Eastern vs Western culture on talking about weight. Let me preface this by saying I'm white. White as fuck. But the industry and company I work in/for means heavily towards Asian. Especially Korean. And man, I love the way they don't pull punches when it comes to calling out weight gain.  When someone comes back from vacation or has been travelling for work, they'll straight up say "you're getting fat, eat less and go to the gym." If you're friends with any of them, they'll go so far as to tell you "grab the salad dude" when getting lunch.  And the thing is, it's always from a place of concern or friendship, never with any malice or ill intent.  Try this with an American staff, co-worker, friend, whatever and 9 times out of 10 they'll get pissed at you or even take it to HR.  Why the fuck can't everyone be like this?