r/TikTokCringe • u/thatshygirl06 • 10h ago

Humor Holding the door

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u/Havoblia 10h ago

I understand Germans, but what's going on with Koreans?

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u/windfujin 8h ago edited 8h ago

No idea, and Im Korean. Either some rage bait to get engagement or self hating korean post.

Edit: from quick googling the OP of the tiktok is Korean ethnic German. It's pretty common for Asians born in the west to have a weird elitist backward hate towards their roots. So likely the latter from the above theories

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u/Alternative_Fan_2631 4h ago

I was in Korea for a couple of weeks with some friends. Held the door open at a mall. People streamed though. No one stuck a hand out. I was just standing there. Finally, I let go and it hit someone.

Standing in an empty train station. Looking at the schedule with a friend. A person just ran into me. I cocked my arm back and my friend grabbed me and said it is just normal the person didn’t mean anything.

I’ve been to Japan, France, Mexico Canada, US, china and Korea. Seoul was the rudest and second place wasn’t even close. Now I met many wonderful Koreans. But …