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Lottery, but at a larger, larger scale. In SE Eastern countries and India, there's something better than this bullshit and they're unified QR payment systems, central bank's interbank transfer system, and virtual accounts. This investment is more a lottery than a real investment
Probably born because of complex electronic payment rules in the West + probably greed. In Indonesia, you can transfer your money easily without private companies as middlemen like Paypal and the central bank acts as the middleman and it's cheap (only about $0,16 for small to moderate transactions and about $0,43 for RTGS / larger transactions). A Canadian Youtuber who makes Indonesian content, Sacha Stevenson, said that in Canada, you need to make an appointment, which is time-consuming, to transfer money to your family otherwise it's considered a suspicious transaction, while in Indonesia you don't
In the West, electronic payment methods are proprietary and there's no unified payment system (not referring to Indian's UPI, but in general)
The payment QR code: BCA (An Indonesian Bank)
Me: *Opens Gojek and pay with this app cos QRIS is unified* (QRIS, pronounced Kris or colloquially Kyu-ris, is the name for Indonesian's unified payment QR standard)
The app: *proceed to payment screen and pay*
Me: "See, Indonesia and SE Asian countries have something better than cryptocurrency"
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Me: *transfers money to my other account in another bank*
The banking app: *Choose BI-FAST (2.5K IDR) or BI-RTGS (6.5 K IDR)*
Me: "No need a private company middleman! Things like Paypal and Skrill are no use in Indonesia unless for overseas transactions"
Each payment method has different use cases and suits for different types of transactions. Non-bank payment methods (can be filled/topped-up with bank, ride-hailing apps drivers, and convenience store chains) and QR codes are suitable for daily transactions like buying snacks and groceries; bank transfers are for family, company, and individual people money transfers; virtual account is suitable for buying something priced higher than 10,000K IDR, must be on the same bank and it's automated. Both banks and non-banks are usually have the unified QR code payment method, and for Bank Jago, the QR payment is tied to GoPay (Gojek)
A partial literal translation of terang bulan (Indonesian)(another name for hok lo pan and apam balik)(sometimes called martabak manis since this is usually sold together by martabak booths/stands). This is a pancake that filled with chocolate, condensed creamer, or cheese, or a combination of them (btw, cheese and chocolate combination tastes great). The fillings can be anything sweet, including milo powder. Usually spread with butter or margarine on the inside, right after being pulled from the cast iron pan
Terang bulan = moonshine
Terang bulan is a pancake, it named in that way because it resembles a full moon, so:
Moonshine + pancake = moon pancake (the word "shine" is removed to make it sounds better)
But this term is uncommon or rarely used, and has already taken by some Indonesian for her art business as a handle, and you might find her instead if you try to search this term
So, I discovered a small artist named "Moon Pancake" when I was playing Instagram. I forgot from where I discovered her, but usually I watch artists and journaling accounts stories to discover new artists and they usually share artists artworks. Also, sometimes I follow random artists from recommended list and post discovery or explore feature
I guessed that the name came from a cake called "terang bulan" since she's an Indonesian (and btw, Chinese Indonesian or Chindo, and as usual, many artists with similar art styles are Chinese or East Asian for some reason). She has two handles: this handle is for her shop (has an orange mascot) and another one, which I forgot, is for her illustration account and she had illustrationed a book. She's also sell globally
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Enough talking about that artist. So, this pancake has many variations, including the one that served like a pizza and sometimes has a separate topping for each slice. A son of Joko Widodo (Indonesian president, 2014-2024), has a terang bulan / moon pancake business called "Markobar" and sells the cake with various toppings
When someone shows something with sensitive info to show, they suddenly gain an ability to extend their finger to cover it
"His index finger becomes longer than it should be when he shows his credit card. It's a privacy finger"
An intentionally stupid image search AI that censors you from searching images with women/girls, regardless of real or cartoon, naked or not. Also many artworks from small artists are omitted from the search, so that searching the OPs from artworks are hard on this and you have to rely on Yandex (most reliable) or Bing or Baidu (for Chinese artists)
Whenever it's not censored, the search results are not accurate and shows you similar things instead
"That farting woman cartoon that said "biu" has no result whenever you try to search on Google Lens, but Yandex and Baidu shows the exact result"
"Search any cute stickers or art you get from Pinterest, Google Lens might not tell you, not even giving the similar results"
"Try searching something like Touhou or any Japanese cartoons on Google Lens. They said no search results but for some reason, they sometimes don't censor"
An indonesian word for "like" (liking someone, things)
Interestingly, it coincides with Russian language, and it means "B*tch" in Russian
"Aku suka anime"
"Aku suka tepung bumbu Mamasuka"
"Aku suka Rorojump"
"Aku suka Meatball (Weibo)"
"Apakah kamu menyukai aku?"
A censored word in Shopee Indonesia, but not on other Shopees, for some reason as if this is an illegal product. Probably because of the abusive behavior of Indonesians exploiting the coin reward feature (1 coin = 1 IDR, or the smallest unit of the currency where Shopee is available, e.g 1 coin = 0.01 SGD or 1 coin = 1 TWD)
This is a hilarious yet annoying censor
I cannot search coin purses or coin wallets on Shopee Indonesia because they censored the word "coin", both in Indonesian and English, unless I misspelt it
or kawaii signature. A Japanese term for signatures with cute elements on them, usually having complex analogies of letters and shapes (usually animals). Popular in VTubers (mostly Japanese-only) and Kpop communities, both fans and the music band members
Used colloquially in Japan (they use hanko in formal context), but sometimes used as formal signatures outside Japan
There are some or a few people who makes kawaii sign commissions if you search for "kawaii sign" in Katakana letters and they all, the examples, looks catchy. I discovered it from a random VTuber/streamer in my Twitter recommended accounts and she did retweeted or tweet about who made her kawaii sign