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Westerners in their 20's playing on skateboards???
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Bingo



Joined: 22 Jun 2006
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:50 pm    Post subject: Westerners in their 20's playing on skateboards??? Reply with quote
Spring will soon be here, and the spectacle of 27 year-old Westerners walking around Seoul with skateboards under their arms is upon us. I could never understand how anyone past the age of fifteen could get on a skateboard - let alone someone approaching 30. The fact that these university graduates feel a need to bring their little skateboards with them to Korea is beyond amusing.

Am I alone in finding these people rediculous? Or am I just no longer hip?
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Newbie



Joined: 07 Feb 2003
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I always laugh at it. But, in the grand scheme of things, who cares. They ain't hurtin' nobody.
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rowdie3



Joined: 22 Sep 2003
Location: Itaewon, Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My brother is 34 and carries a skateboard all over Toronto with him. Who cares what you think dude? Go home and play Dungeons and Dragons in your basement. lol
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thebum



Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
not as ridiculous as the fat korean kids (some of them seemed to be in their 20s) i saw at anyang river park skating on their motorized skateboards. damn, the kids who rode them were porkers. they sure seemed to think they were cool though.
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corroonb



Joined: 04 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
riduculous redoculus ridiculous

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snowy32



Joined: 03 Dec 2005
Location: NZ
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What's wrong with that? At least their out getting excercise. I don't care what they do, if it makes them happy then why the hell not?
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billybrobby



Joined: 09 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Isn't this kind of attitude just a Western version of confuscianism?

You're like some old ajumma telling the young ajumma that she needs to get a perm because women over 30 look silly with long hair. Go to hell.
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aldershot



Joined: 17 Jul 2006
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i'm 28 and sport a long board and a short board. stop insulting people.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
billybrobby wrote:
Isn't this kind of attitude just a Western version of confuscianism?

You're like some old ajumma telling the young ajumma that she needs to get a perm because women over 30 look silly with long hair. Go to hell.


Lots of skateboarders in Hell actually. Try finding a decent stairway that hasn't been ground down.
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yesman



Joined: 15 Sep 2006
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
To the OP-

What shaped your thinking to regard skateboarding as a strictly juvenile activity? Some adults enjoy it because it's fun and a form of transportation, just as others enjoy inline skating or biking.
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billybrobby



Joined: 09 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RACETRAITOR wrote:
billybrobby wrote:
Isn't this kind of attitude just a Western version of confuscianism?

You're like some old ajumma telling the young ajumma that she needs to get a perm because women over 30 look silly with long hair. Go to hell.


Lots of skateboarders in Hell actually. Try finding a decent stairway that hasn't been ground down.


I don't even like skateboarders but I hate this act-your-age attitude even more. The only point in acting one's age is to stop doing stupid sh*t. But if you're doing something fun like skateboarding or being in a band or whatever, there's no reason to stop.

And if you're wondering, I'm 25, so no, it's not because people made fun of my 50-year-old @ss wearing a trucker hat.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea