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The Fifth Column
Joined: 11 Jun 2014
Posts: 331
Location: His habitude with lexical items protrudes not unlike a damaged pollex!!!
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Koreans aren't "frank" or "honest"...they're straight-up rude.
They're a crude replica of Japanese.
Disagree? Take a stroll down ANY Korean sidewalk and count the number of "pavement pizzas" you hafta purposefully step over just to get from A to B.
Or, how many times a day do you have to have yer ears assaulted by a citizen of Ol' Chosen pull up the contents of the bottom of their lungs to expel in public...from BOTH genders...
"Frank" or "Honest"? That fool that I open-hand slapped across the face at Chong-no-o-ga station when he walked up to me, pointing at me and laughing with his two female admirers more than two decades ago will NEVER forget the results of "frankness" or "honesty". 
Fancy-schmancy martial arts unneeded... |
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thomthom
Joined: 20 May 2011
Posts: 125
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Interesting thing at the moment is I have had a few Koreans tell me they prefer chubby or skinny guys to ripped guys. A fat man isnt viewed particularly negatively there, in my opinion. If youre a girl it's a different story.
Theyre definitely shallow. Just count the selfies going on.
I got called handsome a lot and fat a lot and I dont think Im particularly either. Adults in Japan hold off on saying the same stuff but kids are a different story. |
Are you tall/blonde? I felt like Koreans had a very specific idea of what constitutes male attractiveness. I often encountered really average looking guys doing very well with Korean girls because they are 6'1 and sort of Aryan looking. I shouldn't be bitter.. but it was a bit of a bitch to see really idiotic and uncouth US military jocks getting on with Korean girls who didn't know any better. They're impressed with blondeness in Japan, for sure, but for a Mediterranean-looking guy like myself, I always found it much easier.
One thing about Japan is that if you're the kind of person who's interested in the type of music/books/films/art someone is in to, you're slightly more likely to meet someone with a shared interest and hit it off that way. A lot of Koreans I spoke to just didn't get fairly common references - Coldplay and Blink 182 seem really alternative and leftfield, there. The fact Japan has been developed for longer also means you see cool people in their 50s and 60s wearing, for example, Pink Floyd or David Bowie tshirts. Practically never saw that kind of thing in Korea. (I did once see a girl wearing a Joy Division shirt, but I was convinced she probably thought it was a random Konglish motto tshirt like any other). |
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Maitoshi
Joined: 04 May 2014
Posts: 718
Location: 何処でも
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You knew Japanese who've heard of Blink! I'm jealous (haven't found one yet in the countryside). Not sure what they see in this AKB stuff, either. Big fan of Pink Floyd myself  |
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RM1983
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
Posts: 360
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Interesting thing at the moment is I have had a few Koreans tell me they prefer chubby or skinny guys to ripped guys. A fat man isnt viewed particularly negatively there, in my opinion. If youre a girl it's a different story.
Theyre definitely shallow. Just count the selfies going on.
I got called handsome a lot and fat a lot and I dont think Im particularly either. Adults in Japan hold off on saying the same stuff but kids are a different story. |
Are you tall/blonde? I felt like Koreans had a very specific idea of what constitutes male attractiveness. I often encountered really average looking guys doing very well with Korean girls because they are 6'1 and sort of Aryan looking. I shouldn't be bitter.. but it was a bit of a bitch to see really idiotic and uncouth US military jocks getting on with Korean girls who didn't know any better. They're impressed with blondeness in Japan, for sure, but for a Mediterranean-looking guy like myself, I always found it much easier.
One thing about Japan is that if you're the kind of person who's interested in the type of music/books/films/art someone is in to, you're slightly more likely to meet someone with a shared interest and hit it off that way. A lot of Koreans I spoke to just didn't get fairly common references - Coldplay and Blink 182 seem really alternative and leftfield, there. The fact Japan has been developed for longer also means you see cool people in their 50s and 60s wearing, for example, Pink Floyd or David Bowie tshirts. Practically never saw that kind of thing in Korea. (I did once see a girl wearing a Joy Division shirt, but I was convinced she probably thought it was a random Konglish motto tshirt like any other). |
Yeah blonde hair blue eyes. The army guys have got a bit of a following, for obvious reasons I suppose. My gf's dad doesnt consider you a man til you've served in the army. Gotta remember as well that some girls who date expats do it for funny reasons.
Definitely there (and possibly here) the girls miss out on some of the finer pointers we might have for attractiveness. Half of us could probably be considered charisma men after all! |
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003
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Location: Beijing
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Haha! Such timing! Just as I finished reading this thread, Cheap Trick's album "Live at Budokan" started playing on my iTunes.
I was in the JET Programme in Shizuoka from 2007 to 2012 and I miss Japan sometimes--I feel I did well in Japan and had no beef with the place. I fostered really good relations with both the Japanese and other foreigners.
Sometimes though, I think about heading to Korea and trying it out there.
And then sometimes, I think I should stay put in China a bit longer.
And then there's Taiwan.
Ah, the Northeast Asia blues...
Warm regards,
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