I didn't know you're in Jakarta as well! It's always so weird whenever I follow some random content creators like Rong Rong and Ignideus, then suddenly I found out you're in the same country as I am.
It feels so weird, because I always felt like the content I'm interested in diverges strongly from what most people around me interested in, so it's always jarring and cool whenever I find that, yes, there are people with very similar interest to me in this country.
Regarding Jakarta, having lived here for the last three years, I think it's comparatively mild compared to other countries. Kost here are easy to get, at various pricepoints. And people are very willing to help each others, though the opposite also means that they sometimes implicitly ask for "something" (money) for their help.
At the same time, I'm not blind that there's a real lower class whose life just... sucks, and barely make ends meet. But whether by force or cooperation, they do often end up as groups from what I see -- it's quite often that pengamen/street musicians are part of a larger group and/or travel together, and I hear the waria/queer community are very close-knit with each others.
I think the most depressing thing is the lone silverman beggars. I sometimes just see them sitting down and looking tired, after they walked around, begging, and debasing themselves looking... I don't know, looking awful drenched in what is probably toxic paint.
Really great article, I appreciate the thorough citations! I haven't played Common'hood yet (and judging by the bugs I may want to wait), but it's great to see games posing these hard questions, and acting as a dialog rather than a lecture.
I didn't know you're in Jakarta as well! It's always so weird whenever I follow some random content creators like Rong Rong and Ignideus, then suddenly I found out you're in the same country as I am.
It feels so weird, because I always felt like the content I'm interested in diverges strongly from what most people around me interested in, so it's always jarring and cool whenever I find that, yes, there are people with very similar interest to me in this country.
Regarding Jakarta, having lived here for the last three years, I think it's comparatively mild compared to other countries. Kost here are easy to get, at various pricepoints. And people are very willing to help each others, though the opposite also means that they sometimes implicitly ask for "something" (money) for their help.
At the same time, I'm not blind that there's a real lower class whose life just... sucks, and barely make ends meet. But whether by force or cooperation, they do often end up as groups from what I see -- it's quite often that pengamen/street musicians are part of a larger group and/or travel together, and I hear the waria/queer community are very close-knit with each others.
I think the most depressing thing is the lone silverman beggars. I sometimes just see them sitting down and looking tired, after they walked around, begging, and debasing themselves looking... I don't know, looking awful drenched in what is probably toxic paint.
Really great article, I appreciate the thorough citations! I haven't played Common'hood yet (and judging by the bugs I may want to wait), but it's great to see games posing these hard questions, and acting as a dialog rather than a lecture.