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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: Korean fortune tellers. Good or bad? |
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My girlfriend wants us to go to a Korean fortune teller to see if we are compatable. I'm not so keen on the idea. I don't believe in genuine fortune telling, starsigns, blood type or Santa Clause.
Has anyone had any experience of this? To be honest i'm worried that the fortune teller says something that makes my girlfriend break up with me. I don't understand enough Korean to comprehend what they will say and i'll be damned if i'm gonna pay someone for encouraging my girlfriend to split up with me.
I understand that maybe this is all in my mind but this is my truth, what's yours? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Luckily the girl I ended up with lives in the 21st century and she never insisted on bringing me to a fortune teller.
I say do everything you can to avoid going. Or better yet, insist that you take her to a western fortune teller instead; I'll dress up in a costume and for the right price I'll put in some glowing words for you.
Actually I am qualified enough (meaning I know it's mostly fake and I used to know the whole futhark and could easily fraud my way through a session) to give you a reading using Norse runes. I'll say whatever you pay me to. Think about it.
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shifdog
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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I know some Korean girls who actually believe these charlatans. There's a chance she could break up with you solely based on what they say.
Does your gf believe in fan death also? |
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Alan Partidge
Joined: 29 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with RT.
I have an irrational hatred for them. They can needlessly screw things up for you. If it's for fun it's OK, but the power of suggestion is can be pretty strong. You two could be happy and then one of these witches could say something negative and then who knows.
You could always try slipping them a tenner. |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with RT.
I have an irrational hatred for them. They can needlessly screw things up for you. If it's for fun it's OK, but the power of suggestion is can be pretty strong. You two could be happy and then one of these witches could say something negative and then who knows.
You could always try slipping them a tenner. |
I'll go one further. Despite my belief in maximising individual freedom for each and every sane adult on the planet, I stand by my assertion that fortune tellers, astrologists and telemarketers should be burnt at the stake. |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Wow ... you guys are easily threatened. What's the big deal here?
I've never been to a traditional Korean fortuneteller, but I'd go if someone offered to translate for me. I've been to a couple of English-speaking Korean fortunetellers who used Western methods, but they weren't especially accurate. Oh well.
Morton ... why not go if it makes your GF happy? |
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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Bramble
I'm thinking the fortune teller might not be so keen on a korean girl dating a foreigner. Therefore the fortune teller might take it upon themselves to say a couple of things that make my girlfriend start doubting whether she should be in this type of relationship. And the worst part is that i wouldn't be able to disagree with anything said because i won't understand it.
I know it's being insecure but that's how i feel.
The posters who replied, and Allan Partridge in particular, summed it up pretty well to be honest. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Bramble wrote: |
Wow ... you guys are easily threatened. What's the big deal here?
I've never been to a traditional Korean fortuneteller, but I'd go if someone offered to translate for me. I've been to a couple of English-speaking Korean fortunetellers who used Western methods, but they weren't especially accurate. Oh well.
Morton ... why not go if it makes your GF happy? |
I was being sarcastic. Did they not teach you this concept at school? Its an extreme way of saying that I despise what these charlatans do and the way they fleece money from people in the hope of learning something they cannot. Despite that, they should be free to continue their delusional practices unmolested. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Morton wrote: |
Bramble
I'm thinking the fortune teller might not be so keen on a korean girl dating a foreigner. Therefore the fortune teller might take it upon themselves to say a couple of things that make my girlfriend start doubting whether she should be in this type of relationship. And the worst part is that i wouldn't be able to disagree with anything said because i won't understand it.
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I would be very worried about that too. |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Bramble wrote: |
Wow ... you guys are easily threatened. What's the big deal here?
I've never been to a traditional Korean fortuneteller, but I'd go if someone offered to translate for me. I've been to a couple of English-speaking Korean fortunetellers who used Western methods, but they weren't especially accurate. Oh well.
Morton ... why not go if it makes your GF happy? |
I was being sarcastic. Did they not teach you this concept at school? Its an extreme way of saying that I despise what these charlatans do and the way they fleece money from people in the hope of learning something they cannot. Despite that, they should be free to continue their delusional practices unmolested. |
I was responding to everyone who posted a reply in this thread ... not singling you out. You really are an unpleasant person, aren't you? |
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Morton
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I would be very worried about that too. |
I'm not sure whether i'm just being paranoid though. Most people are nice to me and my girlfriend when we are out. And if the girl really loves me would a fortune teller really have that much effect on her.
But it just seems like a potential mine field that i'd rather steer clear of. |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Morton wrote: |
Bramble
I'm thinking the fortune teller might not be so keen on a korean girl dating a foreigner. Therefore the fortune teller might take it upon themselves to say a couple of things that make my girlfriend start doubting whether she should be in this type of relationship. And the worst part is that i wouldn't be able to disagree with anything said because i won't understand it.
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I would be very worried about that too. |
It's hard to understand why this is so worrisome, honestly ...
Sometimes a fortuneteller's reading seems more or less accurate, and sometimes it doesn't. If this particular fortuneteller is no good, I'm sure Morton's GF will see that and disregard whatever he or she says. She's not stupid, is she? |
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Morton
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Bramble
What i'm trying to put across is that the fortune teller may say things that are not nice in order to make my girlfriend break up with me.
An extreme example may be "I see you far away from your home with someone not Korean. You are very sad and live in a horrible place."
As i said that was an extreme example, but it shows how saying things to people can plant seeds of doubts.
I'm hoping you understand this. I think you are right when you said 'worrisome.' This is how i would describe the situation. Maybe i shouldn't worry so much, but then maybe you shouldn't be so gosh darn handsome.
Hope you take that friendly banter in the vein it was meant. |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Bramble wrote: |
| jaganath69 wrote: |
| Bramble wrote: |
Wow ... you guys are easily threatened. What's the big deal here?
I've never been to a traditional Korean fortuneteller, but I'd go if someone offered to translate for me. I've been to a couple of English-speaking Korean fortunetellers who used Western methods, but they weren't especially accurate. Oh well.
Morton ... why not go if it makes your GF happy? |
I was being sarcastic. Did they not teach you this concept at school? Its an extreme way of saying that I despise what these charlatans do and the way they fleece money from people in the hope of learning something they cannot. Despite that, they should be free to continue their delusional practices unmolested. |
I was responding to everyone who posted a reply in this thread ... not singling you out. You really are an unpleasant person, aren't you? |
Because I realise that fortune tellers are frauds, or that you are of average intelligence at best? |
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Alan Partidge
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Bramble, I know some of the replies seem extreme, but how would you feel about a stranger having a potentially negative effect on your relationship?
The power of suggestion is pretty strong.
It could definitely be taken as insecurity on my/our part, but Korean culture is a little different and a lot of Koreans, esp. older folk, really do take it seriously.
My wedding date was set by one of these people. I wasn't impressed, but I went along with it as nicely as I could. Think about it, a stranger deciding what day you have your wedding. |
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