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AndyJay
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia833 Posts
March 19 2012 03:16 GMT
#181
Wowwwwwwwwwww.

That is insane.
madcow305
Profile Joined January 2010
United States152 Posts
March 19 2012 03:21 GMT
#182
On March 19 2012 11:54 Eufouria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 11:45 PetitCrabe wrote:
On March 19 2012 07:27 NagAfightinG wrote:
On March 19 2012 05:42 rotinegg wrote:The general rule of thumb is having fair (somewhat white), even-toned skin with minimal oil is the best skin. Koreans don't like to tan as they discriminate against darker skinned folks, such as southeast Asians, Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis for looking "poor" (=빈티난다).

This is fucking disgusting, the fact you mention this so easily, is fucking disgusting, and i hope you realise that.


I'm pretty sure having pale skin is an Asian thing and not only Korean though. I am Vietnamese with way darker skin than those Korean actors/singers and I've been told it's a bad thing. I have never been to Vietnam, but my brother and my parents often tell me it is quite rare to see the beautiful girls go outside during the day because there's a chance of tanning. You usually see them late in the afternoon and with long sleeves and umbrellas.

Apparently it has something to do with being a farmer/worker. From what I understand, having a pale white skin means you've been staying indoors all your life, been sheltered, didn't have to work outside = rich, fortunate. Having darker skin means you have been working in the mud and dirt outside in the field stuff and handling dirty animals under the scorching sun.

Really, you can obviously not agree with the sentiment (hey, it sucks for me, I have dark skin), but it's not HIS sentiment nor is it a Korean thing. I'm pretty sure everybody in Asia thinks like that. I think I saw a documentary about Indian girls paying awful amounts of money to get this product that bleaches your skin and get whiter than white skin. Apparently it has become a problem recently because it gives cancer.

That was how it was in England up until less than 100 years ago. Nowadays people go as far as risking cancer through sunbeds in order to try and tan, I guess because Latin people are probably generally considered the most beautiful group of people among westerners.


No, I think it's more of a California-beach-surfer crowd thing.

JoeSchmoe
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2058 Posts
March 19 2012 03:27 GMT
#183
On March 19 2012 07:27 NagAfightinG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 05:42 rotinegg wrote:The general rule of thumb is having fair (somewhat white), even-toned skin with minimal oil is the best skin. Koreans don't like to tan as they discriminate against darker skinned folks, such as southeast Asians, Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis for looking "poor" (=빈티난다).

This is fucking disgusting, the fact you mention this so easily, is fucking disgusting, and i hope you realise that.


must be tough if you're a black guy in korea?
Gefrierbrand
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany3 Posts
March 19 2012 03:27 GMT
#184
I call gay/stupid!! Beeing a halfkorean myself I feel like the koreans care too much about outward apprearance.. And having talked a lot to my cousins and having some experience myself it appears that if you don't care, it doesn't matter..

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or if you just do half / 1/4th of that stuff your fine
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
March 19 2012 03:30 GMT
#185
I always thought gucci was more popular than LV in SK?
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
zimz
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States510 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-19 03:33:39
March 19 2012 03:31 GMT
#186
I can't believe there's people in here praising this type of extreme superficial culture of plastic surgery and calling their own cultures slobs.... There seems to be alot of Korean worship on TL.

imo people can wear what they want as long as its clean and fits them. And i don't look down on people for wearing cheaper brands as long as its clean and fits them and looks good on them who cares if they got it cheaper.
zimz
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
March 19 2012 03:40 GMT
#187
On March 19 2012 12:31 zimz wrote:
I can't believe there's people in here praising this type of extreme superficial culture of plastic surgery and calling their own cultures slobs...


diehard kpop fans.
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
Arterial
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1039 Posts
March 19 2012 03:40 GMT
#188
On March 19 2012 11:38 GTR wrote:
Can anyone explain the fashion behind colouring your hair in East Asia? Like, I see that some Korean stars sometimes colour their hair, but every Asian I see here in Australia has black hair.

