Looking around the subway, everyone is sticking their eyes on small square-shaped devices. People watch webtoons or Facebook with a vacant expression. So-called “Snack Culture” deeply reside with us as much as smartphones do. One of the important features of it is that it is stimulus but it easily evaporates. People look for something to stimulate their desire; a desire that they really want but never get enough of from a snack.

The Snack Culture cannot substitute a meal just as a snack cannot provide enough nourishment. People spend a substantial amount of time seeking an appropriate snack with their smartphones. What do they really want from the snack? I think people want to get sympathized through the contents or just ignore their desire through the stimulus. In the time before smartphones popped up, people read stories of others through books.

They took a long breath to understand the character of the story and, through the interaction, people deeply understood it. However, as people get used to short-time Snack Culture, they forget how to endure the first boring moment to understand each other. As they become more accustomed to this culture, they will never get the profound sympathy that they have craved.

Kim Seung-ji
Dept. of English Interpretation and Translation ‘10

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