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[Robot_Teacher]

Breaking world news alert, "Old Korean woman breaks in fast food restaurant line for some fall out of line soft serve." This is a different culture on the other side of the world and I get the gist, "people mean nothing if you don't personally know them or related to them to the point, you can act like they don't exist to the point of disrespect, especially if younger than you." I'm sure it's stressful for Koreans, but they accept it and go on as it's allowed due to the respect for elders Confucian value being solidly in place. At home, age doesn't matter in public situations, only people's behaviors are considered. I can tell an old man or lady to stuff it if I don't like how they're acting towards me. I can also object to what some says or does to challenge their wrongs without having to bow down to them just because they're older or richer unless it's on a job. Korea is like one big job on stage where it's like work culture 24/7.

[Cheonmunka]

Actually, I feel for the op. Sad about the ice cream. It's like a pitiful day turned completely fruitless.
I often have that feeling here. It's like a fruitlessness when dealing with most people who have no concern for others. Better off to quietly accept everything and dodge the shit when you can by stepping out of the way rather than find the dog and rub its nose in it.
Just for peace and quiet.

[Kurtz]

Reminds me of the time I was in some little bus station in some hick town.

I was the only one in line, and I had to interrupt the ticket lady from using her flab buster, you know those machines with a vibrating piece of rubber which is placed around the offending bit of flab? well she had to untangle herself, turn off the machine and serve me.

As I had my head under the window, money being pushed to the lady to buy my ticket, along comes ajumma, who pushes my hand away and gets served first. Well I let out such a line of abuse I shocked even myself. All the ajummas and ajossis sitting down he saw what happened were laughing their heads off, I still can't work out if it was because of my temper, or the ajumma's ignorance

[harlowethrombey]

Love the flab buster. Debunked during an era when there was still horsecrap in the streets but unbelievably popular here. At my gym I run on a treadmill near the 3 flab machines. They are in constant use and most people quite reasonably put the vibrating strap directly on their vertebrae. Which is a great idea.

[doublejj]

Just push her out of the way next time.

[Manner of Speaking]

[kimchi story]

[Ilsanman]

It's how ajosshis often talk to each other.

They seem like they're fighting, but often not. Just no concept of indoor or outdoor voice.

[agoodmouse]

When did signatures get banned? There used to be a poster on here whose signature said something to the effect that because 'Confucianism is the law of the land, but that doesn't mean it's (objectively) right'.