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Superiority or not?
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Major Kong



Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:51 pm    Post subject: Superiority or not? Reply with quote

Do you feel superior in Korea or not?
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Major Kong



Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Allright, no one feels threatened by my question.
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BS.Dos.



Joined: 29 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To you?

Sure.
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP



Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No. I don't even feel superior to a snail in the literal sense. Ok I have superior skills in certain respects but I don't feel 'superior.'

To Quote Whalt whitman -

"I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."

There is no superiority. Although it's a complex matter. If I accidentally trod on a snail and killed it, would it bother me - i have to say no. If I killed a dog or a person - YES. But who can emphasise with a non mamillian snail?

Do I walk around (or even want to ) feeling superior to anyone or anything - NO!
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Daegudavid



Joined: 08 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's hard to feel superior when everyone in this awful country believes that we foreigners are animals.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:14 am    Post subject: Re: Superiority or not? Reply with quote

Major Kong wrote:
Do you feel superior in Korea or not?

No, but it's also very hard to feel inferior in Korea.

A great sense of absurdity. Yes. I feel that. And serendipity.
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okokok



Joined: 27 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Daegudavid wrote:
It's hard to feel superior when everyone in this awful country believes that we foreigners are animals.


A perfect reason to feel superior.
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Kurtz



Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does a gorilla in a zoo feel superior to the people who yell things at it? take its picture, feed it food? maybe not.

I learned a good trick from the gorilla at the zoo though when I was a boy, it picked up some of it's poo off the floor and then threw it at the people who thought they were superior. I tried it the other day, it really works! Very Happy
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retrogress



Joined: 07 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes.
I'm the first to say it.
Yes. I feel superior to nearly every person that I meet.
Is it right?
No.
Do I act upon it?
No.
Is it justified.
Probably not.
But yes.
I do feel superior.
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Robot_Teacher



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, I don't. I feel like a misfit out of place in such a place lacking diversity where my race always draws too much attention making it awkward to do anything right down to walking outdoors.
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David Gerrington



Joined: 20 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I feel superior to Korea, careers, carers and Cass.
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whatever



Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

you are hearby nominated for 'worst thread ever' Rolling Eyes
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digsydinner



Joined: 24 May 2009

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Superiority or not? Reply with quote

Major Kong wrote:
Do you feel superior in Korea or not?


yes, since i am of the superior white race with the master tongue...the locals treat me like a rock star everywhere i go...and the girls line up to date me.

was that the answer you were looking for? what's the point of this thread?
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP



Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud

PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Superiority or not? Reply with quote

digsydinner wrote:
Major Kong wrote:
Do you feel superior in Korea or not?


yes, since i am of the superior white race with the master tongue...the locals treat me like a rock star everywhere i go...and the girls line up to date me.

was that the answer you were looking for? what's the point of this thread?


It's not the answers that matter but - asking the right question!

It's not the ultimate point that matters - but the proccess of getting there itself...

Smile
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grunden



Joined: 18 Apr 2009

PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think every teacher feels superiour, we are the ones who teach, who give the lessons, who tell about our lives, cultures, idioms. Our movies have taken over the world, our music, our culture, our livestyles, our rules. Koreans are just trying to copy everything we do. Our language is the language of the world, and that gives us a reason to feel superiour, and koreans wish they had that place in the world, and I believe that is one reason there is some bitterness about teachers here, they look at us and are jealous, and try to find some fault.
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