Debunking Assumptions About Korean Girls

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  @vareast · 4 years ago

  The comparison thing is out of control. The obsession with status (and status symbols) is really, really destructive. Everyone judges the quality of their lives by what everyone else has, or even worse, by what they don't have. This drives me insane....

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  @Pertemba40 · 4 years ago

  There is a famous Korean blogger "Chingu Amiga" who lives happily now in Mexico after leaving her 'toxic' and overly sick competitive society. Everytime she goes back she gets sick, that's how bad it is now for her after experiencing other not so dysfunctional and toxic cultures.

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  @roselamoure · 4 years ago (edited)

  What I have observed about Korean woman is definitely the high competition between status and looks. They all would try super hard to be the skinniest and have the prettiest face, all of them wearing designer stuff especially those Dior bags that literally almost any female in Korea has. Or who has the best boyfriend, of course they only want rich and handsome boyfriends. The constant going to parties and showing off. It‘s an extremely toxic culture similar to the one in Los Angeles, California it‘s literally exactly the same. It‘s unfortunate but it is what it is. It‘s sad that girls constantly have to compete with each other and I am thinking for what honestly. For a man?! It‘s ridiculous.

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  @suhyungkim7041 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;ve seen Koreans here in India and they dress really casually like without make up and just in sweatshirts and jeans and all. I think that&apos;s because no one really cares as much about make up here. I for one don&apos;t. When it comes to being reserved and being prudes, it&apos;s normal in a conservative society honestly. It&apos;s the same here as well.<br>However when it comes about like the comparison thing. I think I won&apos;t be able to survive there even one day 😂 I am a really simple person and seeing people day in and day out just look perfect and be perfect (atleast on the outside) is going to certainly make me feel like crap about myself since my self esteem is REAALLLYY low. Damn. 🤦

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  @scarontop · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m living in Europe and here it&apos;s like the opposite around. Everybody tries to look beautiful without makeup and if you don&apos;t wear much makeup it means you&apos;re feeling comfortable with yourself and your natural beauty. I wouldn&apos;t say your videos &quot;opened my eyes&quot;, because this sounds kinda rude, but they showed me that Korea is not only k-pop groups and k-dramas like! Thank you

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• PO

  @powbobs · 4 years ago

  Being Korean sounds exhausting and sad.

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  @tensaijuusan4653 · 4 years ago

  My experience over the years on interacting with at least two dozen or more Koreans - The women are charming and attractive. &nbsp;The men are jerks and blatantly racist too. &nbsp;My one actual 24 hour day in Korea - On two seperate occaisions a drunk Korean confronted me and my Asian wife with 6 month old baby - yelling and gesticulating at us until his woman pulled him away. &nbsp;Didn&apos;t experience this in other Asian countries I visited.

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• ST

  @stephaniecrawford2797 · 4 years ago

  Seems like a lot of unnecessary stress. Your videos are good

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  @emmak2971 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m really interested in Korea and Korean culture because in middle school I had a really good friend who was Korean and I was introduced to a lot of Korean culture and media through her. I started learning Korean and I&apos;ve been planning on applying to colleges in Korea and my parents know about it and support me but lately I&apos;ve been getting extremely worried. I&apos;ve heard about severe sexism in Korea and the anti-feminist sentiment which seems really scary and bizzare to me as a woman, not to mention &quot;hidden cameras&quot;. Other things like being judgemental of everyone, comparing everything, and being surrounded by materialism would freak me out. Recently I&apos;ve also heard a lot about Koreans being racist/xenophobic towards other Asians, so now I&apos;m even wondering if it&apos;s just a huge mistake to apply for universities in Korea even though I already spent a lot of time and money on this. I still think Korean culture is so rich and interesting, and I think the language is very beautiful, and of course I have met some nice Korean people but I&apos;m experiencing a lot of anxiety thinking about studying there.

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  @therealscoobydoo · 4 years ago

  South Korea is a very complex and competitive society, which is obviously great in many ways, but exhausting in many other ways. A friend of mine is Korean, who has been living in the U.S. for several years and recently got her citizenship. She said the average young Korean is more interested in having a picture of themselves doing something interesting than actually enjoying doing something interesting. Appearing to enjoy life is more important than enjoying life.

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  @moderncopium · 4 years ago

  Basically we’re very superficial, materialistic and judgmental overall compared to other Asians tbh 🤷🏼‍♂️

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• KI

  @kirstydunn2177 · 4 years ago

  It seems very competitive and it would be very tiring. Trying to portray that you always have your life together and are perfect is unrealistic. &nbsp;I’ve noticed that a lot of things in Korea are to the extreme… I’m sure mental health is a big issue.

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