Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Qinella]

[jajdude]

I would say it's only a few who are really on this site a lot. We're probably a bored and/or lonely bunch, or else we just like it. We get familiar with the posters, and like to read and share thoughts. Also we are all in a similar boat as foreigners, mostly all English teachers, in Korea. This gives us a shared experience among many people that we don't get as often or as easily anywhere else.

[crusher_of_heads]

corporal's posts.

[ChopChaeJoe]

I used to spend a lot of time on Dave's. then i realized that i was judging situation after situation through the jaded eyes of Dave posters that i had never met, based on bad experiences of theirs that bore no resemblence to what i had experienced. What a drag.


Living vicariously has it's charms, but they're short lived.

BTW, I was using email and message boards in the mid 80's.

[amberflannery]

you know chop.... your hair looks nice today

[kermo]

[quote=merkurix]It's so much fun to see how wildly varied intelligence as well as mood is demonstrated here.[/quote]

Dave's sometimes drives me bonkers, but I keep coming back. It probably boils down to this:

1) The characters. There are the erudite, the hooligans, the clueless, the naive, the mysterious ones that wobble between all four. Wild and occasionally wise perspectives.

2) The speed of updates. There's usually something worthwhile/amusing at least once an hour. The intermittent reward system is certainly the most effective, as Skinner showed.

3) The community. Some people don't pull their punches, and others will stab you from the shadows, but there are also quite a few very sympathetic souls, and usually someone who has been through something similar.

[The King of Kwangju]

I'm an odd case, I know. I never went to Dave's when I was in Korea, and certainly never spent time on message boards. I was out every night with friends or teaching privates.

It was only when I came back to Canada that I started reading it, as a way to connect with a former lifestyle that I left behind.

I don't read often, but I check in from time to time to see what's up. I skip most of the posts, of course. By this point I've been reading so many years it's like reading a long book. Also, as a person who works on the internet, this site has a unique community that I find interesting.

For what it's worth, I think right now is not exactly a high-water mark for the community.

It's been so-so for a few years.

[dog_disco]

...I'm up at 0530 most days. Check Dave's for five minutes. Repeat when I get home around 2100. Lots of cranks + (sad) passive-agressives on here, but some of it is smart +/or funny as hell.... especially the stuff obviously written when somebody was drunk (or otherwise wasted).

[mlomker]

[Ecumenist]