instagram account Here are some real dramatic clothes that would impress Chinese https://www.instagram.com/p/DUWmG86ktKB/
Here are "young" puletasi dresses from Samoa https://nz.pinterest.com/valdahf/puletasi-styles/ and "older" ones https://lorianas.co.nz/collections/made-by-lorianas Pretty, ha? https://www.pinterest.com/pin/844493666015919/ Near airport in Honolulu is fabric store, old airplane hangar, full of fabrics... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/style--26388347797055222/ This is great for daily wear https://www.pinterest.com/pin/130393351707986550/

Ah Native American fashion is swell too.. https://www.elle.com/fashion/a60719452/native-fashion-week-swaia/

So ...
if you need inspirations, check out traditional African clothes, traditional Tahitian pareos, check out Hawaiian and other modern fashion designers, ... Also, Japanese, they have amazing clothes, modern clothes that mimic traditional. It tends to be dark or muted though except kimono-like stuff

and for European looking fashion for men/women for daily life, pretty, comfortable and practical. I am all for Armani :) His fashion shows are amazing, all clothes are so pretty and comfortable. The only glitch is all kinda muted neutral colors, but pleasant :) AND - he is using lots of Asian traditional cuts and designs and details, like kimono sashes as belts, or the "kimono ties" for top Women 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtwyPbJT5M Men 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFIu-rPe9Pg The thing is, trad Asian clothes are most comfortable and easy to wear, you go kick some martial arts then you go back to your farming etc

I like colors :) My fav is traditional African and Polynesian :) and Japanese, actually
The tragedy is that I look best in very drab military-like clothing like khaki, beige and olive green LMAO
But you have to wear what you like :)

Here is one example of dressing up ANYTHING simple - here the lady is wearing basically shorts, BUT her sandals and her hair make her look like a queen https://riverandmara.com/products/zora-african-print-infinity-dress Notice how ruffle accents the movement and catches attention
I think Zara and LLC Waikiki have ok clothes for cheap if you want new

And for a man, also super simple but very wild combo: ML in Can this Love Be translated, in navy coat, bright blue shirt, and navy tie with neon green pattern
Or drama Woman Who Swallowed the Sun had "LA look" of the buff ML and "modern version of classical Asian fashion" for OldestBrother
Ji Su from Practical Guide to Love also had a great casual very-young-look wardrobe,
FL's best friend fashion designer in Recipe for Love has amazing modern simple casual business fashion in really funky colors that look very suave, like mustard yellow-brown baggy suit with sneakers . He also has great casual clothes, a baggy tank top with baggy shorter pants and sneakers, very clean and nice look, very practical
ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC
Of course you have to mix and match what looks good on YOU and you find htat by pulling clothes out and making a combo that catches your eye that you ENJOY LOOKING AT and for sure it will look good on you too

Basically you are painting with clothes. The good part - at the end of the day, it goes into wash and you can start fresh tomorrow, no paintings and other crap to store anywhere ;)

BUT: clothes won't help without a smile and good posture and a body in shape that can MOVE. That is Marylin principle :) and is principle #1 of fashion

So.... to be a real fashionista, you gotta go to .. yoga :) or something like that :)

Rule #1: you have to be able to move and to easily adjust temperature, ie layered functional clothing for multi use. Therefore, no makeup except lipstick. My specialty: dance / yoga clothes under the street outfit
Rule #2: you have to be able to kiss someone without being inconvenienced. Therefore - no makeup except lipstick or gloss :) Only clean shaven men :)

Ah you got me started. I miss fashion :) I am visiting here so I am a little cooped up :)

FYI this is pretty too, luxury traditional Chinese inspired dresses https://www.pinterest.com/sui_generis/traditional-twist-modern-asian-clothes/
These dresses with a round or V cut around the neck would be universal https://www.lemon8-app.com/@yuehwasg/7436323439532687873?region=sg
I would also buy this awesome kimono fabric and make regular "bathrobe" out of it, with an easy-to-tie belt. This kimono belt is a killer, once you are in it, you are stuck... So it is great as a belt for street clothing and is used in modern fashion See Armani fashion show. https://shop.japanobjects.com/blogs/editorial/japaneseclothing

GoldDiggerMom stole that lipstick from Seo Rim's room... but .. .when it was tome to wear it, then GoldDiggerMom said - ah SR wears those strong reds so I am not gonna.

GoldDiggerMom is actually very pretty and well preserved, did you see her in a spaghetti strap, her skin and her body are perfect, she is da bomb, and TP could hardly find someone better :)

She is right, red lipstick does not suit her style... and would be too overwhelming on her tiny face and light build and hair.. I think... ? ... I think she needs to make BIGGER lips and that should be accomplished with a lighter lipstick with lots of gloss.

Imo she CAN be sexy with other shades too. Like ... nude pinkish/brownish colors with lots of gloss... or deeper pink.... or something golden.... but with LOTS of gloss... She can make herself totally outthere
OR she can try that red lipstick with that black horseracetrack English hat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGKMZEXxlsI

It moved to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYAIsvSASo

I am tired of global Hwood and cdrama audience without ANY creativity imagination and ability to think AND HAVE FUN

This movie is so sweet and so lovely, and the alternate plot, music, seemingly out-of-place romance, the future and the bittersweet "dutiful" ending are deep messages. IF YOU CANNOT SEE IT, it just means you have no capacity to see it, you are the Karin movie kind ...

SO STICK TO KARIN MOVIES, THAT IS ALL YOUR BRAIN CAN HANDLE
If you are wondering why, watch 2006 american movie Idiocracy,
perhaps movie Equilibrium too

what is JFF Theater, is there a link?

THIS IS A GEM!!!! I learned about from this awesome list https://www.imdb.com/list/ls525827220/?sort=popularity%2Casc and then you can watch free movie eng sub on Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/its-a-summer-film