Should English brand signs be written in Hangul or left as is?

Caffé Pascucci

7-Eleven

Baskin Robbins

Dunkin' Donuts

Starbucks Coffee

Paris Baguette

Ministop

Daum Cafe: Hangul signs are pretty vs they look out of place

- I'm for them. They look pretty. It's just a lot of those signs need to change the font...

- It's because of the font that makes them look out of place but some of them look okay

- I think it looks so cute. Look at how adorable Dunkin' Donuts in Hangul looksㅜㅜ

- It'd actually be nicer if there were more Hangul signs just for some of the elderly who can't read English

- I don't think it looks nice or anything but the purpose behind it is clear! There are people who might not be able to read English so it's good to write it in Korean too...

- The English ones look better. Starbucks' looks so ugh..

- I freaking love it. You gotta make it Korean~~~ there's people who don't know English, kids, elderly, the point is so that we know what the name of the store is right? I mean we're in Korea ㅋㅋㅋ I wish all of the signs were in Korean

- What's up with the designs

- I like it a lot! Where else are you going to use Korean signs other than in Korea? ㅜ ㅜ On the contrary there should be more of these!!!

- Honestly I don't know how to pronounce new brands that I see so I like this plus isn't this one of Insadong's unique characteristics?

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"Please tell me your resident registration number."

Man: Please say your resident registration number.
Girl: 010... (t/n: Phone numbers usually start with this.)
Man: No, not your phone number, your resident registration number.
Girl: Yeah I got it, 010...
Man: No!! Not your phone number!! Your resident registration number!!
Girl: I'm telling you right now! I was born in 2001!!

OP: "A similar experience happened with kids I was teaching in a class, the student teacher got such a shock when one said their number started with 010 ㅋㅋㅋ......"


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(The first 6 digits of the card represent your birthday starting with the year [more explained below], to differentiate someone born in 1901 compared to 2001, the 7th number is needed which indicates whether you're male/female and the century you're born in.)

t/n: Every resident in SK receives one just a month before their 17th birthday where they have to register their fingerprint at a local government office and be issued a resident registration card that has their identification number, name, address, photo, and fingerprint.

A resident registration number consists of 13 digits and each digit indicates a particular type of information about the person in the form of YYMMDD-SBBBBNC.

YYMMDD: Birthday
(Ex. Someone born on February 10, 2001 would have the first six digits as 010210 or someone born in April 22, 1982 would have 820422.)

S: Sex/Century born in
3 - Male, Born in 2000-2100 or 4 - Female, Born in 2000-2100
1 - Male, Born in 1900-1999 or 2 - Female, Born in 1900-1999
(Ex. If a male was born on June 1, 1901 and another male on June 1, 2001.  They'd have 010601-1****** and 010601-3****** respectively.)

BBBB: Place of birth
N: Differentiating number
C: Check digit

Daum Cafe: Please tell me your resident registration number 

- Feels like '01 kids were born just yesterday though..?

- Mine starts with 8.. uh.. nevermind..
> Hehe halmeoni~!~! Take me with you~!!!
> ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- I work in a hospital and a police officer and I were asking a patient their resident registration number (RRN) and they said 000***-4******.  The police officer and I were just like, "I'm sorry, what??" three timesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I think the patient got mad too because they had to repeat it three times and even had to clarify that they're a '00 line kid ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- In my head, anyone starting from '99 line are still kids
> '99 line this year are in their last year of high school this year...... exam times....ㅜ
> So true, my cousin had a baby and in no time they were already in senior year...

- Never thought about why they needed to make the new 3, 4 (sex/century number 'S') but now that I think about it, you do need it because they could get mixed up with those that were born in 1905 or 1904

- Wow... 01... freaking crazy

- So weirdㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Feels so weird

- Wow these kids can seriously use their RRNs as phone numbers

- '01 line feels like they're still babies though......

- Time is so heartless

- A '00 is getting their ID already...? You're not kidding with me??

- Geez... I'm actually getting a bit of a culture shock... just a bit

- This is really making me feel old

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Customers who speak to service workers informally?

Customer A: Excuse me
Waiter: Yes?
Customer A: Water

Customer B: There's this thing... don't you think it's better to address restaurant workers politely?
Customer A: How?
Customer B: "Please give me water," like this.
Customer A: Why should I?  I'm a customer.

Customer A: Hey (to the waiter)! Beer.

