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well, you already know I have low vision, but did you know there's a reason for that? it's called CHARGE syndrome, and along with the low vision, I also have a left facial palsy which results in a crooked smile, an abnormally shaped right ear, and tons of other conditions. And yet I'm high-functioning and smart as a whip lol

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Selfmate

" And yet I'm high-functioning and smart as a whip lol" hmmm...to be determined my friend lol (I'm kidding btw - if you didn't already know I'm pretty sarcastic and talk a lot of shit)

so this charge syndrome - was it something that you were born with?
and does it cause you any day-to day issues with your quality of life (besides the vision issue)

ChiaraStar169

yeah, I'm hard of hearing too and wear hearing aids. I also have poor balance, so I'm currently in physical therapy for that.

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Selfmate

sounds terrible...but if I remember you're closer to my age than most of the teens on KPS right? lol
so you're probably use to it????

ChiaraStar169

yeah, I'm 38, and I'm definitely used to it lol

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Selfmate

well I wish you best of luck in your situation my friend

so how did you get into kpop in the first place?

ChiaraStar169

I just wanted to know BTS' names lol nah, but seriously, it was bc I was getting so fed up with all the hype on Twitter (it was 2017, so still Twitter) that I thought "well, I can't beat 'em, so I might as well try to join 'em" lol but I was still in denial and, for the longest time, only listened to BTS and Twice. It was only four years ago that I was fully invested in K-pop.

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Selfmate

hey slightly different but similar to you
I never got the hype around kpop and to be honest but for like GS I didn't even know what it was at that time and when in 2019 YT recommended me D4 from BP right before KTL dropped and I was like woah is that a bedazzled tank? and the rest is history...

so what groups would you say you're a fan/stan of?

ChiaraStar169

Xdinary Heroes, Riize, BoyNextDoor, TXT, Seventeen, Twice, Kiss of Life, IVE, ARTMS, and Loossemble, to name a fiew