• just another rakyat@monyet.cc
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    DID YOU KNOW there’s a very, very hidden & affordable mixed rice shop inside Fahrenheit 88 at Bukit Bintang? I mean, it’s really, really hidden:

    youtu.be/A8ZQJeVxSpI

    (My first time knowing about this place also. I know Wisma Cosway only)

    Pro tip when in KL: if you’re around high end areas where a simple lunch can cost you at least RM30++ per person, there is ALWAYS a secret canteen somewhere where the local staff eat. Just ask the office workers…

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      Wow, I’ve passed that door so many times without knowing! So much cooler than a speakeasy lol

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      has it always been there? i had a look at the video and recognised that ICLS place and i went there for a language exchange event i think in 2018 in the evening. I don’t recall the seeing a shop that resembles that mixed rice shop at all from memory.

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      Not really hidden, if u work nearby definitely will know but they only open for lunch

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        Yeah every office area in Malaysia got places like that. I don’t work in Bukit Bintang but used to work around Jalan Raja Chulan, so we occasionally took GoKL to wisma cosway for lunch.

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    gosh, i hate my social media. lots of people getting married and getting pregenante.

    and you know what’s worse than those two events?

    WHEN THEY DO THROW BACK. They need to remind you every single day that they’re married. and if they pregnante they post a photo every week showing baby bump.

    MADAM WONG YOUR MARRIAGE RECEPTION ENDED 3 MONTHS AGO HOW CAN YOU STILL POST A DOZEN THROWBACKS EVERY SECOND OR THIRD DAY, NOT SIENZ MEH?! PAK YOU

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      Hahaha I have a relative like that. Share every single detail of her pregnancy. Down to the gory details. Then when have kid share 60+ photos of kid every day. I dont where they got energy

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    So, somebody lectured me for not putting a CW on Mastodon when I shared food photos for #MakanApaToday yesterday. I got super annoyed and was snarky. The guilt tripping didn’t stop as a number of people came and said, “can’t you be more understanding?” You know what, I am over being understanding when Mastodon has powerful filter and blocking capabilities. I do that for Us politics which I found so annoying on Mastodon 🤣 I don’t go lecturing people to put up CW for their posts. Also, I feel that this is a little hashtag space where we SEA have fun, and to have these people tell us to hide it just got me furious. I did start thinking, “Maybe I should stop posting on Mastodon and post here instead…” and that got me annoyed too. Why should I stop just because 1 or 2 people didn’t like the images of food??

    Just this morning someone slipped into the comments to passively aggressive suggest that maybe my mention of calories in the post was triggering - and I got fed up. I told her we shouldn’t be told to hide something the SEA community loves, especially if it is harmless to most people.

    Seriously never in my life did I think about food being something we should hide 🤪 folks have explained it to me why, including photos with eyes being triggering, and I thought - this is one thing I dislike about Mastodon. There’s a reaallllly entitled community that demands you do things their way or they guilt you into thinking you are baaaad.

    What do you guys think? I really like the #MakanApaToday thread and don’t think it should be CWed cos hinestly, it is harmless and fun!!

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      You have to understand, when Twitter getting bought by Elon, there’s a mass exodus going from twitter to mastodon, so you’re basically interact with the similar twitter folks, and twitter folks do be like that.

      Next time just block that one or two people and soon enough you won’t get bugged by those funless neckbeard.

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        It’s not just Twitter though. On Facebook or TikTok, there will be same types of ppl (though with different politics) who comment “tudung, mana tudung???”

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        They keep coming. 😂 I don’t even follow them. Some do, and I mute them.i even advice them to unfollow and block me. I suspect the only way they can find our post is to literally follow our hashtag - that’s a special kind of crazy. If you find it so offensive blockla, why harass people on the hashtag??

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        isn’t neckbeard more of a reddit stereotype? twitter for me they are very liberal, toxic kind that loves to cancel people.

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            How else am I supposed to understand Rick and Morty if I don’t have high IQ? scratched neck beard

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      no, it really shouldn’t be CWed

      there’s a line where it’s not just things that are triggering for people but a part of daily life! food is life and culture and family and something people shouldn’t have to cover up and hide!

      some people are entitled and it’s ridiculous

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        I don’t understand why they can’t just use the filter function 😅 so hardworking to nag people about this when a filter and block is all you need to do.

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        Content warning. Basically put the content behind an expander block, so you have to expand it to read it. People put CW on all kinds of things including photos with eyes 😅

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          Meanwhile in another part of the world, there’ll be ppl who ask women to “CW” whenever they dare to show any body part other than their eyes 👀

          Same type of ppl really

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    I drove the family CX-3 out just now, god the car behaves so funny there’s zero steering feel and a ton of slack. Idk if there’s anything wrong with it, even my old 2004 Vios had better feel.

    When turning into a corner it will also torque steer when I apply throttle. It’s like something is dragging the steering. Wasn’t even driving fast just regular speed at like 2k rpm… It’s so serious the car will snap almost everytime I turn… i have driven a ton of FWDs from old to new nothing ever behaves like this.

    Does it need alignment? I tried to test and the car was able to stay center when I release the steering.

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      Is it due to electric power steering? I think 2004 Vios was still using hydraulic PS

      Just saw that you “have driven a ton of FWDs from old to new nothing ever behaves like this.” So it’s not a Vios VS CX-3 problem then.

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        Deffo sth ain’t right but I don’t want to spend money to do alignment without knowing for certain that it’s an alignment issue

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    Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”

    Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) was released on 7/7/23 (same day as the Singapore concert general sale, but that is my tragic story for another time). Some key differences in the Taylor’s Version album:

    1. Additional songs ‘from the vault’

    2. Her voice has definitely matured. It sounds nicer and more mellow, but it also lost the teenage angst and young kid sound. Speak Now was recorded starting in 2008 when TS was 19 years old. In contrast Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) was recorded some time after 2021 when she was 32. Can’t say which one is better, they are just different variants.

    3. Lyric change in one song, “Better than Revenge”:

    Better than Revenge”:

    She’s not a saint and she’s not what you think
    She’s an actress, whoa
    She’s better known for the things that she does
    On the mattress
    , whoa

    Better than Revenge (Taylor’s Version)”:

    She’s not a saint and she’s not what you think
    She’s an actress, woah
    He was a moth to the flame
    She was holding the matches
    , woah

    The original version places the blame squarely on this other girl for seducing her man, which TS later regrets as such a situation would actually be the fault of both the girl and her guy for cheating on her. While the new version is more morally and ethically correct, the original lyrics do pack a better punch for being explicitly bitter and angry about a girl who seduced your man.

    One last note about Speak Now: it is my opinion that Long Live is the best song in here. It’s an aspirational song (for most of us). If you ever get to experience some of the sentiments conveyed in “Long Live”, congratulations. You have made it. You really have.

    Quick summary of the origins of the (Taylor’s Version) albums:

    • Due to the way her recording contract was set up, TS’s first few albums were owned by the label Big Machine Records.
    • When Big Machine Records was sold to a new owner, TS’s wanted to buy back ownership of her albums, but the new owner refused to sell.
    • TS still owns the rights to the songs and music, it is only the specific recording that is owned by the studio.
    • So TS performed the music and got it recorded again, and released it as her own. Thus the various (Taylor’s Version) albums floating around and selling (and streaming) very well.
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    Jaya Grocer cashier accidentally traded in my grab points for rm20 off my bill. Kinda annoyed because I liked accumulating the points.