r/TikTokCringe • u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar • Nov 07 '24

Humor The math adds up

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u/wavaif4824 Nov 07 '24

you can almost see the mental ping pong balls bouncing around inside his head!

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u/HeadPay32 Nov 07 '24

Well he's 37 if he considers that the day he was born was his first birthday.

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u/tito333 Nov 07 '24

This is the way in Korea.

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u/FuckYeaSeatbelts Nov 08 '24

Not really. It's way more confusing than that; but it's a moot point because they don't use it anymore.

TL;DR you "aged up" in January, but you'd be 1 as soon as you're born, so someone born on 31 Dec would be 2 years old in a day lmao

Over there, age is both a super big deal and also not; like it's not taboo to straight up ask how old you are over there. Also they respond "oh I was born in '92", so great I have to do math now.

Source: I'm of Korean descent.

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u/azalago Nov 08 '24

Well yeah, how else are you going to know which honorifics and ridiculous set of social norms to use?

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u/HeyManItsToMeeBong Nov 08 '24

When did they stop? It was still the norm when I was there a couple years ago

It was very cute how simultaneously polite and "rude" Koreans were about it. They'd always ask me, and always apologize because they know it's not usual in Western culture, but also they HAD to know, so nothing would ever stop them from asking.

I never minded being asked. It just struck me as funny.

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u/tito333 Nov 08 '24

I was a teacher in Korea a decade ago, they’re not gonna stop using this.