Today I tried [an unsuccessful] autoimmune paleo cookie recipe, and I'd say somewhat naturally, I put on music. Because the rest of the world is persona non gratis to pandora, spotify, & VPNs, I went with my usual continuous music source outside what those of you in the civilized world use: youtube. But yet again, Korea exists solely to piss me off in the comfort of my own home, because their ads are: a.) before every song in a goddamned list and b.) SEVERAL. MINUTES. LONG. This particular ad is several minutes of text, no sound. Which isn't as bad as the 5-minute ad of some average schmo talking about some rice wine/liquor, but in any event, I had to come to my computer with gunk-covered hands, only to accidentally close the window, then clean my fingers to get youtube back up & play song TWO in the goddamned play list.
There's a K-pop group that a student wrote about in one of my classrooms. I always thought the name was a little weird: B1A4. Someone wrote about B1A4 being their favorite band. I always thought that was a weird-ass name for a group, but never thought about asking about it, until I was talking with one of my middle school classes, & one of the girls mentioned that group. I said, "Yeah, I've heard of them but don't know any songs by them, what is the name about?" Well, there are 5 boys in the group, & 1 of them is blood type B, while the other 4 are type A.
I've heard that people in Korea diet, & even DATE, based on blood type. But, advertising it as the name of your BAND? Is, to me, beyond fucking weird & creepy.
The friend who told me I was going through the "I hate everything here" phase just found out I'm paleo with a couple other restrictions, so she said, "No wonder you hate it here."
I mean, I live in a country where biological age is not a thing, but publicly announcing your blood type IS, & where carb loading is dinner 5 times/week. Somebody, please, save me.
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