Well that's certainly not true.

I see asians with dyed hair all the time, and thats our westernized asians and foreigners too.

Just stand in MC clock for like 10 minutes and you'll see heaps =P
savior & jaedong
StyLeD
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2965 Posts
March 19 2012 04:02 GMT
#189
On March 19 2012 12:31 zimz wrote:
I can't believe there's people in here praising this type of extreme superficial culture of plastic surgery and calling their own cultures slobs.... There seems to be alot of Korean worship on TL.

imo people can wear what they want as long as its clean and fits them. And i don't look down on people for wearing cheaper brands as long as its clean and fits them and looks good on them who cares if they got it cheaper.


You've basically contradicted yourself. People call them own country slobs because they don't do this~!
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zimz
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States510 Posts
March 19 2012 04:12 GMT
#190
On March 19 2012 13:02 StyLeD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 12:31 zimz wrote:
I can't believe there's people in here praising this type of extreme superficial culture of plastic surgery and calling their own cultures slobs.... There seems to be alot of Korean worship on TL.

imo people can wear what they want as long as its clean and fits them. And i don't look down on people for wearing cheaper brands as long as its clean and fits them and looks good on them who cares if they got it cheaper.


You've basically contradicted yourself. People call them own country slobs because they don't do this~!

its clean and fits them could be purposely ripped jeans on chicks that our clean and fit them, and overall we still value uniqueness in America.
zimz
dmnum
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Brazil6910 Posts
March 19 2012 04:13 GMT
#191
On March 19 2012 11:54 Eufouria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 11:45 PetitCrabe wrote:
On March 19 2012 07:27 NagAfightinG wrote:
On March 19 2012 05:42 rotinegg wrote:The general rule of thumb is having fair (somewhat white), even-toned skin with minimal oil is the best skin. Koreans don't like to tan as they discriminate against darker skinned folks, such as southeast Asians, Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis for looking "poor" (=빈티난다).

This is fucking disgusting, the fact you mention this so easily, is fucking disgusting, and i hope you realise that.


I'm pretty sure having pale skin is an Asian thing and not only Korean though. I am Vietnamese with way darker skin than those Korean actors/singers and I've been told it's a bad thing. I have never been to Vietnam, but my brother and my parents often tell me it is quite rare to see the beautiful girls go outside during the day because there's a chance of tanning. You usually see them late in the afternoon and with long sleeves and umbrellas.

Apparently it has something to do with being a farmer/worker. From what I understand, having a pale white skin means you've been staying indoors all your life, been sheltered, didn't have to work outside = rich, fortunate. Having darker skin means you have been working in the mud and dirt outside in the field stuff and handling dirty animals under the scorching sun.

Really, you can obviously not agree with the sentiment (hey, it sucks for me, I have dark skin), but it's not HIS sentiment nor is it a Korean thing. I'm pretty sure everybody in Asia thinks like that. I think I saw a documentary about Indian girls paying awful amounts of money to get this product that bleaches your skin and get whiter than white skin. Apparently it has become a problem recently because it gives cancer.

That was how it was in England up until less than 100 years ago. Nowadays people go as far as risking cancer through sunbeds in order to try and tan, I guess because Latin people are probably generally considered the most beautiful group of people among westerners.

Not only england. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette
rich people used to look like that back then. They used to put make-up on to look whiter. I remember my teacher telling us during some history class that there were some queen(can't remember her name) that used to put this kind of make-up, but she was allergic to it, so she got really bad rashes in her face. That led to her using more and more make-up, and it was said that after some years her face without make-up was totally fucked up.
Mobius_1
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2763 Posts
March 19 2012 04:16 GMT
#192
On March 19 2012 11:54 phosphorylation wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 11:49 Mobius_1 wrote:
TBH my perception of Chinese Mainland racism is we worship white people, dislike dark-skinned people, and save a special brand of hatred for Japan that we all but discard when we see the latest Sony TV. That said we are most racist towards each other, provincial and accent differences and whatnot.

