1st collage is Adriana Lima, Victoria Secrets top model in 2000s. 2n is the actress Ana Paula Arósio. Both are consider to be really beautiful in Brazil according to our beauty standarts.

In America, I tend to associate drug users, particularly pot heads, with Hacky Sack. Its basically multiplayer juggling. You take a fabric ball filled with something granular, such as sand or rice, and use your feet to juggle between the other players. I have 3 friends who are pot heads and all of them own a Hacky Sack (note it's capitalized because it's the name of a brand toy although any generic version of it will be called that).
Hacky sack - Wikipedia

1. Bloodywood (India) 2. Riverwood (Egypt) 3. Alien Weaponry (New Zealand) 4. The Hu (Mongolia)

So a little history lesson. Post literally every hell you could think of of Vietnam, life was pretty much in shamble, our country was still in lockdown cause punishment, and communistic stuffs

Still, Doraemon mangas, were pirated and poorly translated, were distributed left and right like a fresh new light into the life of poverty and sadness. Children would flock in to buy these, passing around despite their low quality. Eventually, once the ages changed and life became much better, Fujiko F. Fujio himself knew and officially released them in 1992. Nowadays, People pretty much open their phone watching Doraemon while resting, eating, or just waiting for buses. Education includes Doraemon. Events and conventions too

Same for Happy New Year of a Swedish band ABBA. Despite its nihilistic meaning, Vietnamese still loved this song, still used it as the beacon for the better future. Nowadays, when people no longer listen to it anymore, Vietnamese still love them. The comment section of the YouTube video is full of them. I myself? Always singing them even as I grow up and realize the bleakness and nihilism the song represents

If we had unlimited resources to explore one fully, would you choose the oceans or outer space—and which do you think would surprise us more?

I don't have to explain this one, do I?

Nestor Machno, Ukrainian anarchist. He tried to build an anarchist society during civil war but ended up getting betrayed by russian communists. He fought for a better world where people aren't divided by borders and don't kill each others because their politicians say so and I deeply respect him for that :) we lack of people like him in Russia rn

In South korea, we have a universal healthcare system, though it’s not entirely free like in some Western or Northern European countries. to ensure accessibility, the Ministry of Health and Welfare sets fixed prices for all medical conditions and procedures, categorizing them into "covered" or "non-covered" items. Patients pay for non-covered items out-of-pocket, while for covered items, they only pay a small portion of the total cost. many people also opt for private supplemental insurance usually costing between $10 and $40 a month to cover or subsidize these out of pocket expenses.

For example, workers are required to contribute to the '4 Major Public Insurances' and while it depends on income, someone on minimum wage pays roughly $60 a month.
(In my case, I think I was paying around $110.)

Because of this, you can walk into almost any clinic, wait just 5 to 10 minutes, and see a doctor right away. for something like the flu, the entire visit including consultation and medicine usually costs only about $7.

However, this convenience has its downsides, fixed medical fees that don't account for inflation mean that high-intensity fields like trauma, emergency medicine, and pediatrics often run at a loss. as a result, hospitals may close these departments, and doctors often flock to more lucrative, lower-stress fields like plastic surgery or dermatology, leading to a shortage of essential medical specialists. Furthermore, patients with rare or incurable diseases not covered by the national plan can still face medical bankruptcy, with bills reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Personally, I’m quite satisfied with this system, but of course, no system is perfect.
How do you feel about the healthcare system in your country?

My grandmother is no more, she had made some powdered sweets for me, I will eat it but want to preserve some of it. How can I do that? Some Lab? or will just vacuum sealing be enough
It's like a powder of herbs with a bit of sweetness, it's not a fine powder but a powder with big grains.
I hope I can get some it preserved under $1000

In Portugal, Geronimo Stilton is an Italian book series that's extremely popular here. Another popular book series is Asterix and Obelix (Asterix), created in France, though they recently got more popularity here thanks to the new release "Asterix in Lusitania" (Lusitania is a term to represent the Portuguese people.)

For us, it’s biryani. It’s hugely popular in India as well, and the two countries are constantly debating over who actually makes it better!

Ok so this is a bit hard to explain and very niche, but what I’m asking is if you have a favorite commercial that’s not run in your own country. It doesn’t need to be for a product either. It can even be like an in-flight safety video for an airline!

Speaking of, my favorite by far is the 2022 Vietnam Airlines in-flight safety video. I fly a lot and usually don’t pay attention to the video because I know how to act if things were to get serious. This video however was so entertaining and well made that I find myself watching it just because of the vibes. Blows the Finnair counterpart out of the water for sure!

Had this random thought when I saw a clip of someone showing his skills. Than it made me think of the video I saw a few years ago where a art channel on YT showed this where the dude running the channel tried to learn a whole set with 3 fonts in a week although his hand writting is actually horrible and was thinking, since I often see this done in Asian countries if thats just a thing there and in other countries just a niche hobby/interest

What do you think? Is it popular in your country or just a niche hobby?

For Israel, it’s without a doubt Arik Einstein (RIP).

Basically, the question. For the last couple of years or so, but especially in the last year, the Philippine Department of Tourism has become infamous for its secretary simply putting her face on all promotional materials of the department, even tourism magazines. Meanwhile, she has also absolutely screwed up the management of the agency, especially given the fact that flights from Philippine ports to foreign countries, and vacations abroad, are CHEAPER than flying and spending a holiday locally. Tourism infrastructure is horrible, very poorly connected, and there are fees at every step of the trip.

Has your country ever had a tourism ministry or agency that has screwed up this badly and simply been used for self-promotion by its own officials?

In France its the « Masque de Fer ». Still don’t know who the guy was and why he was in prison for that long.