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Jun 14 • 3 tweets • 1 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Related underrated angle: the biggest EV battery makers outside of China are South Korean, which means Korean companies poured in a huge amount of money in these battleground states. Check out how often Jon Ossoff visited Seoul.
Atlanta has the fastest growing Korean community in the US precisely because of this rush. It's changing Georgia's demographics and money flow. The Korean lobby is much more significant in DC as a result. Pretty wild to see it.
When the two major Korean EV battery makers were locked in a lawsuit, Warnock and Ossoff were running interference with Biden.
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This imo is one of the most important points to understand about South Korea's low birth rate, which is really a global problem.

Fewer people are getting married and fewer babies are born, but the wedding industry is still growing and children's fashion industry is booming. How?
It's both symptom and cause. In contemporary society, marriage and childbirth are becoming luxury goods, not something that everyone does. It doesn't matter if the marriage and birth rate are falling, because the people who *can* get married and have children are spending a ton.
This, in turns, sets a new norm in marriage and child rearing. Now, you can't just get married - you have to get married at a five star hotel. You can't just have children - you have to clothe them in Baby Dior and children's Louis Vuitton.
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I grew up on the Shaq-Kobe Lakers I thought the good memories from the threepeat could never be supplanted. I loved the Kobe-Pau Lakers, but they weren't quite at the level of Shaq-Kobe Lakers.

So it means a lot when I say... this Lakers team has a chance to be better.
What's not to love? AD just blows your mind with how good his defense is. 38 y.o. Bron in a nightly battle with his body. Random jackpot shotmaking form DLo, AR, Rui, Lonnie (!!). Everyone's basketball IQ is through the roof. Almost never a dumb play in an entire game.
Right now they are at least at the Pau-Kobe Lakers and they have a real shot at overtaking Shaq-Kobe Lakers in my mind and I can barely believe it myself.
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If you asked me, "How are you," and I told you "Fine, thanks" rather than "I'm having an upset stomach because of some questionable sushi I had last night," am I lying?
Code switching isn't lying. It's adjusting behavior depending on the situation and the people involved. Often, it means staying on easy topics and giving easy answers that don't go beyond the listener is ready to hear. It's not hard to understand, as long as you've had to do it.
Some white people get soooooo offended when they hear that colored people code switch for them. They don't realize it's like wearing clothes - you put on what is appropriate the environment. Being naked is not more "honest" than wearing a coat.
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Apr 28
Look, the game here is super obvious. Yoon wanted to seem all tough to conservative voters, so he was pushing for South Korea’s nuclear armament. Then he had to sign the Washington Declaration that slapped down that ambition. Super embarrassing!
So what does Yoon do? He tries to lie to the Korean public. "Look here - a US nuclear sub! We are nuclear-sharing!" Except it's an obvious lie and he's just hoping Americans won't catch on to what he's saying in Korean.
But this time, Americans did catch on because this issue is super-duper important. Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo tried to argue that Koreans would "feel like they have nuclear sharing." USG specifically slapped down that remark.
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I'm still trying to find the right words to describe what a humiliating moment this was. Americans yukking up at this clip just have no idea the depth of insult many Koreans felt from this moment.
Alright. I've had some time to process this and I'm ready to explain as best as I could.

This moment was so incredibly offensive, because there were so many layers of insults piled into a single moment. So let's work through them:
1. In any situation, having a person entertain you is a power move. Yoon is not a paid, professional performer, nor is this a friendly gathering where equal entertainment was exchanged. (Biden didn't sing.) In Korea, having someone sing a song is a light form of hazing.
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"You don't need to speak Korean to be an expert in nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula," said the DC Blob as they struggle to figure out if the South Korean president is being mistranslated or straight-on lying about Seoul's agreement with Washington as to South Korean nukes.
Turns out it's kinda useful to speak Korean when your expertise supposedly involves Korea. Shocking, I know. I can barely believe it. You mean, dealing with a foreign country involves learning a foreign language? I'm so surprised. What a shock.
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