Yesterday, there was competition in Seoul. People competed to see who could space-out the most. Wait, what?
Picture: SBS
As reported by major Korean news sites and TV networks, the event had criteria to select the most spaced out contestant.
Picture: seoulmania
To win, you needed to look spaced out for three hours, you needed to refrain from making sudden or drastic movements, and you had to keep a steady heart rate.
Picture: KBS
Event staffers would go around and check people’s heart rate or try to make them laugh to see who, in fact, was truly spaced out.
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When asked why the first “Space-Out Competition” was held, one of the event organisers said the goal was to show how important it is to take a break, clear one’s mind, and, you know, space out. I couldn’t agree more. Spacing out is great.
Picture: Hani
Where did the idea for this come from? “I came up with the idea for the competition while spacing out,” the event’s organiser is quoted as saying.
The winner was a nine year-old girl whose mother told the Korean press, “I took my daughter to this event because I had been scolding her after when her cram school teacher said that she was spacing out.”
Picture: Ho_Ssony
Spacing out like a pro.
Picture: KBS
The world would probably be a more relaxed place if we all… spaced out… a bit… more.
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