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Mark Manson, an American bestselling author and famous YouTuber, has made headlines by posting a video that he "traveled to the world's most depressing country" after visiting Korea. Manson, a best-selling author who has written famous self-development books such as "The Art of Turning Off Nervousness," is a YouTube creator with 1.44 million subscribers.

Manson recently released a 24-minute video on his YouTube channel under the theme of "Traveling to the World's Depressing Country." During his visit to Korea, Manson met with Americans, psychologists, and psychiatrists living in Korea to look into depression in Korean society.

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[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 74 points 10 months ago

Which Korea are we talking about here?

South Korea or Best Korea?

[-] buycurious@lemmy.world 70 points 10 months ago

You are now a mod of c/Pyongyang

[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 10 months ago

You are joking, but it took me about 15% of the article to figure out definitively he was talking about ROK not DPRK.

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

You are joking

You are now banned from /c/Pyongyang

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Ban comes in, ban goes out, can’t explain that!

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago

When people say “Korea”, they probably mean the south one (unless they’re a fan of Kim Jong Un).

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

You are now banned from /c/Pyongyang

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago
[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Don't make me fire rockets into the sea to put you in your place...

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes we all remember that old joke from Reddit.

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

You are now banned from /c/Pyongyang

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago

From the article:

He also expressed regret, saying, "It is the result of Korea maximizing the bad points of Confucian culture and the shortcomings of capitalism."

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

I don't really understand what that means.

So to be safe, you are now banned from /c/Pyongyang

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I like this whole schtick you have going 😁

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

You are now a moderator of /c/Pyongyang

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fun fact: Kim Jong Un is the fattest person in all of North Korea, a nation experiencing perpetual famine. This makes him the living embodiment of parasitic autocracy! Fun!

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

You are now banned from /c/Pyongyang and I have fired warheads into the Sea of Japan.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Dammit, I was going to go for a swim there!

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

According to Dear Leader, the mutations created by the radiation will give you gills to help with the swimming.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Cool! Will I be able to shoot webs too? Out of my ass like a real spider does?

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

You'll be able to jizz from your nose. Carry lots of tissues and don't sneeze in public.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

So no difference other than the gills? Oh well 🤷

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