TL;DR - Drinking and Drunkenness in Korea

[@delilahbenson4325]

Simon and Martina are relationship goals.

[@Good2GrowYT]

This didn’t age well

[@Moi_81]

In Texas, I went to a Korean grocery store and they sold makgeolli to me as a beauty drink. Even this cute little old lady walked by and said oh yes it is so good for your skin. It even came with a free facial paper mask. I downed a bottle of it, tasted no alcohol, and got jacked up. I was drunk texting how I understand how people think they are pretty after drinking it. It is pretty tasty and I still buy it.

[@caseydominick7806]

Where in Texas are you cuz I need to go to that store

[@lincolngriffin1061]

Instablaster...

[@yopaigemorris]

"I've seen people totally hammered on like a Tuesday!" GOING UP ON A TUESDAY ;)

[@lorbertapradas1028]

Hahahhaha!That's exactly what I sang when I heard that sentence.I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thought that

[@JassenValentinovNede]

+Paige Morris WHERE WAS THIS FROM OMG

[@yopaigemorris]

some rap song hahaha :P

[@court5189]

Isn't it like The Weekend or?

[@lolwhatidk]

korea is the ireland of asia

[@TimeFliesGames]

It's funny how they talk about Souju and say "oooh it's almost 20% alcohol, that's way strong!" Meanwhile in Hungary there's a drink called Pálinka which is 40% - 80% THAT is what foreigners usually describe as nail polish, although the 50%-ish ones still taste nice and fruity.

[@purpleghost106]

Actually what's funny is they should know better, because they're canadians. We have everclear here in Canada, which is literally 95% alcohol.(Well, it can sometimes be as 'low' as 75%.) Protip: Never ever drink everclear straight, and also let anyone you know try to. Ever, for reals, just no. It tastes awful and alcohol poisoning is a real possibility.

[@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat]

PurpleGhost Oh! Reading the end of your comment reminded me of a crink that they have in the states but in California its illegal to sale it.(I'm not really sure what other states have this) So you have to get it outside the state. Apparently, my friend told me that his bottle reads "Warning: Do not drink alone. Drinking this beverage alone may cause alcohol poisoning or death."

[@gmony1552]

Yeah. Most Vodka are like 40% alcohol or higher, at least here in the states. 20% is really small

[@susiechoi2495]

Bullshit. Drinking something with 80% alcohol would kill you.

[@AbleToCum1]

Korean don't drink a bottle, they drink bottles and bottles of it. Plus when u go to a bar or a club, u can have vodka, whisky, or cocktails. I guess soju is just their national spirit like vodka for Poland and Russia

[@na_z69]

Wow. Martina arms 😱 when she didn't have tattoos 💪🏼

[@LordDragonZord]

at 0:20 when they said there aren't that many drinkers in Korea, I was like, "Stop lying. Korea is like DRINKS HERE, DRINKS THERE, DRINKS EVERYWHERE!"

[@poppyorangeflower]

holy soju - - your videos are addictive

[@Hayochi]

Lol When I was young, I lived in Seoul (I'm Korean). There was one or two times when late at night, a drunk man kept knocking on our door because he mistook our apartment for his. There was another time when a drunk man actually entered our apartment at night because he thought it was his apartment. :P

[@nicolep298]

re-watching this and Simon says soju "tastes like nail polish remover". THANK YOU!!! THIS IS WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID!

[@LilyAyala18]

when ever i am sad,tired or just overwhelmed by work & college i just sit down and watch you guys and i just forget about it all and laugh my butt off!!! its so amazing how you guys are and how it feels like your real and not some made up persona just trying to get views. Keep up the great work guys you are AMAZING!!!!!! and I have the biggest crush on the pink fairy and her blue hair stead

[@eatyourkimchi]

We figured that these are some of our major videos, so we should put them on our major channel, rather than our bonus channel, which is more blooper-y stuff and personal things, you know?

[@talikhar]

Bleerp! @ 4:55 The sound of spewage when Martina is describing the piles of Kimchi infused red hurl... Started to laugh but I immediately visualized it on my mind! Uh, ohI!! I can't, I can't even say it... I'm very queasy when it comes to even the mention of people blowing chunks... Maybe someone can capitalize on the idea of making trendy Korean barf bags as a unisex must-have accessory! ( I want 10%!!)

[@SaphiraTheMongoose]

4:21 "THAT'S FOR MAKING FUN OF SHINEE!" ROFL I love how you guys have been going strong for several years now, and your humor is still awesome and fresh. xD

[@nvadah]

Simon's so worried about the mature content, yet he's wearing a Chicago Fucks cap lol

[@semisweetsmile]

I was born and raised in Korea (and I'm currently in New York), and I find it so interesting to see Korea from an outside perspective. As someone who went to a Korean international school with a lot of foreign students, I never really experienced that drastic Korea North America change, so I couldn't properly evaluate it. Love your energy and enthusiasm, love your video topics:) Definitely subscribing!