Daum Cafe: I'm embarrassed when I'm at a restaurant with this type of person.jpg

- This is my mom and dadㅜㅜ They always speak informally to part-time workers it's very embarrassing..

- So true ㅋㅋ They can't even speak like that to those who are higher in status than themㅋㅋㅋ but they abuse their power on service workers

- I have a similar experience.  I was riding a taxi with this person and they were such an asshole to the driver so when I asked about it when we got off, they said that the driver's getting paid so what.. ugh.. that's not even the problem, the fact is they treated that person like dirtㅠ

- You can tell what kind of person someone is through how they act in those situations

- But there's some people who are just shy so they don't like to talk a lot and will just say 'Hey.. water..' with their cups raised, would that still be considered rude?
> Employees won't know for sure if that person is just shy so they could get mistaken for being rude too
> But there's a clear difference between someone disrespectfully saying "Hey! Water!" and "Hey.. water.."
> The words I hate the most is when they say "Miss! (t/n: ahgashi) Water"

- I work part-time and an old man wanted a new plate, he didn't say anything and all he did was tap his chopsticks on the plate and made a noise like 'ddaeng ddaeng ddaeng!'
> I've gone through something similar, I was bringing them food and I asked where I should put it and they didn't even acknowledge me and just tapped with their hands at the spot in front of themㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It made me feel like I was their dog, that bastard

- Ugh..... seriously... they think they're way above you or something

- Huh, there are actually people like that?? I've never seen anyone like that...
> If you've worked part-time at a restaurant, there are actually a lot

- I asked them, "How many people?" and the old guy said, "Ha! Ahgashi? Can't you count? Try to count! Then you'll find out how many of us there are!" He actually got mad at MEㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ the bastard

- A lot of elderly act like that.. from my experience

- This is just a problem with those people's characters

- That's why I always tell my family members if we're out somewhere to always use formal language with anyone... even if they're an elementary student or a middle school student, it's always formal language for me.  Why would you use informal language with someone you don't know;;  When I used to work in a service job, I would speak formally to kids too...

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What are ways to help improve self-esteem?

OP: I'm someone who has very low self-esteem.  Whenever something happens, I'll always feel like I did something wrong.  If someone doesn't take my calls, I'll feel like I must have done something bad.  If I've made a mistake, I'll feel like trash and pick at my own faults.  So I get nervous if I've drank a lot and not know exactly what I've done.

I went to a therapist and the doctor told me this, "Don't focus on what you might've done wrong after drinking, what you should think of is the reason you drank that much.  You should think of thoughts like, 'Ah, that day I wasn't feeling great so I drank a lot.'  By focusing on your own emotions, you won't blame yourself as much."

After I heard those words, I realized how much I've been focusing on other people and events around them instead of my own feelings.

It isn't easy to become confident in yourself, but I'm gradually working towards that goal!!

Daum Cafe: 'Let's share a way of thinking that helps improve self-esteem.'

- I read this post everyday:
"There are two ways to live life comfortably.  One is to not be afraid to say no.  You have to be able to say no to requests or favours if you don't want to do them.  Another is to not get hurt when someone has rejected you.  Your worth doesn't drop just because another person doesn't like you... especially the words, 'You're not pretty', 'You don't have any charms', you have to get over these things by thinking, 'OK, well that's your opinion." A lot of women struggle with this... I myself had a hard time with this, but if you think about it, it's not important for every single person to like you."

- Whenever I start to worry or think about if I've made a mistake.. I scream, "FUCK IT SO WHAT" in my head to stop those thoughts.  It's like thinking 'I've already done it, so what can I do?' but with more impact, "FUCK IT, SO WHAT".  It lifts a heavy load off my shoulders.

- If something doesn't work out for you or you're not really sure of something, just think "As expected, it's because I'm so freaking cute." We're all cuties

- I'm the main character of my life

- Always think of positive thoughts!

- Don't focus so much on social relationships

- I try to dress nicely and put on make-up when I go out

- I think of only good things, and if not I write my thoughts and feelings in a notebook to clear my mind.

- I live my life thinking I'M THE BEST SCREW YOU GUYS

- As a clinical psychologist, the most common concern I hear from people is that they have low self-esteem.  I want to say something.  There are people who believe it's their own fault that they have low self-esteem but it is almost entirely the fault of other people.  Instead of trying to change your own feelings, I think we need to fix how people treat each other.  We need to move away from a world where people judge others by excessive and cruel standards even when friends wield hurtful comments disguised as jokes.  You need to lead your own life and not live it by trying to measure up to other's standards.

