• Draconic NEO
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    I would say he’s being quite honest, especially considering they have one of the highest suicide rates.

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      Although in hindsight, I’d rather have them absolutely destroy my sleep schedule than ending up getting in to less favorable university than I got in

      Seriously? If you’re going to university you’ll be fine regardless of where it ranks, how can that possibly be worth destroying your teenage years? Is this just social attitudes in Korea or does it actually make any difference?

      • @Got_Bent
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        So the American equivalent is pretty much going to the ivy League then going to work at FAANG or a law firm or finance firm that only hires from the ivies.

        That stuff all exists in the US and it’s certainly something many Americans aspire to as evidenced by the whole college admissions coaching industry.

        What you’re seeing out of Korea is presented as though ALL families are basically telling their kids that they’ll be disowned if they fail to achieve these lofty heights.

        The reality is that there are a ton of more accessible universities throughout the Korean peninsula that kids attend and they end up with reasonable jobs living reasonable lives, current situation of unaffordable housing and rampant debt notwithstanding.

        I would agree that many if not most Korean students spend significantly more time studying than their American counterparts. I will not agree that it’s universally effective to do so.

        Source: Lived in Korea for four years in the nineties and eventually married into it. Though I will admit some of my experiences may be outdated as I haven’t been keeping up with latest trends.

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          Everything you’ve written on this thread is very depressing. What is even the point? Why does anyone even want to live in Korea? It sounds like an absolute nightmare tbh.

          I’d expect to be mass immigration away from Korea.

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            It’s not trivial for most people to leave their home, culture, language, family, friends, etc and move to another country

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              I know… but my country has way more emigration and it doesn’t suck nearly as bad as Korea…

              *And also, I know I would 100% feel differently if I was born in Korea, but I would resent the fuck out of my parents, culture and government if that was my life. People joke China is cyberpunk, but South Korea seems way more dystopic.

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            Just as an anecdote: there is a huge Korean population in Canada. I’d say there is currently a mass emigration, but I suppose only for those able to afford it and want leave at the same time.

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          That’s so alien to me. Well congrats on making it through that meat grinder of a system in one piece!

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          Yeah but so is having a piece of paper that’s slightly better than someone else’s. Don’t burn yourself out for either.

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      I’m so jealous of the street food there. Literally watched a video of someone making egg sandwiches or something and I think I died a little inside because there’s basically nothing like that in Canada unless you count hotdogs; which I fucking don’t.

      • @Psythik
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        You guys don’t have egg sandwiches in Canada? Or do you only mean in street food form? Cause if not, just go to a breakfast joint if you want an egg sandwich.

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    BUT…

    You can get wasted with $1 worth of soju.

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    Life controled by handful of rich familles

    Does S Korea also have the problem of a rigid and corrupt 2 party system?

  • JJROKCZ
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    Yea but amazing cuisine and k-pop

      • @PunnyName
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        And since music taste is subjective, every thought about K-pop is the correct one.

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          K-Pop is also as far as the industry itself is concerned, the #1 most cruel music related industry in the world to the people in it. Everything awful about the idol, music and modeling industry compounded by a hundredfold.

          K-Pop as a genre unfortunately is rotten to it’s core. Other music industries are also known to be bad but they’re arguably the worst.

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            K and j pop are definitely among the worst. Tbh the girl pop industry in general. Look at what they did to my girl Britney.

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        My first exposure to it was in 1994. Crazy thing is that today’s k-pop is virtually indistinguishable from that of thirty years ago for me. The music, clothes, hair, and choreography are all exactly the same.

        I’m sure some k-popophile will come put me in my place, but I stand by what I perceive.

        Fun story from back then: One of the big groups back then was Turbo. While spending many hours at the US Embassy getting my wife a spousal visa, she recognized Mikey from Turbo. We go over and say hi and end up spending the whole day with him. He spoke perfect English and pretty much lived in Los Angeles. He told us that a significant portion of Turbo concerts had some other guy wearing a surgical mask pretending to be him because he was busy studying in the US.

      • @FrankTheHealer
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        K pop isn’t my cup of tea. But it’s not shit. Like I’m not a huge fan, but I can see how people would like it.

        • @Psythik
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          Don’t like K-Pop, but Korean hip hop is enjoyable.

          That said, it’s kind of funny seeing Koreans acting all gangsta, when AFAIK gangs were never really a problem in that country. But to be fair, they’re not really a thing in America anymore, either (at least not compared to how things were before the mid-90s).

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    Yeah the mandatory service and shitty neighbors suck. Other stuff mentioned are simply not true.

    Source: I am Korean

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        I’m Korean and I know what chaebols are 😂. They get many perks like not going to jail after committing crimes, but they don’t control all aspects of people’s lives here. That is overexaggeration and simply not true.