People living in countries where English isn't the main language
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On Japanese boards such as 5ch (which took over from 2ch and functions somewhat like Japan's Reddit), GLP-1 medicines get plenty of discussion. The talk centers on the actual branded injection pens rather than the gray market as a whole. Other peptides see far less info and chatter, though awareness is gradually increasing. At least one site, peptidou.jp, offers peptide information in Japanese.
Personally, I handle all of this in English rather than Japanese. My guess is that most people do the same, since the biggest forums where peptides come up (here, STG, Reddit...) conduct nearly all discussion in English. On top of that, most vendors, and definitely the biggest ones, target the US market, where demand is highest. That too is all in English.
Personally, I handle all of this in English rather than Japanese. My guess is that most people do the same, since the biggest forums where peptides come up (here, STG, Reddit...) conduct nearly all discussion in English. On top of that, most vendors, and definitely the biggest ones, target the US market, where demand is highest. That too is all in English.
Lovedog100
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Is your plan to purchase from local sellers? The first person I bought from in Thailand was British, which meant English was all we needed. These days, the suppliers I use are Chinese, and I still communicate with them in English.
Not once have I come across a chinese vendor putting out ads in a language other than english.
That said, when it comes to medical publications and research information, you'll definitely find plenty of sources in all sorts of languages... which have been translated into English too. Don't waste your time.
That said, when it comes to medical publications and research information, you'll definitely find plenty of sources in all sorts of languages... which have been translated into English too. Don't waste your time.
AriaKbye
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For me as well, it's English only. Greek and German aren't choices 
angeliquereta
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No matter what the topic may be, it's widely accepted that medical literature is always written in English, even when it originates in another language. I'm French, originally from France, and now I live in French-speaking Canada, yet I do all of my medical research in English, despite not being fluent in it at all.
Schwossy
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Over in the German GLP1Chat, bringing up Reta, Elora..etc... is off limits, since as of right now it still isn't offical leagl ...AriaKbye said:
For me as well, it's English only. Greek and German aren't choices
AriaKbye
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Schwossy said:
Over in the German GLP1Chat, bringing up Reta, Elora..etc... is off limits, since as of right now it still isn't offical leagl ...
Calling any of this grey-area stuff "legal" is a stretch.
Wth
Alex_9327 said:
Thanks to all of you for your responses! It seems English is the way to go, so it looks like I won’t need to bother figuring out other languages
If that had been the case, I never would have started. Buying supplies, figuring out how everything works, and putting in endless hours hunting down peptides are all things I'm happy to do — but picking up Mandarin is where I'd have said no.
That said, I'm pretty sure AI could have helped me bumble through it.
不用了，谢谢。我更愿意用英语了解我的肽，而不是普通话。
AriaKbye
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Yeah, I ran that through Google TranslateGrogu said:
If that had been the case, I never would have started. Buying supplies, figuring out how everything works, and putting in endless hours hunting down peptides are all things I'm happy to do — but picking up Mandarin is where I'd have said no.
That said, I'm pretty sure AI could have helped me bumble through it.
不用了，谢谢。我更愿意用英语了解我的肽，而不是普通话。
angeliquereta
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For peptides overall, there's no particular term I use. The peptide field covers far too much ground. When I'm looking into one particular subject, say r3ta, I usually throw in words like studies résults.
Master Grogu isn't wrong!Grogu said:
If that had been the case, I never would have started. Buying supplies, figuring out how everything works, and putting in endless hours hunting down peptides are all things I'm happy to do — but picking up Mandarin is where I'd have said no.
That said, I'm pretty sure AI could have helped me bumble through it.
不用了，谢谢。我更愿意用英语了解我的肽，而不是普通话。
bluetap
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When I was living in Germany, trying to look things up online as an English speaker was definitely a struggle. Almost everything that came up was in German — suggestions and sites alike — unless I switched on a VPN or relied on my browser to translate each new page I opened.
That experience really showed me what daily life feels like for someone who can't speak the local language well (thankfully I'd had 5 years of German in school, and since I look German I managed to blend in decently).
I'm with @Grogu on this: if the only way I could get peptides was by knowing Chinese or Russian, I'd simply accept my fate and hope for a better hand next time around.
That experience really showed me what daily life feels like for someone who can't speak the local language well (thankfully I'd had 5 years of German in school, and since I look German I managed to blend in decently).
I'm with @Grogu on this: if the only way I could get peptides was by knowing Chinese or Russian, I'd simply accept my fate and hope for a better hand next time around.