
Y'all.....i know its stupid cause i don't know much about korean society (other than that they are WILD) but.....as an eastern europian....it's jut so hard to wrap my head around that the ppl there just can't seem to mind their own damn business. Even in high school we wouldnt even give a damn about our classmates personal stuff not mention uni...with 1000+ students....how do they have energy for this? Why do they care so much?
I know this might be just a stupid stereotype but i guess if its such a popular theme it must stem from reality....pls do enlighten me if im wrong im genuinly curious about this

Me too, I'm someone who lives right below the country of south korea and have been there to visit my extended family, but it really seems that bullying is a very prominent thing there, be it school or workplace. (That's why in k-dramas there tends to be a lot of bullying because it is true.) I thought like when people would fight in public, the others wouldn't really gossip, they would just feel very uncomfortable and would try to ignore the fighting people. But hey I guess everybody's different. You wouldn't really expect the bystander effect everywhere huh.

I had a similar experience. There was one guy who wanted to go home together with me on my 1st day of Uni. But I ran away because I don't feel comfortable with it. Later, he got a girlfriend who was my class leader. One day, my class leader and her boyfriend came to me when I'm alone in class. And then she asked me if I knew her boyfriend once liked me. I said nothing. After that day, she made half of my class isolate me. I wasn't bullied but I wondered what did I do wrong at that time. But now, I know I'm innocent and doesn't have to feel bad.

as a person living in se asia i can guarantee you majority of the people here, be it kids, teens or adults, or even the elderly, they all will gossip and put their noses into everything be it their business or not. one of my older cousins with a job and is well over 20 years old got a boyfriend bEfOrE sHe gOt mArRiEd how oh so terrible. a lot of my relatives kept gossiping about it like, mind your own fucking business? even my grandma, she wasn't gossiping, but she was telling my cousin to not do this like,, i don't get it. it's her choice and she can do what she wants? why do you guys care so much?

I mean we have gossiping going on too...but not this extent lmao. I guess we are on the other end of the spectrum, although now i live in the capital city maybe thats why i have this perception. I used to live in a very rural area and older ppl there just could mind their business....some of them knew more about my own family and relatives than me :')

Coincidentally I also live in se asia and also coincidentally my mom and almost everyone around me likes to gossip. Sometimes I get in it too and I feel kind of bad. I am a highschool student and the whole class gets along but there are still some shade thrown lowkey. I almost get along with everyone so I get to join different groups sometimes and they gossip ALOT. They even talk trash to others. I heard once they were talking bad about our classmate and saying how she's flirty and gets the seniors' attention (she's pretty), when she was one of the sweetest people I know. I felt really bad and distanced myself from that group.
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