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Korean superstitions that have been introduced to foreign countries

Daum Cafe: Korean superstitions that have been introduced in other countries

- What I was taught was when you whistle at night, a snake will come out

- I really believed that I'd go blind if I touched a butterfly and then my eyesㅋㅋㅋㅋ My mother always used to nag me about that

- I'm so embarrassed about the fan thing

- But I do watch out for these things thoughㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- It's my first time hearing about the last oneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- So for years I never knew about the 'fan death' and I've been sleeping with a fan on in the summer.  I haven't died

- I was always told not to cut your fingernails at night.. I forgot why though? Was it because you'd turn into a mouse-like person..?

> Isn't it because you'll go "aahh!!" if you cut it wrong since it's so dark at night??

> Someone told me that you'll hear footsteps come up behind you if you do..

> I think it came from Japan.  I heard that if you cut your nails at night, something that's not human will appear

- For the chicken wings superstition, I don't think it's just for men, it's to anyone who eats it.  I also heard your skin will become really nice if you eat the meaty parts of the chicken wingㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- I've heard that the fan superstition was a lie started by elders to save up on electricity

- There are a few on there that I'm finding out for the first time

- Yeah I've heard of theseㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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SBS 'Inkigayo' gets rid of live voting?

Inkigayo Chart Calculation Method
Digital 55%
SNS 35%
Physical Album 5%
Pre-vote 5%

Daum Cafe: Live voting disappeared from today's Inkigayo

- Did this just happen today????  I guess we now have to focus on digitals and youtube views

- Album % shouldn't be increased because then idols would be at more of an advantage, right?  I think this is a good thing...

- Isn't it because not a lot of people typically buy physical albums

- I think digitals are fair.  No matter how many fans you have, if non-fans don't care for your song, it's going to be hard to get a stable #1 on the charts.  So I think this reflects the public more

- They made a good choice getting rid of the votes.  People normally just watch the MV on Youtube and listen to the digital..

- It's like they're not even caring for the physical albums anymore, what's up with 5%???

- This is nice.  I've always felt bad whenever there was an artist who was #1 on the digitals but got won over by idols

- I still think SNS % is too high..

- Physical album percentage is too lowㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I'd expect at least 20-30%;

- Just go with 60% digital and 40% physical~~!

- Why are people complaining about the Youtube scores, isn't it good for that to be a high %?
> Because if there is no MV, it's 0 pointsㅠㅠ
> For songs that don't have MVs and for ballad MVs that people don't typically watch...

- To be honest I've always thought Inkigayo was the most fair out of all the music shows~

- People aren't born idol fans ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They are part of the "public" too, it's the idols power that turned them from the "public" into a "fan", isn't that right?
> ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ For real, we weren't all fans right when we were born ㅋㅋㅋ The fans are the 'public' too

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Should Korea get rid of their age system and use international age instead?

Question: "Should we change our age system?"

46.8% Let's keep the 'Korean' age system (Black)

44.0% Follow the international age system (Pink)

9.2% I don't know (White)

America: "When I first heard of the Korean age system, I thought it was very interesting.  In the US, when you're born you're considered 0 years old and you'll turn 1 year old after a year."

Japan: "I thought it was weird when I first heard about it. It's hard to understand."

China: "In China, you're 1 year younger than in Korea. So when I'm in China, I get younger but when I come to Korea, I get older."

The Korean age system has it roots in China but everyone has abolished it except Korea.

Now it's just called the 'Korean age'.  The four countries that used to use it:

China: Abolished it after the Cultural Revolution

Japan: Abolished in 1902, completely disappeared after 1950

Vietnam: Abolished after the French colonization 

What's problematic about the aging system:

A child 'A' born December 31st, 1999 at 11:59 p.m. 

A child 'B' born January 1st, 2000 at 12:01 a.m. 

They were born 2 minutes apart but according to the Korean aging system, they are a year apart.

Daum Cafe: "The one thing only Korea uses that no other country in the world uses"

- My cousin is literally 3 months old, but he's "2 years old" now ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

> ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Same when I was born, I turned 2 years old in 2 days.. hing

> Me too I was born on December 31st so in 5 hours I was already two

- I'm curious about something.  Overseas, do they call those who were born in the same year as them but already had their birthdays passed "unnie, oppa, noona, or hyung"?  Or do they just consider each other as friends so they don't really use these?

