Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: most korean men camp?
I dont know many korean men, I work in a kindergarten with all korean women- 'reaches for rope and places around neck' iv met a few korean blokes and been out drinking with a few, real pansy walks and they say the most poofy things, at first i was sure that every guy i met was gay.
Are there many manly verile non- camp mean about? Do korean women like camp men?
Some guy that follows me round the gym speaks decent enough english, think hes after a freebie, sometimes im cool with it, other times i keep away. Hes ripped- a real good 6 pack etc.
He follows me round and always says the campest things, ill be sad and miss you when your gone.
Im going to seoul next weekend, will you be thinking of me when im gone.
Do you like my body etc, touches his bare 6 pack while he talks to me.
Anyhow last night he said do you like me, i said yes, he then said can i ask you a questions, i said yes, then he said you cant tell anyone though, then another korean guy came over and he shut up.
Whats the verdict is he gay? Hitting on me? Or is he just another pansey camp hetrosexual korean.
Now the gyopos that I know here are for the most part cool and easy to get along with. I guess growing up in the same culture and all makes things easier.
But the locals are a totally different story. And before the Korean Apologist attack me for that, I've had gyopo friends totally agree with me.
Local Korean men, in my experience, are extremely uncomfortable to associate with. They're a bizzare mixture of way too much ego, insufferable insecurity, touchy, childish, "macho", and comming on too strong.
I mean seriously, I've had friendly chats with a Korean guy on a subway or bus, and soon it escalates to a desire to exchange number, drink and travel together, ect....
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:10 am Post subject: Re: most korean men camp?
ds_fan wrote:
I dont know many korean men
Wait till you meet the guys that need a meter of leg spread when they sit down, suck their teeth after eating (or anytime just for fun), and never acknowledge you because you are lower on their mental hierarchy.
I see Korean campers on mountains, but it is set up for people. I haven't heard about bushwack camping or anything else, except that it's legal to camp on beaches. And beaches have lots of stores around them. When people hike here, they bring EVERYTHING they need for comfort. I don't even want thing about the resources brought for camping.
He's wearing a long t-shirt that goes down to his knees. It's white with a magenta ring at the collar and PINK polka dots.
At first I thought, to myself, 'pretty flaming'. Then I looked again and thought, that can't possibly be what's up, c'mon don't be racist, there's no way Korean boys are this campy. It'd be insulting to assume he's wearing that out of choice. He's dressed masculine otherwise. He's proably come forward from his group because he wants laugh off this ridiculous get-up his friends have made him wear. Maybe he lost a bet?
"You're shirt...did you lose a bet?"
"Oh! My shirt. Yes, thank you!"
"Uhhh....it's joke, right? You wear that shirt as joke? Girl shirt, right?"
Then the kid (maybe grade 1 high school) looked really embarrassed and hid his head down.
I didn't mean to make fun of him, and I don't publicly embarrass flamboyant people. I mean, if you saw this, you would have to assume it was a joke. He was otherwise dressed and talking masculine.
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Another time a student sitting on his friend's lap while he's getting his back stroked, calls another student gay. I want to tell them not to say that stuff in my class, but I'm paralyzed by the irony of it all. Or seeing grown men hold hands.
Dressing like a girl, stroking your friend's butt very softly, constantly adjusting appearance, watching soap operas, calling other men sexy, and listening to cheesy pop ballads is not gay. Not all guys are like this, though. I get the feeling the proportion will run higher in certain types of towns. By that I mean this "have you ever seen a straight or gay (poor) man in a poor neighborhood walk around in $100 women's blouses?"
I'm still trying to figure out what triggered one student to call another "gay" and why it's an insult in Korea to call someone gay when cross-dressing, prissiness, wimpiness, whining, homosexual flirtation, et al are exalted in much of the mainstream media and entertainment.
I see Korean campers on mountains, but it is set up for people. I haven't heard about bushwack camping or anything else, except that it's legal to camp on beaches. And beaches have lots of stores around them. When people hike here, they bring EVERYTHING they need for comfort. I don't even want thing about the resources brought for camping.
Something about being able to order in takes away from the whole camping experience. So Korean camping culture is near non-existent or sucks.
On the other hand, it is nice that is okay to set up tents where they do. Too many places back home are unsuited or it's just not allowed at parks or beaches.
Kiarell and Bibbity -- why would you post on a thread without ever having read anything in the thread other than the title?
I suspect you are the kinds of people who, in a conversation, merely wait for the other person to finish talking so that you are able to talk again; rather than actually listen to what the person is saying.
I now consider this thread to be a rather revealing experiment...hopefully it will go on for pages and pages, and we will be able to compile a list of people who feel the need to babble on and on based merely on a title, rather than the content of the thread.
Kiarell and Bibbity -- why would you post on a thread without ever having read anything in the thread other than the title?
I suspect you are the kinds of people who, in a conversation, merely wait for the other person to finish talking so that you are able to talk again; rather than actually listen to what the person is saying.
I now consider this thread to be a rather revealing experiment...hopefully it will go on for pages and pages, and we will be able to compile a list of people who feel the need to babble on and on based merely on a title, rather than the content of the thread.
1. This is eslcafe, not a dinner party.
2. I like distractions.
3. My topic fits the title.
4. My topic is interesting.
5. The OP's writing style is funny, in a good way, but easy to tangent from.