Why Koreans ask what year you were born

Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by lukan on Thursday June 12, 2025 @03:56AM (#44255138)

"That's not a reason, you're just repeating the question. "Having lived long" is a value neutral statement of fact. How do you derive value from that?"

It is a reason in itself.

I don't know if I manage to live 10 years more, not speaking of 50 years more.

Living long is a achievent on its own, not be brought down early by life. Because there is a lot that life has to offer to bring you down.

That requires a minimum of wisdom.

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Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by bmicraft on Thursday June 12, 2025 @06:26AM (#44255950)

~99% of people manage that, it's like the worst possible indicator for the wisdom or quality of a person.

All while at the same time putting everybody who didn't get the chance yet below them. It feels very arbitrary - there are a lot of better indicators than age for that.

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Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by lukan on Thursday June 12, 2025 @06:34AM (#44256002)

Maybe lets have a talk in 50 years about it?

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