> I'm telling you in America, they even call grandpas "Hey John"~ that stuff doesn't matter

- We have honorifics so if we suddenly change into the international age system, then people would suddenly be considered 'same-age friends', and you can't call them the honorific you used to call them

> If we change into the international age system, then that'd relieve a lot of stress on the culture of hierarchy, no? Isn't that desirableㅠㅠ

- I really wish we'd just go with the international age... I hate seeing people have to call someone unnie or oppa just because they've "lived longer" and it's uncomfortable to see those younger than me by only a few months call me "unnie".

> I think I'm taking this too far but if we do change to international age, I bet it'll help get rid of this disciplinary culture we have on seniority 

- Our culture thinks of the baby inside the mother's belly during the 9 months of pregnancy as a person, so while I'd rather we use the international age for formal and legal processes, from a cultural standpoint, it'd be nice to maintain our Korean age system.

- Seriously, we use the international age for legal things anyway;;;; so it's freaking weird

- I don't think we can get rid of it... if we do, honourifics will be totally disrupted... 

- For real, it's like Korea's 'Interstellar'

- Am I the only who likes the system

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If there was an awards ceremony for OSTs, which song would receive the daesang?

1. Lovers in Paris: To Your Side - Jo Sung Mo

2. Sassy Girl Chun Hyang: Emergency Room - Izi

3. My Name is Kim Sam Soon: She Is - Clazziquai

4. Goong: Perhaps Love - J.ae, HowL

5. Temptation of the Wife: Can't Forgive - Cha Soo Kyung

6. Secret Garden: That Man - Baek Ji Young

7. Beethoven Virus: Can You Hear Me - Taeyeon

8. Stairway to Heaven: I Miss You - Kim Bum Soo

9. YWCFTS: My Destiny - LYn

10. I'm Sorry I Love You: Snow Flower - Park Hyo Shin

11. Boys Over Flowers: Because I'm Stupid - SS501

12. King's Family: Find Love Find Life - Jo Hang Jo

13. Moon Embraces the Sun: Back in Time - LYn

14. Iris: Don't Forget - Baek Ji Young

15. Phoenix: Fate - Lee Sung Chul

16. Other

Daum Cafe: If drama OSTs had a ceremony, which one of these would be worthy of receiving the daesang?

- The fact that 'Emergency Room' is still on the charts when you go to the karaoke says it all

- Isn't it obviously Snow Flower?

- They're all songs worthy of the daesang...

- As I went down the list I kept going "This, oh no this, no this!", couldn't make up my mind

- For me it's Nice Guy's OST "Love Is Like Snow"

- Emergency Room, I Miss You, and Snow Flower

- Definitely #4, I'm getting butterflies just thinking about the song

- This is such a hard decision ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ But I'll go with I Miss You

- Isn't Taeyeon's 'If' a better choice than 'Can You Hear Me'?

- All In songs

- I can't choose....ㅠ

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(Spoilers!!!) Netizen's theory about what will happen to Kim Shin

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What kind of ending do viewers want for Dokkaebi?

1. Bitter sad ending

2. A happy ending to warm your heart

3. A deep, lingering open-ending

4. "Ah fuck it was a dream"

Kim Eunsook, a fucking dream

Daum Cafe: What kind of ending do viewers want for Dokkaebi?

- It better be a happy ending, if it's a sad ending I don't know how I'm going to function in my daily lifeㅜㅜㅜㅜ

- It'll become my life's drama if they go with a sad ending

- Has Kim Eunsook ever written a sad ending though?

- 5. Screw everything else, an ending where they all end up dating me
> Go sleep

- Bet they'll go with an open ending

- Totally a sad ending

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> ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Okay alright calm down ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- #4 would be hilarious ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Can you imagine people's reactions?

- I thought it'd be a happy ending but after watching the 13th episode, I think it's going to be a sad one

- Can't it be all at once?

- I love all the characters so goddamnit please let them be happy

- As long as they don't end it with Euntak all imagining it and it goes back to the scene where her aunt hits her with the plate of rice

- I think Dokkaebi suits a sad ending more though plus it'll linger in people's minds

(t/n: I got hit with 3 DMCA [copyright] notices for a few G*blin posts so I'll just be referring to it as Dokkaebi from here on, also I've reverted some G*blin posts into drafts just in case so they're not available right now.  Sorry about that!)

