K-Matrix: 멘‘탈 조선’

불편한 진실이지만, 한국에는 여전히 신분제도와 과거제도가 존재한다. 청탁을 통한 낙하산 또한 끝나지 않았다. 인생은 불공평하다고들 하지만, 우리 사회는 유난히 우리의 미래인 우리 청년들을 짓밟는 것 같다.

@justap4sserby 쌤 미국 고수시군요!

@MenTalJoseon 네 미국 25년 살아서 잘 알죠

확실히 백인 남자 환자들은 악수해주면 좋아한다. 표정이 밝아짐.

(7/7) 여러분은 과연 어떤 삶을 간절히 추구하나요?

(6/7) 남들 다 하는 길을 따라 여기까지는 왔지만, 정작 “나는 어떤 삶을 원했는가,” “나에게 진정한 행복을 주는 건 무엇인가”에 대해선 한 번도 깊게 생각해볼 틈 없이 살아왔기 때문에, 어느 순간 정체성과 인생의 방향에 혼란을 느끼게 되는 건 아닐까 싶은 생각도 듭니다.

(1/7 스레드) 행복과는 거리가 먼 대한민국 🇰🇷 교포 입장에서, 한국 사회가 어떻게 해서든 “행복을 금지시 하는 사회”가 되어가는 것 같다는 생각이 들어, 제 의견을 조심스레 올려봅니다: 우리 가정은 어릴 때부터, 부모의 “뒤처지면 안 된다”는 불안으로인한, 비교 문화와 경쟁 구도가 가정에서부터 일찍 시작되는 것 같습니다.

In Korea, people jokingly say, "Physiognomy (관상) is a science." According to face reading, large, droopy "Buddha ears" bring immense wealth, good luck, and long life. This man is CHUNG Yong-jin, the CEO of Shinsegye Group, which holds the operational rights to Starbucks Korea. I’m assuming he had his ears done to change his fortune..?

@200divesL8r Shop’s closed, buddy 😂 Go seek attention somewhere else.

You mean your own logic. You split the argument two different ways yourself. First about secular/commercial Christmas culture, then about negative feelings toward Jesus because of corruption in Korean Christianity. That is literally the argument I have been responding to this entire time.

Christmas in Korea is more about your loved ones than Jesus — eg. sharing a “Christmas cake” with your loved ones is considered one of the traditions. Many Koreans respect Buddha, but seem to have negative feelings toward Jesus due to severe corruption of many Korean Christian churches.

@200divesL8r Your logic blows my mind lol. Whatever helps you sleep at night, buddy 👍

Are you okay? You started by describing Christmas in Korea as secular/commercial for many people. Fine. But then at the same time you shifted into a different argument about many Koreans supposedly having negative feelings toward Jesus because of corruption in Korean Christianity. Those are not automatically the same thing.

@200divesL8r You good?

You shifted between talking about “Christmas in Korea” culturally and talking about Korean attitudes toward Christianity generally, so I responded to both. Korean-American churches are obviously still connected to Korean church culture, so it is not some bizarre comparison. People can celebrate Christmas however they want, but if Jesus has nothing to do with it anymore, then at some point you are just celebrating a secular winter holiday that borrowed the name and aesthetics. And I honestly do not get why you suddenly jumped to “White person.” You do not know my background, where I have traveled, or who I grew up around. I was disagreeing with your argument, not attacking Korea.

대한민국은 이미 남과 북으로 한 번 찢어졌다. 같은 언어와 역사를 가졌지만, 이념은 피보다 진했고, 증오는 오늘날 일상이 되었다. 그런데 지금 우리는 또다시 서로를 갈라놓고 있다. 이번엔 군사분계선이 아니라 정치 성향이라는 보이지 않는 선으로. 누군가는 빨x이라 부르고, 누군가는 99라 부른다. 대화는 사라지고 조롱만 남았다. 우리는 이미 분단의 아픔을 아는 민족이다. 그런 우리가 또다시 서로를 인간으로 보지 못하고 있다. 이런 대한민국 현실이 너무 안타깝다.

@NeokoAKtion Yeah, at this angle, I thought she was a light-skinned Black woman but she definitely looks Blasian.

@MenTalJoseon Idk. Maybe she's part Korean?

요즘 한국인 vs 흑인 논쟁이 많이 보이던데, 화해의 제스처인가?

@REAL_GOMGOM “최고의 공격이 최고의 방어다” ㅋ..

🚨 미국 중부 사령부: 미국 군대가 자기방어를 위해 이란 남부에서 공습을 실시하였습니다 *응????

@200divesL8r I said “Christmas in Korea.” Why do you bring up Korean-Americans? How do I cope with a White person using Korean-Americans as an example to a Korean-American?

Yeah, but you’re speaking as if Korean Christians barely take Christmas seriously at all. I live around Korean Americans, and many of them are very active in church during Christmas and Advent. Korea obviously has a secular/commercial side to Christmas too, but that is not the whole picture.

@200divesL8r Again, my point was: “it’s more about loved ones than Jesus.” The focus of celebrating Buddhas’s Birth in Korea, is entirely on Buddha. The focus of celebrating Christmas in Korea, is more on boy/girlfriend rather than Jesus.

Regardless of scandals or different traditions, if roughly 30% of South Koreans identify as Christian, then yes, Christmas obviously has real religious meaning to millions of people there, just like Buddha’s Birthday matters to Korean Buddhists. And many of the groups people cite in Korean scandals, like the Moonies or other cult movements, are not considered Christian by most mainstream Christians at all.