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Wishmaster
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:46 am Post subject: Those elfen sideburns |
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| Man, what is it with Korean boys and those gay triangular sideburns that seem to be the rage. They look like they should be prancing around Middle Earth or something. If that is supposed to make you look cool...yikes. |
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eddie1983man
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:40 am Post subject: |
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| I like asian haircuts, they're funky. They remind me of characters from anime cartoons and such. i get a good chuckle out of it. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Like a bunch of Pat Benetar lookalikes running around. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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A lot of Korean guys can't grow real sideburns. The Elfen look is just the hair on the side of their head grown longer to look like sideburns.
I'm one of the few that CAN grow real nice sideburns. James Dean style. I always get Korean guys tell me that they wish they could grow sideburns. |
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fandeath
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Who are you to judge? |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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A K girl once told me these sideburns are to frame the face, i.e., make the face smaller and rounder (i.e., look 'cute'). Cute is really big here. The boys have to look effeminate - or the girls think they are like their soju-drinking, wife-beating fathers/male relations.
If you try and discuss why Western men don't want to looke 'cute' (gay), K's just look bewildered. |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Exactly. Why we as Westerners cultivate something on our face that grows wild on our ass is beyond me. |
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peachgaru
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| I love k boy hair. Wouldn't change a thing. |
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Canadian Club
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| I love K-boys *and* their hair. |
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Ryst Helmut
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
Location: In search of the elusive signature...
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| HapKi wrote: |
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| Who are you to judge? |
Exactly. Why we as Westerners cultivate something on our face that grows wild on our ass is beyond me. |
Hapki,
Who are you to judge?
I cultivate both areas quite well and have a veritable cornucopia of art on both ends...initials, images and all!
!shoosh,
Ryst |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
A K girl once told me these sideburns are to frame the face, i.e., make the face smaller and rounder (i.e., look 'cute'). Cute is really big here. The boys have to look effeminate - or the girls think they are like their soju-drinking, wife-beating fathers/male relations.
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Rock n f'n roll...The soju-drinking wife-beaters with the high-over-the-ears bowl cuts have fun with the chicks in parlors and anmas, whereas the cute boyfriends buy them extravagent things with their parents' money but only get to have fun with their guy friends and video games. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
A K girl once told me these sideburns are to frame the face, i.e., make the face smaller and rounder (i.e., look 'cute'). Cute is really big here. The boys have to look effeminate - or the girls think they are like their soju-drinking, wife-beating fathers/male relations.
If you try and discuss why Western men don't want to looke 'cute' (gay), K's just look bewildered. |
Ah, so that explains it. Thanks. Sometimes, being in Korea is like being a cultural anthropologist from Mars.
I've heard it said that in China, Korea is referred to as "The Country of One Haircut." I wonder if it's true. Could somebody please page Swiss James? And even if they do say that, I think it's unfair. There are two hairstyles here: one for ajeoshi-age men, and one for the younger ones. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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I think the haircut makes them look like Romulons (spelling?) from Star Trek. The part about framing their face is true I think. Koreans are made fun of by other Asians as having the biggest heads in Asia. Hence the term "bucketheads" or "shovelheads".
Even Korean friends have told me that. It makes their faces look smaller apparently. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| A Korean barber gave me those once. I said, "What is this? The Legend of Zelda?" but the joke was lost on him. I had him chop them off. It was, otherwise, the best haircut I've ever gotten. |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| billybrobby wrote: |
| A Korean barber gave me those once. I said, "What is this? The Legend of Zelda?" |
That's the one!  I never managed to collect all the triangles, by the way. |
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