Michael from the Netherlands asks:
Hey guise, I heard that people attribute characteristics to blood types in Korea.
Maybe you could do a TL;DR on this?
That's a really good one
I'm shocked we haven't done that yet
This seems like such a staple when you talk about Korea
That I'm surprised we have done almost a 100 TL;DRs and we haven't talked about this.
I think I know why.
Because we only recently found out our blood types.
Right.
Ok so 5 years ago when we got here
Honestly some of the first questions I had asked me from my students and my co-teachers
Were: what was my blood type
I don't know.
I never cared.
Blood type blood?
Vampire~
We said the same thing at the same time and it was a fluke.
My vampire looks like a spider.
Your vampire looks like a walrus.
More like a Wordbank.
So blood types are really important in Korea
And supposedly the different blood type that you have describes the personality that you have as well.
There are four different blood types
There's A B AB and O
And depending on which one of the blood types you have
People will judge you
HARSHLY BECAUSE OF IT.
Haha, well not really that harshly
Or is it?
Now not everyone believes that.
Or do they?
They will not break up with you or won't date you because of that [S]Definitely not.
Or will they?
The rough equivalent of this is how in the West we believe in horoscopes.
Well not everybody believes in horoscopes
But the idea that the day that you were born describes the kind of personality that you have
Similarly here in Korea is for blood types.
Except the only thing I would disagree with is
That most people I know
Don't really believe their horoscopes
Like they know their horoscopes.
If you ask me, I'm a Taurus.
And people will know. Simon do you know your?
I'm on a cusp. Because I am born on the 20th so that makes me Capricorn and Aquarius.
What I'm getting at is that most people in North America will now their sign
But they don't necessarily believe in what it says.
While I think in Korea
A lot of people do believe what the blood types are
And it seems to be incorporated into media a lot more
Than horoscopes are.
Even with Soozee when we started talking about this topic
She was like "I bet that you are blood type B"
And I could never guess what type of blood type anybody is.
They've also got famous movies
"My boyfriend is blood type B" ["My boyfriend is type B"]
Isn't that the movie?
Right, there is also a famous Kpop group
Bilasa which isn't actually conqueror of kitties
It's B1A4 which means that one member is blood type B and 4 of them have blood type A
I would have liked one blood type AB
And then two Os
And then one B
So that they can name themselves A BOOB
I'm like
"Where is Simon going with this joke?"
"How could he possibly go anywhere without involving boobs?"
And then he did.
Because of our last TL;DR where boobies advertise in Korea
A BOOB would be the best advertisement for a group
You can also buy key-chain charms or even phone cases
That have your blood type on it
You can buy books that have your blood type on it
Ok, so enough of the pre-amble about the blood types
Let's talk about different bloodtypes and what they say about your personality
We're going to start off with the blood type A
Which I'd like to say in advance
I think all of the blood type theories
Were written by blood type A
Because blood type A is nothing but the shining star
Of a human being
Even their bad traits aren't even that bad
While the rest of the blood types
Have really negative traits
So I'd like to say someone was A biased
I wanna see an un-biased review of blood types
So blood type A is usually an introvert
They don't want to upset anybody
They tend to over analyze everything
Which causes them to be slow to make decisions
Yeah very cautious
They stick to the rules
And they are usually a very good student
They are upstanding citizens of the world
Tananana~ they should be voted for president.
Nananananan~
I wonder if people vote for the president based on their blood types as well
Well slow to make decisions isn't exactly...
That sound like all of the US congress
Oooooh~
The only thing that I can think of when I think of blood type A
Is my hamsters
Do you remember my hamsters?
Bear and Moka?
Bear was totally like blood type O which we'll get to later on
And Moka was blood type A
Constantly being like
Well I don't know Bear, maybe we shouldn't go inside it looks dangerous there.
I don't know about this sunflower seed, it looks suspicious.
And he was just slow to do everything
And Bear was always like:
Let's go! I wanna run in this ball.
And Moka was like "Ewwww"
That's blood type A.
