Fun fact: Those dudes actually have probably less medals than most western officers in same ranks, just the uniform regulations in DPRK require wearing all medals in their full form instead of ribbons while in dress uniforms.
They can wear their parents and grandparents medals. Most of these were probably won during the Korean war.
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Why do all their jackets look three sizes too big?
Obviously they need room for all the medals, but they could at least tailor them.
The jackets inflate when they feel threatened.
All the good tailors were executed by firing squad for designing something Kim Il Sung would have considered gauche
Plausible to within 1/5 of a plausibility unit.
Why do all their jackets look three sizes too big?
I mean, something has to counterbalance their headwear.
"This jacket looks ridiculous".
Guy walking in with hat: "Uhh...."
They got that Reviewbrah fit.
Those uniforms fit like they took them off a dead guy that wore a very poorly tailored uniform.
My handshake brings all the boys to the yard.
I was struggling to find a job and my friend looked at my resume and was like, dude you need to put more bullshit there, add a bunch of stuff, even if it's fake, no one cares, everyone does it. After so much rejection I was willing to try anything, fortunately a company hired me just around those days. But next time I'll probably have to take his advice...
They earned every one of those medals.
In the Battles of Xing and Lin-Kedin
From left to right:
hubris, hubris, hubris, hubris, humility, hubris, hubris, hubris
I expect that with most of them, it's a way to honor the accomplishments of their forebears, which I think is fair enough or at least not the same as "hubris". You can make a left-critique of the rather Confucian ancestor veneration going on here, but that's something else entirely.
It was more of a comment on the meme, not the actual original content of the photo.
If we're taking OPs word on the meme to be true, then it's accepted that most people use clever wordplay to make themselves more competent and important on their resumes than they actually are, putting every tiny accomplishment front and center. Some people even outright lie on their resumes to get ahead.
I'm speaking to the idea that perhaps someone like OP also has skills but is more humble in their approach and is willing to rely on their affability over their less colorful resume. I personally am saddened by it and think we need a world where an ounce of humility is a good thing and being willing to accept our limitations instead of build ourselves up beyond what we really are is good too. The world of resumes refuses any shred of humility and I think the world suffers for it.
I actually agree with your interpretation of the photo itself.