[@ylklk2819]

How are people when they are drunk? Do they bother you or get violent? Some K drama shows drunk guys that try pull a girl, take advantage etc...Does that happen in Korea? In North America, some girls who are completely drunk get take advantage of and get raped like the Stanford swimmer rapist case recently. Does this happen in S. Korea?

[@Rei2002]

you guys make me happy every time i watch your channel.

[@TheicMoggy]

Got a beer ad for this video

[@eatyourkimchi]

Ha! Great :D

[@seaweedsushirice]

Love how simon is synchronising his moves to what martina says in 0:59 !! OMGG too funny!!

[@CarlGorn]

So...here's a question. Why isn't there a higher rate of cirrhosis in Korea? Has this culture bred into them some kind of super-resilient liver or something?

[@youwhatsuptube]

Buddhism > Christian

[@CarlGorn]

My Name is Not I was actually looking for a sensible reply, but thank you for your interest.

[@amazonelf28]

Lunay LeZarde i believe there is a higher incidence of pancreatic cancer? Was trying to find some journal articles but I was too lazy lol!

[@sammiechuu]

Lunay LeZarde My sister, who worked as an English teacher for Koreans online, said that they have a higher incidence of stomach cancer now. I am not sure about liver cancer, though. They also have more"drivers for hire" now because most people cannot drive and are of course no longer allowed to drive after having drunk themselves to oblivion, like literally passing out on the streets.

[@CarlGorn]

sammiechuu Thanks to dramas, I guessed at the higher rate of stomach cancer, although I'm not clear on whether the high rate of drunkenness has any direct correlation to it. Thanks for the input, though! ^_^

[@eatyourkimchi]

I imagine you yelling that out. IN MY COUNTRY, YOU NO DRINK ALCOHOL. ALCOHOL DRINK YOU!!!

[@vinnypharmacist]

What Western TV shows people watch in Korea? Game of Thrones? How I met your mother? South Park?

[@HeyVenusss]

I don't think koreans would be able to get the jokes in North American comedy shows..

[@pinkzepp360]

I need a full version of S&M's version of Swimming Pools (Drank) please! lol I was really feeling it. T.D.E. reppin.

[@kimk6708]

Not sure if this was mentioned, but you don't mention HOW Koreans drink. Like always having a chaser after a sip/shot. That's why you always see Korean people eating while drinking. It's consisted very rude to not eat while drinking.

[@bgates275]

Hmm, you might be right. Even in the bars, they often serve a beer with a snack. Who am I to complain. Free food ;)

[@yarrowification]

John Holmes

[@Atticus4C]

Yay!!! I got my one of a kind EYK Photo in the mail yesterday!! You guys are now on my fridge!!

[@Seattleyeshe]

What about other recreational ( or other) drug use in Korea? Do they smoke weed etc and if so ?... Thanks.

[@tedlancaster9233]

Im heading there in roughly a month.. This gonna be fun

[@missshank101]

What's the drinking age in Korea

[@itsChloeee526]

***** they base age on the year as opposed to the month and day. so you take the year you were born and subtract that amount from the current year (eg. 2015 - 1992)

[@XXieroXX]

Oh, also, Martina your hair looks GORGEOUS like this. Favorite style on you, very much a hippy bohemian type feel to it - love!

[@forevermy_1of185]

My career dream is being a fashion designer and I'm planning to move to korea after I get my career. Do you think my career will have a bond meeting that involves drinking? I'm asking because I don't drink. please answer.

[@xx_strawberry_xx9038]

+G 바네사 this is late and im not for sure - as iv not been there yet (but will go there this summer). however if you were the boss fashion designer then i would think then you would not have to have bond meeting with drinking. I'm going to korea for study abroad and our korean professors are going to teach us how to properly decline a drink. I do think you can drink water or juice along w/ coworkers to show your bond.I don't drink either so i understand your concern.

[@forevermy_1of185]

xx_strawberry_xx aww have fun in Korea. Thanks for the info it really helped. Let me know on how to properly to decline a drink

[@jenn050797]

I love reading the cations on the little picture on the video with Simons voice hahaha

[@callmewaves1160]

eew kimchi vomit would be foul.

[@eatyourkimchi]

Ha! What would we model for? "Buy the latest Furby! Hairy like Simon's chest!" Two weeks later, the company goes bankrupt forever and explodes into fire.

[@eatyourkimchi]

It's at the 720 resolution. All the other ones work, for some reason (except for the KZbin iPhone/iPad app, for some reason as well).

