One day in Seoul, my friend said the most ridiculous thing to me.
Choi – I want to go to the Kakao Friends Museum.
What the fuck is Kakao friends?
Why the hell are they so popular?
Let me google what this is.
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“Kakao Friends are featured characters based on KakaoTalk emoticons”.
They are just emoticons in an chat app!?
Whatttttttt?
AND THEY HAVE A MUSEUM FOR THIS?
They also have a store that sells Kakao Friends Merchandise…..
What the fuck is this world coming too..
I tried to gather more information about Kakao friends.
There are 8 characters (I really don’t care)
- Muzi is curious and playful. Muzi is also a radish that is in rabbit clothes… – what the fuck
- Con is a crocodile that raised Muzi – amazed he didn’t her (I assume Muzi is a girl)
- Apeach has the setting of escaping from a peach tree after learning that he became monoecious due to a genetic modification – this is straight from wikipedia. I don’t even know where to start with this character.
- Jay-G is an agent after Muzi’s liver – ….again what the fuck
- Frodo is a rich dog – okay.
- Neo is a cat, who is the lover of Frodo – this is getting ridiculous
- Tube is a weak duck, who turns into a crazy green duck and spits fire when is angry or scared – so he’s like psyduck the pokemon
- Ryan looks like a bear but is really a lion without an mane – ………
I can’t believe I stuffed my brain with this useless information.
I can’t believe I spent 15 minutes reading up about Kakao friends.
So Choi, did you end up going to the museum?
Yes.
Yes he did.
*Choi enters museum entrance.
Friendly Museum Worker: “3000KRW please“.
I HAVE TO PAY TO GET IN?!
*10 seconds later, Choi hands over 3000KRW and enters into Kakao Friends Museum.
Why does my friend like this shit?
It will forever be a mystery.
But I came, I paid, I saw some art, and I got the fuck out.
I guess if you are a big fan of these emoticons then it’s worth a visit.
For the record, there was a lot of people here…
I just don’t get it.
I just don’t.
Written from Seoul, Incheon Airport Lounge on May 26, 2018
EAT SOME CHOI 