A Korean friend messaged me and said

this is the worst summer he’s had since becoming an adult
this year he’s been green with envy, watching the people around him make big money
he’s been scraping by for months in the grip of inflation
then he dumped all his savings into the stock market, and even added 5x leverage
as a result, he ran into a circuit breaker in the Korean stock market and was liquidated straight away, losing five years’ worth of savings
this year the Korean won has depreciated by 20%, and everyone around him has canceled their overseas trip plans, while he can’t even come up with next week’s rent
walking around Seoul
seeing Korea’s soccer team eliminated
on the street, suddenly everyone stopped what they were doing
crouching by the roadside, covering his head and crying his eyes out
he said he’s very upset, feeling like he’s fallen into humanity’s darkest moment...