[@catshangrysince95]

Oh gawwwd Simon! I was watching on my phone with earphones and everytime you said "DRANK" my head kinda almost exploded everytime XD

[@yeongji07]

:) This video brings back memories of the drinking games I used to play with my friends in Korea and Canada. All I have to say is that I am glad that jimjibangs are opened 24/7 because without them, my friends and I would have nowhere to turn to after a night of drinking.

[@vibing_with_tina]

The drank song? Swimming pools by Kendrick Lamar :)

[@patricej8896]

8.38 Martina to Simon: You're boring! Go! Love the cute voice. Oh and love the Junsu 'Intoxicated' impersonation too, hahahaha

[@goldktgal]

"I'm responsible!" *Hillarious slappy fun* - LOL You both rock!

[@iB3TR0LL1N]

Simon: "WHO TAUGHT YOU THAT BAD BEHAVIOR?!?!" Meemers: "You did, Dad."

[@thetomatoczar7892]

Because Simon and Martina are hilarious.

[@rachrex]

hahaha loved your catty slapping fight at the end

[@Slolz247]

Yeah I was wondering why you guys have your TL;DRs on your other channel, glad that you've moved them.

[@MsPrincessoflove3]

When you two said that people do not usually drink in Korea I thought you two were crazy for a second.

[@KPOPFTW98]

MARTINA'S HAIR :D SO GORGEOUS

[@AnimeLoverMusic]

I'm glad TL;DR's are in your main channel now ^w^

[@GoodMomBeauty]

Just watched this video on an iPhone and it worked perfectly fine.

[@xElle218]

I agree, I feel so safe when I'm out drinking in Korea. People are really nice and taxi drivers are very tolerant of drunk people. BTW Martina! Your hair is soooooo cute!!! =DD Love it!

[@sm17e]

Martina, i freaking love your style!!

[@owenator]

After all this time and all these comments...no one else had a good chuckle because of 3:06?

[@yoyokittentoez]

You guys are like the cutest couple ever!!!

[@zacharydelacruz2416]

when Simon and Martina fight at the end, for some reason I remembered the angry beavers cartoon XD

[@blingblingshineshine]

YES OMG PERFECTTT Soozee and Intern Leigh are more attuned to Korean culture than S&M, so to get them to think of things that might be viewed as abnormal outside of Korea could be interesting!!

[@AZNGoSu]

I love your videos simon and martina! hopefully when I visit korea I can meet you guys in person. I haven't been to korea since 2007 to visit my family, im sure much has changed since.

[@loveholic4321]

The more you guys talk.... the more in awe I become of Korea's drinking culture.... Alcohol carts? Woot!

[@tikkizackary6336]

I'm truly tickled at this one.......LMAO!!!!!! I'm getting visuals of the drinking scenarios that you are talking about....DAMN!!!!!! Lol!!!!!

[@amilytam]

martina's hair makes me cry tears of joy ;_;

[@saxyviolist]

Thanks for this! Because I'm attending an international summer school this summer, and we're all college students, and many of us want to party - some more than others - but still. We're excited to study AND party in Korea!

[@Meimoons]

Hi, Simon and Martina! I have submitted English subtitles for this video in community contributions, if you could review them and put them up for the video, that would be awesome.~

[@daien001]

I have heard in some pubs in Ireland with competition of who can drink a whole bottle, a lot of the winners on the board are Korean names.

[@greenteamangomochi]

Oh my goodness, french the llama, Martina's hair is so jokes! I love it!

[@musicbyastrid]

I second the question about fan wars. Talk about fan rivalries, and fandoms of bands in general?

[@syleeadventures]

Do you know what I miss...I miss your WTFs. I was rewatching some the other day :')

[@MissSilk]

I work for a cafe so we actually use a point system. Essentially its said in numerical form in Korean but in English it's; "Double, Oh, Seven, and Bang". It is started randomly and the first person points at another person and says "Double" then that person points at another person in any direction and says "Oh" then that person points at another player and says "Seven". The person that received the "Seven" has the "Gun" so they point at another person and say "Bang".

[@UzumakiNaruto1090]

I love how you used swimming pools in the video! It was hiarious! :)

[@lyricalpoets]

Simon, and Martina, have you guys ever seen this blog site blackoutkorea? It is so funny, being that they take pics of drunk people.

[@MrVivshadow]

i totally got my older brother hooked on you guys!!!

[@loes6A]

I bought Soju here in The Netherlands, I still have the empty bottle. You guys made a video about how to drink soju with Coke, and we tried it. It was really fun! Thank you guys.

