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눈치, 빨리빨리, the air

The sentence you didn't say is often the Korean one.

눈치 is reading the room before you plant a joke. It is not magic. It is watching whether anyone else refilled the water.

빨리빨리 is speed as manners — don't occupy the gate, the POS, the 김밥 line. It is not permission to be cruel.

If a table goes quiet after you speak, do not double down in English. Switch to 죄송합니다 and let it pass.

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