I would say he's being quite honest, especially considering they have one of the highest suicide rates.
And lowest birth rates
Their ESports winrates all but make up for it though...
Of course everyone want to fuck an esport athlete. How silly of me.
- Well that's just not true, although highly sought for.
- Pretty much. Although in hindsight, I'd rather have them absolutely destroy my sleep schedule than ending up getting in to less favorable university than where I got in. My parents were nice enough to not do that but I had to do it to myself.
- I mean you can say the same thing about basically any other late stage capitalist countries at this point.
- For one and a half year! You learn how to brainlessly comply, something that the society demands from us.
- Except that we don't take them seriously for one bit, even when we really have to.
- neighbors are really important, folks.
foods are nice though.
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?
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 Though I will admit some of my experiences may be outdated as I haven't been keeping up with latest trends.
Teenage years are short, a degree lasts forever. Considering how people without a top-notch university degree are treated, I'd much prefer no childhood than such a degrading life in general. People visibly frown at you or change topics when you tell them which school you're in, as if they heard about some tragic disaster.
If you're going to university, you'll be fine regardless of where it ranks.
It's a country where almost everyone is a college graduate, and only a few are actually considered to be college-educated. Some people even hide their degrees to land a job at a sweatshop or something.
Yes, it's messed up. But I jokingly tell my parents that they should've been way harder on me than they were because I only got into where I ended up, which I think was very lucky, but not the best either. Yes, I'm a big conformist, one of the qualities Korean culture requires that I've learned over the years.
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.
It's not trivial for most people to leave their home, culture, language, family, friends, etc and move to another country
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.
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.
That's so alien to me. Well congrats on making it through that meat grinder of a system in one piece!
That sounds depressing.
Being a teenager is pretty overrated tbh
Yeah but so is having a piece of paper that's slightly better than someone else's. Don't burn yourself out for either.
A man chooses. A slave obeys.
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.
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.
Yeah, I only mean street food.
BUT....
You can get wasted with $1 worth of soju.
$3 these days. Times are hard.
Life controled by handful of rich familles
Does S Korea also have the problem of a rigid and corrupt 2 party system?
There are two big parties and four smaller parties represented in the (current) National Assembly, but the Democratic Party has a majority by itself. The current President belongs to the other big party (People's Power).
People's Power? If that isn't one of the most commie names I've ever heard for a political party.
Except that they’re conservative lol
I was like “wow so futuristic” when I first learned that the monopoly on Japanese government is through the Liberal Democratic Party. Lmao when I found out the rest of the story.
“Liberal Democratic Party”, rules for decades uninterrupted, representing the largest capitalist families and the USA and cracks down and any leftists sentiment, sometimes extremely violently. Cool! Cyberpunk!
Yeahhh… shit makes it really difficult to follow global national politics
. . . national politics
And in the case of the LDP, national𝑖𝑠𝑡 politics
Not sure. What I do know is that Korean parliament occasionally gets into actual mob-on-mob brawls. So there's that.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/asia/south-korea-lawmakers-indicted-intl-hnk/index.html
I still think living in North Korea would be worse.
Drinking piss is arguably better than eating shit, but still doesnt change the fact that youre drinking piss.
Yea but amazing cuisine and k-pop
Yeah the mandatory service and shitty neighbors suck. Other stuff mentioned are simply not true.
Source: I am Korean
No, the chaebol are absolutely a thing. That's how South Korea rebuilt after the wars. That's how we have Samsung and LG. Those families make up a majority of the country's GDP, and lobby substantially.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/business/chaebol-south-korea.html
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.
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