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Netizens discuss whether it's wrong for a woman to not wear a bra in public

"As a human being, a woman who goes to the convenience store without a bra VS the ahjussi who keeps staring at the woman wondering if she is wearing a bra or not wearing a bra under her t-shirt... between these two people, tell me... who is rude and dirty?"

Daum Cafe: A woman who doesn't wear a bra has 'no manners'??

- True, I didn't wear a bra to class today and it's freaking comfortable. I'm not embarrassed by it, so why are others being embarrassed about it when it's not their body

- Logic of someone who agrees with not wearing a bra = it's our freedom, just don't look
Logic of someone who doesn't agree with not wearing a bra = it's embarrassing to look at, I'm not looking, it's just it sticks out to my eyes, can't help it, I'm not singling out women... it's weird when I see guy's nipples too
> Seriously, if they're so embarrassed to look, then stick your fingers in your eyes to stop yourself from looking, don't tell someone else what they can't and can do
> You mean, no logic

- Some people used to argue that going out without a bra is like when a guy is showing off his private parts... since when was that an equal comparison?

- I really think it's funny that people are saying they're against no-bras because it makes them feel uncomfortable, if the person actually not wearing the bra is fine with it, why do they have to dress so you feel comfortable? ㅋㅋㅋ It's not doing you any damage...

- Can we just leave people alone already? Feels like we'll go crazy with the stress

- Bras are uncomfortable in general and you have to worry about the lining or the strap showing too. It sucks.

- I'm not against no-bras but for me, it's painful not to wear one... so I can't go out without one ㅜㅜㅜ

- It's been a year since my no-bra journey and it's comfortable as f*ck ㅋㅋㅋ No-bra is the best~~~!!!!

- Didn't Sulli get hate for not wearing a bra??..
> The reaction to that was divided! Half didn't care and half thought it was the worst thing to do..
> I think there's other reasons why she was receiving criticisms but, there are still a lot of people in general who get hate for not wearing a bra.

- If you want to wear one, fine. If you don't want to wear one, fine. That's all there is to it.

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Netizens call SBS a fool, 'Running Man' 9th on Business Insider's most popular TV shows of 2016

Requested!

(English) Business Insider: Data reveals the 20 most popular TV shows
(Korean) Most popular TV shows in the world, Running Man in 9th

Daum Cafe: The dignity of Running Man which is about to be cancelled
Views: 156,877

- *Sigh* SBS...you foolish bastards..

- It's interesting that some animes made it on the list too

- Running Man was the one who pulled SBS from a deficit into a surplus, and this is how they return the favour;;;;;;;

- Wow..... this is crazy

- Can't believe it's right after 'Stranger Things' woah

- SBS are such idiots

- Naruto did well too

- I hope SBS regrets this for the rest of their lives

- Seriously, it was one of the only pleasures in my life....

- Hul this is awesome... but it seems true, they have a lot of popularity whenever they go film overseas.. but I didn't know it was to that extent..

- Broadcast stations are so dumb ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- Can they not cancel it? It seems like a waste to let them go

- I wish they'd just cancel the show as soon as possible to end this mess already

- Hul..even if their ratings were plummeting, they really held up their place with their popularity overseas, didn't know they were this popular though;;

- It's exactly like, "killing the goose that laid golden eggs"... these idiots

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The reason Jun Hyunmoo worked to better himself

Mom:
> Don't put on such a fake expression
> Be careful of your words
> They can forgive, but they'll never forget
> Stop saying things that bring you down
> You're always hanging by a thread...
> It's embarrassing these days...

Daum Cafe: The reason Jun Hyunmoo was able to develop

- I thought he was reading hate comments ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ turns out it was his mother's advice to him

- Mothers usually say such things to their children but some of them do it while being caught up in so much emotion so they end up putting it in such a hurtful way... I personally think his mom said it quite well

- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I thought she was an anti ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Give him some compliments sometimes too Mom

- Well he's not only been in trouble once or twice...

- His mother is daebak

- "They'll forgive, but they'll never forget".. for real, goosebumps!

- I like that he's able to take the advice and fix what he needs to fix ㅠ

- When I watch his interviews, he seems really strict on himself but after seeing what his mom is like I understand now ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- People who are really stubborn don't change even with advice like that

- His mom is cool, hopefully Jun Hyunmoo does change

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