Interesting sidenote:
Soozee is blood type A
Soozee is like "Martina you dick!" form the other room
You know I would have never called Soozee out as blood type A
I never would have given Soozee the Spudgy voice either.
I didn't mean... That was Spudgy calling for Soozee.
So the bad traits of blood type A is because they are very over-analytic and stuff like that
They tend to be worrywarts
And that can make them a little bit uptight
And overly careful to the point where
opportunities can pass them by
Because they are too busy making worrisome choices
Like my hamster Moka
And like Soozee.
Soozee is not like that.
That's what I find it funny.
But here is where Soozee might come in as blood type A
Blood type A tend to be kind of like the outskirt observer
Since they are supposed to be shy introverts who still have opinions about situations
They're kind of like mumbling to themselves
So they're kind of like:
Why did we come to this stupid location. It's dumb, it's this and that...
Oh what's that Soozee?
Oh nothing~
Soozee does walk around mumbling a lot of the time.
She sings to herself as well.
Da da~
And now on to blood type B
The good characteristics:
Does blood type B does even have good characteristics?
Because out of every single possible blog that I read
Someone was an angry towards blood type B
Let me tell you.
Blood type B:
Assholes, but not too much of assholes.
Actually let me correct that:
They are giant assholes
But let's commend them for the giant assholishness
But only the men are assholes
Yes. Korean men blood type B are supposedly worse than Korean women blood type B
So blood type B have very strong beliefs and they have the charisma to convince other people.
That's why everyone keeps calling blood type B playboys.
So supposedly the bad side of blood type B is that
This charismatic "Hey babeh"
I have enough charisma to convince you to sleep with me.
There you go.
Apparently they seem very playboy-like
They tend to make friends very easily
Which I imagine if you are dating a blood type B
Maybe that can come across as flirtatious?
And they are also very adventurous
So I imagine them being the kind of person
who is like...
I was about to go with an Australian accent for some reason
But I'm going to do it anyways.
Hey guys, let's go kayaking in the river
You can bring Sally along
Let's go together
And they're all exciting
Them being very adventurous is also one of their bad characteristics
Because they are also supposedly bored very easily.
And hence they want to go on new adventures
Such as conquering women, being playboys.
The next blood type is the best blood type. Blood type AB
Which is My blood type
I wonder why you said that, Simon.
It's the unique one.
The special snowflake.
The "alien" blood type.
The one that can't be understood.
So blood type AB are supposedly the "weird people"
That you don't quite understand
Everything I read about blood type AB
Was never convincing
They were always like:Well blood type AB tend to be very rational
They think with their heads more than their hearts
So they make rational decisions
Which to some people...
What's confusing about that?
That makes sense.
Ok, but what they are saying is that to some people it seems like you are cold and distant
And you're just like:
This is just the logical thing, I am going to say it.
I am smarter than most people. What's the problem here?
I'm sorry people humans, let me do the decision making for you.
They said, that they tend to not want to hang out with other people
Unless they like them
They are just kind of like
Why would I want to hang out with people I don't like?
Doesn't this make sense?
Tell me something that doesn't make sense here.
If you suck I don't want to hang out with you.
The rational behavior.
Simon has abandoned me in Canada at multiple parties that we went to
When he didn't want to talk to people anymore
He would be just like "I'm going to get some chips and dip"
And I'm looking at him
And he just never comes back again
Because Simon doesn't fool around.
He's like: I don't want to have this conversation.
Look, our lives are very limited.
We can never get back time that we lose.
So I'm going to spend it the best that I can
And I'm not going to waste it on people that I don't like.
One good thing about Simon is that he is very honest
I am the most honest person you will ever meet
because I never ever lie
Or at least I'm tied for 1st place because I never ever lie
Because if someone else never ever lies, then they are just as honest as I am
And then it's a tie. I'm sorry that's an ultra-rational statement.
And it might be difficult to understand because
I am a computer.
