obviously watching our fav sing, perform or on variety shows one tends to learn something about SK and it's culture
What's something that you didn't know before you got into kpop?
obviously watching our fav sing, perform or on variety shows one tends to learn something about SK and it's culture
What's something that you didn't know before you got into kpop?
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I learned everything I know about Korea from old Kdramas.
So basically it's like someone learning everything they know about America from old Westerns.
I'm an expert.
How much age matters to their hierarchy. Obviously it’s there in my culture too but in Korea even one year age difference matters in the hierarchy which I felt was very specific to their culture.
Most asian "cultures" suck and are the number 1 cause of most of the shit asian women have to face
Men keep using these so called cultural values to bring down women and make our life hell
you learned that from kpop???? lol
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you learned that from kpop???? lol
interesting
learnt about Korean culture from kpop
Koreans are racists, also very prude.
Luckily, I already knew about Korea as my late father served there and even though it was in war time, he told us some interesting stories about what it was like there. It surprised even him on how much the country has prospered and now one of Asia's super powers. Even I have learnt a lot since by reading and observing Korean culture. I have even talked to some Korean people online and they helped me learn about their people as well.
Not kpop, but K dramas.
From watching kdramas I was under the impression that all Korean CEO's would run around slapping their employees.
That Asian men are pretty.
I learned about the cultural emphasis on hierarchy. I’m familiar with cultural expectations on how you treat those older than you but it was interesting to see the degree (even just a month or a year) and the nuances there.
I think I learned a lot about Korean food and Korean food culture so I understood things before I went and explored Korean restaurants more here.
Random Korean cultural things like acrostic poems and trot, which are neat things I wouldn’t have been exposed to without Kpop.
The whole aegyo thing.
The wild contradictions:
- it’s both a homophobic culture but has insanely detailed levels of frequent queerbaiting
- it’s prudish about sex and coy in the music about it but shirtless thrusting and crotch grabbing and tiny skirts and hot pants while crawling on the floor are ok
They like eating in front of camera
The constant bowing
Street food
That JJOKBAL AND BOSSAM are the yumiest!
From Kpop you don’t learn that much if you watch k dramas you will learn that hierarchy is so important especially with rich families.
just how technologically advanced they are, like stuff just WORKS
How Hierarchy is more central in everyday life. Age hierarchy, experience hierarchy and talent hierarchy is a thing.
Rocking heavy boots is a fashion. Expert level use of Cosmetics.
Convenience Stores and Mukbang
I learned that they are obsessed with white skin, small head and face, big eyes and extremely skinny bodies.
I was an anime fan before I got into kpop so I was already familiar with some aspects that are common between the countries like social hierarchy and the extreme hypocrisy surrounding sex and sexuality (though I feel like Korea is more rigid and tips to more extremes than Japan in some ways).
I guess for me it was realizing the extent of how much they value physical appearance over almost anything else. I also learned about dating culture with the amount of setting up they do vs going out and meeting someone on your own... plus the whole couple matching stuff.
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