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NoExplode · Joined: 15 Oct 2008

1. Picking their noses in Public.
2. Talking about their own perceived "diligence/hard work."

Then I'm stumped. Everything else seems to "embarass" them.

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

Farting - letting a big one rip on the bus or in the subway.
Belching - after consuming lumps of fat, I mean samgyopsal, the local gin like brew and copious amounts of garlic

blurgalurgalurga · Joined: 18 Oct 2007

Pissin' in the street

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

Horking and spitting
Littering
Gum snapping
Staring
Lying
Cheating
Chewing and talking with their mouths full
Asking intrusive questions
Badly behaved children
Their driving habits
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The list goes on. Smile

Thedudeabides · Joined: 15 Jun 2008

elbowing their way to the front of the line...

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

Letting their kid shit in a cup in Lotteria.

sojourner1 · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:55 am Post subject:

Wow, finally this topic made it on Daves as a joke. I was thinking several times to start it, but opted out. While most Koreans are good people with good intentions that sometimes gets mistaken as them not liking us, they're so conscious like I was when I was a teen, but often feel so embarrassed around foreigners and their higher ups or bosses. This seems to tie into the face saving part of the culture.

What doesn't embarrass Koreans. Oh boy... Lets see.....

Sleeping at night.
Breathing air.

Kimchieluver · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

Letting their kids under-achieve in almost all subjects because they know they will get pushed through the system.

GreenlightmeansGO · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Location: Daegu

Ripping-off western music.

FMPJ · Joined: 03 Jun 2008

Spelling "embarrass" wrong? Smile

(I keed, I keed)

ESL Milk "Everyday · Joined: 12 Sep 2007

Having zero reasons to be proud of their culture, but being proud anyway.

NoExplode · Joined: 15 Oct 2008

I'm trying to envision a Catholic Korean. I can't begin to try to fathom what their guilt/shame level would be.

I'm just puzzled as to why the few things that DON'T embarrass them seem to be the exact things that DO embarrass people from every other country on earth (except maybe their traditional masters and overlords, the Chinese).

strange_brew · Joined: 12 Oct 2008

Leaving the damn door open in every place they go to. Close the door, save energy, and keep the building warmer.

Whistleblower · Joined: 03 Feb 2007

1. Breathing rapidly through their teeth when thinking.
2. Plagairism.
3. Jailing the innocent and pardoning the guilty.
4. Teaching English in Korean.
5. Driving when drunk.
6. Expecting every white person to be an American.
7. Asking personal questions.