Interesting thoughts on Japanese 'inner wildness'. To an extent, a similar kind of thing applies here in Korea, but there is a greater tendency to act out here, and emotional displays and public sentimentality are de rigeur. Value is placed on honesty of feeling, and directness of expression of that feeling, but only between peers. The Confucian vertical striation of society, built into the language and the socialization as it is, means that most of the time in people's lives outside their homes, they must behave in the manner expected.
Ahh f--k it. Lecture mode.
Koreans love to drink - they are called by some the 'Irish of Asia'. Part of the reason for that is that emotional connections are vitally important here, but often, thanks to the rigours of behavioural expectation, those connections can only happen with the lubrication of alcohol.
That's cool with me.
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