Click-baity title, but prompted insight into cultural differences that are in fresh relief for me as an American in South Korea. My Americanness seems very obvious to me.

And for me everything is less "awesome" than it is "cute".

It seems that speaking your mind to individuals is a major taboo. You can't tell a friend straight when he has f----- up, nobody will ever tell you that you look like you could stand to lose a few pounds, and there's way too much euphemism to avoid the hard truth.