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MissSeoul
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Somewhere in America
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 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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You guys say culture shock in korea, let me tell you my own culture shock in America.
The biggest one was when I found out women's dirty underwears at yard sale, they try to sale used women's underwear like old bras/panties at yard sale, it was not even clean looking, it was dirty. That was disgusting.
When I arrive Atlanta Airport, a guy came out from plane met his wife/girlfriend who was waiting at the airport, they were kissing, but the sound of kissing, the sucking sound, that was something
Not that average fat, but FAT FAT men/women...
I've tried to imagine how they do have sex life as a wife and a husband, one woman even made joke that one side her breast weight about 80 pound
The tattooes,
It's not just one or two on legs/arms, entire legs/arms are covered with all kind strange looking tattooes, skull on neck, naked woman on arms...
It's not just earing, rings with nose, lip, forehead....
It's disgusting.
Why American women try so much show their breast ??
All their clothes showed their breast more or less, why ? 
These are a few of many many culture shock I had in America.
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Suwon23
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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This was my honest-to-God reaction as I was reading this:
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The biggest one was when I found out women's dirty underwears at yard sale, they try to sale used women's underwear like old bras/panties at yard sale, it was not even clean looking, it was dirty. That was disgusting.... |
Eeww, gross. She must be somewhere in the South.
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| When I arrive Atlanta Airport... |
BINGO!
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Faunaki
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
The biggest one was when I found out women's dirty underwears at yard sale, they try to sale used women's underwear like old bras/panties at yard sale, it was not even clean looking, it was dirty. That was disgusting.
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Hahah that's really funny. Once, an old lady from my church gave me used underwear as a present. Ewwwwww. I think she was almost blind so maybe she didn't see that stains. hahha |
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globalgirlk
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
Location: Livingston, La
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I remember shopping at a store at a mall in Louisiana and they let these two chicks try on underwear. I've never been back to that store since. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| On a scale from 1-100, I'd put culture shock in Seoul at about a 16. Outside of Seoul, it's probably different. |
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Shauneyz
Joined: 26 May 2008
Location: The land of Nod
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| Suwon23 wrote: |
This was my honest-to-God reaction as I was reading this:
| MissSeoul wrote: |
The biggest one was when I found out women's dirty underwears at yard sale, they try to sale used women's underwear like old bras/panties at yard sale, it was not even clean looking, it was dirty. That was disgusting.... |
Eeww, gross. She must be somewhere in the South.
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| When I arrive Atlanta Airport... |
BINGO! |
hahaha.....I thought exactly the same thing when I read that. I couldn't imagine seeing that anywhere in the northeast, even in the poorest or most rural places. |
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R-Seoul
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: your place
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
The biggest one was when I found out women's dirty underwears at yard sale, they try to sale used women's underwear like old bras/panties at yard sale, it was not even clean looking, it was dirty. That was disgusting.
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Just because they were on sale, doesn't mean you had to buy them Miss Seoul. Are you wearing them right now? |
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hugekebab
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| R-Seoul wrote: |
| MissSeoul wrote: |
The biggest one was when I found out women's dirty underwears at yard sale, they try to sale used women's underwear like old bras/panties at yard sale, it was not even clean looking, it was dirty. That was disgusting.
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Just because they were on sale, doesn't mean you had to buy them Miss Seoul. Are you wearing them right now? |
Careful, any mention of dirty underwear and we'll have the Mary Whitehouse moralists down our throat (in the cleanest possible way) and this thread will become extinct much like the barberpole thread. |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
Why American women try so much show their breast ??
All their clothes showed their breast more or less, why ? |
Because they have them? |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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You can get plenty of second hand bras and panties in the second hand clothing area, downtown Daegu.
I've never checked for any skid marks in them, though. MIss Seoul is welcome to do that. |
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DRAMA OVERKILL
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
You guys say culture shock in korea, let me tell you my own culture shock in America.
The biggest one was when I found out women's dirty underwears at yard sale, they try to sale used women's underwear like old bras/panties at yard sale, it was not even clean looking, it was dirty. That was disgusting.
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Gross.
I don't this this is actually an example of "culture shock." I hardly doubt that selling dirty underwear is part of American culture. Gross, yes. Inappropriate, yes. "Culture", no.
Coming to Korea, these three were the big ones for me:
- Children at a bar past 12am with their parents there drinking.
- The pissing and puking all over the streets.
- Drunks passed out absolutely anywhere, but no one does anything about them. |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
The biggest one was when I found out women's dirty underwears at yard sale, they try to sale used women's underwear like old bras/panties at yard sale, it was not even clean looking, it was dirty. That was disgusting.
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Can't they get big money for those in Japan?
Anyway, these are shocking cultural things, not culture shock. |
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Hobophobic
Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Location: Sinjeong negorie mokdong oh ga ri samgyup sal fighting
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
When I arrive Atlanta Airport, a guy came out from plane met his wife/girlfriend who was waiting at the airport, they were kissing, but the sound of kissing, the sucking sound, that was something . |
Zzazzamyeon flashback? Missed eating with your friends that day?.... |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyway, these are shocking cultural things, not culture shock. |
I know it's repetitive, but I'll say it anyway: BINGO!!! |
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ardis
Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: Culture shock, what culture shock ?? |
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| newteacher wrote: |
| MissSeoul wrote: |
Why American women try so much show their breast ??
All their clothes showed their breast more or less, why ? |
Because they have them? |
You could say the same about Korean women.
Why Korean women try so much show their legs?
All their clothes showed their legs more or less, why?
In America, you have low-cut tops. In Korea, you have insanely short skirts. |
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