Also I can totally see China turning into Korea in terms of appearances and fashion as people get richer. Already we are mostly there with people buying expensive (or fake) bags and watches and cars and stuff whether they can afford it or not. I suppose it is kind of an outcome of such obscene growth. Awesome thread!


There are definitely similarities. But as a Asian American who visited both China and Korea (having lived in the latter for more than a decade), I have to say materialism in Korea is pretty bad but it's on a completely different level in China.

That being said, the obsession with looks and superficial things are, at the moment at least, much worse in Korea. Of course, if you go to a place like Shanghai, even this might might not hold true.

Yeah it's really developed into a money (and power)>>>all culture in China. No girl is willing to marry unless the guy has a house (plus car anywhere not poor) and so on. Quote: "I'd rather cry in the back of a BMW than smile/be happy on the back of a bicycle." I think one day materialism in China will develop into the obsession with looks in Korea, and then suddenly those plastic surgeons in KR will be able to afford a couple more Lamborghinis thanks to ugly Chinese teenagers throwing them their parents' money.
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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
March 19 2012 04:31 GMT
#193
some of those korean guys are ridiculously good looking though, wow
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-19 04:57:49
March 19 2012 04:34 GMT
#194
On March 19 2012 13:31 OneOther wrote:
some of those korean guys are ridiculously good looking though, wow

Probably because they are arguably some of the best looking male celebrities in Korea lol 강동원 조인성 원빈 정용화 김현중 송승헌 that's like a star studded all-star lineup right there
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acrylicjoker
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom74 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-19 04:42:44
March 19 2012 04:41 GMT
#195
In my visits to Korea and including this recent one, the korean mindset on stuff like this really disturbed me. The extent people go to look like kpop idols and discriminating against people who don't share the same mindset is quite strange for me.
However, if the damn perm didn't cost so much money in england i'd have it done regularly. Korean hair can be an absolute bitch to style.

On March 19 2012 13:34 rotinegg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 13:31 OneOther wrote:
some of those korean guys are ridiculously good looking though, wow

Probably because they are arguably some of the best looking male celebrities in Korea lol 강동원 조인성 원빈 정용화 김현중 이준혁 that's like a star studded all-star lineup right there

I'm surprised lee byung hyun wasn't in the op. I'm a guy but damn that guy is like the best looking korean along with rain.
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
March 19 2012 04:43 GMT
#196
On March 19 2012 13:41 acrylicjoker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2012 13:34 rotinegg wrote:
On March 19 2012 13:31 OneOther wrote:
some of those korean guys are ridiculously good looking though, wow

Probably because they are arguably some of the best looking male celebrities in Korea lol 강동원 조인성 원빈 정용화 김현중 이준혁 that's like a star studded all-star lineup right there

I'm surprised lee byung hyun wasn't in the op. I'm a guy but damn that guy is like the best looking korean along with rain.

There were quite a few good looking celebs I left out, the ones I included just happened to have the hairstyle I was searching for :p
Translator
acrylicjoker
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom74 Posts
March 19 2012 04:47 GMT
#197
Regarding koreans and jaws... is jaw asymmetry common in korean people?
It seems like quite alot of people I've seen with it were asian/korean including myself. Plus I'm planning to have an op to fix that in the summer and it seems like it's an extremely common surgery in korea.
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
March 19 2012 04:47 GMT
#198
lee byung hyun from gi joe right? haha he's got the tough guy look going on
what's the main actor's name from City Hunter? he is also sexy
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-19 04:55:05
March 19 2012 04:51 GMT
#199
On March 19 2012 13:47 OneOther wrote:
lee byung hyun from gi joe right? haha he's got the tough guy look going on
what's the main actor's name from City Hunter? he is also sexy

이민호, another all star.. ~6'1" (186cm) as well.
Translator
elfen
Profile Joined June 2011
Korea (South)52 Posts
March 19 2012 04:55 GMT
#200
I lol'ed the entire time I was reading. Very well written!
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