[@MiszMoni]

At the beginning of this video yall had me for a second saying there wasn't much drinking in Korea XD for like A SECOND then I went "NOOOOOOO they are full of it!" and then you guys laughed lmfao XD

[@happybunnyntx]

If you watch one of their recent livestream videos I think they mention it a few times there since they got so many sweets from fans that they can't eat yet ^^

[@cgkitti]

OMG Makgeoli mannnnnnn! I hear him wandering around ringing his bell in Sinchon and Hongdae all the time. *at home on a Wednesday night* dingding!

[@MrsPinkmuffinify]

They have already talked about it!!

[@mooshimushroom]

Lol I love the captions for your videos xD

[@101paramoreluver]

Martina is so cute "You're boring! Go!" lol xD I love these two And i was laughing so hard cause you guys listen to Kendrick Lamar lol xD

[@Deana.Lopez2]

Simon and Martina!!! Take us shopping one day!!!

[@ciasa129]

I'll have you know, Simon, if I ever see you passed out on the curb in Korea I won't beat you up. Also MARTINA! love the hair :D

[@LKxxROXSTAR15]

LOL the way u guys were talking about showing drinking games on youtube reminded me of my mom and my dad xD like my mom wanted to show me how to play that gambling card game popular in korea (the little red plastic cards with the cranes on them! i forgot the name) and my dad was all against it but my mom was like "this is good for ur brain and u can just play this as a game without gambling!!" i still have yet to learn it tho xD

[@kressha]

Check out some hostels for you and your friends to stay at. Hostels are a great way of getting to know a foreign place because there are other foreigners and the front desk is SO helpful with everything. They usually know where the hip spots are at and help you with transporation, language phrases, etc. Another thing that might be great is checking out airbnb.com its a website that provides a great place to stay with a host. The host is really kind and would help you with things. Good Luck!

[@Princess55404]

There is also a all-you-can-drink cocktail bar in Hongdae. It's decently priced and super tasty drinks. One of my favorite shops

[@pearlipop]

lol as a korean, when I heard you guys say "there's not a lot of drinking in korea" at the beginning, I was like.. "er.. guys... what?!". Nice one guys, nice one.

[@cottoncandyskies24]

Simon and Martina already did a TL;DR on crime and safety in Korea. ^^

[@catbc]

I LOVE that robot to go cocktail place and it's SO CLOSE to the free park! Watching your videos makes me miss Korea....aiiiigggggooooo

[@michina1987]

OMG the description of vomit! XD hahahaha - thank you for the visuals >> xD

[@Just999Me]

haha when Martina was saying "intoxicated" she kind of sounded like that bat from Anastasia. Anyways, I'm excited for your drinking game edition with Suzy and Leigh

[@jessicaSNSD111]

Something interesting about Soju is that the shots for Soju are made so each bottle contains 7 shots. So if you have a party of a number other than a multiple of 7, there will always be some left. So it almost forces you to buy another bottle.

[@AbandonedMaine]

Hi guys. Here in Los Angeles, there's a huge Korean area which features special night clubs geared around singles, where you have bottle service and the occasional lady that will come around to your table. Kind of like the Korean version of speed dating.

[@vstanfor]

How is your reception in Korea? Has anyone been offended by anything you've said, or have you ever gotten hate mail (not just trolls on the interwebz)? Does it ever bring you down? I hope it doesn't, cause you guys are awesommmmmme. Love from Canada!!!

[@DukesofTaiwan]

My wife, dog, and I live in Taiwan. We love your channel. We have seen you travel to Canada a few times with Spudgy and we would like to know what hoops you need to jump through to get him home for a visit? Is it worth the trouble for a short trip or do you always just take him with you? What documents are required? Tickets? Special markings?

[@ThatsSoYin]

Martina's hair is on point

[@NarweeluvsMinhwan]

since when is TL;DR on the main channel? anyways.. Good Work! Always look forward to TL;DR's

[@9ramthebuffs9]

That trophy could have been used as a lil jon drank chalice prop. YEAH!!

[@FooDanger]

Agreed, I mainly watch music monday and TL;RD so this is great for ppl like me!

[@jennifergong8913]

you guys are the best!

[@kathrinejcd]

Yes please! Do Korean ghost stories!

[@nessatrbl]

Out of all of your hairstyles you look the prettiest in this one Martina!!! :D

[@TheGyreMadHatter]

I lived in Korea as a child. After living in Wisconsin and learning how to drink like a champion, I need to return to Korea and try my hand at this.

[@charliebear154]

KZbin may have a thing about drinking/getting drunk in videos but..... I KNOW I'm not the only one willing to take that risk because I'd love to see these two drunk. If they're crazy whilst completely sober, I'd PAY to see Simon and Martina drunk.

[@mayole99]

Love the beginning.

[@callmema14]

They already made a video for that. Go ahead and check their channel.