Reread the ‘info’ section.
Things Korean People Do
I was stuck in the 'negotiation' phase of culture shock for the longest time while living in Korea. This blog is basically a list I made after observing family, friends, and complete strangers in Seoul.
why the fuck are you living in korea? NIGGA get back home -Anonymous
#48:
Korean girls who aren’t slim and pale-skinned are considered fat and unmarriageable.
#47:
Koreans believe that pale skin is fashionable and youthful-looking, so they try to cover as much exposed skin as possible during the summer. This means wearing a scarf, sleeves with elastic bands, long pants, sunglasses, and a surgical mask while carrying a parasol.
#46:
Korean people use swastikas to represent fortune tellers. Korean Nazis do not exist.
#45:
Koreans don’t always wash their hands after using the toilet. They’d much rather spend their time fixing their hair and makeup in the mirror.
#44:
Korean people believe that kimchi can prevent and cure all sorts of diseases.
#43:
Korean drivers don’t stop for pedestrians anything.
#42:
Korean people go hiking and come home with plastic bags full of herbs and roots they have found. They do this in America too. Koreans are hard-wired to gather edibles due to post-Korean War starvation fifty-ish years ago.
#41:
Korean women who smoke in public during the day are thought to be prostitutes.
#40:
Korean people think that boxes of fruit are gift-worthy.
