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polgas

Canada1786 Posts

October 14 2019 15:27 GMT

#114381

RIP wow

{ToT}ColmA

Japan3260 Posts

October 14 2019 17:34 GMT

#114382

On October 14 2019 23:31 DwD wrote:
Yeah can't say Im surprised either. Been on a downward spiral for a long time I feel and not really anyone close to her seemed to care?...

Really sucks tho wish her family the best.Always tragic when someone dont see another way out.

once in my life i had a suicidal state of mind and i was pretty good at distancing myself from anyone - might even be people who think they are close but in reality are worlds apart. And i was not bombarded by hatefullness by a lot of korean retards and whatnot so what she went throu must ve been rather tough.

The alarming thing *again* is that people are now dutifully mourning and in 2-3 years we will be here and say the same thing again after someone kills himself. *Jonghyun flashbacks*

DwD

Sweden8621 Posts

October 14 2019 20:44 GMT

#114383

For sure no one will learn anything from this. Maybe the online hate will go down a bit the next few weeks but it will be the same soon again. Not long ago KARA's Goo Hara tried to kill herself too, random manager managed to save her that time but where are these people's families?
Twice Mina is also in a really bad state being escorted by her mom through airports and looking like she had a big breakdown.
Taeyeon seem depressed and lonely too. She was close friends with Sulli so we can only hope someone is checking on her frequently.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8913 Posts

October 15 2019 01:34 GMT

#114384

the industry will never change because its not a problem exclusive to the entertainment industry. the problem stems from the fact that korean celebrities are held in too high esteem and that "celebrity" is ranked in the top 2 for ideal jobs for students of all ages (the other being progamer). when you have entire generations all being so fked up culturally to the point that they all wish they could be celebrities, obviously youre going to end up with a whole lot of young people who are desperate enough to be exploited. its incredibly naive to assume that the adults are just gonna have revelations and decide to be very ethical in their practices.
korea needs to stop worshipping celebrities. the term idol is disgusting and i dunno how it even came to be in the first place. unfortunately this worshipping of korean idols by fans is no longer a korea exclusive problem. the amount of deluded foreign kpop fans on sites like allkpop is equally disturbing and probably dangerous

GTR

51660 Posts

October 15 2019 07:03 GMT

#114385

not an academic, but i'm confident in saying the term "idol" most definitely came from japan

DwD

Sweden8621 Posts

October 15 2019 15:08 GMT

#114386

Only thing they can do is something like this:
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/public-national-petitions-hate-comment-reveal-actual-names/

Craton

United States17297 Posts

October 15 2019 17:40 GMT

#114387

Doesn't solve the actual problem. Need better working conditions and contracts that wouldn't be prohibited in other countries.

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

October 15 2019 17:57 GMT

#114388

Solving fan culture is a tough cookie , you don't just change culture, its not really within their power.

What they can do is step in on the idol side, the government needs to step in basically because the companies don't give a shit. Slave contracts, undoable working hours, large restrictions on private life etc you name it.

Also getting rid of anonymity on the internet is a whole ballpark that can be considered quite dangerous prolly err on the side of caution of giving any government that kind of info.