♥UPD From Worildwide blog popseoul.com:
Super Junior's Leeteuk and Eunhyuk are 'Lusers'
A hot topic in Korea these days is the use of a simple word “loser.”On KBS 2TV’s “Chat with Global Beauties",the program invited female college students to have a nice chat withthe beauties. In one segment, there was an anonymous vote taken for aseries of questions. One question was, “Would you date someone shorterthan you?”
Of course, a few of the girls said, “no,” so one student, LeeDo-kyoung, spoke up, but her reason was, “Short men are losers.” Saywhat?! She even used the English word, “loser.” She then explained thatthe men have to be taller than 180cm. Maybe the meaning of the word gotlost in translation for her, but many viewers took it that she meantthat short men are inferior people.
There was a huge backlash by netizens and the media. Many sayingthat she wasn’t pretty enough to talk about others that way (so, prettypeople can put down others?). She put an apology on her Cyworld, but inthat apology, she spelled loser as “luser.” Uh-oh. After more internetabuse, Lee Do-kyoung soon closed her Cyworld homepage.
“Loser” has become a bit of a catch-phrase in the wake of thenetizen uproar. So far, it’s been developed into a T-shirt! Not a baddesign. (I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these!)
If anything, I feel sorry for Super Junior’s Leeteuk and Eunhyuk,who are both celebrity guests on the show that day. Leeteuk is 178cm,and Eunhyuk is 176cm tall. Poor guys, getting dissed on TV like that.