Current Events > wtf. i thought you guys said that Korea and Japan were a paradise

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http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=shm&sid1=102&oid=437&aid=0000092087
http://news.joins.com/article/18620351

88% of Young Koreans Say South Korea is Hell, Want To Leave Korea for Other Countries

- Out of over 21,000 young people polled, 88% of them said they hated South Korea and wanted to leave.
- The 93% of South Koreans polled online also said they were ashamed of being South Korean. Only 7% said no.
- Young Japanese people are feeling the same

Summary: Younger Koreans today are deeply unhappy, extremely stressed out, don't like where this country is heading, are not as proud of their country compared to the older generations. They are looking for easier lifestyles looking for easier material gains, and are looking at other better countries to live in to escape the unwanted stress of living in South Korea.

Figure 1 - Sleeping salarymen

Figure 2 - Christmas cake girl

Are these young Asians right about SK and JP being horrible places to live?
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It's almost like what you see on cartoons and video games isn't the whole story
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the grass is always greener
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What I hear about those countries is that they're extremely harsh when it comes to schools. There's literally no second chance. If you aren't working super hard as a teenager, you can't just wake up in your mid 20s and go back to school and repair your life.

Also working conditions suck and are borderline abusive with the crazy hours and schedules. Lots of people have literally no leisure-work balance
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I have never said or thought that.
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Yeah send all those cute girls over here
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90+% of South Korean millennials saying they're ashamed of being South Korean sounds like bogus to me.

frozenshock posted...

What I hear about those countries is that they're extremely harsh when it comes to schools. There's literally no second chance. If you aren't working super hard as a teenager, you can't just wake up in your mid 20s and go back to school and repair your life.

Also working conditions suck and are borderline abusive with the crazy hours and schedules. Lots of people have literally no leisure-work balance

Yeah. They're literally working themselves to death, and there's no incentive from the guys in charge (the older generations) to address those issues.
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You people don't fucking understand how lucky you have it just being American

really

thank your lucky stars

i'm fucking glad I didn't have to grow up in Korea lmao
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why do you think a lot of japanese manga, games, and anime take place in high school? it's because it's the one time in most of their lives where they're relatively free to do what they want.
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einegutePerson posted...

You people don't fucking understand how lucky you have it just being American

really

thank your lucky stars

i'm fucking glad I didn't have to grow up in Korea lmao

he's saying this because marijuana is illegal there fyi
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EverDownward posted...

why do you think a lot of japanese manga, games, and anime take place in high school? it's because it's the one time in most of their lives where they're relatively free to do what they want.

rofl this guy really thinks he knows what he's talking about
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einegutePerson posted...

EverDownward posted...

why do you think a lot of japanese manga, games, and anime take place in high school? it's because it's the one time in most of their lives where they're relatively free to do what they want.

rofl this guy really thinks he knows what he's talking about

i think i have a degree in it actually, einegute rama sama chan tan san

EDIT: i switched the 'tan' and 'san' around because i thought 'chan tan' had a better ring to it. tell me what you think, sempai~
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EverDownward posted...

why do you think a lot of japanese manga, games, and anime take place in high school? it's because it's the one time in most of their lives where they're relatively free to do what they want.

so dumb it made my head spin
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EverDownward posted...

i think i have a degree in it actually

in what
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hortanz posted...

EverDownward posted...

why do you think a lot of japanese manga, games, and anime take place in high school? it's because it's the one time in most of their lives where they're relatively free to do what they want.

so dumb it made my head spin

gomen, i'll try harder next time.

thanks for complaining, i was trying to find a way to put 'gomen' in my previous post but you came along and solved my problem.
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einegutePerson posted...

EverDownward posted...

i think i have a degree in it actually

in what

in japan
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We all have to move to Thailand
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EverDownward posted...

einegutePerson posted...

EverDownward posted...

i think i have a degree in it actually

in what

in japan

That's your degree?

I have a BA in Japan
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Literally every younger generation in every capitalist country feels that way.
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einegutePerson posted...

EverDownward posted...

einegutePerson posted...

EverDownward posted...

i think i have a degree in it actually

in what

in japan

That's your degree?

I have a BA in Japan

i, too, have a BAlack belt in japanese
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