So basically what I get about blood type AB
Is that everyone is pretty much convinced that blood type AB doesn't give a sh*t about what other people think of them
And thus can come off as anti-social
When they may not be anti-social
Because if they do give a shit about you
They are going to be social
So you see how this is a difficult situation?
This might explain a lot of our KMMs
In which I'm not one for sugar coating opinions
for people, if I don't like a song I can tell you as bluntly as possible.
There you go.
At least you're being honest.
Something very special about blood type AB:
Supposedly in Korea there is a club for celebrities
that are blood type AB
It's exclusive only for blood type AB
My question is:
Where is it and how do I get in?
I'm perfectly ok with leaving Martina at the door
Just let me in
I'm fine
You know... I do YouTube videos. It's somewhat like celebrity.
I was going to say: the big problem is they are going to be like "Who are you?"
Who are you? Pshhh
But one thing I really want to know:
If you're all anti-social what boring ass club is this?
You all stand around being like...
All of us in the corners just like this
Exactly. You won't talk to each other.
Worst club ever.
And the last blood type is blood type O.
The best blood type.
2nd best.
Oh Oooh Oooh
Martina is blood type O by the way
Hey, I'm blood type AB
You are O
So we are
The Nu ABO
Nananananananananan [f(x) "Nu ABO"]
Oh my God, that song feels like forever ago.
I know.
That was a great song.
Oh blood type O
Oh tell me more
We are extroverts
We are the life of the party
We're extremely friendly
We love making friends.
We're talkative.
We're outgoing.
We love organizing events
So if you have a b-day party, you can call me! [S]I love organizing events
I do! It's fun!
Exceptionally coordinated as well.
I'm sorry. Blood type AB is a cool blood type
Now the negative sides of blood type O
Is that we tend to be workaholics.
Which is very true.
I had 3 or 4 jobs going up through university.
And we're not bored people.
We're like: Got to work. Got to do this. We throw ourselves fully into everything.
Which means: we throw ourselves fully into love
Yeah. [M]We throw ourselves fully into friendship [S]Yeah
we throw ourselves fully into work
However
If you hurt us
we forgive, but we never forget.
Another bad characteristic of blood type O is
That they are very scary when they are angry
Fact. 100%. I know I never want to get Martina angry
If she is, then I'm just like peace out
Gotta run away form that situation
Blood type AB yourself out
Whoa... Yes.
No. [S]I'm AB out
Is it because I use my charisma
To... [S] You mean my b... I use my charisma
No. My charisma to send the anger away
That's charisma. This is different
So that's our brief rundown of blood types. There are so many more details that we could go into
But we're going to leave that for the blog post.
Which you can click on over here
And let us know either in the comment section below or on our website
What you think about this blood type business?
Huh? Is it true? Do you match the blood type?
Do you even know your blood type?
Because we had to get our blood type checked.
Hands up everybody...
We actually had to call the hospital before filming this video
To remember what Martina's blood type is
I actually went to a Korean hospital to get my blood checked
To find out my blood type
So that I could find out for this video
And I was scared at the results
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We had some really interesting comments in last week's TL;DR about advertising in Korea
i think one of the most interesting comments that we got was from FrenchDorito
Who also had one of the most interesting usernames.
In which he said: In France if a celebrity winds up advertising something
it's usually a sign that the career is on the out.
That they are getting old.
As opposed to in Korea if you are a celebrity advertise everything
While in France it's at the end of your career.
And it does seem that Korean idols that are the youngest or starting up
They are the ones that advertise everything
And they are involved.
While the older idols become more selective.
Where are barely doing anything else anymore.
MS.Cookie'94 on YouTube agreed with us that most people in North America do have white refrigerators.
And she talked about how stainless steel refrigerators are the expensive, important refrigerators
And they wound up asking if stainless refrigerators are cheap in Korea
I'm not sure
Because the fridges that we saw range anywhere from $700 up to $5000
Some of the really pimping refrigerators were expensive~
All we know is that
Home stuff like TVs and all electronics
contrary to popular belief are very expensive in Korea.