After listening to the story, and immediately before going to have coffee with his girlfriend, he typed “Morality” into Wikipedia and read. Instead of following his usual routine of debating what to wear for a few minutes before leaving his apartment, he grabbed whatever was closest. He wasn’t thinking to himself “What do I look like”, but rather, “What will the world look like after it sees me”
On the subway, considering the morality differences between Korean and American culture, he decided that they were too divergent to make a truly moral decision in his situation. Instead, he decided, as some of his most admired idols had, to not give a fuck. He realized that not only had the Tucker Max-like characters he had seen, read about, or met in his life subscribed to this philosophy and thrived due to it, but almost every success story had the same spirit about it (although their catchphrase philosophy might be more politely called “Carpe Diem” rather than “Don’t give a fuck”).
He realized that his whole relationship had been based on the premise of “giving a fuck” and that this was precisely what was sucking the life from his bones and shackling him down.
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