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So my girlfriends been sick and done a bajillion tests. Mental illness just keeps getting worse for her. I have had crazy weird brain fog this last year... We have been on the whole diet and allergy pathway of all things. We might finally rooted it out and now are like how do we fix this ? They largely think it's her stomach microbiome as her GABA production is super low. I separately got treated for a cortisol disorder and have just lost fifty pounds 210--160 (on purpose mind ya). All my muscle is gone though..sad face.

However good news we found the cause OTA mold toxicity.Good news hah! However now lots more questions.did this come from food ..or the environment.we have 14 pets , we love animals if you didn't get this from me ever. I prolly like animals more than other humans lol. Then We had a plumber out that is a mold specialist around here and they said the house does not need remediation, however getting a second opinion. Me and my girlfriend both volunteer at pets rescues so around lots of animal waste/feed for a good part of life so maybe there. Or food ..and went down the decision pathway to figure out what food and have both been doing food elimination diets. What is making us sickkkkk. We work different places too. Anyone ever run into OTA mold toxicity ? I'm ripping the carpet out this weekend it's going down ...

Health is weird !

Wondering how much exposure would cause this to infiltrate you. Yes yes being treated by a specialist ..but my brain is just running trying to figure out if it's a constant exposure thing etc

Edit: Been living here 3 years ..bought house not rented* looks clean inside ..and tests did not show mold. So confused

 amphibian, on 16 September 2025 - 12:34 PM, said:

There is a lot of deeply Korean cultural stuff present here (as well as a TONNE of insider K-pop jokes; some of them harsh critiques like the girls eating what they want....while most management companies in the industry keep hardcore tabs on what the band members eat) that only comes off if you're aware of the historical stuff...especially when it comes to Jinu and his choices and the state of Joseon when he made them. I think the fullest view of this movie is enhanced by that knowledge.

Another part of it is that it was made by people who live in North America and wanted to mix up where they came from with where they live about drew up. Like Maggie Kang (Toronto REPRESENT!) is Korean, but grew up in Canada and as such wanted something that straddled those cultures.

 amphibian, on 16 September 2025 - 12:34 PM, said:

Are we still doing this? All musical genres that used Rap and hiphop as part of their base clay (even though that happened like 30 years ago) have to somehow show reverence for the base clay in some vocal way? Or can K-Pop be its own thing now? I don't see people complaining about uses of classical music in modern pop without "appreciating/understanding" the base clay...

Let's stop doing this. Not everything that can be tired back to black American culture needs to reference it all the time...the music is enough of a reference.

 amphibian, on 16 September 2025 - 12:34 PM, said:

The songs have been topping the charts since the debut and songs like Golden have become bigger hits than BTS or Blackpink have released. It's also an entrance vehicle for a lot of people (many of them kids) who had never heard K-pop before and so there is cross cultural appeal that is exactly what Maggie Kang set out to do.

Moreover, it's a fun movie that my kids love...and I think that was again, the intent.