So, living in Korea you start to take some things for granted after a while: shirts with bad Engrish, strange/funny advertisements, men driving flat bed trucks blasting what sounds like communist revolutionary propaganda to sell their stock of pantyhose, couple outfits, man bags, etc. As a result of the strange things I see on a regular basis and not wanting to just let it slide, I had the idea to post a photo of the week displaying some of these abnormalities that everyone here seems to find so commonplace. Today's photo of the week comes from the subway. It is of an advertisement that nearly made me fall over laughing while on my way to work. Plastic surgery has been embraced with open arms by the Korean culture, and one's physical appearance is openly the first thing on most people's minds. So this ad is probably worth whatever they spent putting it up. Also, to help explain, big heads are generally regarded as ugly. I don't quite understand this though because most people here have big heads leading me to believe that they think most Koreans are ugly. I mean they even have mathematical formulas for the perfect head size. They will either make a fist and place it in front of their face as they look at your head and if your head is bigger than their fist you're officially ugly, or they will take two fingers and in the same manner measure your head then measure its proportion to your body. If you are less than six heads high you again are ugly. Also seven and eight are better than six. I'm a seven so I'm doing well. Anyway, take a look at this ad for a plastic surgeon and enjoy.
2 comments:
i love your small face
A seven eh. You sound conceited
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